Chapter 32 - Rūpāvatī-avadāna

[307.001]. rūpāvatyavadānam/

[307.002]. evaṃ mayā śrutam/
[307.002]. ekasmin samaye bhagavāñ śrāvastyāṃ viharati sma jetavane'nāthapiṇḍadasyārāme mahatā bhikṣusaṃghena sārdhamardhatrayodaśabhirbhikṣuśataiḥ/
[307.003]. satkṛto bhagavān gurukṛto mānitaḥ pūjito bhikṣubhibhikṇyupāsakopāsikai rājñā rājamātrair nānāvaṇikchramaṇabrāhmaṇaparivrājakanaigamajanapadair nāgairyakṣairgandharvairasuragatuḍakinnaramahoragaiḥ/
[307.005]. lābhī ca bhagavān prabhutānāṃ praṇītānāṃ cīvarapiṇḍapātaśayanāsanaglānapratyayabhaiṣajyapariṣkārāṇāṃ divyānāṃ ca manuṣyāṇāṃ ca, taiśca bhagavānanupaliptaḥ padmamiva vāriṇā/
[307.007]. tena khalu punaḥ samayena ayameva bhagavato'nurūpa udāraḥ kalyāṇakīrtiśabda śloko'bhyudgatah--ityapi sa bhagavāṃstathāgato'rhan samyaksambuddho vidyācaraṇasampannaḥ sugato lokavidanuttaraḥ puruṣadamyasārathiḥ śāstā devānāṃ ca buddho bhagavān/
[307.010]. sa imāṃ sadevakaṃ samārakaṃ sabrahmakaṃ saśramaṇabrāhmaṇīṃ prajāṃ sadevamanuṣīṃ svayamabhijñāya sākṣātkṛtvopasampadya viharati/
[307.011]. sa dharmaṃ deśayatyādau kalyāṇaṃ madhye kalyāṇāṃ paryavasāne kalyāṇam/
[307.012]. svarthaṃ suvyañjanaṃ kevalaṃ paripūrṇaṃ pariśuddhaṃ paryavadātaṃ brahmacaryaṃ saṃprakāśayati sma/
[307.013]. tatra bhagavān bhikṣūnāmantrayate sma--evaṃ ca bhikṣavaḥ sattvā jānīyuh--dānaṃ dānaphalaṃ dānasaṃvibhāgasya ca vipākam, apīdānīm yo'sau caramaḥ kavalaḥ paścima ālopaḥ, tamapi nāsaṃvibhajya pariṣvātmanā vā paribhuñjīran, na cotpannaṃ mātsaryaṃ cittaṃ paryādāya tiṣṭheyuḥ/
[307.016]. yasmāttarhi bhikṣavaḥ sattvā na jānanti dānasya phalaṃ dānasaṃvibhāgasya ca phalavipākam yathāhaṃ jāne dānasya phalaṃ dānasaṃvibhāgasya ca phalavipākam, tasmātsattvā yo'sau caramaḥ kavalaḥ paścima ālopaḥ, tamevādattvā imamasaṃvibhajya pareṣvātmanā vā paribhuñjate, utpannaṃ cauṣāṃ mātsaryamalaṃ cittaṃ paryādāya tiṣṭhati//
[307.020]. bhikṣavaḥ sarvasaṃśayajātāḥ sarvasaṃśayānāṃ chettāraṃ buddhaṃ bhagavantamapṛcchan--āścaryaṃ bhadanta yāvacca bhagavata etarhi yācakāḥ priyāḥ/
[307.021]. na bhikṣava etarhi mama, yathā atīte'pyadhvani yācanakāḥ priyāḥ/
[307.022]. taccrūyatām//
[307.023]. bhūtapūrvaṃ bhikṣavo'tīte'dhvanyuttarāpatheṣu janapadeṣu utpalāvatī nāṃ nagarī rājadhānī babhūva ṛddhā ca sphaītā ca kṣemā ca ākīrṇabahujanamanuṣyā ca/
[307.024]. athāpareṇa samayena utpalāvatyāṃ nagararājadhānyāṃ durbhikṣamabhūd durjīvaṃ durlabhapiṇḍaṃ nasukaramapatāne pragrahaṇe yāpayitum/
[307.026]. tena khalu samayenotpalāvatyāṃ rājadhānyāṃ rūpāvatī nāma strī babhūva abhirūpā darśanīyā prāsādikā śubhavarṇapuṣkalanayā samanvāgatā/
[307.027]. atha rūpāvatī strī svānniveśanānniṣkramya utpalāvatyāṃ rājadhānyāṃ jaṅghāvihāramanukrāmati/
[307.028]. anyataradapavarakaṃ prāviśat/
[307.028]. tasmin khalu samaye tasminnapavarake strī prasūtā, dārakaṃ prajātā abhirūpaṃ prāsādikaṃ śubhavarṇapuṣkalatayā samanvāgatam/
