Chapter 8 - Praśnottara-avadāna

athāśoko mahīpālaḥ saṃbuddhaguṇalālasaḥ |
upaguptaṃ guruṃ natvā prāṃjaliścaivamabravīt || 1 || {1}
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bhadanta śrotumichāmi punaranyatsubhāṣitaṃ |
yathā te guruṇādiṣṭaṃ tathā me khyātumarhasi || 2 || {12}
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iti tena narendreṇa pṛṣṭe 'sau ca jināṃśajaḥ |
upagupto yatirbhūyastaṃ nṛpeśamabhāṣata || 3 || {31}
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śṛṇu rājaṃstathā vakṣye yathā me guruṇoditaṃ |
śrutvā ca bhavatāpyevaṃ karttavyaṃ dharmasādhanaṃ || 4 || {41}
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puraikasamaye cāsau śākyasiṃhosdayākaraḥ |
sarvajñaḥ sugato nāthaḥ śāstā traidhātukādhipaḥ || 5 || {5}
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sarvavidyādhipo buddhaḥ ṣaḍabhijño munīśvaraḥ |
mārajiṣṇurvinetārhaṃ dharmarājastathāgataḥ || 6 || {6}
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sarvasatvahitārthāya śrāvastyāṃ vahirāśrame |
jetavane vihārasthe vyaharacchrāvakaiḥ saha || 7 || {7}
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bodhisatvagaṇaiścāpi sūpāsakaiśca cailakaiḥ |
devāsuragaṇaiścāpi caturvarṇṇādimānavaiḥ || 8 || {8}
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caturbhiśca mahārājaiḥ sasainyaparivārakaiḥ |
sarvasatvaiśca pauraiśca saddharmaguṇavāṃchibhiḥ || 9 || {9}
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satkṛtya pūjayitvā ca parivṛtya puraskṛtaḥ |
sa bhagavān sabhāmadhye siṃhāsane sthito vabhau || 10 || {10}
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tadā sa bhagavāndṛṣṭvā tāṃ sabhāṃ samupasthitāṃ |
ādimadhyāntakalyāṇaṃ dideśa dharmamuttamaṃ || 11 || {11}
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te taddharmāmṛtaṃ pītvā sarve lokāḥ pramoditāḥ |
bhagavantaṃ punarnatvā svasvasthānaṃ pratīyire || 12 || {12}
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tato 'sau bhagavān rātrau dhyānāgāre samāviśan |
paryaṅkaṃ samupāśritya tasthau dhyānasamāhitaḥ || 13 || {13}
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tadaikā devatā tasyāṃ rātrau svargātsamāgatā |
svakāntyā bhāsayaṃtyevaṃ jetavanamupāviśat || 14 || {14}
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tatastāṃ bhagavāndṛṣṭvā devatāṃ samupāgatāṃ |
saṃnirīkṣya samāmaṃtrya tathaināṃ samabodhayat || 15 || {15}
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devate svāgataṃ kacci kuśalaṃ te samehi bho |
prāyātāsi yadarthena tadvadasva prapūraye || 16 || {16}
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ityādiṣṭe munīndreṇa tenāsau devatā mudā |
saṃpṛchāvasaraṃ labdhvā harṣitā samupākramat || 17 || {17}
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tatrāsau purato gatvā natvā pādau kṛtāṃjaliḥ |
pradakṣiṇatrayaṃ kṛtvā tasthāvekāntike muneḥ || 18 || {18}
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sarvajetavanaṃ tasyā devatāyāḥ prabhāvataḥ |
udāreṇāvabhāsena pravisphuṭaṃ vabhau tadā || 19 || {19}
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tathāvabhāṣitaṃ dṛṣṭvā sarve te bhikṣusāṃghikāḥ |
vismitāḥ sahasotthāya dṛṣṭvā tamupatasthire || 20 || {20}
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atha sā devatotthāya kṛtāṃjalipuṭo 'gragā |
