Chapter 249 - The distress of Ajātaśatru at the death of King Bimbisāra

amātyairajātaśatrorārocitaṃ deva vṛddharājaḥ kālagataḥ iti; sa śrutvā mūrcchitaḥ pṛthivyāṃ nipatitaḥ; jalapariṣekapratyāgataprāṇaḥ śokāgāraṃ praviśyāvasthitaḥ; tasya na kaścitśaknoti cittavinodanaṃ kartuṃ; amātyāstasya cittavinodopāyaṃ (a 482 ) samanveṣitumārabdhāḥ; yāvaddakṣiṇāpathātnaṭaḥ abhyāgataḥ; so'mātyaistasya purastānnartitaḥ; ajātaśatrurdurmanā eveti na kenacitsādhurityuktaḥ; sa naṭitvā nirgacchati; bhagavāṃśca taṃ pradeśamanuprāptaḥ; tena bhagavān dṛṣṭaḥ; sa saṃlakṣayati: yadi tatraivaṃvidhaḥ sādhupuruṣaḥ syādanena mama sādhukāraḥ dattaḥ syāditi; tena bhagavato'ntike cittamabhiprasādya muravaḥ parāhataḥ; atha bhagavān smitamakārṣīt
dharmatā khalu yasmin samaye buddhā bhagavantaḥ smitaṃ prāviṣkurvanti tasmin samaye nīlapītalohitāvadātāḥ arciṣaḥ mukhānniścarya kāścidadhastādgacchanti; kāścidupariṣṭādgacchanti
yā adhastādgacchanti tāḥ sañjīvaṃ kālasūtraṃ saṅghātaṃ rauravaṃ mahārauravaṃ tāpanaṃ pratāpanamavīcimarbudaṃ nirarbudamaṭaṭaṃ hahava huhuvamutpalaṃ padmaṃ mahāpadmaṃ narakaṃ gatvā ye uṣṇanarakāsteṣu śītībhūtvā nipatanti; ye śītanarakāsteṣu uṣṇībhūtvā nipatanti; tena teṣāṃ satvānāṃ kāraṇāviśeṣāḥ pratiprasrabhyante; teṣāmevaṃ bhavati: kiṃ nu vayaṃ bhavantaḥ itaścyutāḥ āhosvidanyatropapannāḥ iti; teṣāṃ prasādasaṃjananārthaṃ bhagavānnirmitaṃ visarjayati; teṣāṃ nirmitaṃ dṛṣṭvā evaṃ bhavati; na haiva vayaṃ bhavantaḥ itaścyutāḥ; (i 162) nāpyanyatropapannāḥ; api tu ayamapūrvadarśanaḥ satvaḥ; asya anubhāvena asmākaṃ kāraṇāviśeṣāḥ pratiprasrabdhāḥ iti; te nirmite cittamabhiprasādya, tannarakavedanīyaṃ karma kṣapayitvā devamanuṣyeṣu pratisandhiṃ gṛhṇanti yatra satyānāṃ bhājanabhūtā bhavanti
yā upariṣṭādgacchanti tāścāturmahārājikān trayastriṃśān yāmān tuṣitānnirmāṇaratīn paranirmitavaśavartinaḥ brahmakāyikān brahmapurohitānmahābrahmaṇaḥ parīttābhānapramāṇābhānābhāsvarān parīttaśubhānapramāṇaśubhān śubhakṛtsnānanabhrakān puṇyaprasavān bṛhatphalānabṛhānatapān sudṛśān sudarśanānakaniṣṭhān devān gatvā anityaṃ duḥkhaṃ śūnyamanātmā ityudghoṣayanti; gāthādvayaṃ ca bhāṣante
ārabhadhvaṃ niṣkrāmata yujyadhvaṃ buddhaśāsane |
dhunīta mṛtyunaḥ sainyaṃ naḍāgāramiva kuñjaraḥ ||
yo hyasmin dharmavinaye apramattaścariṣyati |
prahāya jātisaṃsāraṃ duḥkhasyāntaṃ kariṣyati || iti
atha tā arciṣastrisahasramahāsahasraṃ lokadhātumanvāhiṇḍya bhagavantameva pṛṣṭhataḥ pṛṣṭhataḥ samanugacchanti; tadyadi bhagavānatītaṃ karma vyākartukāmo bhavati, bhagavataḥ pṛṣṭhato'ntardhīyante; anāgataṃ vyākartukāmo bhavati, purastādantardhīyante; narakopapattiṃ vyākartukāmo bhavati pādatale antardhīyante; tiryagupapattiṃ vyākartukāmo bhavati pārṣṇyāmantardhīyante; pretopapattiṃ vyākartukāmo bhavati pādāṅguṣṭhe antardhīyante; manuṣyopapattiṃ vyākartukāmo bhavati jānunorantardhīyante; balacakravartirājyaṃ vyākartukāmo bhavati vāme karatale antardhīyante; cakravartirājyaṃ vyākartukāmo bhavati dakṣiṇe karatale antardhīyante; devopapattiṃ vyākartukāmo bhavati nābhyāmantardhīyante; śrāvakabodhiṃ vyākartukāmo bhavati āsye'ntardhīyante; pratyekabodhiṃ vyākartukāmo bhavati ūrṇāyāmantardhīyante; anuttarāṃ samyaksaṃbodhiṃ vyākartukāmo bhavati uṣṇīṣe antardhīyante
atha tā arciṣo bhagavantaṃ (a 483 ) triḥ pradakṣiṇīkṛtya bhagavata ūrṇāyāmantarhitāḥ; athāyuṣmānānandaḥ kṛtakarapuṭo bhagavantaṃ papraccha
nānāvidho raṅgasahasracitro
vaktrāntarānniṣkasitaḥ kalāpaḥ | (i 163)
avabhāsitā yena diśaḥ samantāt
divākareṇodayatā yathaiva ||
gāthāśca bhāṣate
vigatodbhavā dainyamadaprahīṇā
buddhā jagatyuttamahetubhūtāḥ |
nākāraṇaṃ śaṅkhamṛṇālagauram
smitamupadarśayanti jinā jitārayaḥ ||
tatkālaṃ svayamadhigamya dhīra buddhyā
śrotṛṇāṃ śramaṇa jinendra kāṅkṣitānām |
dhīrābhirmunivṛṣa vāgbhiruttamābhir
utpannaṃ vyapanaya saṃśayaṃ śubhābhiḥ |
nākāsmāllavaṇajalādrirājadhairyāḥ
saṃbuddhāḥ smitamupadarśayanti nāthāḥ |
yasyārthe smitamupadarśayanti dhīrāḥ
taṃ śrotuṃ samabhilaṣanti te janaughāḥ || iti
dṛṣṭastvayā ānanda sa naṭo yena mamāntike cittaṃ prasādya muravaḥ parāhataḥ dṛṣṭo bhadanta; sa eṣa ānanda naṭaḥ anena kuśalamūlena cittotpādena ca dundubhīśvaro nāma pratyekabuddho bhaviṣyati; ayamasya deyadharmo yo mamāntike cittaprasādaḥ