Chapter 27 - Kuṇāla-avadāna

[242.001]. kuṇālāvadānam/

[242.002]. sa idānīmacirajātaprasādo buddhaśāsane yatra śākyaputrīyān dadarśa ākīrṇe rahasi vā, tatra śirasā pādayor nipatya vandate sma/
[242.003]. tasya ca yaśo nāmāmātyaḥ paramaśrāddho bhagavati/
[242.004]. sa taṃ rājānamuvāca--deva, nārhasi sarvavarṇapravrajitānāṃ praṇipātaṃ kartum/
[242.004]. santi hi śākyaśrāmaṇerakāścaturbhyo varṇebhyaḥ pravrajitā iti/
[242.005]. tasya rājā na kiṃcidavocat/
[242.005]. atha sa rājā kenacit kālāntareṇa sarvasacivānuvāca--vividhānāṃ prāṇināṃ śirobhiḥ karyam/
[242.007]. tattvamamukasya prāṇinaḥ śīrṣamānaya, tvamamukasyeti/
[242.007]. yaśāmātyaḥ punarājñaptah--tvaṃ mānuṣaṃ śīrṣamānayeti/
[242.008]. samānīteṣu ca śiraḥsu abhihitāh--gacchata, imāni śiraṃsi mūlyena vikrīṇīdhvamiti/
[242.009]. atha sarvaśirāṃsi vikrītāni/
[242.009]. tadeva mānuṣyaṃ śiro na kaścijjagrāha/
[242.009]. tato rājñābhihitah--vināpi mūlyena kasmaicidetacchiro dehītai/
[242.010]. na cāsyaṃ kaścit pratigrāhako babhūva/
[242.011]. tato yaśāmātyastasyaḥ śirasaḥ pratigrāhakamanāsādya savrīḍo rājānamupetyedamarthamuvāca--
[242.013]. gogardabhorabhramṛgadvijānāṃ mūlyairgṛhītāni śirāṃsi pumbhiḥ/
[242.015]. śirastvidaṃ mānuṣamapraśastaṃ na gṛhyate mūlyamṛte'pi rājan//1//
[242.017]. atha sa rājā tamamātyamuvāca--kimidamitīdaṃ mānuṣaśiro na kaścidgṛhṇātīti? amātya uvāca--jugupsitatvāditi/
[242.018]. rājābravīt--kimetadeva śiro jugupsitamāhosvit sarvamānuṣaśirāṃsīti? amātya uvāca--sarvamānuṣaśirāṃsīti/
[242.019]. rājābravīt--kimidaṃ madīyamapi śiro jugupsitamiti? sa ca bhayānnecchati tasmādbhūtārthamabhidhātum/
[242.020]. sa rājñābhihitah--amātyaḥ, satyamucyatamiti/
[242.021]. sa uvāca--evamiti/
[242.021]. tataḥ sa rājā tamamātyaṃ pratijñāyāṃ pratiṣṭhāpya pratyādiśannimamarthamuvāca--haṃ bhoḥ, rūpaiśvaryajanitamadavismita, yuktamidaṃ bhavataḥ, yasmāt tvaṃ bhikṣucaraṇapraṇāmaṃ māaṃ vicchandayitumicchasi?
[242.024]. vināpi mūlyairvijugupsitatvāt pratigrahītā bhuvi yasya nāsti/
[242.026]. śirastadāsādya mameha puṇyam yadyarjitaṃ kiṃ viparītamatra//2//
[242.028]. jātiṃ bhavān paśyati śākyabhikṣuṣvantargatāṃsteṣu guṇānna ceti/
[242.030]. ato bhavāñ jātimadāvalepādātmānamanyāṃśca hinasti mohāt//3//

[243.001]. [243] āvāhakāle'tha vivāhakāle jāteḥ parīkṣā na tu dharmakāle/
[243.003]. dharmakriyāyā hi guṇā nimittā guṇāśca jātiṃ na vicārayanti//4//
[243.005]. yadyucchakulīnagatā doṣā garhāṃ prayānti loke'smin/
[243.006]. kathamiva nīcajanagatā guṇā na satkāramarhanti//5//
[243.007]. cittavaśena hi puṃsāṃ kalevaraṃ nindyate'tha satkriyate/
[243.008]. śākyaśramaṇamanāṃsi ca śuddhānyarcyānyataḥ śākyāḥ//6//
[243.009]. yadi guṇaparivarjito dvijātiḥ patita iti prathito'pi yātyavajñām/
[243.011]. na tu nidhanakulodgato'pi jantuḥ śubhaguṇayukta iti praṇamya pūjyaḥ//7//
[243.013]. api ca/
[243.014]. kiṃ te kāruṇikasya śākyavṛṣabhasyaitadvaco na śrutaṃ prājñaiḥ sāramasārakebhya iha yannṛbhyo grahītuṃ kṣamam/
[243.016]. tasyānanyathavādino yadi ca tāmājñāṃ cikīrṣāmyahaṃ vyāhantuṃ ca bhavān yadi prayatate naitat suhṛllakṣaṇam//8//
[243.018]. ikṣukṣodavadujijñato bhuvi yadā kāyo mama svapsyati pratyutthānanamaskṛtāñjalipuṭakleśakriyāsvakṣamaḥ/
[243.020]. kāyenāhamanena kiṃ nu kuśalaṃ śakṣyāmi kartuṃ tadā tasmānnāryamataḥ śmaśānanidhanāt sāraṃ grahītuṃ mayā//9//
[243.022]. bhavanādiva pradīptānnimajjamānādivāpsu ratnanidheḥ/
[243.023]. kāyādvidhānanidhanādye sāraṃ nādhigacchanti//10//
[243.024]. te sāramapaśyantaḥ sārāsāreṣvakovidā prājñāḥ/
[243.025]. te maraṇamakaravadanapraveśasamaye viṣīdanti//11//
[243.026]. dadhidhṛtanavanītakṣīratakropayogādvaramapahṛtasāro maṇḍakumbho'vabhagnaḥ/
[243.028]. na bhavati bahu śocyam yadvadevaṃ śarīre sucaritahṛtasāre naiti śoko'ntakāle//12//

[244.001]. [244] sucaritavimukhānāṃ garvitānām yadā tu prasabhamiha hi mṛtyuḥ kāyakumbhaṃ bhinatti/
[244.003]. dahati hṛdayameṣāṃ śokavahnistadānīṃ dadhighaṭa iva bhagne sarvaśo'prāptasāre//13//
[244.005]. kartuṃ vighnamato na me'rhati bhavān kāyapraṇāmaṃ prati śreṣṭho'smītyaparīkṣako hi gaṇayan mohāndhakārāvṛtaḥ/
[244.007]. kāyam yastu parīkṣate daśabalavyāhāradīpairbudho nāsau pārthivabhṛtyayorviṣamatāṃ kāyasya saṃpaśyati//14//
[244.009]. tvagmāṃsāsthiśirāyakṛtprabhṛtayo bhāvā hi tulyā nṛṇāmāhāryaistu vibhūṣaṇairadhikatā kāyasya niṣpadyate/
[244.011]. etatsāramiheṣyate tu yadimaṃ niśritya kāyādhamaṃ pratyutthānanamaskṛtādikuśalaṃ prājñaiḥ samutthāpyate//15// iti/
[244.013]. athāśoko rājā^hirodakasikatāpiṇḍairaṇḍakāṣṭhebhyo'pi asārataratvaṃ kāyasyāvetya praṇāmādibhyaḥ samutthasya phalasya bahukalpaśaḥ sthāpayitvā sumeruvanmahāpṛthivībhyaḥ samutthasya phalasya bahukalpaśaḥ sthāpayitvā sumeruvanmahāpṛthivībhyaḥ sārataratāmavekṣya bhagavataḥ stūpavandanāyāmātmānamalaṃkartukāmo'mātyagaṇaparivṛtaḥ kurkuṭārāmaṃ gatvā tatra vṛddhānte sthitvā kṛtāñjaliruvāca--asti--
[244.018]. kaścidanyo'pi nirdiṣṭo dvitīyaḥ sarvadarśanā/
[244.019]. yathāhaṃ tena nirdiṣṭaḥ pāṃśudānena dhīmatā//16//
[244.020]. tatra yaśo nāṃnā saṃghasthavira uvāca--asti mahārāja/
[244.020]. yadā bhagavataḥ parinirvāṇakālasamaye tadā apalālaṃ nāgaṃ damayitvā kumbhakālaṃ caṇḍālīgopālīṃ ca nāgaṃ mathurāmanuprāptaḥ, tatra bhagavānāyuṣmantamānandamāmantrayate--asyāmānanda mathutāyāṃ varṣaśataparinirvṛtasya tathāgatasya gupto nāṃnā gāndhiko bhaviṣyati/
[244.023]. tasya putro bhaviṣyatyupagupto nāṃnā avavādakānāmagro'lakṣaṇako buddhaḥ, yo mama varṣaśataparinirvṛtasya buddhakāryaṃ kariṣyati/
[244.024]. paśyasi tvamānanda dūrata eva nīlanīlāmbararājim? evaṃ bhadanta/
[244.025]. eṣa ānanda urumuṇḍo nāma parvataḥ/
[244.025]. atra varṣaśataparinirvṛtasya tathāgatasya naṭabhaṭikā nāmāraṇyāyatanaṃ bhaviṣyati/
[244.026]. etadagraṃ me ānanda bhaviṣyati śamathānukūlānāṃ śayyāsanānām yaduta naṭabhaṭikā nāmāraṇyāyatanam/
[244.027]. āha ca--
[244.028]. avavādakānāṃ pravara upagupto mahāyaśāḥ/
[244.029]. vyākṛto lokanāthena buddhakāryaṃ kariṣyati//17//
[224.030]. rājā āha--kiṃ punaḥ sa śuddhasattva utpannaḥ, athādyāpi notpadyata iti? sthavira uvāca--utpannaḥ sa mahātmā/
[244.031]. urumuṇḍe parvate jitakleśo'rhadgaṇaiḥ parivṛtastiṣṭhati lokānukampārtham/
[244.032]. api ca deva--