bhagavantaṃ munīndraṃ taṃ praṇatvaivamapṛchata || 21 || {21}
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sarvajña bhagavaṃ chāstaḥ yenāhaṃ samupāgatā |
tadarthaṃ tvaṃ samādiśya cittaṃ me paribodhaya || 22 || {22}
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ke narāḥ sugatiṃ yānti ke narāḥ svargagāminaḥ |
keṣāṃ cāpi divārātrau sadā puṇyaṃ pravarddhate || 23 || {23}
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ke cāpi durgatiṃ yāṃti ke cādhaḥ patitā narāḥ |
keṣāṃ cāpi divārātrau sadā pāpaṃ pravarddhate || 24 || {24}
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kiṃdado valavāṃ syācca kiṃdadaśca praśobhitaḥ |
kiṃdadaḥ sukhito lokaḥ cakṣuṣmānapi kiṃpradaḥ || 25 || {25}
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kiṃ nu vā niśitaṃ śastraṃ kiṃ vā hālāhalaṃ viṣaṃ |
kiṃ ca prajvalito vahniḥ kiṃ mahaddāruṇaṃ tamaḥ || 26 || {26}
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gṛhītaṃ kiṃ nu martyena kinteneha samujjhitaṃ |
abhedyaṃ kavacaṃ kiṃ ca kiṃ vā tīkṣṇamihāyudhaṃ || 27 || {27}
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ko nvasau procyate cauro dhanaṃ kiṃ vā satāṃ mataṃ |
ke vā traidhātuke loke procyante muṣitaiti || 28 || {28}
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kaśceha satsukhī loke ko vā ca parameśvaraḥ |
ko vibhūṣito nityaṃ kaścāpyatra vidaṃvitaḥ || 29 || {29}
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vatsalo vāṃdhavo ko nu ko vā duṣṭāśayo ripuḥ |
kiṃ mahaddāruṇaṃ duḥkhaṃ kiṃ mahatparamaṃ sukhaṃ || 30 || {30}
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kiṃ ca loke priyo pathyaḥ kiṃ vāpathyaṃ na cāpriyaṃ |
ko nu pīḍākaro vyādhiḥ ko nu vai ko bhiṣagvaraḥ || 31 || {31}
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kenāyamāvṛto lokaḥ kena loko vaśīkṛtaḥ |
kena tyajati mitrāṇi kena svargaṃ na gachati || 32 || {32}
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kena mitrāṇi varddhyaṃte kena śāmyaṃti śatravaḥ |
kena svargamavāpnoti kena mokṣaṃ ca gachati || 33 || {33}
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kenāyaṃ badhyate lokaḥ kena loko vimucyate |
kasyeha viprahāṇena nirvāṇamiti kathyate || 34 || {34}
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kiṃ nu rājā ca caurāśca syaṃdamānāḥ samudyatāḥ |
no śaknuvantyapāhartuṃ striyo vā puruṣasya ca || 35 || {35}
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kiṃ na dahati saptārciḥ kiṃ na bhinatti mārutaḥ |
kiṃ vā na kledayaṃtyāpaḥ kiṃ na kṣīṇaṃ ca bhūmiṣu || 36 || {36}
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imaṃ saṃśayamadyāpi mama tacchetumarhasi |
asmāl lokātparaṃ lokaṃ ko gato 'tyaṃtavaṃcitaḥ || 37 || {37}
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kiṃ nu hatvā sukhaṃ śete kiṃ ca hatvā na śocati |
kasya caikasya dharmasya vadhaṃ saṃśasi gautama || 38 || {38}
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mayaitadbhagavanpṛṣṭaḥ sarvajño 'si yato sudhīḥ |
tanmama saṃśayaṃ chetuṃ samyagādeṣṭumarhasi || 39 || {39}
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tayaivaṃ pṛchyamāno 'sau bhagavān sarvavijjinaḥ |
devatāṃ tāṃ samālokya tatpraśnottaramabravīt || 40 || {40}