[307.030]. taṃ sā strī kṣutkṣāmaparītā raikṣacittā dārakaṃ gṛhṇāti, icchati ca svāni putramāṃsāni bhikṣayitum/
[307.031]. tāṃ dṛṣṭvā rūpāvatī strī etadavovat--kimidaṃ bhagini kartukāmāsi? sā āha--jighatsitāsmi bhagini/
[307.032]. icchāmi svakāni putramāṃsāni [308] bhakṣayitum/

[308.001]. rūpāvatī āha--tenabhagini niveśane kiṃcitsaṃvidyate'nnaṃ vā pānaṃ vā bhojanaṃ vā svādanīyaṃ vā? durlabhaḥ putraśabdo lokasya/
[308.002]. na me bhagini kiṃcitsaṃvidyate niveśane annaṃ vā pānaṃ vā khādyaṃ vā bhojanaṃ vā svādanīyaṃ vā lehyaṃ vā/
[308.003]. durlabhaṃ jīvitaṃ lokasya/
[308.004]. rūpāvatyāha--tena hi bhagini muhūrtamāgamaya, yāvadahaṃ niveśanaṃ gatvā tavārthāya bhojanamānayiṣyāmi/
[308.005]. sā āha--yatkhalu bhagini jānīyāh--kukṣirme lupyati, pṛthivī me sphuṭati, hṛdayaṃ me dhūmāyati, diśo me na pratibhānti/
[308.006]. na tāvattvaṃ dvāraśālāyā nirgatā bhaviṣyasi yāvanme vāyava ākramiṣyanti/
[308.007]. yathā rūpāvatyā etadabhavat--yadi dārakaṃ gṛhītvā gamiṣyāmi, eṣā strī kṣutkṣāmaparītā kālaṃ kariṣyati/
[308.008]. atha dārakamapahāya yāsyāmi, niyataṃ dārakaṃ bhakṣayiṣyati/
[308.009]. yathākathaṃ punarmama kurvantyā dvayorjīvitalābhaḥ syāt? tasyā etadabhavat--anaparādhyāśayavati saṃsāre bahūni duḥkhānyanubhūtāni asakṛ nnarakeṣvasakṛttiryakṣvasakṛd yamaloke'sakṛ nmanuṣyalokeṣu hastacchedāḥ pādacchedāḥ karṇacchedā karṇanāsācchedā aṅgapratyaṅgacchedāstathānyāni vividhāni bahūni duḥkhanyanubhūtāni/
[308.012]. ko mayā tenārtho'nuprāpto yadā āhamātmanaḥ sthāmaṃ ca balaṃ ca vīryaṃ ca saṃjanayitvā imāṃ striyaṃ svena rudhireṇa māṃsena saṃtarpya imaṃ dārakaṃ parimocayeyam/
[308.014]. rūpāvatī pṛcchati--asti te bhagini niveśane śastram? sā strī āha--astīti/
[308.015]. tena hi yatra bhavati, tadupadarśaya/
[308.015]. sā taṃ pradeśamupadarśayāmāsa/
[308.016]. tato rūpāvatyā svayameva śastraṃ tīkṣṇaṃ gṛhītvā tau stanau cchittvā tāṃ striyaṃ svakena māṃsarudhireṇa saṃtarpayati sma/
[308.017]. saṃtarpya ca tāṃ striyametadavocat--yatkhalu bhagini jānīyāh--ayaṃ dārako mayā svakena māṃsarudhireṇa krītaḥ/
[308.018]. sāhaṃ tava nikṣepamanuprayacchāmi--mā bhūyo dārakaṃ bhakṣayiṣyasi, yāvadahaṃ niveśanaṃ gatvā tavārthāya bhojanamānayiṣyāmi/
[308.019]. sā āha--adya tāvan bhūyaḥ/
[308.020]. atha rūpāvatī strī rudhireṇoddharatā yena svaṃ niveśanaṃ tenopasaṃkrāntā/
[308.021]. adrākṣīdrūpāvatyāḥ striyāḥ svāmī rūpāvatīm, strīṃ rudhireṇoddharatā pradharatā dūrata eva agacchantīm/
[308.022]. dṛṣṭvā ca punā rūpāvatīmetadavocat--kenedamevamrūpaṃ rūpāvati viprakāraṃ kṛtam? sautāṃ prakṛtiṃ vistareṇārocayati sma/
[308.023]. ārocayitvā etadavocat--prajñapaya āryaputra tasyā striyā bhaktam/
[308.024]. sa āha--prajñapaya āryaduhitastasyā bhaktam/
[308.024]. api tu satyavacanaṃ tāvatkariṣyāmi/
