Chapter 6 - Indranāmabrāhmaṇa-avadāna

[047.001]. indranāmabrāhmaṇāvadānam/
[047.002]. bhagavāñ śrughnāmanuprāptaḥ/
[047.002]. śrughnāyāmindro nāma brāhmaṇaḥ prativasati/
[047.002]. sa ca rūpayauvanaśrutamanuprāpto na mamāsti kaścit tulya ityatīva vikatthate/
[047.003]. bhagavāṃścānyatamasmin pradeśe purastādbhikṣusaṃghasya prajñapta evāsane niṣaṇṇo dharmaṃ deśayati/
[047.004]. aśrauṣīdindro nāma brāhmaṇah--śramaṇo gautamaḥ śrughnāmanuprāpta iti/
[047.005]. tasyaitadabhavat--śramaṇo gautamaḥ śrūyate'bhirūpo darśanīyaḥ prāsādika iti/
[047.006]. gacchāmi paśyāmi kiṃ mamāntikādabhirūpatara āhosvinneti/
[047.007]. sa nirgato yāvat paśyati bhagavantaṃ dvātriṃśatā mahāpuruṣalakṣaṇaiḥ samalaṃkṛtamaśītyā cānuvyañjanairvirājitagātraṃ vyāmaprabhālaṃkṛtaṃ sūryasahasarātirekaprabhaṃ jaṅgamamiva ratnaparvataṃ samantato bhadrakam/
[047.009]. dṛṣṭvā ca punarasyaitadabhavat--kiṃ cāpi śramaṇo gautamo mamāntikādabhirūpataraḥ, noccatara iti/
[047.010]. sa bhagavato mūrdhānamavalokayitumārabdho yāvanna paśyati/
[047.010]. sa ūrdhvataraṃ pradeśamārūḍhaḥ/
[047.011]. tatra bhagavānindraṃ brāhmaṇamāmantrayate--alaṃ brāhmaṇa, khedamāpatsyase/
[047.011]. yadi sumerumūrdhānamapi abhiruhya tathāgatasya mūrdhānamavalokayasi, tathā sutarāṃ khedamāpatsyase, na ca drakṣyasi/
[047.013]. api tu na tvayā śrutaṃ sasurāsurajagadanavalokitamūrdhāno buddhā bhagavanta iti? api tu yadīpsasi tathāgatasya śarīrapramāṇaṃ draṣṭum, tava gṛhe'gnihotrakuṇḍaṃ tasyādhastādgośīrṣacandanamayī yaṣṭirupatiṣṭhate, tāmuddhṛtya māpaya/
[047.015]. tattathāgatamātāpaitṛkasyāśrayasya pramāṇamiti/
[047.015]. indro brāhmaṇaḥ saṃlakṣayati--etadasyāścaryaṃ na kadācinmayā śrutam, gacchāmi paśyāmīti/
[047.016]. tvaritatvaritagato'gnihotrakuṇḍakasyādhastāt khanitumārabdhaḥ/
[047.017]. sarvaṃ tathaiva/
[047.017]. so'bhiprasannaḥ/
[047.017]. sa saṃlakṣayati--nūnaṃ śramaṇo gautamaḥ sarvajñaḥ/
[047.018]. gacchāmi paryupāsitumiti/
[047.018]. sa prasādajāto yena bhagavāṃstenopasaṃkrāntaḥ/
[047.019]. upasaṃkramya bhagavatā sārdhaṃ saṃmukhaṃ saṃmodanīṃ saṃrañjanīṃ vividhāṃ kathāṃ vyatisārya ekānte niṣaṇṇaḥ/
[047.020]. tato bhagavatā āśayānuśayaṃ dhātuṃ prakṛtiṃ ca jñātvā tādṛśī caturāryasatyasamprativedhikī dharmadeśanā kṛtā, yathaindreṇa brāhmaṇena viṃśatiśikharasamudgataṃ satkāyadṛṣṭiśailaṃ jñānavajreṇa bhittvā srotāapattiphalaṃ sākṣātkṛtam/
[047.022]. sa dṛṣṭasatyaḥ kathayati--atikrānto'haṃ bhadanta, atikrāntaḥ/
[047.023]. eṣo'haṃ bhagavantaṃ śaraṇaṃ gacchāmi dharmaṃ ca bhikṣusaṃghaṃ ca/
[047.023]. upāsakaṃ ca māṃ dhāraya adyāgreṇa yāvajjīvaṃ prāṇopetaṃ śaraṇaṃ gatam/