[245.001]. [245] sarvajñalīlo hi sa śuddhasattvo dharmaṃ praṇītaṃ vadate gaṇāgre/
[245.003]. devāsurendroragamānuṣāṃśca sahasraśo mokṣapuraṃ praṇetā//18//
[245.005]. tena khalu samayena āyuṣmānupagupto'ṣṭādaśabhirarhatsahasraiḥ parivṛto naṭabhaṭikāraṇyāyatane prativasati/
[245.006]. śrutvā ca rājā amātyagaṇānāhūya kathayati--
[245.007]. saṃnāhyatāṃ hastirathāśvakāyaḥ śīghraṃ prayāsyāmyurumuṇḍaśailam/
[245.009]. drakṣyāmi sarvāśravavipramuktaṃ sākṣādarhantaṃ hyupaguptaṃ nāma//19//
[245.011]. tato'mātyairabhihitah--deva dūtaḥ preṣayitavyo viṣayanivāsī, sa devasya svayamevāgamiṣyati/
[245.012]. rājā āha--nāsau asmākamarhatyabhigantum, kiṃ tu vayamevārhāmastasyābhigantum/
[245.013]. api ca--
[245.014]. manye vajramayaṃ tasya dehaṃ śailopamādhikam/
[245.015]. śāstṛtulyopaguptasya yo hyājñāmākṣipennaraḥ//20//
[245.016]. yāvadrājñā sthaviropaguptasya sakāśaṃ dūto na preṣitaḥ sthaviradarśanāyāgamiṣyāmīti/
[245.017]. sthaviropaguptaścintayati--yadi rājā āgamiṣyati, mahājanakāyasya pīḍā bhaviṣyati gocarasya ca/
[245.018]. tataḥ sthavireṇābhihitam--svayamevābhigamiṣyāmīti/
[245.018]. tato rājñā sthaviropaguptasyārthe nauyānenāgamiṣyatīti yāvacca mathurām yāvacca pāṭaliputramantarānnausaṃkramo'vasthāpitaḥ/
[245.019]. atha sthaviropagupto rājño'śokasyānugrahārthamaṣṭādaśabhirarhatsahasraiḥ parivṛto nāvamabhiruhya pāṭaliputramanuprāptaḥ/
[245.021]. tato rājapuruṣai rājño'śokasya niveditam--deva, diṣṭyā vardhasva/
[245.022]. anugrahārthaṃ tava sopaguptaścitteśvaraḥ śāsanakarṇadhāraḥ/
[245.024]. puraskṛtastīrṇabhavaughapāraiḥ sārdhaṃ samabhyāgata eṣa padmyām//21//
[245.026]. śrutvā ca rājñā prītamanasā śatasahasramūlyo muktāhāraḥ svaśarīrādapanīya priyākhyāyino dattaḥ/
[245.027]. ghāṇṭikaṃ cāhūya kathayati--ghuṣyantāṃ pāṭaliputre ghaṇṭāḥ/
[245.027]. sthaviropaguptasyāgamanaṃ nivedyatām/
[245.028]. vaktavyam--
[245.029]. utsṛjya dāridryamanarthamūlam yaḥ sphītaśobhāṃ śriyamicchatīha/
[245.031]. svargāpavargāya ca hetubhūtaṃ sa paśyatāṃ kāruṇikopaguptam//22//

[246.001]. [246] yebhir na dṛṣṭo dvipadapradhānaḥ śāstā mahākāruṇikaḥ svayambhūḥ/
[246.003]. te śāstṛkalpaṃ sthaviropaguptaṃ paśyantyudāraṃ tribhavapradīpam//23//
[246.005]. yāvadrājñā pāṭalipurre ghaṇṭāṃ ghoṣayitvā nagaraśobhāṃ ca kārayitvā ardhatṛtīyāni yojanāni gatvā sarvavādyena sarvapuṣpagandhamālyena sarvapauraiḥ sarvāmātyaiḥ saha sthaviropaguptaṃ pratyudgataḥ/
[246.007]. dadarśa rājā sthaviropaguptaṃ dūrata evāṣṭādaśabhirarhatsahasrairardhacandreṇopaguptam/
[246.008]. yadantaraṃ ca rājā sthaviropaguptamadrākṣīt, tadantaraṃ hastiskandhādavatīrya padmyāṃ nadītīramabhigamya ekaṃ pādaṃ nadītīre sthāpya dvitīyaṃ nauphalake sthaviropaguptaṃ sarvāṅgenānuparigṛhya nau{saṃkramād} uttāritavān/
[246.010]. uttārya ca mūlanikṛtta iva drumaḥ sarvaśarīreṇopaguptasya pādayor nipatito mukhatuṇḍakena ca pādau anuparimārjya utthāya dvau jānumaṇḍalau pṛthivītale nikṣipya kṛtāñjaliḥ sthaviropaguptaṃ nirīkṣamāṇa uvāca--
[246.013]. yadā mayā śatrugaṇānnihatya prāptā samudrābharaṇā saśailā/
[246.015]. ekātapatrā pṛthivī tadā me prītir na sā yā sthaviraṃ nirīkṣya//24//
[246.017]. tvadvarśanānme dviguṇaḥ prasādaḥ saṃjāyate'smin varaśāsanāgre/
[246.019]. tvadvarśanāccaiva pare'pi śuddhyā dṛṣṭo mayādyāpratimaḥ svayambhūḥ//25//
[246.021]. api ca/
[246.022]. śāntiṃ gate kāruṇike jinendre tvaṃ buddhakāryaṃ kuruṣe triloke/
[246.024]. naṣṭe jaganmohanimīlitākṣe tvamarkavajjñānavabhāsakartā//26//
[246.026]. tvaṃ śāstṛkalpo jagadekacakṣuravavādakānāṃ pravaraḥ śaraṇyam/
[246.028]. vibho mamājñāṃ vada śīghramadya kartāsmi vākyaṃ śuddhasattvā//27//

[247.001]. [247] atha sthaviropagupto dakṣiṇena pāṇinā rājānaṃ śirasi parimārjayannuvāca--
[247.002]. apramādena saṃpādya rājyaiśvaryaṃ pravartatām/
[247.003]. durlabhaṃ trīṇi ratnāni nityaṃ pūjaya pārthiva//28//
[247.004]. api ca mahārāja tena tena bhagavatā tathāgatenārhatā samyaksambuddhena tava ca mama {ca} śāsanamupanyastaṃ sattvasārathivareṇa gaṇamadhye parīttaṃ paripālyam yatnato'smābhiḥ/
[247.005]. rājā āha--sthavira, yathā ahaṃ nirdiṣṭo bhagavatā, tadevānuṣṭhīyate/
[247.006]. kṛtah?
[247.007]. stūpairvicitrairgiriśṛṅgakalpaiśchatradhvajaiścocchritaratnacitraiḥ/
[247.009]. saṃśobhitā me pṛthivī samantādvaistārikā dhātudharāḥ kṛtāśca//29//
[247.011]. api ca/
[247.012]. ātmā putraṃ gṛhaṃ dārān pṛthivī kośameva ca/
[247.013]. na kiṃcidaparityaktaṃ dharmarājasya śāsane//30//
[247.014]. sthaviropagupta āha--sādhu sādhu mahārāja, etadevānuṣṭheyam/
[247.014]. kṛtah?
[247.015]. ye sāramupajīvanti kāyādbhogaiśca jīvikām/
[247.016]. gate kāle na śocanti iṣṭam yānti surālayam//31//
[247.017]. yāvadrājā mahatā śrīsamudayena sthaviropaguptaṃ rājakule praveśayitvā sarvāṅgenānuparigṛhya prajñapta evāsane niṣādayāmāsa/
[247.018]. sthaviropaguptasya śarīraṃ mṛdu sumṛdu, tadyathā tūlapicurvā karpāsapicurvā/
[247.019]. atha rājā sthaviropaguptasya śarīrasaṃsparśamavagamya kṛtāñjaliruvāca--
[247.020]. mṛdūni te'ṅgāni udārasattvā tūlopamāḥ kāśisamopamāśca/
[247.022]. ahaṃ tvadhanyaḥ kharakarkaśāṅgo niḥsparśagātraḥ paruṣāśrayaśca//32//
[247.024]. sthavira uvāca--
[247.025]. dānaṃ manāpaṃ suśubhaṃ praṇītaṃ dattaṃ mayā hyapratipudgalasya/
[247.027]. na pāṃśudānaṃ hi mayā pradattam yathā tvayādāyi tathāgatasya//33//
[247.029]. rājā āha--sthavira,
[247.030]. bālabhāvādahaṃ pūrvaṃ kṣetraṃ prāpya hyanuttaram/
[247.031]. pāṃśūn ropitavāṃstatra phalam yasyedṛśaṃ mama//34//

