Chapter 4 - Brāhmaṇadārika-avadāna

[041.001]. brāhmaṇadārikāvadānam/
[041.002]. bhagavān nyagrodhikāmanuprāptaḥ/
[041.002]. atha bhagavān pūrvāhṇe nivāsya pātracīvaramādāya nyagrodhikāṃ piṇḍāya prāvikṣat/
[041.002]. kapilavastuno brāhmaṇasya dārikā nyagrodhikāyāṃ niviṣṭā/
[041.003]. adrākṣīt sā brāhmaṇadārikā bhagavantaṃ dvātriṃśatā mahāpuruṣalakṣaṇaiḥ samalaṃkṛtamaśītyānuvyañjanairvirājitagātraṃ vyāmaprabhālaṃkṛtaṃ sūryasahasrātirekaprabhaṃ jaṅgamamiva ratnaparvataṃ samantato bhadrakam/
[041.005]. sahadarśanādasyā etadabhavat--ayaṃ sa bhagavāñ śākyakulanandanaścakravartikulād rājyamapahāya sphītamantaḥpuraṃ sphītāni ca kośakoṣṭhāgārāṇi pravrajita idānīṃ bhikṣāmaṭate/
[041.006]. yadi mamāntikātsaktukabhikṣāṃ pratigṛhṇīyāt, ahamasmai dadyāmiti/
[041.007]. tato bhagavatā tasyāścetasā cittamājñāya pātramupanāmitam--yadi te bhagini parityaktam, ākīryatāmasmin pātra iti/
[041.008]. tato bhūyasyā mātrayā tasyāḥ prasāda utpannaḥ/
[041.009]. jānāti me bhagavāṃścetasā cittamiti viditvā tīvreṇa prasādena bhagavate saktubhikṣāṃ dattavatī/
[041.010]. tato bhagavatā smitamupadarśitam/
[041.010]. dharmatā khalu yasmin samaye buddhā bhagavantaḥ smitaṃ prāviṣkurvanti, tasmin samaye nīlapītalohitāvadātāḥ puṣparāgapadmarāgavajravaiḍūryamusāragalvārkalohitakādakṣiṇāvartaśaṅkhaśilāpravālajātarūparajatavarṇā arciṣo mukhānniścārya kāścidadhastādgacchanti, kāścidupariṣṭādgacchanti/
[041.013]. yā adhastādgacchanti, tāḥ saṃjīvaṃ kālasūtraṃ saṃghātaṃ rauravaṃ mahārauravaṃ tapanaṃ pratāpanamavīcimarbudaṃ nirarbudamaṭaṭaṃ hahava huhuvamutpalaṃ padmaṃ mahāpadmamavīciparyantān narakān gatvā ye uṣṇanarakāsteṣu śītībhūtvā nipatanti, ye śītanarakāsteṣūṣṇībhūtvā nipatanti/
[041.016]. tenānugatāsteṣāṃ sattvānāṃ tasmin kṣaṇe kāraṇāviśeṣāḥ, te pratiprasrabhyante/
[041.017]. teṣāmevaṃ bhavati--kiṃ nu vayaṃ bhavantam itaścyutā āhosvidanyatropapannā iti/
[041.018]. teṣāṃ prasādasaṃjananārthaṃ bhagavānnirmitam {darśanam} visarjayati/
[041.019]. teṣāṃ nirmitaṃ dṛṣṭvaivaṃ bhavati--na hyeva vayaṃ bhavanta itaścyutāḥ, nāpyanyatropapannā iti/
[041.020]. te nirmite cittamabhiprasādya tannarakavedanīyaṃ karma kṣapayitvā devamanuṣyeṣu pratisaṃdhiṃ gṛhṇanti, yatra satyānāṃ bhājanabhūtā bhavanti/
[041.022]. yā upariṣṭādgacchanti, tāścāturmahārājikān devān gatvā trāyastriṃśān yāmāṃstuṣitān nirmāṇaratīn paranirmitavaśavartino devān brahmakāyikān brahmapurohitān mahābrahmaṇaḥ parīttābhānapramāṇābhānābhāsvarān parīttaśubhānapramāṇaśubhāñ śubhakṛtsnānanabhrakān puṇyaprasavān bṛhatphalānabhṛhānatapān sudṛśān sudarśānakaniṣṭhaparyantān devān gatvā anityaṃ duḥkhaṃ śūnyamanātmetyudghoṣayanti/
[041.026]. gāthādvayaṃ ca bhāṣante--
[041.027]. ārabhadhvaṃ niṣkrāmata yujyadhvaṃ buddhaśāsane/
[041.028]. dhunīta mṛtyunaḥ sainyaṃ naḍāgāramiva kuñjaraḥ//1//
[041.029]. yo hyasmin dharmavinaye apramattaścariṣyati/
[041.030]. prahāya jātisaṃsāraṃ duḥkhasyāntaṃ kariṣyati//2//