[047.024]. abhiprasanno'thendro brāhmaṇa utthāyāsanāt ekāṃsamuttarāsaṅgaṃ kṛtvā yena bhagavāṃstenāñjaliṃ praṇamya bhagavantamidamavocat--yadi bhagavānanujānīyāt, ahaṃ gośīrṣacandanamayyā yaṣṭyā mahaṃ prajñapayeyamiti/
[047.026]. bhagavānāha--gaccha brāhmaṇa anujñātaṃ prajñapayasi/
[047.027]. tatastena viviktāvakāśe mahatā satkāreṇāsau yaṣṭirucchrāpitā, mahaśca prajñapitaḥ/
[047.028]. anyairapi brāhmaṇagṛhapatibhiḥ kuśalamadhiṣṭhānāya bhavatviti viditvā kulā baddhā(?)/
[047.029]. indreṇa brāhmaṇena yaṣṭyā mahaḥ prajñapita iti indramaha indramaha iti saṃjñā saṃvṛttā//
[047.030]. tatra bhagavānāyuṣmantamānandamāmantrayate--āgamaya ānanda yena toyikā/
[047.030]. evaṃ bhadanteti āyuṣmānānando bhagavataḥ pratyaśrauṣīt/
[047.031]. atha bhagavāṃstoyikāmanuprāptaḥ/
[047.031]. tasmiṃśca pradeśe brāhmaṇo lāṅgalaṃ vāhayati/
[047.032]. athāsau dadarśa buddhaṃ bhagavantaṃ dvātriṃśatā mahāpuruṣalakṣaṇaih [48] samalaṃkṛtamaśītyā cānuvyañjanairvirājitagātraṃ vyāmaprabhālaṃkṛtaṃ sūryasahasrātirekaprabhaṃ jaṅgamamiva ratnaparvataṃ samantato bhadrakam/

[048.002]. dṛṣṭvā saṃlakṣayati--yadi bhagavantaṃ gautamamupetyābhivādayiṣyāmi, karmaparihāṇirme bhaviṣyatīti/
[048.003]. atha nipetyābhivādayiṣyāmi, puṇyaparihāṇirbhaviṣyati/
[048.003]. tat ko'sau upāyaḥ syāt yena me karmaparihāṇir na syānnāpi puṇyaparihāṇiriti/
[048.004]. tasya buddhirutpannā--atrastha evābhivādanaṃ karomi/
[048.005]. evaṃ na karmaparihāṇir na puṇyaparihāṇiriti/
[048.006]. tena yathāgṛhītayaiva pratodayaṣṭyā tatrasthenaivābhivādanaṃ kṛtam--abhivādaye buddhaṃ bhagavantamiti/
[048.007]. tatra bhagavānāyuṣmantamānandamāmantrayate--bhavakṣayakaraḥ kṣaṇam/
[048.007]. eṣa brāhmaṇaḥ/
[048.007]. sacedasyaivaṃ samyaksampratyayajñānadarśanam ahamanenopakrameṇa vandito bhaveyam, evamanena dvābhyāṃ samyaksambuddhābhyāṃ vandanā kṛtā bhavet/
[048.010]. tatkasya hetoh? asminnānanda pradeśe kāśyapasya samyaksambuddhasyāvikopito'sthisaṃghātastiṣṭhati/
[048.011]. athāyuṣmānānando laghuladhveva caturguṇamuttarāsaṅgaṃ prajñapya bhagavantamidamavocat--niṣīdatu bhagavān prajñapta evāsane/
[048.012]. evamayaṃ pṛthivīpradeśo dvābhyāṃ samyaksambuddhābhyāṃ paribhukto bhaviṣyati, yacca kāśyapena samyaksambuddhena, yaccaitarhi bhagavatā iti/
[048.014]. niṣaṇṇo bhagavān prajñapta evāsane/
[048.014]. niṣadya bhikṣūnāmantrayate sma--icchatha kālaḥ, etasya sugata samayaḥ, yaṃ bhagavān bhikṣūṇāṃ kāśyapasya samyaksambuddhasyāvikopitaṃ śarīrasaṃghātamupadarśayet/
[048.017]. dṛṣṭvā bhikṣavaścittamabhiprasādayiṣyanti/
[048.017]. tato bhagavatā laukikaṃ cittamutpāditam/