[248.001]. [248] atha sthaviro rājānaṃ saṃharṣayannuvāca--mahārāja,
[248.002]. paśya kṣetrasya mahātmayaṃ pāṃśuryatra viruhyate/
[248.003]. rājaśrīryena te prāptā ādhipatyamanuttaram//35//
[248.004]. śrutvā ca rājā vismayotkullanetro'mātyānāhūyovāca--
[248.005]. balacakravartirājyaṃ prāptaṃ me pāṃśudānamātreṇa/
[248.006]. kena bhagavān bhavanto nārcayitavyaḥ prayatnena//36//
[248.007]. atha rājā sthaviropaguptasya pādayor nipatyovāca--sthavira, ayaṃ me manoratho ye bhagavatā buddhena pradeśā adhyuṣitāstānarceyam, cihnāni ca kuryāṃ paścimasyāṃ janatāyāmanugrahārtham/
[248.009]. āha ca--ye buddhena bhagavatā pradeśā adhyuṣitāḥ, tānarcayannahaṃ gatvā cihnāni caiva kuryāṃ paścimāṃ janatāmanukampārtham/
[248.010]. sthavira uvāca--sādhu sādhu mahārāja, śobhanaste cittotpādaḥ/
[248.011]. ahaṃ pradarśayiṣyāmyadhunā/
[248.012]. ye tenādhyuṣitā deśāstānnamasye kṛtāñjaliḥ/
[248.013]. gatvā cihnāni teṣveva kariṣyāmi na saṃśayaḥ//37//
[248.014]. atha rājā caturaṅgabalakāyaṃ saṃnāhya gandhamālyapuṣpamādāya sthaviropaguptasahāyaḥ saṃprasthitaḥ/
[248.015]. atha sthaviropagupto rājānamaśokaṃ sarvaprathamena lumbinīvanaṃ praveśayitvā dakṣiṇaṃ hastamabhiprasāryovāca--asmin mahārāja pradeśe bhagavāñ jātaḥ/
[248.016]. āha ca--
[248.017]. idaṃ hi prathamaṃ caityaṃ buddhasyottamacakṣuṣaḥ/
[248.018]. jātamātreha sa muniḥ prakrāntaḥ saptapadaṃ bhuvi//38//
[248.019]. caturdiśamabalokya vācaṃ bhāṣitavān purā/
[248.020]. iyaṃ me paścimā jātirgarbhāvāsaśca paścimaḥ//39//
[248.021]. atha rājā sarvaśarīreṇa tatra pādayor nipatya utthāya kṛtāñjaliḥ prarudannuvāca--
[248.022]. dhanyāste kṛtapuṇyai(ṇyā)śca yairdṛṣṭaḥ sa mahāmuniḥ/
[248.023]. prajātaḥ saṃśrutā yaiśca vācastasya manoramāḥ//40//
[248.024]. atha sthaviro rājñaḥ prasādavṛddhyarthamuvāca--mahārāja, kiṃ drakṣyasi tāṃ devatām?
[248.025]. yayā dṛṣṭaḥ prajāyansa vane'smin vadatāṃ varaḥ/
[248.026]. tramamāṇaḥ padān sapta śrutā vāco yayā muneḥ//41//
[248.027]. rājā āha--paraṃ sthavira drakṣyāmi/
[248.027]. atha sthaviropagupto yasya vṛkṣasya śākhamavalambya devī mahāmāyā prasūtā, tena dakṣiṇahastamabhiprasāryovāca--
[248.029]. naivāsikā yā ihāśokavṛkṣe saṃbuddhadarśinī yā devakanyā/
[248.031]. sākṣādasau darśayatu svadehaṃ rājño hyaśokasya {manah}prasādavṛddhyai//42//

[249.001]. [249] yāvat sā devatā svarūpeṇa sthaviropaguptasamīpe sthitvā kṛtāñjaliruvāca--sthavira, kimājñāpayasi? atha sthaviro rājānāmaśokamuvāca--mahārāja, iyaṃ sā devatā, yayā dṛṣṭo bhagavāñ jāyamānaḥ/
[249.003]. atha rājā kṛtāñjalistāṃ devatāmuvāca--
[249.004]. dṛṣṭastvayā lakṣaṇabhūṣitāṅgaḥ prajāyamānaḥ kamalāyatākṣaḥ/
[249.006]. śrutvāstvayā tasya nararṣabhasya vāco manojñāḥ prathamā vane'smin//43//
[249.008]. devatā prāha--mayā hi dṛṣṭaḥ kanakāvadātaḥ prajāyamāno dvipadapradhānaḥ/
[249.011]. padāni sapta kramāṇa eva śrutā ca vācamapi tasya śāstuḥ//44//
[249.013]. rājā āha--kathaya devate, kīdṛśī bhagavato jāyamānasya śrīrbabhūveti/
[249.013]. devatā prāha--na śakyaṃ mayā vāgbhiḥ saṃprakāśayitum/
[249.014]. api tu saṃkṣepataḥ śṛṇu--
[249.015]. vinirmitābhā kanakāvadātā sendre triloke nayanābhirāmā/
[249.017]. sasāgarāntā ca mahī saśailā mahārṇavasthā iva nauścāla//45//
[249.019]. yāvadrājñā jātyāṃ śatasahasraṃ dattam/
[249.019]. caityaṃ ca pratiṣṭhāpya rājā prakrāntaḥ//
[249.020]. atha sthaviropagupto rājānaṃ kapilavastu nivedayitvā dakṣiṇahastamabhiprasāryovāca--asmin pradeśe mahārāja bodhisattvo rājñaḥ śuddhodanasyopanāmitaḥ/
[249.021]. taṃ dvātriṃśatā mahāpuruṣalakṣaṇālaṃkṛtaśarīramasecanakadarśanaṃ ca dṛṣṭvā rājā sarvaśarīreṇa bodhisattvasya pādayor nipatitaḥ/
[249.023]. idaṃ mahārāja śākyavardhaṃ nāma devakulam/
[249.023]. atra bodhisattvo jātamātra upanīto devamarcayiṣyatīti/
[249.024]. sarvadevatāśca bodhisattvasya pādayor nipatitāḥ/
[249.024]. tato rājñā śuddhodanena bodhisattvo devatānāmapyayaṃ deva iti tena bodhisattvasya devātideva iti nāmadheyaṃ kṛtam/
[249.025]. asmin pradeśe mahārāja bodhisattvo brāhmaṇānāṃ naimittikānāṃ vipaścikānāmupadarśitaḥ/
[249.026]. asmin pradeśe asitena ṛṣiṇā nirdiṣṭo buddho loke bhaviṣyatīti/
[249.027]. asmin pradeśe mahārāja mahāprajāpatyā saṃvardhitaḥ/
[249.028]. asmin pradeśe lipijñānaṃ śikṣāpitaḥ/
[249.028]. asmin pradeśe hastigrīvāyāmaśvapṛṣṭhe rathe śaradhanurgrahe tomaragrahe'ṅkuśagrahe kulānurūpāsu vidyāsu pāragaḥ saṃvṛttaḥ/
[249.030]. iyaṃ bodhisattvasya vyāyāmaśālā babhūva/
[249.030]. asmin pradeśe mahārāja bodhisattvo devatāśatasahasraiḥ parivṛtaḥ ṣaṣṭibhiḥ strīsahasraiḥ sārdhaṃ ratimanubhūtavān/
[249.031]. asmin pradeśe bodhisattvo jīrṇāturamṛtasaṃdarśanodvigno vanaṃ saṃśritaḥ/
[249.032]. asmin pradeśe jambucchāyāyāṃ niṣadya viviktam [250] pāpakairakuśalairdharmaiḥ savitarkaṃ savicāraṃ vivekajaṃ prītisukhamanāśravasadṛśaṃ prathamadhyānaṃ samāpannaḥ/

