Chapter 24 - Nāgakumāra-avadāna

[213.001]. nāgakumārāvadānam/

[213.002]. bhikṣuvaḥ saṃśayajātāḥ sarvasaṃśayacchettāraṃ buddhaṃ bhagavantaṃ pṛcchanti--kuto bhadanta tena nāgakumāreṇa tatprathamataḥ śraddhā pratilabdhā? bhagavānāha--bhūtapūrvaṃ bhikṣuvo'sminneva bhadrakalpe viṃśativarṣasahasrāyuṣi prajāyāṃ kāśyapo nāma śāstā lokam utpannastathāgato'rhan samyaksambuddho vidyācaraṇasampannaḥ sugato lokavidanuttaraḥ puruṣadamyasārathiḥ śāstā devamanuṣyāṇāṃ buddho bhagavān/
[213.005]. sa evaṃ śrāvakāṇāṃ dharmaṃ deśayati--etāni bhikṣavo'raṇyāni śūnyāgārāṇi parvatakandaragiriguhāpalālapuñjābhyavakāśaśmaśānavanaprasthāni prāntāni śayanāsanāni dhyāyata/
[213.006]. bhikṣavo mā pramādata/
[213.007]. mā paścādvipratisāriṇo bhūta/
[213.007]. idamasmākamanuśāsanam/
[213.007]. tatra kecidbhikṣavaḥ sumerupariṣaṇḍāyāṃ gatvā dhyāyanti, kecinmandākinyāḥ puṣkariṇyāstīre, kecidanavatapte mahāsarasi, kecit saptasu kāñcanamayeṣu parvateṣu, kecit tāsu tāsu grāmanigamarājarāṣṭradhānīṣu gatvā dhyāyanti//
[213.011]. anyatamaśca cirajātako nāgakumāraḥ suparṇinā pakṣirājena sumerupariṣaṇḍāyāmupariṣṭādapahriyate/
[213.012]. yāvat tena bhikṣavo dhyānādhyayanayogamanasikārayuktā viharanto dṛṣṭāḥ/
[213.012]. dṛṣṭvā cāsya cittamabhiprasannam/
[213.013]. prasādajātaḥ saṃlakṣayati--muktā hyete āryakā evaṃvidhād duḥkhāt/
[213.014]. cyutaḥ kālagato vārāṇasyāṃ ṣaṭkarmanirate brāhmaṇakule jātaḥ/
[213.014]. unnīto vardhito mahān saṃvṛttaḥ/
[213.015]. so'pareṇa samayena kāśyapasya samyaksambuddhasya śāsane pravrajitaḥ/
[213.015]. tenodyatā ghaṭatā vyāyacchatā sarvakleśaprahāṇādarhattvaṃ sākṣātkṛtam/
[213.016]. arhan saṃvṛttaḥ pūrvavadyāvanmānyaśca pūjyaścābhivandyaśca saṃvṛttaḥ/
[213.017]. sa saṃlakṣayati--kuto'haṃ cyutah? tiryakṣu/
[213.017]. kutropapannaḥ? manuṣyeṣu/
[213.017]. kutra mama mātāpitarau? yāvat paśyati nāgabhavane rudantau tiṣṭhataḥ/
[213.018]. sa tatra gataḥ/
[213.018]. gatvā pṛcchitumārabdhah--amba tāta kasyārthe ruditah? tau kathayatah--ārya, sucirajātako'smākaṃ nāgakumāraḥ suparṇinā pakṣirājenāpahṛtaḥ/
[213.020]. sa kathayati--ahamevāsau/
[213.020]. ārya, tādṛśaḥ sa duṣṭānāgo yadvayaṃ sugatigamanamapi na saṃbhāvayāmaḥ, prāgevedṛśānāṃ dharmāṇāṃ lābhī bhaviṣyati/
[213.021]. tena tau smāritau/
[213.021]. pādayor nipatya kathayatah--ārya, evaṃvidhāstvayā guṇagaṇā adhigatāḥ/
[213.022]. ārya tvaṃ piṇḍakenārthī, vayaṃ puṇyenārthikāḥ/
[213.023]. ihaiva tvamāgamya divase divase bhaktakṛtyaṃ kṛtvā gaccha/
[213.023]. sa nāgabhavane divyāṃ sudhāṃ paribhuktvā āgacchati/
[213.024]. tasya śrāmaṇerakaḥ sārdhavihārī/
[213.024]. sa bhikṣubhiruktah--śrāmaṇeraka, ayaṃ te upādhyāyaḥ kutra bhuktvā āgacchati? sa kathayati--nāhaṃ jāne/
[213.025]. te kathayanti--nāgabhavane divyāṃ sudhāṃ paribhujya pāribhujyāgacchati/
[213.026]. tvaṃ kasyārthe na gacchati? sa kathayati--ayaṃ maharddhiko mahānubhāvo yena gacchati/
[213.027]. kathamahaṃ gacchāmi? te kathayanti--yadā ayam ṛddhyā gacchati, tadā tvamasya cīvarakarṇikaṃ gṛhāṇa/
[213.028]. sa kathayati--mā pateyam/
[213.028]. te kathayanti--bhadramukha, yadi sumeruḥ parvatarājā cīvarakarṇikamavalambate, nāsau patet, prāgeva tvaṃ patiṣyasīti/
[213.030]. yo yasmin sthāne'ntardhāsyati, tena tatra nimittamudgṛhītam/
[213.030]. sa tatpradeśaṃ pūrvameva gatvā avasthitaḥ/
[213.031]. sa cāntardhāsyatīti tena cīvarakarṇikaṃ gṛhītam/
[213.031]. tau upari vihāyasā [214] prakrāntau yāvat tau nāgairdṛṣṭau/