[048.017]. dharmatā khalu yasmin samaye buddhā bhagavanto laukikaṃ cittamutpādayanti, tasmin samaye kuntapipīlikā api prāṇino bhagavataścetasā cittamājānanti/
[048.019]. nāgāḥ saṃlakṣayanti--kiṃ kāraṇaṃ bhagavatā laukikacittamutpāditamiti? paśyanti--kāśyapasya samyaksambuddhasya śarīrasaṃghātamavikopitaṃ draṣṭukāma iti/
[048.021]. tatastaiḥ kāśyapasya samyaksambuddhasyāvikopitaśarīrasaṃghāta ucchrāpitaḥ/
[048.021]. tatra bhagavān bhikṣūnāmantrayate sma--udgṛhṇīta bhikṣavo nimittam/
[048.022]. antardhāsyati/
[048.022]. antarhitaḥ//
[048.023]. rājñā prasenajitā śrutaṃ bhagavatā śrāvakāṇāṃ darśanāyāvikopitaṃ kāśyapasya samyaksambuddhasya śarīrasaṃghātaṃ samucchritamiti/
[048.024]. śrutvā ca punaḥ kutūhalajātaḥ sahāntaḥpureṇa kumārairamātyairbhaṭabalāgrair naigamajānapadaiśca draṣṭuṃ saṃprasthitaḥ/
[048.025]. evaṃ virūḍhakaḥ, anāthapiṇḍado gṛhapatiḥ, ṛṣidattaḥ purāṇasthapitaḥ, viśākhā mṛgāramātā, anekāni ca prāṇiśatasahasrāṇi kutūhalajātāni draṣṭuṃ saṃprasthitāni pūrvakaiśca kuśalamūlaiḥ saṃcodyamānāni/
[048.027]. yāvadasau anatarhitaḥ/
[048.027]. taiḥ śrutam--anatarhito'sau bhagavataḥ kāśyapasya samyaksambuddhasya śarīrasaṃghāturavikopita iti/
[048.029]. śrutvā ca punasteṣāṃ duḥkhadaurmanasyamutpannam--vṛthā asmākamāgamanaṃ jātamiti/
[048.029]. athānyatamena copāsakena sa pradeśaḥ pradakṣiṇīkṛtaḥ/
[048.030]. evaṃ ca cetasā cittamabhisaṃskṛtam--asmānme padāvihārāt kiyat puṇyaṃ bhaviṣyatīti/
[048.031]. atha bhagavāṃstasya mahājanakāyasyāvipratisārasaṃjananārthaṃ tasya copāsakasya cetasā cittamājñāya gāthāṃ bhāṣate--

[049.001]. [49] śataṃsahasrāṇi suvarṇaniṣkā jāmbūnadā nāsya samā bhavanti/
[049.003]. yo buddhacaityeṣu prasannacittaḥ padāvihāraṃ prakaroti vidvān//1//
[049.005]. anyatamena upāsakena tasmin pradeśe mṛttikāpiṇḍo dattaḥ/
[049.005]. evaṃ ca cittamabhisaṃskṛtam--padāvihārasya tāvadiyat puṇyamākhyātaṃ bhagavatā anyatra/
[049.006]. mṛttikāpiṇḍasya kiyat puṇyaṃ bhaviṣyatīti? atha bhagavāṃstasyāpi cetasā cittamājñāya bhāṣate--
[049.008]. śataṃsahasrāṇi suvarṇaniṣkā jāmbūnadā nāsya samā bhavanti/
[049.010]. yo buddhacaityeṣu prasannacitta āropayenmṛttikapiṇḍamekam//2//
[049.012]. tataḥ śrutvā anekaiḥ prāṇiśatasahasrairmṛttikāpiṇḍasamāropaṇaṃ kṛtam/
[049.012]. aparaistatra muktapuṣpāṇyavakṣiptāni, evaṃ ca cittamabhisaṃskṛtam--padāvihārasya mṛttikāpiṇḍasya ceyat puṇyamuktaṃ bhagavatā, asmākaṃ tu muktapuṣpāṇāṃ kiyat puṇyaṃ bhaviṣyatīti? atha bhagavāṃsteṣāmapi cetasā cittamājñāya gāthāṃ bhāṣate--
[049.016]. śataṃsahasrāṇi suvarṇaniṣkā jāmbūnadā nāsya samā bhavanti/
[049.018]. yo buddhacaityeṣu prasannacittah āropayenmuktasupuṣparāśim//3//