[250.002]. atha pariṇate madhyāhne atikrānte bhaktakālasamaye bhaktakālasamaye anyeṣāṃ vṛkṣāṇāṃ chāyā prācīnaniṃnā prācīnapravaṇā prācīnaprāgbhārā, jamucchāyā bodhisattvasya kāyaṃ na jahāti/
[250.003]. dṛṣṭvā ca punā rājā śuddhodanaḥ sarvaśarīreṇa bodhisattvasya pādayor nipatitaḥ/
[250.004]. anena dvāreṇa bodhisattvo devatāśatasahasraiḥ parivṛto'rdharāteḥ kapilavastuno nirgataḥ/
[250.005]. asmin pradeśe bodhisattvena cchandakasyāśvamābharaṇāni ca datvā pratinivartitaḥ/
[250.006]. āha ca--
[250.007]. chandābharaṇānyaśvaṃ ca asmin pratinivartitaḥ/
[250.008]. nirupasthāyiko vīraḥ praviṣṭhaikastapovanam//46//
[250.009]. asmin pradeśe bodhisattvo lubdhakasakāśāt kāśikairvastraiḥ kāṣāyāṇi vastrāṇi grahāya pravrajitaḥ/
[250.010]. asmin pradeśe bhārgaveṇāśrameṇopanimantritaḥ/
[250.010]. asmin pradeśe bodhisattvo rājñā bimbisāreṇārgharājyenopanimantritaḥ/
[250.011]. asmin pradeśe ārāḍodrakamabhigataḥ/
[250.011]. āha ca--
[250.012]. udrakārāḍakā nāma ṛṣayo'smiṃstapovane/
[250.013]. adhigatācāryasattvena puruṣendreṇa tāpitā//47//
[250.014]. asmin pradeśe bodhisattvena ṣaḍvarṣāṇi duṣkaraṃ cīrṇam/
[250.014]. āha ca--
[250.015]. ṣaḍvarṣāṇi hi kaṭukaṃ tapastaptvā mahāmuniḥ/
[250.016]. nāyaṃ mārgo hyabhijñāya iti jñātvā samutsṛjet//48//
[250.017]. asmin pradeśe bodhisattvena nandāyā nandabalāyāśca grāmikaduhitryoḥ sakāśāt ṣoḍaśaguṇitaṃ madhupāyasaṃ parimuktam/
[250.018]. āha ca--
[250.019]. asmin pradeśe nandāyā bhuktvā ca madhupāyasam/
[250.020]. bodhimūlaṃ mahāvīro jagāma vadatāṃ varaḥ//49//
[250.021]. asmin pradeśe bodhisattvaḥ kālikena nāgarājena bodhisamūlamabhigacchan saṃstutaḥ/
[250.022]. āha ca--
[250.023]. kālikabhujagendreṇa saṃstuto vadatāṃ varaḥ/
[250.024]. prayāto'nena mārgeṇa bodhimaṇḍe'mṛtārthinaḥ//50//
[250.025]. atha rājā sthavirasya pādayor nipatya kṛtāñjaliruvāca--
[250.026]. api paśyema nāgendram yena dṛṣṭastathāgataḥ/
[250.027]. vrajāno'nena mārgeṇa mattanāgendravikramaḥ//51//
[250.028]. atha kāliko nāgarājaḥ sthavirasamīpe sthitvā kṛtāñjaliruvāca--sthavira, kimājñāpayasīti/
[250.029]. atha sthaviro rājānamuvāca--ayaṃ sa mahārāja kāliko nāgarājā yena bhagavānanena mārgeṇa bodhimūlaṃ nirgacchan saṃstutaḥ/
[250.030]. atha rājā kṛtāñjaliḥ kālikaṃ nāgarājamuvāca--

[251.001]. [251] dṛṣṭastvā jvalitakāñcanatulyavarṇaḥ śāstā mamāpratisamaḥ śaradenduvaktraḥ/
[251.003]. ākhyāhi me daśabalasya guṇaikadeśaṃ tatkīdṛśī vada bhavan sugate tadānīm//52//
[251.005]. kālika uvāca--na śakyaṃ vigbhiḥ saṃprakāśayitum/
[251.005]. api tu saṃkṣepaṃ śṛṇu--
[251.006]. caraṇatalaparāhatā saśailā avanistadā pracacāla ṣaṭvikāram/
[251.008]. ravikiraṇaprabhādhikā nṛloke sugataśaśidyutisaṃnibhā manojñā//53//
[251.010]. yāvadrājā caityaṃ pratiṣṭhāpya prakrāntaḥ/
[251.010]. atha sthaviropagupto rājānaṃ bodhimūlamupanāmayitvā dakṣiṇaṃ karamabhiprasāryovāca--asmin pradeśe mahārāja bodhisattvena mahāmaitrīsahāyena sakalaṃ mārabalaṃ jitvā anuttarā samyaksambodhirabhisambuddhā/
[251.012]. āha ca--
[251.013]. iha munivṛṣabheṇa bodhimūle namucibalaṃ vikṛtaṃ nirastamāśu/
[251.015]. idamamṛtamudāramagryabodhiṃ hyadhigatamapratipudgalena tena//54//
[251.017]. yāvadrājñā bodhau śatasahasraṃ dattam/
[251.017]. caityaṃ ca pratiṣṭhāpya rājā prakrāntaḥ/
[251.017]. atha sthaviropagupto rājānamaśokamuvāca--asmin pradeśe bhagavāṃś caturṇāṃ mahārājānāṃ sakāśāccatvāri śailamayāni pātrāṇi grahāyaikaṃ pātramadhimuktam/
[251.019]. asmin pradeśe trapuṣabhillikayorvaṇijorapi piṇḍapātraḥ pratigṛhītaḥ/
[251.020]. asmin pradeśe bhagavān vāraṇasīmabhigacchannupagenājīvikena saṃstutaḥ/
[251.021]. yāvat sthaviro rājānam ṛṣivadana(patana?)mupanīya dakṣiṇaṃ hastamabhiprasāryovāca--asmin pradeśe mahārāja bhagavatā triparivartaṃ dvādaśākāraṃ dharmyaṃ dharmacakraṃ pravarjitatam/
[251.023]. āha ca--
[251.024]. śubhaṃ dharmamayaṃ cakraṃ saṃsāravinivartaye/
[251.025]. asmin pradeśe nāthena pravarjitamanuttaram//55//
[251.026]. asmin pradeśe jaṭilasahasraṃ pravrajitam/
[251.026]. asmin pradeśe rājño bimbisārasya dharmaṃ deśitam/
[251.027]. rājñā ca bimbisāreṇa satyāni dṛṣṭāni, aśītibhiśca devatāsahasrairanekaiśca māgadhakairbrāhmaṇagṛhapatisahasraiḥ/
[251.028]. asmin pradeśe bhagavatā śakrasya devendrasya dharmo deśitaḥ, śakreṇa ca satyāni dṛṣṭānyaśītibhiśca devatāsahasraiḥ/
[251.029]. asmin pradeśe mahāprātihāryaṃ vidarśitam/
[251.030]. asmin pradeśe bhagavān deveṣu trāyastriṃśoṣu varṣā māturjanayitryā dharmam [252] deśayitvā devagaṇaparivṛto'vatīrṇaḥ/

[252.001]. vistareṇa yāvat sthaviro rājānamaśokaṃ kuśinagarīmupanāmayitvā dakṣiṇaṃ karatalamabhiprasāryovāca--asmin pradeśe mahārāja bhagavān sakalaṃ buddhakāryaṃ kṛtvā nirupadhiśeṣe nirvāṇadhātau parinivṛtaḥ/
[252.003]. āha ca--
[252.004]. lokaṃ sadevamanujāsurayakṣanāgamakṣayyadharmavinaye matimān vinīya/
[252.005]. vaineyasattvavirahānupaśāntabuddhiḥ śāntiṃ gataḥ paramakāruṇiko maharṣiḥ//56//
[252.008]. śrutvā ca rājā mūrchitaḥ patitaḥ/
[252.008]. yāvajjalapariṣekaṃ kṛtvotthāpitaḥ/
[252.008]. atha rājā kathaṃcit saṃjñāmupalabhya parivirvāṇe śatasahasraṃ datvā caityaṃ pratiṣṭhāpya pādayor nipatyovāca--sthavira, ayaṃ me mano rathah--ye ca bhagavatā śrāvakā agratāyāṃ nirdiṣṭāḥ, teṣāṃ śarīrapūjāṃ kariṣyāmīti/
[252.011]. sthavira uvāca--sādhu sādhu mahārāja/
[252.011]. śobhanaste cittotpādaḥ/
[252.011]. sthaviro rājānamaśokaṃ jetavanaṃ praveśayitvā dakṣiṇaṃ karamabhiprasāryovāca--ayaṃ mahārāja sthaviraśāriputrasya stūpaḥ/
[252.013]. triyatāmasyārcanāmiti/
[252.013]. rājā āha--ke tasya tasya guṇā babhūvah? sthavira uvāca--sa hi dvitīyaśāstā dharmasenādhipatirdharmacakraparavartanaḥ prajñāvatāmagro nirdiṣṭo bhagavatā/
[252.016]. sarvalokasya yā prajñā sthāpayitvā tathāgatam/
[252.017]. śāriputrasya prajñāyāḥ kalāṃ nārhati ṣoḍaśīm//57//
[252.018]. āha ca--
[252.019]. saddharmacakramatulam yajjinena pravartitam/
[252.020]. anuvṛttaṃ hi tattena śāriputreṇa dhīmatā//58//
[252.021]. kastasya sādhu buddhānyaḥ puruṣaḥ śāradvatasyeha/
[252.022]. jñātvā guṇagaṇanidhiṃ vaktuṃ śaknoti niravaśeṣāt//59//
[252.023]. tato rājā prītamanāḥ sthaviraśāradvatīputrastūpe śatasahasraṃ datvā kṛtājñaliruvāca--
[252.024]. śāradvatīputramahaṃ bhaktyā vande vimuktabhavasaṅgam/
[252.025]. lokaprakāśakīrti jñānavatāmuttamaṃ vīram//60//
[252.026]. yāvat sthaviropaguptaḥ sthaviramahāmaudgalyāyanasya stūpamupadarśannuvāca--idaṃ mahārāja sthaviramahāmaudgalyāyanasya stūpam/
[252.027]. triyatāmasyārcanamiti/
[252.027]. rājā āha--ke tasya guṇā babhūvuriti? sthavira uvāca--sa hi ṛddhimatāmagro nirdiṣṭo bhagavatā, yena dakṣiṇena pādāṅguṣṭhena śakrasya devendrasya vaijayantaḥ prāsādaḥ prakampitaḥ, nandopanandau nāgarājānau vinītau/
[252.030]. āha ca--