[308.024]. yenāryaduhitaḥ satyena satyavacanena ayamevamrūpa āścaryādbhuto dharmo na kadācid dṛṣṭo vā śruto vā, tena satyena satyavacanena ubhau tava stanau yathāpaurāṇau prādurbhavetām/
[308.026]. sahakṛtenāsminnevamrūpe satyavacane tasyā asminneva kṣaṇe ubhau stanau yathāpaurāṇau prādurbhūtau//
[308.028]. atha śakrasya devānāmindrasyaitadabhavat--atityāgo'tityāgagauravatā yā rūpāvatyā striyā kṛtaḥ/
[308.029]. mā haiva sā rūpāvatī strī ataḥ śakrabhavanāccyāvayet/
[308.029]. yannvahamenāṃ mīmāṃseyam/
[308.030]. atha śakro devendra udārabrāhmaṇarūpamātmānamabhinirmāya sauvarṇadaṇḍakamaṇḍalumādāya suvarṇadaṇḍena maṇivālavyajanena vījyamānastadyathā balavān puruṣaḥ saṃmiñjitaṃ bāhuṃ prasārayet prasāritaṃ saṃmiñjayet, evameva śakro devānāmindro deveṣu trāyastriṃśeṣvantarhita utpalāvatyām [309] rājadhānyāṃ pratyasthāt/

[309.001]. atha śakro devānāmindra utpalāvatyāṃ rājadhānyāṃ bhaikṣyamanvāhiṇḍan yana rūpāvatyāḥ striyā niveśanaṃ tenopasaṃkramya dvāri sthitvā bhaikṣyamutkrośate/
[309.002]. tato rūpāvatī strī bhaikṣamādāya yena sa brāhmaṇaveṣadharaḥ śakraḥ, tenopasaṃkramya bhaikṣamupanāmayate/
[309.003]. atha sa śakro devānāmindro rūpāvatīṃ striyametadvocat--satyaṃ te rūpāvari dārakasyārthāyobhau stanau parityaktau? sā āha--ārya brāhmaṇa satyam/
[309.005]. sa tāmāh--evaṃ te rūpāvatī ubhau stanau parityajāmīti parityajantyāḥ parityajya vā abhūccittasya vipratisārah? sā āha--na me ubhau stanau parityajantyā abhūccittasya vipratisāraḥ/
[309.007]. śakra aha--atra kaḥ śraddhāsyati? rūpāvatyāha--tena hi brāhmaṇa satyavacanaṃ kariṣyāmi/
[309.008]. yena satyena brahman satyavacanenobhau stanau parityajāmīti parityajantyāḥ parityajya vā nābhūccittasyānyathātvam, nābhūccittasya vipratisāraḥ, api ca brahman yena satyena mayā dārakasyārthāyobhau stanau parityaktau, na rājyārthaṃ na bhogārthaṃ na śakrārthaṃ na rājñāṃ cakravartināṃ viṣayārthaṃ nānyatrāhamanuttarāṃ samyaksambodhimabhisambudhya adāntān damayeyam, amuktān mocayeyam, anāśvastānāśvāsayeyam, aparinirvṛtān parinirvāpayeyam, tena satyena satyavacanena mama strīndriyamantardhāya puruṣendriyaṃ prādurbhavet/
[309.014]. tasyāstasminneva kṣaṇe strīndriyamantarhitam, puruṣendriyaṃ prādurbhūtam/
[309.014]. atha khalu śakro devendrastuṣṭa udagra āttamanāḥ pramuditaḥ prītisaumanasyajātas tata eva ṛddhyā vaihāyasamabhyudgamyodānamudānayati--rūpāvatyāḥ strīndriyamantarhitam, puruṣendriyaṃ prādurbhūtam/
[309.016]. rūpāvatyāḥ striyo rūpāvataḥ kumāra iti saṃjñā utpāditā//
[309.018]. athāpareṇa samayenopalāvatyāṃ rājadhānyāṃ nagaryāṃ rājā aputraḥ kālagataḥ/
[309.018]. tatra piṇḍatajātīyānāṃ mahāmātrāṇāmetadabhūt--yannu vayamutpalāvatyāṃ rāhadhānyāṃ rāhānaṃ sthāpayema/
[309.020]. teṣāmetadabhūt--nānyatra rūpāvatakumārātkṛtapuṇyātkṛtakuśalāt/
[309.020]. te rūpāvataṃ kumāramutpalāvatyāṃ rājadhānyāṃ rājānaṃ sthāpayanti/