[049.020]. aparaistatra mālāvihāraḥ kṛtaḥ, cittaṃ cābhisaṃskṛtam--muktapuṣpāṇāṃ bhagavatā iyat puṇyamuktam/
[049.021]. asmākaṃ mālāvihārasya kiyatpuṇyaṃ bhaviṣyatīti? atha bhagavāṃsteṣāmapi cetasā cittamājñāya gāthāṃ bhāṣate--
[049.023]. śataṃsahasrāṇi suvarṇavāhā jāmbūnadā nāsya samā bhavanti/
[049.025]. yo buddhacaityeṣu prasannacitto mālāvihāraṃ prakaroti vidvān//4//
[049.027]. aparaistatra pradīpamālā dattā, cittaṃ cābhisaṃskṛtam--mālāvihārasya bhagavatā iyat puṇyamuktam/
[049.028]. asmākaṃ pradīpadānasya kiyatpuṇyaṃ bhaviṣyatīti? atha bhagavāṃsteṣāmapi cetasā cittamājñāya gāthāṃ bhāṣate--

[050.001]. [50] śataṃsahasrāṇi suvarṇakoṭyo jāmbūnadā nāsya samā bhavanti/
[050.003]. yo buddhacaityeṣu prasannacittaḥ pradīpadānaṃ prakaroti vidvān//5//
[050.005]. aparaistatra gandhābhiṣeko dattaḥ/
[050.005]. evaṃ cetasā cittamabhisaṃskṛtam--pradīpasya bhagavatā iyat puṇyamuktam/
[050.006]. asmākaṃ gandhābhiṣekasya kiyatpuṇyaṃ bhaviṣyatīti? atha bhagavāṃsteṣāmapi cetasā cittamājñāya gāthāṃ bhāṣate--
[050.008]. śataṃsahasrāṇi suvarṇarāśayo jāmbūnadā nāsya samā bhavanti/
[050.010]. yo buddhacaityeṣu prasannacitto gandhābhiṣekaṃ prakaroti vidvān//6//
[050.012]. aparaistatra cchatradhvajapatākāropaṇaṃ kṛtam/
[050.012]. evaṃ ca ... cetasā cittamājñāya gāthāṃ bhāṣate--
[050.013]. tiṣṭhantaṃ pūjayedyañca yañcāpi parinirvṛtam/
[050.014]. samaṃ cittaṃ prasādyeha nāsti puṇyaviśeṣatā//7//
[050.015]. evaṃ hyacintiyā buddhā buddhadharmā^pyacintiyā/
[050.016]. acintiye prasannānāṃ vipāko'pi acintiyaḥ//8//
[050.017]. teṣāmacintiyānāmapratihatadharmacakravartinām/
[050.018]. samyaksambuddhānāṃ nālaṃ guṇapāramadhigantum//9// iti//
[050.019]. tato bhagavatā tasya mahājanakāyasya tathāvidhā dharmadeśanā kṛtā, yāṃ śrutvā anekaiḥ prāṇiśatasahasrairmahān viśeṣo'dhigataḥ/
[050.021]. kaiścicchrāvakabodhau cittānyutpāditāni, kaiścit pratyekabodhau, kaiścidanuttarāyāṃ samyaksambodhau, kaiścinmūrdhāgatāni, kaiścinmūrdhānaḥ, kaiściduṣṇagatānyāsāditāni, kaiścit satyānulomāḥ kṣāntayaḥ, kaiścitsrotāapattiphalaṃ sākṣātkṛtam, kaiścit sakṛdāgamiphalam, kaiścit sarvakleśaprahāṇādarhattvaṃ sākṣātkṛtam/
[050.023]. yadbhūyasā buddhaniṃnā dharmapravaṇāḥ saṃghaprāgbhārā vyavasthāpitāḥ//
[050.025]. atha anāthapiṇḍado gṛhapatirbhagavantamidamavocat--yadi bhagavānanujānīyāt, atra mahaṃ prajñāyeyam/
[050.026]. anujānāmi gṛhapate, prajñāpayitavyam/
[050.026]. tato'nāthapiṇḍadena gṛhapatinā mahaḥ prajñāpitaḥ/
[050.027]. toyikāmaha iti saṃjñā saṃvṛttā//
[050.028]. idamavocadbhagavān/
[050.028]. āttamanasas te bhikṣavo bhagavato bhāṣitamabhyanandan//

[050.029]. iti śrīdivyāvadāne indranāmabrāhmaṇāvadānaṃ ṣaṣṭham//