Chapter 25 - Adhyeṣaṇā-parivarta

(Vaidya 286)

adhyeṣaṇāparivartaḥ pañcaviṃśaḥ /

iti hi bhikṣavastathāgatasya tārāyaṇamūle viharataḥ prathamābhisaṃbuddhasyaikasya rahogatasya pratisaṃlīnasya lokānuvartanāṃ pratyetadabhavat - gambhīro batāyaṃ mayā dharmo'dhigato'bhisaṃbuddhaḥ śāntaḥ praśānta upaśāntaḥ praṇīto durdṛśo duranubodho'tarko'vitarkāvacaraḥ / alamāryaḥ paṇḍitavijñavedanīyo yaduta sarvopadhiniḥsargo'vedito'niveditaḥ sarvaveditanirodhaḥ paramārtho'nālayaḥ / śītībhāvo'nādāno'nupādāno'vijñapto'vijñāpanīyo'saṃskṛtaḥ ṣaḍviṣayasamatikrāntaḥ / akalpo'vikalpo'nabhilāpyaḥ / aruto'ghoṣo'nudāhāraḥ / anidarśano'pratighaḥ sarvālambanasamatikāntaḥ śamathadharmopacchedaḥ / śūnyatānupalambhaḥ / tṛṣṇākṣayo virāgo nirodho nirvāṇam / ahaṃ cedimaṃ parebhyo dharmaṃ deśayeyam, te cennājānīyuḥ, sa me syātklamatho mithyāvyāyāmo'kṣaṇadharmadeśanatā ca / yannvahamalpotsukastūṣṇībhāvena vihareyam / tasyāṃ ca velāyāmimāṃ gāthāmabhāṣata -

gambhīra śānto virajaḥ prabhāsvaraḥ prāpto mi dharmo hyamṛto'saṃskṛtaḥ /
deśeya cāhaṃ na parasya jāne yannūna tūṣṇī pavane vaseyam // Verse 25.1 //
apagatagirivākpatho hyalipto yatha gaganaṃ tathā svabhāvadharmam /
cittamana vicāravipramuktaṃ paramasuāścariyaṃ paro vijāne // Verse 25.2 //
na ca punarayu śakya akṣarebhiḥ praviśatu anarthayogavipraveśaḥ /
purimajinakṛtādhikārasattvāḥ te imu śruṇitva hi dharmu śraddadhanti // Verse 25.3 //
na ca punariha kaścidasti dharmaḥ so pi na vidyate yasya nāstibhāvāḥ /
hetukriyaparaṃparā ya jāne tasya na bhotiha astināstibhāvāḥ // Verse 25.4 //
(Vaidya 287)
kalpaśatasahasra aprameyā ahu caritaḥ purime jinasakāśe /
na ca maya pratilabdha eṣa kṣāntī yatra na ātma na sattva naiva jīvaḥ // Verse 25.5 //
yada maya pratilabdha eṣa kṣāntī mriyati na ceha na kaści jāyate vā /
prakṛti imi nirātma sarvadharmāḥ tada māṃ vyākari buddha dīpanāmā // Verse 25.6 //
karuṇa mama ananta sarvaloke paratu na cārthanatāmahaṃ pratīkṣe /
yada puna janatā prasanna brahme tena adhīṣṭu pravartayiṣya cakram // Verse 25.7 //
eva ca ayu dharma grāhyu me syāt saci mama brahma krame nipatya yācet /
pravadahi virajā praṇītu dharmaṃ santi vijānaka sattva svākarāśca // Verse 25.8 //

iti hi bhikṣavastathāgatastasmin samaye ūrṇākośātprabhāmutsṛjati sma yayā prabhayā trisāhasramahāsāhasro lokadhāturmahatā suvarṇavarṇāvabhāsena sphuṭo'bhūt //

atha khalu daśatrisāhasramahāsāhasrādhipatiḥ śikhī mahābrahmā buddhānubhāvenaiva tathāgatasya cetasaiva cetaḥparivitarkamājñāsīt - alpotsukatāyai bhagavataścittamabhinataṃ na dharmadeśanāyāmiti / tasyaitadabhavat - yannvahamupasaṃkramya tathāgatamadhyeṣyeyaṃ dharmacakrapravartanatāyai //