[309.021]. atha sa ṣaṣṭivarṣāṇi rājyaṃ kārayati/
[309.021]. dharmeṇa rājyaṃ kārayitvā kālamakārṣīt/
[309.022]. kāyasya bhedāttasyāmevotpalāvatyāṃ rājadhānyāmanyatamasya śroṣṭhino gṛhapateragramahiṣyāḥ kukṣāvupapannaḥ/
[309.023]. sā pūrṇānāmaṣṭānāṃ vā navānāṃ vā māsānāmatyayāddārakaṃ janayati abhirūpaṃ darśanīyaṃ prāsādikaṃ śubhavarṇapuṣkalatayā samanvāgatam/
[309.024]. tasya jātamātrasya tādṛśī kāyātprabhā muktā, yayā prabhayā candrasya prabhā niṣprabhīkṛtā/
[309.025]. athānyatarā strī yena sa śreṣṭhī gṛhapatistenopasaṃkrāntā/
[309.026]. upasaṃkramya śreṣṭhinaṃ gṛhapatimetadavocat--yatkhalu gṛhapate jānīyāh--te dārako jāto'bhirūpo darśanīyaḥ prāsādikaḥ śubhayā varṇapuṣkalatayā samanvāgataḥ/
[309.027]. tasya jātamātrasya tādṛśī kāyātprabhā pramuktā, yayā candrasya prabhā niṣprabhīkṛtā/
[309.028]. atha sa śreṣṭhī gṛhapatistuṣṭa udagra āttamanāḥ prītasaumanasyajātas tasyā eva rātryā atyayādye jānanti brahmaṇā lakṣaṇyā naibhittikā vaipañcikā bhūmyantarikṣamantrakuśalā nakṣatraśukragrahacaritajñāḥ, sa tān saṃnipātya dārakamupadarśayati--yatkhalu brāhmaṇā jānīdhvam--ayamagramahiṣyā dārako jāto'bhirūpo darśanīyaḥ prasādikāḥ śubhayā varṇapuṣkalatayā samanvāgataḥ/
[309.032]. etasya jātamātrasya tādṛśī kāyātprabhā muktā, yayā candrasya prabhā niṣprabhīkṛtā/
[309.033]. tadasya brāhmaṇā dārakasya lakṣaṇāni prekṣya [310] nāma avasthāpayati/

[310.001]. tasye ta brāhmaṇā lakṣaṇanaimittikā vipañcikā bhūmyantarīkṣamantrakuśalā nakṣatraśukragrahacatiteṣu kovidā dārakamupagatāḥ/
[310].002ṭe saṃlakṣya vadanti--te gṛhapate dārako jāto'bhirūpo darśanīyaḥ prasādikaḥ śubhayā varṇapuṣkalatayā samanvāgaraḥ/
[310.003]. asya jātamātrasya tādṛśī kāyātprabhā muktā yayā candraprabhā niṣprabhīkṛtā/
[310.004]. tadbhavatvasya candraprabha iti nāma/
[310.005]. atha śreṣṭhī gṛhapatistān brāhmaṇān bhojayitvā visarjya candraprabhasya dārakasya catasro dhātrīranuprayacchati aṅkadhātrī maladhātrī stanadhātrī karīḍāpaṇilā dhātrī/
[310.006]. aṅkadhātrītyucyate yā dārakamaṅkena parikarṣayati, aṅkapratyaṅgāni ca saṃsthāpayati/
[310.007]. maladhātrītyucyate yā dārakaṃ snāapayati, cīvarakānmalaṃ prapātayati/
[310.008]. stanyadhātryucyate yā dārakaṃ stanyaṃ pāyayati/
[310.009]. krūḍāpanikā dhātryucyate yāni tāni dārakāṇāṃ dakṣakāṇāṃ taruṇakānāṃ ktīḍāpanikāni bhavanti, yadyathā--akāyikā sakāyikā vitkoḍikā(?) syapeṭārikā vaṃśaghaṭikā saṃdhāvaṇikā hastivigrahā aśvavigrahā balīvardavigrahāḥ kathayanti dhanurgrahāḥ kāṇḍakaṭacchupūrakūrcabhaiṣajyasthavikāśca purataḥ patikṛṣyante/
[310.012]. sa ābhiścatasṛbhirunnīyate vardhyate mahatā śrīsaubhāgyena/
[310.012]. yadā candraprabho dārako'ṣṭavarṣo jātyā saṃvṛttaḥ, tadainaṃ mātāpitarau susnātaṃ suviliptaṃ sarvālaṃkāravibhūṣitaṃ kṛtvā saṃbahulairdārakaiḥ parivṛttaṃ lipiṃ prāpayante/