[042.001]. [42] atha tā arciṣastrisāhasramahāsāhasraṃ lokadhātumanvāhiṇḍya bhagavantameva pṛṣṭhataḥ pṛṣṭhataḥ samanubaddhā gacchanti/
[042.002]. tadyadi bhagavānatītaṃ vyākartukāmo bhavati, pṛṣṭhato'ntardhīyante/
[042.003]. anāgataṃ vyākartukāmo bhavati, purastādantardhīyante/
[042.003]. narakopapattiṃ vyākartukāmo bhavati, pādatale'ntardhīyante/
[042.004]. tiryagupapattiṃ vyākartukāmo bhavati, pārṣṇyāmantardhīyante/
[042.004]. pretopapattiṃ vyākartukāmo bhavati, pādāṅguṣṭhe'ntardhīyante/
[042.005]. manuṣyopapattiṃ vyākartukāmo bhavati, jānunorantardhīyante/
[042.006]. balacakravartirājyaṃ vyākartukāmo bhavati, vāme karatale'ntardhīyante/
[042.006]. cakravartirājyaṃ vyākartukāmo bhavati, dakṣiṇe karatale'ntardhīyante/
[042.007]. śrāvakabodhiṃ vyākartukāmo bhavati, āsye'ntardhīyante/
[042.008]. pratyekabodhiṃ vyākartukāmo bhavati, ūrṇāyāmantardhīyante/
[042.008]. yadi anuttarāṃ samyaksambodhiṃ vyākartukāmo bhavati, uṣṇīṣe'ntardhīyante//
[042.010]. atha tā arciṣo bhagavantaṃ triḥ pradakṣiṇīkṛtyorṇāyāmantarhitāḥ/
[042.010]. athāyuṣmānānandaḥ kṛtakarapuṭo bhagavantaṃ papraccha--
[042.012]. nānāvidho raṅgasahasracitro vaktrāntarānniṣkramitaḥ kalāpaḥ/
[042.014]. avabhāsitā yena diśaḥ samantāt divākareṇodayatā yathaiva//3//
[042.016]. gāthādvayaṃ ca bhāṣate--
[042.017]. vigatodbhavā dainyamadaprahīṇā buddhā jagatyuttamahetubhūtāḥ/
[042.019]. nākāraṇaṃ śaṅkhamṛṇālagauraṃ smitamupadarśayanti jinā jitārayaḥ//4//
[042.021]. tatkālaṃ svayamadhigamya dhīra buddhyā śrotṛrṇāṃ śramaṇa jinendra kāṅkṣitānām/
[042.023]. dhīrābhirmunivṛṣa vāgbhiruttamābhirutpannaṃ vyapanaya saṃśayaṃ śubhābhiḥ//5//
[042.025]. nākasmāllavaṇajalādrirājadhairyāḥ saṃbuddhāḥ smitamupadarśayanti nāthāḥ/
[042.027]. yasyārthe smitamupadarśayanti dhīrāstaṃ śrotuṃ samabhilaṣanti te janaughāḥ//6// iti/
[042.029]. bhagavānāha--evametadānanda, evametat/
[042.029]. nāhetupratyayamānanda tathāgatā arhantaḥ samyaksambuddhāḥ smitaṃ prāviṣkurvanti/
[042.030]. samyaksambuddhāḥ smitaṃ prāviṣkurvanti/
[042.030]. dṛṣṭā tavaiṣā sā ānanda brāhmaṇadārikā, yayā [43] prasādajātayā mahyaṃ saktubhikṣānupradattā ? dṛṣṭā bhadanta/