atha khalu śikhī mahābrahmā tasyāṃ velāyāṃ tadanyān brahmakāyikān devaputrānāmantrayate sma - naśyati batāyaṃ mārṣā loko vinaśyati, yatra hi nāma tathāgato'nuttarāṃ samyaksaṃbodhimabhisaṃbudhyālpotsukatāyai cittamabhināmayati na dharmadeśanāyām / yannu vayamupasaṃkramya tathāgatamarhantaṃ samyaksaṃbuddhamadhyeṣyemahi dharmacakrapravartanāya //

atha khalu bhikṣavaḥ śikhī mahābrahmā aṣṭaṣaṣṭyā brāhmaṇaśatasahasraiḥ parivṛtaḥ puraskṛto yena tathāgatastenopasaṃkrāmat / upasaṃkramya tathāgatasya pādau śirasābhivandya prāñjalistathāgatametadavocat naśyati batāyaṃ bhagavan lokaḥ, praṇaśyati batāyaṃ bhagavan lokaḥ, yatra hi nāma tathāgato'nuttarāṃ samyaksaṃbodhimabhisaṃbudhyālpotsukatāyai cittamabhināmayati na dharmadeśanāyām / tatsādhu deśayatu (Vaidya 288) bhagavān dharmam, deśayatu sugato dharmam / santi sattvāḥ svākārāḥ suvijñāpakāḥ śaktā bhavyāḥ pratibalāḥ bhagavato bhāṣitasyārthamājñātum / tasyāṃ ca velāyāmimāṃ gāthāmabhāṣata -

samudāniya jñānamahāgramaṇḍalaṃ visṛjya raśmīn daśadikṣu caiva /
tadañja jñānāṃśu nṛpadmabodhakā upekṣakastiṣṭhasi vādibhāskaraḥ // Verse 25.9 //
nimantrayitvāryadhanena sattvāṃ āśvāsayitvā bahuprāṇakoṭyaḥ /
na yuktametattava lokabandho yaṃ tūṣṇibhāvena upekṣase jagat // Verse 25.10 //
parāhanasvottamadharmadundubhiṃ saddharmaśaṅkhaṃ ca prapūrayāśu /
ucchrepayasva mahadharmayūpaṃ prajvālayasva mahadharmadīpam // Verse 25.11 //
pravarṣa vai dharmajalaṃ pradhānaṃ pratārayemāṃ bhavasāgarasthāṃ /
pramocayemāṃ mahavyādhikliṣṭāṃ kleśāgnitapte praśamaṃ kuruṣva // Verse 25.12 //
nidarśaya tvaṃ khalu śāntimārgaṃ kṣemaṃ śivaṃ nirjaratāmaśokam /
nirvāṇamārgāgamanādanāthe vipathasthite nātha kṛpāṃ kuruṣva // Verse 25.13 //
vimokṣadvārāṇi apāvṛṇiṣva pracakṣva taṃ dharmanayaṃ hyakopyam /
jātyandhabhūtasya janasya nātha tvamuttamaṃ śodhaya dharmacakṣuḥ // Verse 25.14 //
na brahmaloke na ca devaloke na yakṣagandharvamanuṣyaloke /
lokasya yo jātijarāpanetā nānyo'sti tvatto hi manuṣyacandraḥ // Verse 25.15 //
(Vaidya 289)
adhyeṣako'haṃ tava dharmarāja adhyācarākṛtvana sarvadevān /
anena puṇyena ahaṃ pi kṣipraṃ pravartayeyaṃ varadharmacakram // Verse 25.16 //

adhivāsayati sma bhikṣavastathāgataḥ śikhino brahmaṇastūṣṇībhāvena sadevamānuṣāsurasya lokasyānugrahārthamanukampāmupādāya //

atha khalu śikhī mahābrahmā tathāgatasya tūṣṇībhāvenādhivāsanāṃ viditvā divyaiścandanacūrṇairagurucūrṇaiśca tathāgatamabhyavakīrya prītiprāmodyajātastatraivāntaradhāt //