[310.014]. tena khalu samayena tasyāṃ lipiśālāyāṃ pañcamātrakadārakaśatāni lipiṃ śikṣanti/
[310.015]. atha candraprabho dārakastān dārakānetadavocat--etaddārakā vayaṃ sarve'nuttarāṃ samyaksambodhimabhisambodhau cittamutpādayema/
[310.016]. te āhuh--kiṃ candraprabha bodhisattvena karaṇīyam? sa āha--ṣaṭ pāramitāḥ paripūrayitavyāḥ/
[310.017]. katamāḥ ṣaṭ? tadyathā--dānapāramitā śīlapāramitā kṣāntipāramitā vīryapāramitā dhyānapāramitā prajñāpāramitā/
[310.018]. tadahaṃ dānaṃ dadāmi, yannvahaṃ tiryagyonigatebhyo'pi dānaṃ dadyām/310.19. sa tīkṣṇaṃ śastramādāya madhusarpiśca yenānyataraṃ mahāśmaśānaṃ tenopasaṃkrāntaḥ/
[310.020]. śastreṇātmanaḥ kāyaṃ kṣaṇitvā madhusarpiṣā mrakṣayitvā tasmin sa mahāśmaśāne ātmānaṃ vadhāyotsṛjati/
[310.021]. tena ca samayena tasmin mahāśmaśāne uccaṃgamaḥ pakṣī prativasati/
[310.022]. sa candraprabhasya dārakasyāṅge sthitvā dakṣiṇaṃ nayanaṃ gṛhītvā utpāṭayati, punarmuñcati/
[310.023]. dvirapi trirapi uccaṃgamaḥ prāṇī candraprabhasya dārakasya dakṣiṇaṃ nayanaṃ gṛhītvā utpāṭayitvā punarmuñcati/
[310.024]. atha candraprabho dāraka uccaṃgamaṃ pakṣiṇamidamavocat--kimidaṃ pakṣi mama nayanaṃ gṛhītvā utpāṭayitvā utpāṭayitvā punaḥ pramuñcasi? sa āha--na mama candraprabha kiṃcidevāmiṣye(?) yathā manuṣyākṣi/
[310.026]. taṃ manye candraprabha vārayiṣyasi? candraprabha āha--sacenmama pakṣī sahasrakṛtvo nayanaṃ gṛhītvā utpāṭayatu, punarmuñca (tu), na tvevāhaṃ vārayeyam/
[310.028]. ityuktvā tāvantaḥ pakṣiṇaḥ saṃnipatitāḥ/
[310.028]. yena candraprabho nirmāṃso'sthiśakalīkṛtaḥ/
[310.029]. sa kālamakārṣīt/
[310.029]. tasyāmevotpalāvatyāṃ rājadhānyāmanyatarasya brāhmaṇamahāśālasyāgramahiṣyāḥ kukṣau upapannaḥ/
[310.030]. sā pūrṇānāṃ navānāṃ māsānāmatyayāddārakaṃ janayati, abhirūpaṃ darśanīyaṃ prāsādikāṃ śubhayā varṇapuṣkalatayā samanvāgatam/
[310.032]. tasya mātāpitarau brāhmaprabha iti nāma sthāpitavantau/
[310.033]. yadā brāhmaprabho nāma māṇavako'ṣṭavarṣajātīyaḥ saṃvṛttaḥ, tena sarve brāhmaṇakā [311] mantrā adhītāḥ/

[311.001]. yadā brahmaprabho māṇavako dvādaśavarṣajātīyaḥ saṃvṛttaḥ, sa pañcamātrāṇi māṇavakāni svayameva mantrān vācayati/
[311.002]. yadā brahmaprabho māṇavakaḥ ṣoḍaśavarṣo jātyā saṃvṛttaḥ, tadainaṃ mātāpitarau āhatuh--brahmaprabha, tavārthāya niveśanaṃ kariṣyāvaḥ/
[311.003]. sa āha--amba tāta, na tāvanmama niveśanena prayojanam/
[311.004]. tau āhatuh--kiṃ punastvaṃ brahmaprabha kariṣyasi? sa āha--icchāmyahaṃ sattvānāmarthāya tapastaptuṃ duṣkaraṃ caritum/
[311.005]. tau āhatuh--yasyedānīṃ brahmaprabha kālaṃ manyase/
[311.006]. brahmaprabhamāṇavako mātāpitroḥ pādau śirasā vanditvā triṣkṛtvaḥ pradakṣiṇīkṛtya utpalāvatyā rājadhānyā niṣkramya yenānyataradvanaṣaṇḍaṃ tenopasaṃkrāntaḥ/
[311.007]. tena khalu samayena tasmin vanaṣaṇḍe dvau brāhmaṇarṣī prativasataḥ/
[311.008]. apaśyatāṃ brāhmaṇarṣīṃ brahmaprabhaṃ māṇavakaṃ dūrata evāgacchantam/