[043.001]. asāvānanda brāhmaṇadārikā anena kuśalamūlena trayodaśa kalpān vinipātaṃ na gamiṣyati/
[043.002]. kiṃ tarhi devāṃśca manuṣyāṃśca saṃvācyasaṃsṛtya paścime bhave paścime nikete paścime samucchraye paścima ātmabhāvapratilambhe suparṇihito nāma pratyekabuddho bhaviṣyati/
[043.004]. sāmantakena śabdo visṛtah--amukayā brāhmaṇadārikā prasādajātayā bhagavate saktubhikṣā pratipāditā, sā bhagavatā pratyekāyāṃ bodhau vyākṛteti/
[043.006]. tasyāśca svāmī puṣpasamidhāmarthāyāraṇyaṃ gataḥ/
[043.006]. tena śrutaṃ mama patnyā śramaṇāya gautamāya saktubhikṣā pratipāditā, sā ca śramaṇena gautamena pratyekāyāṃ bodhau vyākṛtā iti/
[043.008]. śrutvā punaḥ saṃjātāmarṣo yena bhagavāṃstenopasaṃkrāntaḥ/
[043.008]. bhagavatā sārdhaṃ saṃmukhaṃ saṃmodanīṃ saṃrañjanīṃ vividhāṃ kathāṃ vyatisārya bhagavantamidamavocat--agamadbhavān gautamo'smākaṃ niveśanam? agamaṃ brāhmaṇa/
[043.010]. satyaṃ bhavate tayā mama patnyā saktubhikṣā pratipāditā, sā ca tvayā pratyekāyāṃ bodhau vyākṛtā iti? satyaṃ brāhmaṇa/
[043.011]. tvaṃ gautama cakravartirājyamapahāya pravrajitaḥ/
[043.011]. kathaṃ nāma tvametarhi saktubhikṣāhetoḥ saṃprajānan mṛṣāvādaṃ saṃbhāṣase, kaste śraddhāsyati iyatpramāṇasya bījasyetat phalamiti? tena hi brāhmaṇa tvameva prakṣyāmi, yathā te kṣamate tathaivaṃ vyākuru/
[043.014]. kiṃ manyase brāhmaṇa asti kaścittvayā āścaryādbhuto dharmo dṛṣṭah? tiṣṭhantu tāvat bho gautama anye āścaryādbhutā dharmāḥ/
[043.015]. yo mayā asyāmeva nyagrodhikāyāmāścaryādbhuto dharmo dṛṣṭaḥ, sa tāvacchrūyatām/
[043.016]. asyāṃ bho gautama nyagrodhikāyāṃ pūrveṇa nyagrodho vṛkṣo yasya nāṃneyaṃ nyagrodhikā, tasyādhastāt pañca śakaṭaśatāni asaṃsaktāni tiṣṭhanti anyonyāsambādhamānāni/
[043.018]. kiyatpramāṇaṃ tasya nyagrodhasya phalam? kiyat tāvat? kedāramātram/
[043.018]. no bho gautama kiliñjamātram/
[043.019]. tailikacakramātram/
[043.019]. śakaṭacakramātram/
[043.019]. gopiṭakamātram/
[043.019]. bilvamātram/
[043.020]. kapitthamātram? no bho gautama sarṣapacatuṣṭayabhāgamātram/
[043.020]. kaste śraddhāsyati iyatpramāṇasya bījasyāyaṃ mahāvṛkṣo nirvṛtta iti? śraddadhātu me bhavān gautamo mā vā/
[043.021]. naitat pratyakṣaṃ kṣetram/
[043.022]. tāvadbho gautama nirupahataṃ snigdhamadhuramṛttikāpradeśaṃ bījaṃ ca navasāraṃ sukhāropitam/
[043.023]. kālena ca kālaṃ devo vṛṣyate, tenāyaṃ mahānyagrodhavṛkṣo'bhinirvṛttaḥ/
[043.023]. atha bhagavānasminnutpanne gāthāṃ bhāṣate--
[043.025]. yathā kṣetre ca bījena pratyakṣastvamiha dvija/
[043.026]. evaṃ karmavipākeṣu pratyakṣā hi tathāgatāḥ//7//
[043.027]. yathā tvayā brāhmaṇa dṛṣametadalpaṃ ca bījaṃ sumahāṃśca vṛkṣaḥ/
[043.029]. evaṃ mayā brāhmaṇa dṛṣṭametat alpaṃ ca bījaṃ mahatī ca saṃpat//8// iti//
[043.031]. tato bhagavatā mukhāt jihvāṃ nir namayya sarvaṃ mukhamaṇḍalamācchāditam yāvat keśaparyantamupādāya, sa ca brāhmaṇo'bhihitah--kiṃ manyase brāhmaṇa yasya mukhāt jihvāṃ niścārya sarvam [44] mukhamaṇḍalamācchādayati, api tvasau cakravartirājyaśatasahasrahetorapi saṃprajānan mṛṣāvadāṃ bhāṣeta? no bho gautama/

[044.002]. tato'nveva gāthāṃ bhāṣate--
[044.003]. apyeva hi syādanṛtābhidhāyinī mameha jihvārjavasatyavāditā/
[044.005]. tadevametanna yathā hi brāhmaṇa tathāgato'smītyavagantumarhasi//9//
[044.007]. atha sa brāhmaṇo'bhiprasannaḥ/
[044.007]. tato'sya bhagavatā āśayānuśayaṃ dhātuṃ prakṛtiṃ ca jñātvā tādṛśī caturāryasatyasamprativedhikī dharmadeśanā kṛtā, yāṃ śrutvā brāhmaṇena viṃśatiśikharasamudgataṃ satkāyadṛṣṭiśailaṃ jñānavajreṇa bhittvā srotāpattiphalaṃ sākṣātkṛtam--atikrānto'haṃ bhadanta atikrāntaḥ/
[044.010]. eṣo'haṃ bhagavantaṃ śaraṇaṃ gacchāmi dharmaṃ ca bhikṣusaṃghaṃ ca/
[044.010]. upāsakaṃ ca māṃ dhāraya adyāgreṇa yāvajjīvaṃ prāṇopetaṃ śaraṇaṃ gatamabhiprasannam/
[044.011]. atha sa brāhmaṇo bhagavato bhāṣitamabhinandyānumodya bhagavataḥ pādau śirasā vanditvā utthāyāsanāt prakrāntaḥ//
[044.013]. idamavocadbhagavān/
[044.013]. āttamanasaste bhikṣavo bhagavato bhāṣitamabhyanandan//

[044.014]. iti śrīdivyāvadāne brāhmaṇadārikāvadānaṃ caturtham//