atha khalu bhikṣavastathāgatasya dharmālokasyādarotpādanārthaṃ śikhinaśca mahābrahmaṇaḥ punaḥ punastathāgatādhyeṣaṇayā kuśalamūlavivṛddhyarthaṃ dharmasya cātigambhīrodāratāmupādāya punarapyekasya rahogatasya pratisaṃlīnasyāyamevaṃrūpaṃ cetovitarko'bhūt - gambhīraḥ khalvayaṃ mayā dharmo'bhisaṃbuddhaḥ sūkṣmo nipuṇo duranubodhaḥ atarko'tarkāvacaraḥ paṇḍitavijñavedanīyaḥ sarvalokavipratyanīko durdṛśaḥ sarvopadhiniḥsargaḥ sarvasaṃskāropaśamaḥ sarvatamopacchedaḥ śūnyatānupalambhastṛṣṇākṣayo virāgo nirodho nirvāṇam / ahaṃ cedidaṃ dharmaṃ deśayeyam, pare ca me na vibhāvayeyuḥ, sā me paramā viheṭhā bhavet / yannvahamalpotsukavihāreṇaiva vihareyam //

atha khalu bhikṣavaḥ śikhī mahābrahmā buddhānubhāvena punarapi tathāgatasyetadamevaṃrūpeṇa cetaḥ - parivitarkamājñāya yena śakro devānāmindrastenopasaṃkrāmat / upasaṃkramya śakraṃ devānāmindrametadavocat - yatkhalu kauśika jānīyāstathāgatasyārhataḥ samyaksaṃbuddhasyālpotsukatāyai cittaṃ nataṃ na dharmadeśanāyām / nakṣyate batāyaṃ kauśika lokaḥ, vinakṣyate batāyaṃ kauśika lokaḥ, mahāvidyāndhakārakṣipto batāyaṃ kauśika loko bhaviṣyati, yatra hi nāma tathāgatasyārhataḥ samyaksaṃbuddhasyālpotsukatāyai cittaṃ nataṃ na dharmasaṃprakāśanāyām / kasmādvayaṃ na gacchāmastathāgatamarhantaṃ samyaksaṃbuddhaṃ dharmacakrapravartanāyādhyeṣitum? tatkasmāt? na hyanadhyeṣitāstathāgatā dharmacakraṃ pravartayanti / sādhu mārṣeti śakro brahmā bhaumāśca devā antarīkṣāścāturmahārājakāyikāstrāyatriṃśā yāmāstuṣitā nirmāṇaratayaḥ paranirmitavaśavartino brahmakāyikā ābhāsvarā bṛhatphalā śubhakṛtsnā saṃbahulāni ca śuddhāvāsakāyika devaputraśatasahasrāṇyatikrāntavarṇā atikrāntāyāṃ rātrau kevalaṃ tārāyaṇamūlaṃ divyena varṇena divyenāvabhāsenāvabhāsya yena tathāgatastenopasaṃkrāman / upasaṃkramya tathāgatasya pādau śirasābhivandya pradakṣiṇīkṛtya caikānte tasthuḥ //

atha khalu śakro devānāmindro yena tathāgatastenāñjaliṃ praṇamya tathāgataṃ gāthayābhituṣṭāva -

uttiṣṭha vijitasaṃgrāma prajñākārā timisrā vivara loke /
cittaṃ hi te vimuktaṃ śaśiriva pūrṇo grahavimuktaḥ // Verse 25.17 //

(Vaidya 290)
evamukte tathāgatastūṣṇīmevāsthāt //

atha khalu śikhī mahābrahmā śakraṃ devānāmindrametadavocat - naiva kauśika tathāgatā arhantaḥ samyaksaṃbuddhā adhyeṣyante dharmacakrapravartanatāyai yathā tvamadhyeṣase //

atha khalu śikhī mahābrahmā ekāṃsamuttarāsaṅgaṃ kṛtvā dakṣiṇajānumaṇḍalaṃ pṛthivyāṃ pratiṣṭhāpya yena tathāgatastenāñjaliṃ praṇamya tathāgataṃ gāthayādhyabhāṣata -

uttiṣṭha vijitasaṃgrāma prajñākārā timisrā vivara loke /
deśaya tvaṃ mune dharmaṃ ājñātāro bhaviṣyanti // Verse 25.18 //