[253.001]. [253] śakrasya yena bhavanaṃ pādāṅguṣṭhena kampitam/
[253.002]. pūjanīyaḥ prayatnena kolitaḥ sa dvijottam//61//
[253.003]. bhujageśvarau pratibhayau dāntau tau yanātidurgamau/
[253.004]. loke kastasya śuddhabuddheḥ pāraṃ gacchedguṇārṇavasya//62//
[253.005]. yāvadrājā mahāmaudgalyāyanasya stūpe śatasahasraṃ datvā kṛtāñjaliruvāca--
[253.006]. ṛddhimatāmagro yo janmajarāśokaduḥkhanirmuktaḥ/
[253.007]. maudgalyāyanamahaṃ vande mūrdhnā praṇipatya vikhyātam//63//
[253.008]. yāvat sthaviropaguptaḥ sthaviramahākāśyapasya stūpam..../
[253.008]. triyatāmasyārcanamiti/
[253.008]. rājā āha--ke tasya guṇā babhūvah? sthavira uvāca--sa hi mahātmā alpecchānāṃ saṃtuṣṭānāṃ dhutaguṇavāditāmagro nirdiṣṭo bhagavatā, ardhāsanenopanimantritaḥ, śvetacīvareṇācchāditaḥ, dīnāturagrāhakaḥ śāstanasaṃdhārakaśceti/
[253.011]. āha ca--
[253.012]. puṇyakṣetramudāraṃ cīnāturagrāhako nirāyāsaḥ/
[253.013]. sarvajñacīvaradharaḥ śāsanasaṃdhārako matimān//64//
[253.014]. kastasya gurormanujo vaktuṃ śakto guṇānniravaśeṣān/
[253.015]. āsanavarasya sumatiryasya jano dattavānardham//65//
[253.016]. tato rājā aśokaḥ sthaviramahākāśyapasya stūpe datvā kṛtāñjaliruvāca--
[253.017]. parvataguhānilāyaṃ vairaparānmukhaṃ praśamayuktam/
[253.018]. saṃtoṣaguṇavivṛddhaṃ vande khalu kāśyapaṃ sthaviram//66//
[253.019]. yāvat sthaviropaguptaḥ sthaviravatkulasya stūpaṃ darśayannuvāca--idaṃ mahārāja sthavirabatkulasya stūpam/
[253.020]. triyatāmarcanamiti/
[253.020]. rājā āha--ke tasya guṇā babhūvuriti? sthavira uvāca--sa mahātmā alpābādhānāmagro nirdiṣṭo bhagavatā/
[253.021]. api ca/
[253.021]. na tena kasyaciddvīpadikā gāthā śrāvatī/
[253.022]. rājā āha--dīyatāmatra kākaṇiḥ/
[253.022]. yāvadamātyairabhihitah--deva, kimarthaṃ tulyeṣvavasthiteṣvatra kākāṇī dīyata iti? rājā āha--śrūyatāmatrābhiprāyo mama--
[253.024]. ājñāpradīpena manogṛhasthaṃ hataṃ tamo yadyapi kṛtaṃ hi tena yathā kṛtaṃ sattvahitaṃ tadanyaiḥ//67//
[253.028]. sā pratyāhatā tasyaiva rājñaḥ pādamūle nipatitā/
[253.028]. yāvadamātyā vismitā ūcuh--aho tasya mahātmano'lpecchatā babhūva/
[253.029]. anayāpyanarthī/
[253.029]. yāvat sthaviropaguptaḥ sthavirānandasya stūpamupadarśayannuvāca--idaṃ sthavirānandasya stūpam/
[253.030]. triyatāmasyārcanamiti/
[253.030]. rājā āha--ke tasya guṇā babhūvuriti/
[253.031]. sthavira uvāca--sa hi bhagavata upasthāyako babhuva, bahuśrutānāmagryaḥ pravacanagrāhakaśceti/
[253.032]. āha ca--

[254.001]. [254] munipatrarakṣaṇapaṭuḥ smṛtidhṛtimatiniścitaḥ śrutasamudraḥ/
[254.002]. vispaṣṭamadhuravacanaḥ suranaramahitaḥ sadānandaḥ//68//
[254.003]. saṃbuddhacittakuśalaḥ sarvatra vicakṣaṇo guṇakaraṇḍaḥ/
[254.004]. jinasaṃstuto jitaraṇo suranaramahitaḥ sadānandaḥ//69//
[254.005]. yāvadrājñā tasya stūpe koṭirdattā/
[254.005]. yāvadamātyairabhihitah--kimarthamayaṃ deva sarveṣāṃ sakāśādadhikataraṃ pūjyate? rājā āha--śrūyatāmabhiprāyah--
[254.007]. yattaccharīraṃ vadatāṃ varasya dharmātmano dharmamayaṃ viśuddham/
[254.009]. taddhāritaṃ tena viśokanāṃnā tasmādviśeṣeṇa sa pūjanīyaḥ//70//
[254.011]. dharmapradīpo jvalati prajāsu kleśāndhakārāntakaro yadadya/
[254.013]. tattatprabhāvātsugatendrasūnostasmādviśeṣeṇa sa pūjanīyaḥ//71//
[254.015]. yadā samudraṃ salilaṃ samudre kurvīta kaścinna hi goṣpadena/
[254.017]. nāthena taddharmamavekṣya bhāvaṃ sūtrāntako'yaṃ sthavire'bhiṣiktaḥ//72//
[254.019]. atha rājā sthavirāṇāṃ stūpārcanaṃ kṛtvā sthaviropaguptasya pādayor nipatya prītimanā uvāca--
[254.021]. mānuṣyaṃ saphalīkṛtaṃ kratuśatairiṣṭena saṃprāpyate rājyaiśvaryaguṇaiścalaiśca vibhavaiḥ sāraṃ gṛhītaṃ param/
[254.023]. lokaṃ caityaśatairalaṃkṛtamidaṃ śvetābhrakūṭaprabhairasyādyāpratimasya śāsanamidaṃ kiṃ naḥ kṛtaṃ duṣkaram//73// iti/
[254.025]. yāvadrājā sthaviropaguptasya prāṇāmaṃ kṛtvā prakrāntaḥ//
[254.026]. yāvadrājñā aśokena jātau bodhau dharmacakre parinirvāṇe ekaikaśatasahasraṃ dattam, tasya bodhau viśeṣataḥ prasādo jātah--iha bhagavatānuttarā samyaksambodhirabhisambuddheti/
[254.027]. sa yāni viśeṣayuktāni ratnāni, tāni bodhiṃ preṣayati/
[254.028]. atha rājño'śokasya tiṣyarakṣitā nāma agramahiṣī/
[254.029]. tasyā buddhirutpannā--ayaṃ rājā mayā sārdhaṃ ratimanubhavati, viśeṣayuktāṃśca(krāni ca) ratnāni bodhau preṣayati/
[254.030]. tayā mātaṅgī vyāharitā--śakyasi tvaṃ bodhiṃ mama sapatnīṃ praghātitum? tayābhihitam--śakṣyāmi, kiṃ tu kārṣāpaṇān dehīti/
[254.031]. yāvanmātaṅgyā bodhivṛkṣo mantraiḥ parijaptaḥ, sūtraṃ ca buddham/
[254.032]. yāvadbodhimṛkṣaḥ śuṣkitumārabdhaḥ/
[254.032]. tato rājapuruṣai rājñe niveditam--deva, bodhivṛkṣaḥ śuṣyata iti/
[254.033]. āha ca--

[255.001]. [255] yatropaviṣṭena tathāgatena kṛtsnaṃ jagadbuddhamidam yathāvat/
[255.003]. sarvajñatā cādhigatā narendra bodhidrumo'sau nidhanaṃ prayāti//74//
[255.005]. śrutvā ca rājā mūrcchito bhūmau patitaḥ/
[255.005]. yāvajjalasekaṃ dattvotthāpitaḥ/
[255.005]. atha rājā kathaṃcit saṃjñāmupalabhya prarudannuvāca--
[255.007]. dṛṣṭvānvahaṃ taṃ drumarājamūlaṃ jānāmi dṛṣṭo'dya mayā svayambhūḥ/
[255.009]. nāthadrume caiva gate praṇāśaṃ prāṇāḥ prayāsyanti mamāpi nāśam//59//
[255.011]. atha tiṣyarakṣitā rājānaṃ śokārtamavekṣyovāca--deva, yadi bodhir na bhaviṣyati, ahaṃ devasya ratimutpādayiṣyāmi/
[255.012]. rājā āha--na sā strī, api tu bodhivṛkṣaḥ saḥ/
[255.012]. tatra bhagavatā anuttarā samyaksambodhiradhigatā/
[255.013]. tiṣyarakṣitā mātaṅgīmuvāca--śakyasi tvaṃ bodhivṛkṣam yathāpaurāṇamavasthāpitum? mātaṅgī āha--yadi tāvat prāṇāntikāvaśiṣṭā bhaviṣyati, yathāpaurāṇamavasthāpayiṣyāmīti/
[255.015]. vistareṇa yāvatayā sūtraṃ muktvā vṛkṣasāmantena khanitvā divase kṣīrakumbhasahasreṇa pāyayati/
[255.016]. yāvadalpairahobhiryathāpaurāṇaḥ saṃvṛttaḥ/
[255.016]. tato rājapuruṣai rājñe niveditam--deva, diṣṭyā vardhasva, yathāpaurāṇaḥ saṃvṛttaḥ/
[255.017]. śrutvā ca prītamanā bodhivṛkṣaṃ nirīkṣamāṇa uvāca--
[255.019]. bimbisāraprabhṛtibhiḥ pārthivendrairdyutiṃdharaiḥ/
[255.020]. na kṛtaṃ tatkariṣyāmi satkāradvayamuttamam//76//
[255.021]. bodhiṃ ca snāpayiṣyāmi kumbhairgandhodakākulaiḥ/
[255.022]. āryasaṃghasya ca kariṣyāmi satkāraṃ pañcavārṣikam//77//
[255.023]. atha rājā sauvarṇarūpyavaiḍūryasphaṭikamayānāṃ kumbhānāṃ sahasraṃ gandhodakena pūrayitvā prabhūtaṃ cānnapānaṃ samudrānīya gandhamālyapuṣpasaṃcayaṃ kṛtvā snātvā āhatāni vāsāṃsi navāni dīrghadaśāni prāvṛtya aṣṭāṅgasamanvāgatamupavāsamupoṣya dhūpakaṭacchukamādāya śaraṇatalamabhiruhya caturdiśamāyācitumārabdhah--ye bhagavato buddhasya śrāvakāste mamānugrahāyāgacchantu/
[255.026]. api ca--
[255.027]. samyaggatā ye sugatasya śiṣyāḥ śāntendriyā nirjitakāmadoṣāḥ/
[255.029]. saṃmānanārhā naradevapūjitā āyāntu te'sminnanukampayā mama//78//

