Chapter 14 - Sūkarika-avadāna

[120.001]. sūkarikāvadānam/

[120.002]. dharmatā khalu cyavanadharmaṇo devaputraysa pañca pūrvanimittāni prādurbhavanti--akliṣṭāni vāsāṃsi kliśyanti, amlānāni mālyāni mlāyanti, daurgandhaṃ kāyena niṣkrāmati, ubhābhyāṃ kakṣābhyāṃ svedaḥ prādurbhavanti, cyavanadharmā devaputraḥ sva āsane dhṛtiṃ na labhate/
[120.003]. athānyatamaścyavanadharmā devaputraḥ pṛthivyāmāvartate, saṃparivartyaivaṃ cāha--hā mandākinī, hā puṣkariṇī, hā vāpī, hā caitraratha, hā pāruṣyaka, hā nandanavana, hā miśrakāvana, hā pāriyātraka, hā puṇḍukambalaśilā, hā devasabhā, hā sudarśana, iti karuṇakaruṇaṃ paridevate sma/
[120.007]. adrākṣīcchakro devānāmindrastaṃ devaputramatyarthaṃ pṛthivyāmāvartantaṃ parivartantam/
[120.008]. dṛṣṭvā punaryena sa devaputrastenopasaṃkrāntaḥ/
[120.009]. upasaṃkramya taṃ devaputramidamavocat--hā kasmāt tvaṃ mārṣa atyarthaṃ pṛthivyāmāvartase, saṃparivartase, karuṇakaruṇaṃ paridevase--hā mandākinī, hā puṣkiriṇī, hā vāpī, hā caitraratha, hā pāruṣyaka, hā nandanavana, hā miśrakāvana, hā pāriyātraka, hā pāṇḍukambalaśilā, hā devasabhā, hā sudarśana iti karuṇakaruṇaṃ paridevase? evamukte devaputraḥ śakraṃ devānāmindramidamavocat--eṣo'haṃ kauśika divyaṃ sukhamanubhūya itaḥ saptame divase rājagṛhe nagare sūkaryāḥ kukṣau upapatsyāmi/
[120.014]. tatra mayā bahūni varṣāṇyuccāraprasrāvaḥ paribhoktavya iti/
[120.014]. atha śakro devānāmindraḥ kāruṇyatayā taṃ devaputramidamavocat--ehi tvaṃ mārṣa, buddhaṃ śaraṇaṃ gaccha dvipadānāmagryam, dharmaṃ śaraṇaṃ gaccha virāgāṇāmagryam, saṃghaṃ śaraṇaṃ gaccha gaṇānāmagryamiti/
[120.016]. atha sa devaputrastiryagyonyupapattibhayabhīto maraṇabhayabhītaśca śakraṃ devānāmindramidamavocat--eṣo'haṃ kauśika buddhaṃ śaraṇaṃ gacchāmi dvipadānāmagryam, dharmaṃ śaraṇaṃ gacchāmi virāgāṇāmagryam, saṃghaṃ śaraṇaṃ gacchāmi gaṇānāmagryam/
[120.019]. atha sa devaputrastriśaraṇaparigṛhīto bhūtvā cyutaḥ kālagatastuṣite devanikāye upapannaḥ//
[120.021]. dharmatā khalu adhastāddevānāṃ jñānadarśanaṃ pravartate nordhvam/
[120.021]. atha śakro devānāmindrastaṃ devaputramavalokayati--kimasau devaputraḥ sūkarikāyāḥ kukṣau upapanno na veti/
[120.022]. yāvat paśyati--nopapannastiryakpreteṣu/
[120.023]. narakeṣūpapanna iti paśyati/
[120.023]. nopapannaḥ/
[120.023]. manuṣyāṇāṃ sabhāgatāyāmupapanna iti paśyati/
[120.024]. nopapannaḥ/
[120.024]. cāturmahārājakāyikān devāṃstrāyastriṃśāṃścāvalokayitumārabdhaḥ/
[120.025]. tatrāpi nādrākṣīt/
[120.025]. atha śakro devānāmindraḥ kutūhalajāto yena bhagavāṃstenopasaṃkrāntaḥ/
[120.026]. upasaṃkramya bhagavataḥ pādau śirasā vanditvā ekānte niṣaṇṇaḥ/
[120.026]. ekāntaniṣaṇṇaḥ śakro devānāmindro bhagavantamidamavocat--ihāhaṃ bhadanta adrākṣamanyatamaṃ devaputraṃ cyavanadharmāṇaṃ pṛthivyāmāvartamānaṃ karuṇakaruṇaṃ ca paridevamānam--hā mandākini, hā puṣkiriṇi, hā vāpi, hā caitraratha, hā pāruṣyaka, hā nandanavana, hā miśrakāvana, hā pāriyātraka, hā pāṇḍukambalāśilā, hā devasabhā, hā sudarśana iti/
[120.029]. tamenamevaṃ vadāmi--kasmāt tvaṃ mārṣa atyarthaṃ śocasi paridevase krandasi urasi tāḍayasi saṃmohāpadyasa iti? sa evamāha--eṣo'haṃ kauśika divyaṃ sukhamapahāya itaḥ saptame divase rājagṛhe nagare sūkarikāyāḥ kukṣau upapatsyāmi/
[120.031]. tatra mayā [121] bahūni varṣāṇi uccāraprasrāvaḥ paribhoktavyaṃ bhaviṣyati/