evamukte bhikṣavastathāgataḥ śikhinaṃ mahābrahmāṇametadavocat - gambhīraḥ khalvayaṃ mahābrahman mayā dharmo'bhisaṃbuddhaḥ sūkṣmo nipuṇaḥ peyālaṃ yāvatsā me syātparamā viheṭhā / api ca me brahmannime gāthe'bhīkṣṇaṃ pratibhāsaḥ -

pratisrotagāmi mārgo gambhīro durdṛśo mama /
na taṃ drakṣyanti rāgāndhā alaṃ tasmātprakāśitum // Verse 25.19 //
anusrotaṃ pravāhyante kāmeṣu patitā prajāḥ /
kṛcchreṇa me'yaṃ saṃprāptaṃ alaṃ tasmātprakāśitum // Verse 25.20 //

atha khalu bhikṣavaḥ śikhī mahābrahmā śakraśca devānāmindrastathāgataṃ tūṣṇībhūtaṃ viditvā sārdhaṃ tairdevaputrairduḥkhitā durmanāstatraivāntaradhāyiṣuḥ //

trirapi ca tathāgatasyālpotsukatāyai cittaṃ namayati sma //

tena khalu punarbhikṣavaḥ samayena māgadhakānāṃ manuṣyāṇāmimānyevaṃrūpāṇi pāpakāni akuśalāni dṛṣṭigatānyutpannānyabhūvan / tadyathā / kecidevamāhuḥ - vātā na vāsyanti / kecidevamāhuḥ - agnirna jvaliṣyati / kecidāhuḥ - devo na varṣiṣyati / kecidāhuḥ - nadyo na vahyanti / kecidāhuḥ - śasyāni na prajāsyanti / kecidāhu - pakṣiṇa ākāśe na kramiṣyanti / kecidāhuḥ - gurviṇyo nārogyeṇa prasaviṣyanti //

atha khalu bhikṣavaḥ śikhī mahābrahmā tathāgatasyaivamevaṃrūpaṃ cittavitarkamājñāya māgadhakānāṃ ca manuṣyāṇāmimāni dṛṣṭigatāni viditvā atikrāntāyāṃ rātrāvabhisaṃkrāntena varṇena sarvāvantaṃ tārāyaṇamūlaṃ divyenāvabhāsenāvabhāsya yena tathāgatastenopasaṃkrāmat / upasaṃkramya tathāgatasya pādau śirasābhivandyaikāṃsamuttarāsaṅgaṃ kṛtvā dakṣiṇaṃ jānumaṇḍalaṃ pṛthivyāṃ pratiṣṭhāpya yena tathāgatastenāñjaliṃ praṇamya tathāgataṃ gāthābhiradhyabhāṣata -

vādo babhūva samalairvicintito dharmo'viśuddho magadheṣu pūrvam /
amṛtaṃ mune tadvivṛṇīṣva dvāraṃ śṛṇvanti dharmaṃ vimalena buddham // Verse 25.21 //
(Vaidya 291)
kṛtasvakārtho'si bhujiṣyatāṃ gato duḥkhābhisaṃskāramalāpakṛṣṭaḥ /
na hānivṛddhī kuśalasya te'sti tvamagradharmeṣviha pāramiṃ gataḥ // Verse 25.22 //
na te mune sadṛśa ihāsti loke kuto'dhikaḥ syādiha te maharṣe /
bhavānihāgrastribhave virocate giriryathā'sāvasurālayasthaḥ // Verse 25.23 //
mahākṛpāṃ jānaya duḥkhite jane na tvādṛśā jātu bhavantyupekṣakāḥ /
bhavān viśāradyabalaiḥ samanvitaḥ tvameva śakto janatāṃ pratāritum // Verse 25.24 //
iyaṃ suśalyā sucirāturā prajā sadevakā saśramaṇā dvijākhilā /
āroginī bhotu nirāturajvarā na cāparaḥ śaraṇamihāsya vidyate // Verse 25.25 //
cirānubaddhāstava devamānuṣāḥ kalyāṇacittā amṛtārthinaśca /
dharmaṃ yamevādhigamiṣyate jino yathāvadanyūnamudāhariṣyati // Verse 25.26 //
tasmāddhiyā cāmisu vikrama tvāṃ vinayasva sattvāṃ ciranaṣṭamārgāṃ /
aviśrutārthā śamanāya kāṅkṣitāḥ sudurbalā bṛṃhaṇakāṅkṣiṇo vā // Verse 25.27 //
iyaṃ tṛṣārtā janatā mahāmune udīkṣate dharmajalaṃ tavāntike /
megho yathā saṃtṛṣitāṃ vasuṃdharāṃ kuru tarpaṇāṃ nāyaka dharmavṛṣṭyā // Verse 25.28 //
cirapraṇaṣṭā vicaranti mānavā bhave kudṛṣṭīgahane sakaṇṭake /
(Vaidya 292)
akaṇṭakaṃ mārgamṛjuṃ pracakṣva taṃ yaṃ bhāvayitvā hyamṛtaṃ labheyam // Verse 25.29 //
andhāprapāte patitā hyanāyakā noddhartumanyairiha śakyamete /
mahāprapāte patitāṃ samuddhara chandaṃ samutpādya vṛṣo'si buddhimān // Verse 25.30 //
na saṃgatiste'sti sadā mune ciraṃ kadācidaudumbarapuṣpasaṃnibhāḥ /
jināḥ pṛthivyāṃ prabhavanti nāyakāḥ prāptākṣaṇo mocaya nātha sattvāṃ // Verse 25.31 //
abhūcca te pūrvabhaveṣviyaṃ matiḥ tīrṇaḥ svayaṃ tārayitā bhaveyam /
asaṃśayaṃ pāragato'si sāṃprataṃ satyāṃ pratijñāṃ kuru satyavikramaḥ // Verse 25.32 //
dharmolkayā vidhama mune'ndhakārā ucchrepaya tvaṃ hi tathāgatadhvajam /
ayaṃ sa kālaḥ pratilābhyudīraṇe mṛgādhipo vā nada dundubhisvaraḥ // Verse 25.33 //