[256.001]. [256] praśamadamaratā vibhuktasaṃgāḥ pravarasutāḥ sugatasya dharmarājñaḥ/
[256.003]. asurasuranarārcitāryavṛttāstviha madanugrahaṇātsamabhyupaintu//79//
[256.005]. vasanti kāśmīrapure suramye ye cāpi dhīrāstamasāvane'smin/
[256.007]. mahāvane revatake raye'ryā anugrahāryaṃ mama te'bhyupeyuḥ//80//
[256.009]. anavataptahṛde nivasanti ye girinadīṣu saparvatakandareṣu/
[256.011]. jinasutāḥ khalu dhyānaratāḥ sadā samudayāntviha te'dya kṛpābalāḥ//81//
[256.013]. śairīṣake ye pravare vimāne vasanti putrā vadatāṃ varasya/
[256.015]. anugrahārthaṃ mama te viśokā hyāyantu kāruṇyaniviṣṭabhāvāḥ//82//
[256.017]. gandhamādanaśaile ca ye vasanti mahaujasaḥ/
[256.018]. ihāyāntu kāruṇyamutpādyopanimantritāḥ//83//
[256.019]. evamukte ca rājñā trīṇi śatasahasrāṇi bhikṣūṇāṃ saṃnipatitāni/
[256.019]. tatraikaṃ śatasahasrāṇāmarhatāṃ śaikṣāṇāṃ pṛthagjanakalyāṇakānāṃ ca/
[256.020]. na kāścidvṛddhāsanamākramyate sma/
[256.020]. rājā āha--kimarthaṃ vṛddhāsanaṃ tannākramyate? tatra yaśo nāṃnā vṛddhaḥ ṣaḍabhijñaḥ/
[256.022]. sa uvāca--mahārāja, vṛddhasya tadāsanamiti/
[256.022]. rājā āha--asti sthavira tvatsakāśādanyo vṛddhatara iti? sthavira uvāca--asti mahārāja--
[256.024]. vadatāṃ vareṇa vaśinā nirdiṣṭaḥ siṃhanādināmagryaḥ/
[256.025]. piṇḍolabharadvājasyaitadagrāsanaṃ nṛpate//84//
[256.026]. atha rājā kadambapuṣpavadāhṛṣṭaromakūpaḥ kathayati--asti kaścidbuddhadarśī bhikṣurdhriyata iti? sthavira uāca--asti mahārāja piṇḍolabharadvājo nāṃnā buddhadarśī tiṣṭhata iti/
[256.028]. rājā kathayati--sthavira, śakyaḥ so'smābhirdraṣṭumiti? sthavira uvāca--mahārāja, idānīṃ drakṣyasi/
[256.029]. ayaṃ tasyāgamanakāla iti/
[256.029]. atha rājā prītamanā uvāca--

[257.001]. [257] lābhaḥ paraḥ syādatulo mameha mahāsukhaścāyamanuttamaśca/
[257.003]. paśyāmyaham yattamudārasattvaṃ sākṣādbharadvājasagotranāmam//85//
[257.005]. tato rājā kṛtakarapuṭo gaganatalāvasaktadṛṣṭiravasthitaḥ/
[257.005]. atha sthavirapiṇḍolabharadvājo'nekairarhatsahasrairardhacandrākāreṇopagūḍho rājahaṃsa iva gaganatalādavatīrya vṛddhānte niṣasāda/
[257.007]. sthavirapiṇḍolabharadvājaṃ dṛṣṭvā nānyanekāni bhikṣuśatasahasrāṇi pratyupasthitāni/
[257.008]. adrākṣīdrājā piṇḍolabharadvājaṃ śvetapalitaśirasaṃ pralambabhrūlalāṭaṃ nigūḍhākṣitārakaṃ pratyekabuddhāśrayam/
[257.009]. dṛṣṭvā ca rājā mūlanikṛtta iva drumaḥ sarvaśarīreṇa sthavirapiṇḍolabharadvājasya pādayoḥ patitaḥ/
[257.010]. mukhatuṇḍakena ca pādāvanuparimārjya utthāya tau jānumaṇḍalau pṛthivītale pratiṣṭhāpya kṛtāñjaliḥ sthavirapiṇḍolabharadvājaṃ nirīkṣamāṇaḥ prarudannuvāca--
[257.012]. yadā mayā śatrugaṇānnihatya prāptā samudrābharaṇā saśailā/
[257.014]. ekātaputrā pṛthaivī tadā me prītir na yā me sthaviraṃ nirīkṣya//86//
[257.016]. tvaddarśanādbhavati/
[257.016]. dṛṣṭo'dya tathāgataḥ/
[257.016]. karuṇālābhāt rvaddarśanācca dviguṇaprasādo mamotpannaḥ/
[257.017]. api ca sthavira dṛṣṭaste trailokyanātho gururme bhagavān buddha iti? tataḥ sthavirapiṇḍolabharadvāja ubhābhyāṃ pāṇibhyāṃ bhruvamunnāmya rājānamaśokam uvāca--
[257.019]. dṛṣṭo mayā hyasakṛdapratimo maharṣiḥ saṃtaptakāñcanasamopamatulyatejāḥ/
[257.021]. dvātriśallakṣaṇadharaḥ śaradinduvaktro brāhmasvarādhikaraṇo hyaraṇāvihārī//87//
[257.023]. rājā āha--sthavira, kutra te bhagavān dṛṣṭaḥ, kathaṃ ceti? sthavira uvāca--yadā mahārāja bhagavān vijitamāraparivāraḥ pañcabhirarhacchataiḥ sārdhaṃ prathamato rājagṛhe varṣāmupagataḥ, ahaṃ tatkālaṃ tatraivāsam/
[257.025]. mayā sa dakṣiṇīyaḥ samyagdṛṣṭa iti/
[257.025]. āha ca--
[257.026]. vītarāgaiḥ parivṛto vītarāgao mahāmuniḥ/
[257.027]. yadā rājagṛhe varṣā uṣitaḥ sa tathāgataḥ//88//
[257.028]. tatkālamāsaṃ tatrāhaṃ saṃbuddhasya tadantike/
[257.029]. yathā paśyasi māṃ sākṣādevaṃ dṛṣṭo mayā miniḥ//89//
[257.030]. yadāpi mahārāja bhagavatā śrāvastyāṃ tīrthyān bijayārthaṃ vijayārthaṃ mahāprātihāryaṃ kṛtam, buddhāvataṃsakam yāvadakaniṣṭhabhavanaṃ nirmitaṃ mahan, tatkālaṃ taitraivāhamāsam/
[257.031]. mayā tadbuddhavikrīḍitaṃ dṛṣṭamiti/
[257.032]. āha ca--

[258.001]. tīrthyā yadā bhagavatā kupathaprayātā ṛddhiprabhāvavidhinā khalu nirgṛhītāḥ/
[258.003]. vikrīḍitaṃ daśabalasya tadāṃ hyudāraṃ dṛṣṭaṃ mayā tu nṛpa harṣakaraṃ prajānām//10//
[258.005]. yadāpi mahārāja bhagavatā deveṣu trāyastriṃśeṣu varṣā uṣitvā māturjanayitryā dharmaṃ deśayitvā devagaṇaparivṛtaḥ sāṃkāśye nagare'vatīrṇaḥ, ahaṃ tatkālaṃ tatraivāsam/ mayā sā devamanuṣyasampadā dṛṣṭā, utpalavarṇayā ca nirmitā cakravartisampadā iti/
[258.007]. āha ca--
[258.008]. yadāvatīrṇo vadatāṃ variṣṭho varṣāmuṣitvā khalu devaloke/
[258.010]. tatrāpyahaṃ saṃnihito babhūva dṛṣṭo mayāsau muniragrasattvaḥ//91//
[258.012]. yadā mahārāja sumāgadhayā anāthapiṇḍadaduhitryā upanimantritaḥ pañcabhirarhacchataiḥ sārdham ṛddhyā puṇḍravardhanaṃ gataḥ, tadāhaṃ parvataśailaṃ grahāya gaganatalamākramya puṇḍravardhanaṃ gataḥ/
[258.014]. tannimittaṃ ca me bhagavatā ājñākṣiptā--na tāvat te parinirvātavyam yāvaddharmo nāntarhita iti/
[258.015]. āha ca--
[258.016]. yadā jagāmarddhibalena nāyakaḥ sumāgadhayopanimantrito guruḥ/
[258.018]. tadā gṛhītvārdhabalena śailaṃ jagāma tūrṇaṃ khalu puṇḍravardhanam//92//
[258.020]. ājñā tadā śākyakuloditena dattā ca me kāruṇikena tena/
[258.022]. tāvanna te nirvṛtirabhyupeyā antarhito yāvadayaṃ na dharmaḥ//93//
[258.024]. yadāpi mahārāja tvayā pūrvaṃ bālabhāvādbhagavato rājagṛhaṃ piṇḍāya praviṣṭasya saktuṃ dāsyāmīti pāṃśvañjalirbhagavataḥ pātre prakṣiptaḥ, rādhaguptena cānumoditam, tvaṃ na bhagavatā nirdiṣṭah--ayaṃ dārako varṣaśataparinirvṛtasya mama pāṭaliputre nagare aśoko nāma rājā bhaviṣyati caturbhāgacakravartī dhārmiko dharmarājā, yo me śarīradhātukaṃ vaistārikāṃ kariṣyati, caturaśītidharmarājikāsahasraṃ pratiṣṭhāpayiṣyati, ahaṃ tatkālaṃ tatraivāsīt/
[258.028]. āha ca--
[258.029]. yadā pāṃśvañjalirdattastvayā buddhasya bhājane/
[258.030]. bālabhāvāt prasāditvā tatraivāhaṃ tadābhavam//94//