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śṛṇu tvaṃ devate samyakkṛtvā cittaṃ samāhitaṃ |
tavaitatparipṛchāyāḥ pratyuttaramudāhare || 41 || {41}
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ārāmāropakā ye 'tra ye ca vā setukārakāḥ |
prapātodakayānaṃ ca pradadanti pratiśrayaṃ || 42 || {42}
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śraddhāśīlena satyena kṣamayā vītamatsarāḥ |
te narāḥ sugatiṃ yānti te narāḥ svargagāminaḥ || 43 || {43}
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teṣāmeva hi martyānāṃ divārātrau niraṃtaraṃ |
avichinnāḥ puṇyadhārāḥ pravarddhyante sadā khalu || 44 || {44}
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daśākuśalakarttāro yena saddharmaniṃdakāḥ |
te narā durgatiṃ yānti bhramanti pāpacāriṇaḥ || 45 || {45}
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ye cātatāyino martyāḥ svakuladharmanaṣṭakāḥ |
te narāḥ patitā yanti narake duḥkhabhāginaḥ || 46 || {46}
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teṣāṃ pāpiṣṭhasatvānāṃ divārātrau niraṃtaraṃ |
avichinnāḥ pāpadhārāḥ pravahante sadā khalu || 47 || {47}
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annado valavānbhogī vastradaḥ śobhito bhavet |
pānadaḥ sukhitaḥ tṛptaścakṣuṣmānbhavati dīpadaḥ || 48 || {48}
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duṣṭavāgniśitaṃ śastraṃ rāgo hālahalaṃ viṣaṃ |
dveṣaḥ prajvalito vahniravidyā dāruṇaṃ tamaḥ || 49 || {49}
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gṛhītaṃ yatsvayaṃ dattaṃ yadgṛhe tadihojjhitaṃ |
abhedyaṃ kavacaṃ kṣāntiḥ prajñā tīkṣṇaṃ mahāyudhaṃ || 50 || {50}
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vitarko 'kuśalaścauraḥ śilaṃ dhanaṃ satāṃ mataṃ |
te eva muṣitā loke yaiḥ śīlaṃ vinipātitaṃ || 51 || {51}
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alpechaḥ satsukhī loke saṃtuṣṭaḥ parameśvaraḥ |
śīlavānbhūṣito nityaṃ naṣṭaśīlo vidaṃvitaḥ || 52 || {52}
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vatsalo vāndhavaḥ puṇyaṃ pāpaṃ duṣṭāśayo ripuḥ |
nārakaṃ dāruṇaṃ duḥkhaṃ skaṃdhābhāvaparaṃ sukhaṃ || 53 || {53}
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kāmāḥ priyā apathyā hi mokṣaḥ pathyo priyaḥ satāṃ |
dveṣaḥ pīḍākaro vyādhiḥ buddha eko bhiṣagvaraḥ || 54 || {54}
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ajñānenāvṛto loko mohanaḥ pravaśīkṛtaḥ |
lobhāttyajati mitrāṇi saṃgātsvargaṃ na gachati || 55 || {55}
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tyāgānmitrāṇi varddhante maitryā śāmyanti śatravaḥ |
śīlātsvargamavāpnoti jñānānmokṣaṃ su gachati || 56 || {56}
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ichayā badhyate loko nīchayā ca vimucyate |
tṛṣṇāyā viprahāṇena nirvāṇamiti kathyate || 57 || {57}
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puṇyaṃ rājā ca caurāśca syaṃdamānāḥ samudyatāḥ |
na śaknuvaṃtyapāhartuṃ striyo vā puruṣasya ca || 58 || {58}
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puṇyaṃ na dahate vahnirbhinatti ca na mārutaḥ |
puṇyaṃ na kledayaṃtyāpo naiva kṣīṇvaṃti bhūmayaḥ || 59 || {59}
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vidyamāneṣu bhogyeṣu puṇyaṃ yena na saṃcitaṃ |
asmāl lokātparaṃ lokaṃ sa gato 'tyaṃtavaṃcitaḥ || 60 || {60}