[121.001]. tamenamevaṃ vadāmi--ehi tvaṃ mārṣa buddhaṃ śaraṇaṃ gaccha dvipadānāmagryam, dharmaṃ śaraṇaṃ gaccha virāgāṇāmagryam, saṃghaṃ śaraṇaṃ gaccha gaṇānāmagryamiti/
[121.003]. sa evamāha--eṣo'haṃ kauśika buddhaṃ śaraṇaṃ gacchāmi dvipadānāmagryam, dharmaṃ śaraṇaṃ gacchāmi virāgāṇāmagryam, saṃghaṃ śaraṇaṃ gacchāmi gaṇānāmagryam/
[121.004]. ityuktvā sa devaputraḥ kālagataḥ/
[121.005]. kutrāsau bhadanta devaputra upapannah? bhagavānāha--tuṣitā nāma kauśika devāḥ sarvakāmasamṛddhayaḥ/
[121.006]. tatrāsau modate devo gatveha śaraṇatrayam/
[121.006]. atha śakro devānāmindra āttamānāstasyāṃ velāyāmimāṃ gāthāṃ gāthāṃ bhāṣate--
[121.008]. ye buddhaṃ śaraṇam yānti na te gacchanti durgatim/
[121.009]. prahāya mānuṣān kāyān divyān kāyānupāsate//1//
[121.010]. ye dharmaṃ śaraṇam yānti na te gacchanti durgatim/
[121.011]. prahāya mānuṣān kāyān divyān kāyānupāsate//2//
[121.012]. ye saṃghaṃ śaraṇam yānti na te gacchanti durgatim/
[121.013]. prahāya mānuṣān kāyān divyān kāyānupāsate//3//
[121.014]. atha bhagavāñ śakrasya devānāmindrasya bhāṣitamanusaṃvarṇayannevamāha--evametat kauśika, evametat/
[121.016]. ye buddhaṃ śaraṇam yānti na te gacchanti durgatim/
[121.017]. prahāya mānuṣān kāyān divyān kāyānupāsate//4//
[121.018]. ye dharmaṃ śaraṇam yānti na te gacchanti durgatim/
[121.019]. prahāya mānuṣān kāyān divyān kāyānupāsate//5//
[121.020]. ye saṃghaṃ śaraṇam yānti na te gacchanti durgatim/
[121.021]. prahāya mānuṣān kāyān divyān kāyānupāsate//6//
[121.022]. atha śakro devānāmindro bhagavato bhāṣitamabhinandyānumodya bhagavataḥ pādau śirasā vanditvā bhagavantaṃ triḥ pradakṣiṇīkṛtya prāñjalikṛtasampuṭo bhagavantaṃ namasyamānastatraivāntarhitaḥ//
[121.024]. idamavocadbhagavān/
[121.024]. āttamanasaste bhikṣavo'bhyanandan//

[121.025]. iti śrīdivyāvadāne sūkarikāvadānaṃ caturdaśamam//