[259.001]. [259] rājā āha--sthavira, kutredānīmuṣyata iti? sthavira uvāca--
[259.002]. uttare sararājasya parvate gandhamādane/
[259.003]. vasāmi nṛpate tatra sārdhaṃ sabrahmacāribhiḥ//95//
[259.004]. rājā āha--kiyantaḥ sthavirasya parivārāh? sthavira uvāca--
[259.005]. ṣaṣṭyarhantaḥ sahasrāṇi parivāro nṛṇāṃ vara/
[259.006]. vasāmi yairahaṃ sārdhaṃ nispṛhairjitakalmaṣaiḥ//96//
[259.007]. api ca mahārāja, kimanena saṃdehena kṛtena? pariviṣyatāṃ bhikṣusaṃghaḥ/
[259.007]. bhuktavato bhikṣusaṃghasya pratisaṃmodanāṃ kariṣyāmi/
[259.008]. rājā āha--evamastu, yathā sthavira ājñāpayati/
[259.009]. kiṃ tu buddhasmṛtipratibodhito'haṃ bodhisnapanaṃ tāvat kariṣyāmi/
[259.009]. samanantaraṃ ca manāpena cāhāreṇa bhikṣusaṃghamupasthāsyāmīti/
[259.010]. atha rājā sarvamitramuddhoṣakamāmantrayati--ahamāryasaṃghasya śatasahasraṃ dāsyāmi, kumbhasahasreṇa ca bodhiṃ snāpayiṣyāmi, mama nāṃnā dhuṣyatāṃ pañcavārṣikamiti/
[259.012]. tatkālaṃ ca kuṇālasya nayanadvayamavipannamāsīt/
[259.012]. sa rājño dakṣiṇe pārśve sthitaḥ/
[259.013]. tenāṅgulidvayamutkṣiptam, na tu vāgbhāṣitā/
[259.013]. dviguṇaṃ tvahaṃ prasādayiṣyāmītyākārayati/
[259.014]. pāṇinā vardhitamātre ca kuṇālena sarvajanakāyena hāsyaṃ muktam/
[259.014]. tato rājā hāsyaṃ muktvā kathayati--aho rādhagupta, kenaitadvardhitamiti? rādhaguptaḥ kathayati--deva, bahavaḥ puṇyārthinaḥ prāṇinaḥ/
[259.016]. yaḥ puṇyārthī, tena vardhitamiti/
[259.016]. rājā āha--śatasahasratryaṃ dāsyāmītyāryasaṃghe kumbhasahasreṇa ca bodhiṃ snapayiṣyāmi, mama nāṃnā ghuṣyatāṃ pañcavārṣikamiti/
[259.017]. yāvat kuṇālena catasro'ṅgulya utkṣiptāḥ/
[259.018]. tato rājā ruṣitaḥ/
[259.018]. rādhaguptmuvāca--aho rādhagupta, ko'yamasmābhiḥ sārdhaṃ pratidvandvayatyalokajñah? ruṣitaṃ ca rājānamavekṣya rādhagupto rājñaḥ pādayor nipatyovāca--deva, kasya śaktir narendreṇa sārdhaṃ vispardhituṃ bhavet? kuṇālo guṇavān, pitrā sārdhaṃ vikurvate/
[259.021]. atha rājā dakṣiṇena parivṛtya kuṇālamavalokyovāca--sthaviro'ham/
[259.021]. kośaṃ sthāpayitvā rājyamantaḥpuramamātyagaṇamātmānaṃ ca kuṇālaṃ suvarṇarūpyasphaṭikavaiḍūryamayānāṃ pañcakumbhasahasrāṇi nānāgandhapūrṇāni kṣīracandanakuṅkumakarpūrvāsitrairmahābodhiṃ snapayiṣyāmi, puṣpaśatasahasrāṇi ca bodhipramukhe cāryasaṃghe dadāmi, mama nāṃnā ghuṣyatāṃ pañcavārṣikamiti/
[259.024]. āha ca--
[259.025]. rājyaṃ samṛddhaṃ saṃsthāpya kośamantaḥpurāṇi cāmātyagaṇaṃ ca sarvam/
[259.027]. dadāmi saṃghe guṇapātrabhūte ātmā kuṇālaṃ ca guṇopapannam//97//
[259.029]. tato rājā piṇḍolabharadvājapramukhe bhikṣusaṃghe niryātayitvā bodhivṛkṣasya ca caturdiśaṃ vāraṃ baddhvā svayameva ca vāramabhiruhya caturbhiḥ kumbhasahasrairbodhisanapanaṃ kṛtavān/
[259.030]. kṛtamātre ca bodhisnapane bodhivṛkṣo yathāpaurāṇaḥ saṃvṛttaḥ/
[259.031]. vakṣyati hi--

[260.001]. [260] kṛtamātre nṛpatinā bodhisnapanamuttamam/
[260.002]. bodhivṛkṣastadā jāto haritpallavakomalaḥ//98//
[260.003]. dṛṣṭvā haritapatrāḍhyaṃ pallavāṅkurakomalam/
[260.004]. rājā harṣaṃ paraṃ jagāma sāmātyagaṇanaigamaḥ//99//
[260.005]. atha rājā bodhisnapanaṃ kṛtvā bhikṣusaṃghaṃ pariveṣṭumārabdhaḥ/
[260.005]. tatra yaśo nāṃnā sthaviraḥ/
[260.006]. tenābhihitam--mahārāja, mahānayaṃ paramadakṣiṇīya āryasaṃghaḥ saṃnipatitaḥ, tathā te pariveṣṭavyam yathā te kṣatir na syāditi/
[260.007]. tato rājā svahastena pariveṣaṇam yāvannavakāntaṃ gataḥ/
[260.007]. tatra dvau śrāmaṇerau saṃrañjanīyaṃ dharmaṃ samādāya vartataḥ/
[260.008]. ekenāpi saktavo dattāḥ, dvitīyenāpi saktavaḥ/
[260.009]. ekena khādyakāḥ, dvitīyenāpi khādyakā eva/
[260.009]. ekena modikāḥ, dvitīyenāpi modikāḥ/
[260.009]. tau dṛṣṭvā rājā hasitaḥ/
[260.010]. imau śrāmaṇerau bālakrīḍayā krīḍataḥ/
[260.010]. yāvadrājñā bhikṣusaṃghaṃ pariveṣya vṛddhāntamārūḍhaḥ/
[260.011]. sthavireṇa cānuyuktah--mā devena kutracidaprasādamutpādita iti/
[260.011]. rājā āha--na iti/
[260.012]. api tu asti dvau śrāmaṇerau bālakrīḍayā krīḍataḥ/
[260.013]. sthavira uvāca--alaṃ mahārāja, ubhau hi tau ubhayatobhāgavimuktau arhantau/
[260.014]. śrutvā ca rājñaḥ prītimanaso buddhirutpannā--tau śrāmaṇerau āgamya bhikṣusaṃghaṃ paṭenācchādayiṣyāmi/
[260.015]. tatastau śrāmaṇerau rājño'bhiprāyamavagamya bhūyo'nye'smābhiḥ svaguṇā udbhavayitavyā iti, tayorekena kaṭāhakā upasthāpitā, dvitīyena raṅgaḥ samudānītaḥ/
[260.017]. rājñā dṛṣṭau śrāmaṇerakau/
[260.017]. kimidamārabdham? tayorabhihitam--devo'smākamavagamya bhikṣusaṃghaṃ paṭenācchādayitukāmaḥ/
[260.018]. tān paṭān rañjayiṣyāmaḥ/
[260.019]. śrutvā ca rājño buddhirutpannā--mayā kevalaṃ cintitam, na tu vāgniścāritā/
[260.019]. paracittavādau etau mahātmānau/
[260.020]. tataḥ sarvaśarīreṇa pādayor nipatya kṛtāñjaliruvāca--
[260.021]. mauryaḥ samṛtyaḥ sajanaḥ sapauraḥ sulabdhalābhārthasuyaṣṭayajñaḥ/
[260.023]. yasyedṛśaḥ sādhujane prasādaḥ kāle tathotsāhi kṛtaṃ ca dānam//100//
[260.025]. yāvadrājñā abhihitam--yuṣmākamāgamya tricīvareṇa bhikṣusaṃghamācchādayiṣyāmīti/
[260.026]. tato rājā aśokaḥ pañcavārṣike paryavasite sarvabhikṣūṃs tricīvareṇācchādya catvāri śatasahasrāṇi saṃghasyācchādanaṃ datvā pṛthivīmantaḥpuramamātyagaṇamātmānaṃ ca kuṇālaṃ ca niṣkrītavān/
[260.028]. bhūyasā bhagavacchāsane śraddhā pratilabdhā caturaśītidharmarājikāsahasraṃ pratiṣṭhāpitamiti//
[260.029]. yasminneva divase rājñā aśokena caturaśītidharmarājikāsahasraṃ pratiṣṭhāpitam, tasminneva divase rājño'śokasya padmāvatī nāṃnā devī prasūtā/
[260.030]. putro jāto'bhirūpo darśanīyaḥ prāsādikaḥ/
[260.031]. nayanāni cāsya paramaśobhanāni/
[260.031]. yāvadrājño'śokasya niveditam--deva, diṣṭyā vṛddhiḥ/
[260.032]. devasya putro jātaḥ/
[260.032]. śrutvā rājā āttamanāḥ kathayati--