[214.001]. tayordve te āsanaprajñaptikṛtau/
[214.001]. dvau maṇḍalakau āmārjitau/
[214.001]. sa saṃlakṣayati--kasyārthe'yamapara āsanaḥ prajñaptah? sa pratinivartya paśyati yāvat śrāmaṇerakam/
[214.003]. sa kathayati--bhadramukha, tvamapyāgatah? upādyāya, āgato'ham/
[214.003]. śobhanam/
[214.003]. nāgāḥ saṃlakṣayanti--ayamāryo maharddhiko mahānubhāvaḥ/
[214.004]. śakyate divyāṃ sudhāṃ kārayitum/
[214.004]. ayamanyo na śakyate/
[214.005]. taistasya divyā sudhā dattā, tasyāpi prākṛta āhāraḥ/
[214.005]. sa tasya pātragrāhakaḥ/
[214.005]. tena tasya pātraṃ gṛhītam yāvat tatraikā odanamijya(?) vatiṣṭhate/
[214.006]. sā tenāsye prakṣiptā yāvaddivyamāsvādanam/
[214.007]. sa saṃlakṣayati--īdṛśā api matsariṇo nāgāḥ/
[214.007]. ekadhye niṣaṇṇayorasya divyā sudhā dattā, mamāpi prākṛta āhāraḥ/
[214.008]. sa praṇidhānaṃ kartumārabdhah--yanmayā bhagavati kāśyape samyaksambuddhe'nuttare mahādakṣiṇīye brahmacaryaṃ cīrṇam, anenāhaṃ kuśalamūlenaitaṃ nāgamasmādbhavanāccyāvayitvā atraivopapadyeyamiti/
[214.010]. tasya dṛṣṭa eva dharme ubhābhyāṃ pāṇibhyāṃ jalaṃ syanditumārabdham/
[214.011]. nāgasyāpi śirortirbādhitumārabdhā/
[214.011]. sa kathayati--ārya, anena śrāmaṇerakenāśobhanacittamutpāditam/
[214.012]. pratinivartāpayatu enam/
[214.012]. sa kathayati--bhadramukha, apāyā hyete, nivartaya cittam/
[214.013]. sa gāthāṃ bhāṣate--
[214.014]. pravaṇībhūutamidaṃ cittaṃ na śaknomi nivārayitum/
[214.015]. ihasthasyaiva me bhadanta pāṇibhyāṃ syandate jalam//1//
[214.016]. sa taṃ nāgaṃ tasmādbhavanāccyāvayitvā tatraivopapannaḥ/
[214.016]. tatra bhikṣavastena nāgakumāreṇa tatprathamataḥ śraddhā pratilabdhā//

[214.018]. iti śrīdivyāvadāne nāgakumārāvadānam//