atha khalu bhikṣavastathāgataḥ sarvāvantaṃ lokaṃ buddhacakṣuṣā vyavalokayan sattvān paśyati sma hīnamadhyapraṇītānuccanīcamadhyamān svākārān suviśodhakān durākārān durviśodhakānuddhāṭitajñānavipañcijñān padaparamāṃstrīn sattvarāśīnekaṃ mithyatvaniyatamekaṃ samyaktvaniyatamekamaniyatam / tadyathāpi nāma bhikṣavaḥ puruṣaḥ puṣkariṇyāstīre sthitaḥ paśyati jalaruhāṇi kānicidudakāntargatāni kānicidudakasamāni kānicidudakābhyudgatāni, evameva bhikṣavastathāgataḥ sarvāvantaṃ lokaṃ buddhacakṣuṣā vyavalokayan paśyati sma sattvāṃstriṣu rāśiṣu vyavasthitān //

atha khalu bhikṣavastathāgatasyaitadabhavat - deśayeyaṃ cāhaṃ dharmaṃ na vā deśayeyam / sa eṣa mithyatvaniyato rāśirnaivāyaṃ dharmamājānīyāt / deśayeyaṃ cāhaṃ vā dharmaṃ na vā deśayeyam / yo'yaṃ samyaktvaniyato rāśirājñāsyatyevaiṣa dharmam / (yatkhalu punarayamaniyato rāśirājñāsyatyevaiṣa dharmam / ) yatkhalu punarayamaniyato rāśiḥ, tasmai saceddharmaṃ deśayiṣyāmi, ājñāsyati / uta na deśayiṣyāmi, nājñāsyate //

atha khalu bhikṣavastathāgato'niyatarāśivyavasthitān sattvānārabhya mahākaruṇāmavakrāmayati sma //

(Vaidya 293)
atha khalu tathāgata ātmanaścemaṃ samyagjñānamadhikṛtya śikhinaśca mahābrahmaṇo'dhyeṣaṇāṃ viditvā śikhinaṃ mahābrahmāṇaṃ gāthābhiradhyabhāṣata -

apāvṛtāsteṣāmamṛtasya dvārā brahman ti satataṃ ye śrotavantaḥ /
praviśanti śraddhā naviheṭhasaṃjñāḥ śṛṇvanti dharmaṃ magadheṣu sattvāḥ // Verse 25.34 //

atha khalu śikhī mahābrahmā tathāgatasyādhivāsanāṃ viditvā tuṣṭa udagra āttamanāḥ pramuditaḥ prītisaumanasyajātastathāgatasya pādau śirasā vanditvā tatraivāntaradhāt //