[311.009]. dṛṣṭvā ca brahmaprabhaṃ māṇavakametadavocat--ehi brahmaprabha, svāgatam, mā śrānto'si, mā klāntaḥ/
[311.010]. kimarthamidaṃ vanaṣaṇṭamabhyāgatah? sa āha--icchāmyahaṃ sarvasattvānāmarthāya tapastaptuṃ duṣkaraṃ caritum/
[311.011]. tau āhatuh--evamastu, bhavatu, ṛddhyantāṃ saṃkalpāḥ, paripūryantāṃ manorathāḥ//
[311.012]. atha brahmaprabho māṇavako'nyatarasmin pradeśe kuṭīṃ kārayitvā caṃkramaṃ pratiṣṭhāpya sattvānāmarthāya tapastaptavān/
[311.013]. athāpareṇa samayena brahmaprabhasya kuṭyā nātidūre vyāghrī gurviṇī vāsamupagatā/
tāṃ brahmaprabho māṇavako'drākṣīt/
[311.014]. tāṃ dṛṣṭvā ca yena punastau dvau brahmarṣī tenopasaṃkrāntaḥ/
[311.014]. upasaṃkramya tau ca brahmarṣī etadavocat--yatkhalu ṛṣī jānītām--iha me kuṭyā nātidūre vyāghrī gurviṇī vāsamupagatā/
[311.016]. tasyāḥ ka utsahate bhaktaṃ dātum? tau āhatuh--āvāṃ tasyā bhaktaṃ dāsyāvaḥ/
[311.017]. athāpareṇa samayena vyāghrī prasūtā kṣutkṣāmaparītā icchati svakau potakau bhakṣayitum/
[311.017]. ekaṃ potakaṃ gṛhṇāti dvitīyaṃ muñcati, na bhakṣayati/
[311.018]. tāṃ brahmaprabho māṇavako'paśyat/
[311.018]. dṛṣṭvā ca punaryena tau brahmarṣī tenopasaṃkrāntaḥ/
[311.019]. upasaṃkramya punaryena tau dvau brahmarṣī tenopasaṃkrāntaḥ/
[311.020]. upasaṃkramya dvau brahmarṣī etadavocat--yatkhalu brāhmaṇau jānītām--sā vyāghrī prasūtā kṣutkṣāmaparītā svakau potakau bhakṣayitumicchati/
[311.021]. ekaṃ potakaṃ gṛhītvā dvitīyaṃ muñcati na bhakṣayati/
[311.022]. tasyāḥ ka utsahate bhaktaṃ dātum? tau āhatuh--āvāṃ tasyā bhaktaṃ dāsyāvaḥ/
[311.022]. atha tau brahmarṣī yena sā vyāghrī tenopasaṃkrāntau/
[311.023]. apaśyatsā vyāghrī brahmarṣī dūrata evāgacchantau/
[311.024]. dṛṣṭvā ca kṣutkṣāmaparītā abhidravitukāmā/
[311.024]. tayoretadabhūt--ka utsahate tiryagyonigarasyārthāya jīvitaṃ parityaktumiti? tau tata eva ṛddhyā vaihāyasamabhinirgatau/
[311.025]. brahmaprabho māṇavako'drākṣīt/
[311.026]. dṛṣṭvā ca punastau brahmarṣī etadavocat--nanu brāhmaṇau, yuvābhyāmetaduktam--āvāmasyā bhaktaṃ dāsyāva iti/
[311.027]. etatkhalu brāhmaṇau yuvayorbrāhmaṇajātyoḥ satyam? tau āhatuh--ka utsahate tiryagyonigatasyārthāya jīvitaṃ parityaktum? brahmaprabho māṇavaka āha--ahamutsahetiryagyonigatasyārthāya jīvitaṃ parityaktum/
[311.029]. atha sa brahmaprabho māṇavako yena sā vyāghrī tenopasaṃkrāntaḥ/
[311.030]. tasyā vyāghryāḥ purata ātmānamavasṛjati sma/
[311.030]. brahmaprabho māṇavo bhaitrīvihārī babhūva/
[311.031]. sā taṃ na śaktābhidrotu(gdhu)m/
[311.031]. atha brahmaprabhasya māṇavasyaitadabhavat--iyaṃ mama vyāghrī sāvijñānakaṃ kāyaṃ na bhakṣayati/
[311.032]. sa itaścetaśca vilokitavān/
[311.032]. tatastīkṣṇaṃ ca veṇupeśīṃ tīkṣṇāṃ gṛhītvā idamevaṃ rūpaṃ satyavacanamakarot--samanvāharantu me ye'smin vanaṣaṇḍe'dhyuṣitā [312] udārā devā nāgā yakṣā asurā garuḍāḥ kinnarā mahoragāḥ, te'pi sarve samanvāharantu/

