Chapter 5 - Stutibrāhmaṇa-avadāna

[045.001]. stutibrāhmaṇāvadānam/
[045.002]. atha bhagavān hastināpuramanuprāptaḥ/
[045.002]. anyatamo brāhmaṇo bhagavantaṃ dūrādeva dvātriṃśatā mahāpuruṣalakṣaṇaiḥ samalaṃkṛtamaśītyānuvyañjanairvirājitagātraṃ vyāmaprabhālaṃkṛtaṃ sūryasahasrātirekaprabhaṃ jaṅgamamiva parvataṃ samantato bhadrakaṃ dṛṣṭvā ca punarbhagavantamabhigamya gāthābhiḥ stotumārabdhah--
[045.004]. suvarṇavarṇo nayanābhirāmaḥ prītyākaraḥ sarvaguṇairupetaḥ/
[045.006]. devātidevo naradamyasārathis tīrṇo'si pāraṃ bhavasāgarasya//1// iti//
[045.009]. tato bhagavatā smitamupadarśitam/
[045.009]. dharmatā khalu yasmin samaye buddhā bhagavantaḥ smitaṃ prāviṣkurvanti, pūrvavad yāvad bhagavata ūrṇāyāmantarhitāḥ/
[045.010]. athāyuṣmānānandaḥ kṛtakarapuṭo bhagavantaṃ papraccha--
[045.012]. nānāvidho raṅgasahasracitro vaktrāntarānnṣkramitaḥ kalāpaḥ/
[045.014]. avabhāsitā yena diśaḥ samantāddivākareṇodayatā yathaiva//2//
[045.016]. gāthāṃ ca bhāṣate--
[045.017]. vigatodbhavā dainyamadaprahīṇā buddhā jagatyuttamahetubhūtāḥ/
[045.019]. nākāraṇaṃ śaṅkhamṛṇālagauraṃ smitamupadarśayanti jinā jitārayaḥ//3//
[045.021]. tatkālaṃ svayamadhigamya dhīra buddhyā śrotṛrṇāṃ śramaṇa jinendra kāṅkṣitānām/
[045.023]. dhīrābhirmunivṛṣa vāgbhiruttamābhirutpannaṃ vyapanaya saṃśayaṃ śubhābhiḥ//4//
[045.025]. nākasmāllavaṇajalādrirājadhairyāḥ saṃbuddhāḥ smitamupadarśayanti nāthāḥ/
[045.027]. yasyārthe smitamupadarśayanti dhīrāstaṃ śrotuṃ samabhilaṣanti te janaughāḥ//5// iti//
[045.029]. bhagavānāha--evametadānanda, evametat/
[045.029]. nāhetupratyayamānanda tathāgatā arhantaḥ samyaksambuddhāḥ smitaṃ prāviṣkurvanti/
[045.030]. dṛṣṭaste ānanda brāhmaṇo yena tathāgato gāthayā abhiṣṭutah?[46] dṛṣṭo bhadanta/

[046.001]. asau anena kuśalamūlena viṃśatikalpaṃ vinipātaṃ na gamiṣyati/
[046.002]. kiṃ tu devāṃśca manuṣyāṃśca gatvā saṃsṛtya paścime nikete paścime samucchraye paścime ātmabhāvapratilambhe stavārho nāma pratyekabuddho bhaviṣyati/
[046.003]. bhikṣavaḥ saṃśayajātāḥ sarvasaṃśayacchettāraṃ buddhaṃ bhagavantaṃ pṛcchanti--paśya bhadanta anena brāhmaṇena bhagavānekayā gāthayā stuto bhagavatā ca pratyekāyāṃ bodhau vyākṛta iti/
[046.005]. bhagavānāha--na bhikṣava etarhi, yathā atīte'dhvani anenāhamekayā gāthayā stutaḥ, mayā ca pañcasu grāmavareṣu pratiṣṭhāpitaḥ/
[046.006]. tacchṛṇu{ta}, sādhu ca suṣṭhu ca manasi kuru{ta}, bhāṣiṣye//
[046.008]. bhūtapūrvaṃ bhikṣavo'tīte'dhvani vārāṇasyāṃ nagaryāṃ brahmadatto nāma rājā rājyaṃ kārayati ṛddhaṃ ca sphītaṃ ca subhikṣaṃ ca ākīrṇabahujanamanuṣyaṃ ca/
[046.009]. sa cātīva kavipriyaḥ/
[046.009]. vārāṇasyāmanyatamo brāhmaṇaḥ kaviḥ/
[046.010]. sa brāhmaṇyocyate--brāhmaṇa śītakālo vartate/
[046.010]. gaccha, asya rājñaḥ kaccidanukūlaṃ bhāṣitaṃ kṛtvā kadācit kiṃcit śītatrāṇaṃ saṃpadyata iti/
[046.011]. sa saṃprasthitaḥ/
[046.012]. yāvadrājā hastiskandhārūḍho nirgacchati/
[046.012]. sa brāhmaṇaḥ saṃlakṣayati--kiṃ tāvadrājānaṃ stunomi āhosvid hastināgamiti/
[046.013]. tasyaitadabhavat--ayaṃ hastināgaḥ sarvalokasya priyo manāpaśca/
[046.014]. tiṣṭhatu tāvadrājā, hastināgaṃ tāvadabhiṣṭaumīti/
[046.014]. gāthāṃ ca bhāṣate--
[046.015]. erāvaṇasyākṛtitulyadeho rūpopapanno varalakṣaṇaiśca/
[046.017]. lakṣe praśasto'si mahāgajendra varṇapramāṇena surūparūpa//6// iti//
[046.019]. tato rājā abhiprasanno gāthāṃ bhāṣate--
[046.020]. yo me gajendro dayito manāpaḥ prītiprado dṛṣṭiharo narāṇām/
[046.022]. taṃ bhāṣase varṇapadāni tasya dadāmi te grāmavarāṇi pañca//7// iti//
[046.024]. kiṃ manyadhve bhikṣavo yo'sau hastināgaḥ, ahameva tena kālena tena samayena/
[046.025]. tadāpyahamanenaikayā gāthayā stutaḥ, mayā cāyaṃ pañcagrāmavareṣu pratiṣṭhāpitaḥ/
[046.025]. etarhi anenaikagāthayā stutaḥ, mayāpi cāyaṃ pratyekabodhau vyākṛta iti//
[046.027]. idamavocadbhagavān/
[046.027]. āttamanasas te bhikṣavo bhagavato bhāṣitamabhyanandan//

[046.028]. iti śrīdivyāvadāne stutibrāhmaṇāvadānaṃ pañcamam//