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krodhaṃ hatvā sukhaṃ śete krodhaṃ hatvā na śocati |
krodhasyaikasya dharmasya vadhaṃ saṃśāmi sarvadā || 61 || {61}
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etatpraśnottaraṃ śrutvā devatāsau pramoditā |
bhagavaṃtaṃ punarnatvā prasaṃśyaivamavocata || 62 || {62}
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dhanyo 'si bhagavanbuddha sarvapraśnottarapradaḥ |
sarvajño jagatāṃ śāstā ṣaḍabhijño munīśvaraḥ || 63 || {63}
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vīrasya ca na paśyāmi brāhmaṇyaṃ parinirvṛtiṃ |
sarvavīro bhayātītastrātuṃ loke 'bhiśaktibhāg || 64 || {64}
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ityuktvā devatā bhūyaḥ kṛtvā pradakṣiṇatrayaṃ |
natvā pādau munīndrasya tata eva divaṃ yayau || 65 || {6}
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atha te bhikṣavaḥ sarve śrutvā śāstrānudeśitaṃ |
satyamevaṃ parijñāya samyakkarmasu cerire || 66 || {66}
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evametanmahārāja guruṇā me prabhāṣitaṃ |
śrutvā caivaṃ parijñāya saddharme nirato bhava || 67 || {67}
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dharmeṇa sugatiṃ yāyātpāpena durgatiṃ vrajet |
tasmāddharmaṃ puraskṛtya prajāḥ samyakprapālaya || 68 || {68}
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daśākuśalakarmāṇi tyaktvā saṃvṛtimācara |
sarvopakaraṇaṃ dānaṃ dātavyaṃ svargavāṃchinā || 69 || {69}
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duṣṭasaṃgaṃ parityajya hatvā rāgaviṣaṃ muhuḥ |
dveṣāgniśamanaṃ kṛtvā hyavidyā saṃpraghātyatāṃ || 70 || {70}
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kāmavitarkatāṃ tyaktvā bodhipraṇidhicetasā |
trikāyaśodhanaṃ kṛtvā śīladhanamupārjyatāṃ || 71 || {71}
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skaṃdhābhāvaṃ parijñāya matvā duṣṭāśayaṃ ripuṃ |
kṣamāsvāvaraṇaṃ dhṛtvā duṣṭasaṃghān vijīyatāṃ || 72 || {72}
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māradharmān vinirjitya saṃbodhidharmasādhane |
dhairyavīryamahotsāhairudyamaṃ kriyatāṃ sadā || 73 || {(73)}
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kleśamānamadāñjitvā kṛtvā cittaṃ samāhitaṃ |
sarvasatvahitārtheṣu dhyātāṃ bodhisādhanaṃ || 74 || {(74)}
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lokaṃ māyāsamudbhūtamajñānatamasāvṛtaṃ |
dṛṣṭvā prajñāpradīpena preryatāṃ sugateḥ pathi || 75 || {(75)}
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evaṃ rājanbhavānmatvā duṣṭasaṃgān vivarjayet |
satsaṃgaṃ nirato nityaṃ triratnasevako bhava || 76 || {(76)}
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sarvā api prajāścaivaṃ paribodhya prayatnataḥ |
preraṇīyā tvayā rājan saṃvṛtticaraṇe sadā || 77 || {(77)}
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evaṃ matvā bhavāṃ rājā saṃsārasāramāpnuvan |
kramādbodhicarī pūrya saṃbuddhapadamāpnuyāt || 78 || {(78)}
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ityetadguruṇādiṣṭamupaguptena bhikṣuṇā |
śrutvā tatheti rājāsāvabhyanaṃdatsaparṣikāḥ || 79 || {(79)}
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devatāparipṛchākhyasūtraṃ śṛṇvaṃti ye mudā |
śrāvayaṃti ca te saukhyaṃ bhuktvā yāṃti sukhāvatīṃ || 80 || {(80)}
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