[312.002]. ayamahaṃ tyāgaṃ kariṣyāmi, atityāgaṃ tyāgātityāgaṃ svayaṃ galaparityāgam/
[312.002]. api tu yenāhaṃ satyena satyavacanena parityajāmi, na rājyārthaṃ na bhogārthaṃ na śakrāthaṃ na rājacakravartiviṣayārtham, anyatra kathamahamanuttarāṃ samyaksambodhidhimabhisambudhya adāntān damayeyam, atirṇāṃs tārayeyam, amuktān mocayeyam, anāśvastānāśvāsayeyam, aparinirvṛtān parinirvāpayeyam, tena satyena satyavacanena mā me parityāgo niṣphalo bhūditi kṛtvā svayameva galaṃ chittvā tasyā vyāghryā purata upanikṣipati/
[312.008]. vyāghrīnakhāvalivilāsavilupyamānā vakṣaḥsthalī kṣaṇamalakṣyata vīkṣayārā(?)/
[312.010]. romāñcacarcitatanostuhināṃśuśubhrasattvā prakāśakiraṇāṅkurapūriteva//1//
[312].012ṭasyāmiṣāharaṇaśoṇitapānamattāṃ vyāghrīṃ sahasramavalokayataścakāra/
dīrghapravāsasamayākulitā muhūrtaṃ kaṇṭhāvalambanadhṛtiṃ nijajīvavṛttiḥ//2//
[312.016]. sahaparityakte khalu bhikṣavo brahmaprabheṇa māṇavena svake gale, ayaṃ rtisāhasramahāsāhasro lokadhātuḥ kampati saṃkampati saṃprakampati, calati saṃcalati, vedhati saṃvedhati saṃpravedhati, pūrvā digunnamati paścimā avanamati, paścimā digunnamati pūrvā digunnamati, dakṣiṇā digunnamati uttarā digavanamati, uttarā digunnamati dakṣiṇā digavanamati, madhyamunnamati, anto'vanamati, anta unnamati, madhyamavanamati, sūryacandramasau na tapato na bhāsato na virājataḥ//
[312.021]. syādyuṣmākaṃ bhikṣavo'nyā sā tena samayenottarāpatheṣu janapadeṣūtpalāvatīnāṃ nagarīrājadhānī babhūva/
[312.022]. na hyevaṃ draṣṭavyam/
[312.022]. puṣkalāvataṃ tena kālena tena samayenotpalāvataṃ nāma nagaraṃ rājadhānī babhūva/
[312.023]. syādbhikṣavo yuṣmākaṃ kāṅkṣā vimatirvā--anyaḥ sa tena kālena tena samayenotpalāvate nagare rājadhānyāṃ rūpāvatī strī babhūva/
[312.024]. na hyevaṃ draṣṭavyam/
[312.024]. ahaṃ sa tena kālena tena samayena rūpāvatī nāma strī babhūva/
[312.025]. syādbhikṣavo yuṣmākaṃ kāṅkṣā vā vimatirvā--anyā sā tena kālena tena samayenāpavarake strī prasūtā/
[312.026]. na caivaṃ draṣṭavyam/
[312.026]. candraprabhamāṇavikā tena kālena tena samayenāpavarake strī prasūtā/
[312.027]. syādyuṣmākaṃ bhikṣavaḥ kāṅkṣā vā vimatirvā--anyastena kālena tena samayena dārako babhūva/
[312.028]. na hyevaṃ draṣṭavyam/
[312.028]. rāhulaḥ kumāraḥ sa tena kālena tena samayena dārako'bhūt/
[312.029]. syādyuṣmākaṃ bhikṣavaḥ kāṅkṣā vā vimatirvā--anyaḥ sa tena kālena tena samayena candraprabho nāma dārako babhūva/
[312.030]. na hyevaṃ draṣṭavyam/
[312.030]. ahameva sa tena kālena tena samayena candraprabho nāma dārako babhūva/
[312.031]. syādyuṣmākaṃ bhikṣavaḥ kāṅkṣā vā vimatirvā--anyaḥ sa tena kālena tena samayena pañcamātrāṇi dārakaśatānyabhūvan/
[312.032]. na hyevaṃ draṣṭavyam/
[312.033]. imāni tāni pañca etadbhadrikaśatāni tena kālena tena samayena pañcamātrāṇi dārakaśatāni [313] abhūvan/