atha khalu bhikṣavo bhaumā devāstasyāṃ velāyāmantarīkṣebhyo devebhyo ghoṣamudīrayanti sma, śabdamanuśrāvayanti sma - adya mārṣā tathāgatenārhatā samyaksaṃbuddhena dharmacakrapravartanāyai pratiśrutam / tadbhaviṣyati bahujanahitāya bahujanasukhāya lokānukampāyai mahato janakāyasyārthāya hitāya sukhāya devānāṃ ca manuṣyāṇāṃ ca / parihāsyante bata bho mārṣā asurāḥ kāyāḥ / divyāḥ kāyāḥ paripūriṃ gabhiṣyanti / bahavaśca sattvā loke parinirvāsyanti / evamevāntarīkṣā devā bhaumebhyo devebhyaḥ pratiśratya cāturmahārājikānāṃ devānāṃ ghoṣamudīrayanti sma / cāturmahārājikāstrāyatriṃśānām, trāyatriṃśā yāmānām, yāmā tuṣitanirmāṇaratīnām, nirmāṇaratayaḥ paranirmitavaśavartinām, te'pi brahmakāyikānāṃ devānāṃ ghoṣamudīrayanti sma, śabdamanuśrāvayanti sma - adya mārṣāstathāgatenārhatā samyaksaṃbuddhena dharmacakrapravartanāyai pratiśrutam / tadbhaviṣyati bahujanahitāya bahujanasukhāya lokānukampāyai mahato janakāyasyārthāya hitāya sukhāya devānāṃ ca manuṣyāṇāṃ ca / parihāsyante bata bho mārṣā asurāḥ kāyāḥ / divyāḥ kāyā vivardhiṣyante / bahavaśca sattvā loke parinirvāsyantīte //

iti hi bhikṣavastatkṣaṇaṃ tanmuhurtaṃ tallavaṃ yāvadbahmakāyikā devāstasmādbhaumādārabhya ekavāgekanirnāda ekanirghoṣo'bhyudgato'bhūt - adya mārṣāstathāgatenārhatā samyaksaṃbuddhena dharmacakrapravartanāyai pratiśrutamiti //

atha khalu bhikṣavo dharmaruciśca nāmā bodhivṛkṣadevatā dharmakāyaśca dharmamatiśca dharmacārī ca, ete catvāro bodhivṛkṣadevatāstathāgatasya caraṇayornipatyaivamāhuḥ - kva bhagavān dharmacakraṃ pravartiṣyatīti? evamukte bhikṣavastathāgatastān devatānetadavocat - vārāṇasyāmṛṣipatane mṛgadāve / te āhuḥ - parīttajanakāyā bhagavan vārāṇasī mahānagarī, parīttadrumachāyaśca mṛgadāvaḥ / santyanyāni bhagavan mahānagarāṇi ṛddhāni sphītāni kṣemāni subhikṣāṇi ramaṇīyāni ākīrṇabahujanamanuṣyāṇi udyānavanaparvatapratimaṇḍitāni / teṣāṃ bhagavānanyatame dharmacakraṃ pravartayatu / tathāgato'vocatmaivaṃ bhadramukhāḥ / tatkasmāt?

(Vaidya 294)
ṣaṣṭiṃ yajñasahasrakoṭinayutā ye tatra yaṣṭā mayā
ṣaṣṭiṃ buddhasahasrakoṭinayutā ye tatra saṃpūjitā /
paurāṇāmṛṣiṇāmihālayu varo vārāṇasī nāmavā
devānāgamabhiṣṭuto mahitalo dharmābhinimnaḥ sadā // Verse 25.35 //
buddhā koṭisahasra naikanavatiḥ pūrve smarāmī aha
ye tasminnṛṣisāhvaye vanavare vartīsu cakrottamam /
śāntaṃ cāpyupaśāntadhyānabhimukhaṃ nityaṃ mṛgaiḥ sevitaṃ
ityarthe ṛṣisāhvaye vanavare vartiṣyi cakrottamam // Verse 25.36 //
iti //

// iti śrīlalitavistare'dhyeṣaṇāparivarto nāma pañcaviṃśatitamo'dhyāyaḥ //


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