[313.001]. syādyuṣmākaṃ bhikṣavaḥ kāṅkṣā vā vimatirvā--anyaḥ sa tena kālena tena samayena tasmin mahāśmaśāne uccaṃgamo nāma pakṣī babhūva/
[313.002]. na hyevaṃ draṣṭavyam/
[313.002]. kauṇḍinyo bhikṣustena kālena tena samayenoñcaṃgamo nāma pakṣī babhūva/
[313.003]. syādyuṣmākaṃ bhikṣavaḥ kāṅkṣā vā vimatirvā--anyaḥ sa tena kālena tena samayena brahmaprabho nāma māṇavo'bhūt/
[313.004]. na haivaṃ draṣṭavyam/
[313.005]. ahameva sa tena kālena tena samayena brahmaprabho nāma māṇavo'bhūt/
[313.005]. syādyuṣmākaṃ bhikṣavaḥ kāṅkṣā vā vimatirvā--anyau tau tena kālena tena samayena brahmaprabhasya māṇavasya mātāpitarau abhūtām/
[313.007]. na haivaṃ draṣṭavyam/
[313.007]. rājā śuddhodano māyādevī tena kālena tena samayena brahmaprabhasya māṇavasya mātāpitarau abhūvatām/
[313.008]. syādyuṣmākaṃ bhikṣavaḥ kāṅkṣā vā vimatirvā--anyaḥ sa tena kālena tena samayena vanamabhūt/
[313.009]. .... syādbhikṣavo yuṣmākaṃ kāṅkṣā vā vimatirvā--anyau tau tena kālena tena samayena dvau brahmarṣī abhūtām/
[313.010]. na haivaṃ draṣṭavyam/
[313.010]. maitreyo bodhisattvaḥ suprabhaśca buddhastena kālena tena samayena tasmin vanaṣaṇḍe dvau brahmarṣī abhūtām/
[313.011]. syādyuṣmākaṃ bhikṣavaḥ kāṅkṣā vā vimatirvā--anyaḥ sa tena kālena tena samayena vyāghrī babhūva/
[313.012]. na haivaṃ draṣṭavyam/
[313.012]. kauṇḍinyo bhikṣuḥ sa tena kālena tena samayena dvau vyāghrapotau babhūvatuḥ/
[313.015]. na haivaṃ draṣavyam/
[313.015]. nando bhikṣū rāhulaśca tena kālena tena samayena vyāghrapotakau abhūtām/
[313.016]. tadā me bhikṣavaścatvāriṃśatkalpasamprasthito maitreyo bodhisattva ekena galaparityāgena paścānmukhīkṛtaḥ/
[313.017]. tadanena bhikṣavaḥ paryāyeṇa veditavyam/
[313.017]. evaṃ sacet sarve sattvā jānīyuh--dānasya phalaṃ dānasaṃvibhāgasya ca vipākam yathā ahaṃ jānābhi dānasya phalaṃ dānasaṃvibhāgasya ca vipākam, yo'sau caramaḥ kavalaḥ paścima ālopaḥ, tamāpi nādattvā nāsaṃvibhajyāpareṣvātmanā nopabhuñjīran, nāpyutpannaṃ mātsaryaṃ cittaṃ paryādāya tiṣṭhet/
[313.020]. yasmāttarhi bhikṣavaḥ sattvā na jānanti dānasya phalaṃ dānasaṃvibhāgasya ca vipākam, tasmātsattvā yo'sau caramaḥ kavalaḥ paścima ālopaḥ, tamapyadattvā asaṃvibhajya apareṣāmātmanā paribhuñjate, utpannaścaiṣāṃ mātsaryamalaścittaṃ paryādāya tiṣṭhati//
[313.023]. punākṛtaṃ na paśyati no śubhāśubhaṃ na sevitam/
[313.024]. na paśyati paṇḍite jane na nāśametyāryagaṇe//3//
[313.025]. śubhāśubhaṃ kṛtaṃ kṛtajñeṣu na jātu naśyati/
[313.026]. sukṛtaṃ śobhanaṃ karma duṣkṛtaṃ cāpyaśobhanam/
[313.027]. ubhayasya vipāko'sti hyavaśyaṃ dāsyate phalam//4//
[313.028]. idamavocadbhagavān/
[313.028]. āttamanaso bhikṣavo bhikṣuṇya upāsakā upāsikā devanāgayakṣāsuragaruḍakinnaramahoragāḥ sarvāvatī ca pariṣadbhagavato bhāṣitamabhyanandan//

[313.030]. rūpāvatyavadānaṃ dvātriṃśattamam//