[261.001]. [261] prītiḥ parā me vipulā hyavāptā mauryasya vaṃśasya parā vibhūtiḥ/
[261.003]. dharmeṇa rājyaṃ mama kurvato hi jāto dharmavivardhano'stu//101//
[261.005]. tasya dharmavivardhana iti nāma kṛtam/
[261.005]. yāvat kumāro rājño'śokasyopanāmitaḥ/
[261.005]. atha rājā kumāraṃ nirīkṣya prītamanāḥ kathayati--
[261.007]. sutasya me netravarāḥ supuṇyāḥ sujātanīlotpalasaṃnikāśāḥ/
[261.009]. alaṃkṛtaṃ śobhati yasya vaktraṃ saṃpūrṇacandrapratimaṃ vibhāti//102//
[261.011]. yāvadrājā amātyānuvāca--dṛṣṭāni bhavadbhiḥ kasyedṛśāni nayanāni? amātyā ūcuh--deva, manuṣyabhūtasya na dṛṣṭāni, api tu deva, asti himavati parvatarāje kuṇāle nāma pakṣī prativasati, tasya sadṛśāni nayanāni/
[261.013]. āha ca--
[261.014]. himendrarāje giriśailaśṛṅge pravālapuṣpaprasave jalāḍhye/
[261.016]. kuṇālanāṃneti nivāsapakṣī netrāṇi tenāsya samānyamūni//103//
[261.018]. tato rājñā abhihitam--kuṇālaḥ pakṣī ānīyatāmīti/
[261.018]. tasyordhvato yojanam yakṣāḥ śṛṇvantyadho yojanaṃ nāgāḥ/
[261.019]. tato yakṣaistatkṣaṇena kuṇālaḥ pakṣī ānītaḥ/
[261.019]. atha rājā kuṇālasya netrāṇi suciraṃ nirīkṣya na kiṃcidviśeṣaṃ paśyati/
[261.020]. tato rājñābhihitam--kumārasya kuṇālasadṛśāni nayanāni/
[261.021]. bhavatu kumārasya kuṇāla iti nāma/
[261.021]. vakṣyati hi--
[261.022]. netrānurāgeṇa sa pārthivendraḥ sutaḥ kuṇāleti tadā babhāṣe/
[261.024]. tato'sya nāma prathitaṃ pṛthivyāṃ tasyāryasattvasya nṛpātmajasya//104//
[261.026]. vistareṇa yāvat kumāro mahān saṃvṛttaḥ/
[261.026]. tasya kāñcanamālā nāma dārikā patnyarthe ānītā/
[261.027]. yāvadrājā aśokaḥ kuṇālena saha kurkuṭārāmaṃ gataḥ/
[261.027]. tatra yaśo nāṃnā saṃghasthaviro'rhan ṣaḍabhijñaḥ/
[261.028]. sa paśyati--kuṇālasya nacirānnayanavināśo bhaviṣyati/
[261.028]. tena rājño'bhihitam--kimarthaṃ kuṇālaḥ svakarmaṇi na niyujyate? tato rājñā abhihitah--kuṇāla, saṃghasthaviro yadājñāpayati tatparipālayitavyam/
[261.030]. tataḥ kuṇālaḥ sthavirasya pādayor nipatya kathayati--sthavira, kimājñāpayasi? sthavira uvāca--cakṣuḥ kuṇāla anityamiti kuru/
[261.031]. āha--

[262.001]. [262] cakṣuḥ kumāraṃ satataṃ parīkṣyaṃ calātmakaṃ duḥkhasahasrayuktam/
[262.003]. yatrānuraktā bahavaḥ pṛthagjanāḥ kurvanti karmāṇyahitāvahāni//105//
[262.005]. sa ca tathā abhyāsaṃ karoti manasikāraprayuktaḥ/
[262.005]. ekābhirāmah ekāmirābhirāmaḥ praśamārāmaśca saṃvṛttaḥ/
[262.006]. sa rājakule vivikte sthāne'vasthitaścakṣurādīnyāyatanānyanityādibhirākāraiḥ parīkṣate/
[262.006]. tiṣyarakṣitā ca nāṃnā aśokasyāgramahiṣā taṃ pradeśamabhigatā/
[262.007]. sā taṃ kuṇālamekākinaṃ dṛṣṭvā nayanānurāgeṇa gātreṣu pariṣvajya kathayati--
[262.009]. dṛṣṭvā tavedaṃ nayanābhirāmaṃ śrīmadvapurnetrayugaṃ ca kāntam/
[262.011]. daṃdagyate me hṛdayaṃ samantāddāvāgninā prajvalateva kakṣam//106//
[262.013]. śrutvā kuṇāla ubhābhyāṃ pāṇibhyāṃ karṇau pidhāya kathayati--
[262.014]. vākyaṃ na yuktaṃ tava vaktumetat sūnoḥ purastājjananī mamāsi/
[262.016]. adharmarāgaṃ parivarjayasva apāyamārgasya hi eṣa hetuḥ//107//
[262.018]. tatastiṣyarakṣitā tatkālamalabhamānā kruddhā kathayati--
[262.019]. abhikāmāmabhigatām yattvaṃ necchasi māmiha/
[262.020]. nacirādeva durbuddhe sarvathā na bhaviṣyasi//108//
[262.021]. kuṇāla uvāca--
[262.022]. mama bhavatu maraṇaṃ mā tu sthitasya dharme viśuddhabhāvasya/
[262.023]. na tu jīvitena kāryaṃ sajjanadhikkṛtena mama//109//
[262.024]. svargasya dharmalopo yato bhavati jīvitena kiṃ tena/
[262.025]. mama maraṇahetunā vai budhaparibhūtena dhikkṛtena//110//
[262.026]. yāvat tiṣyarakṣitā kuṇālasya cchidrānveṣiṇī avasthitā/
[262.026]. rājño'śokasyottarāpathe takṣaśilā nagaraṃ viruddham/
[262.027]. śrutvā ca rājā svayamevābhiprasthitaḥ/
[262.027]. tato'mātyairabhihitah--deva, kumāraḥ preṣyatam/
[262.028]. sa saṃtāmayiṣyati/
[262.028]. atha rājā kuṇālamāhūya kathayati--vatsa kuṇāla, gamiṣyasi takṣaśilānagaraṃ saṃnāmayitum? kuṇāla uvāca--paraṃ deva gamiṣyāmi/

[263.001]. [263] tato nṛpastasya niśāmya bhāvaṃ putrābhidhānasya manorathasya/
[263.003]. snehācca yogyaṃ manasā ca buddhvā ājñāpayāmāsa vidhāya yātrām//111//
[263.005]. atha rājā aśoko nagaraśobhāṃ mārgaśobhāṃ ca kṛtvā jīrṇāturakṛpaṇānāthāṃśca mārgādapanīya ekarathe'bhiruhya kumāreṇa saha pāṭaliputrānnirgataḥ/
[263.006]. anuvrajitvā nivartamānaḥ kuṇālaṃ kaṇṭhe pariṣvajya nayanaṃ nirīkṣamāṇaḥ prarudannuvāca--
[263.008]. dhanyāni tasya cakṣūṃṣi cakṣuṣmantaśca te janāḥ/
[263.009]. satatam ye kumārasya drakṣyanti mukhapaṅkajam//112//
[263.010]. yāvannaimittiko brāhmaṇah--kumārasya nacirānnayanavināśo bhaviṣyati/
[263.010]. sa ca rājā aśokastasya nayaneṣvatyarthamanuṣaktaḥ/
[263.011]. dṛṣṭvā ca kathayati--
[263.012]. nṛpātmajasya nayane viśuddhe mahīpatiścāpyanuraktamasya/
[263.014]. śriyā vivṛddhe hi sukhānukūle paśyāmi netre'dya vinaśyamāne//113//
[263.016]. idaṃ puraṃ svargāmiva prahṛṣṭaṃ kumārasaṃdarśanajātaharṣam/
[263.018]. puraṃ vipanne nayane tu tasya bhaviṣyati śokaparītacetāḥ//114//
[263.020]. anupūrveṇa takṣaśilāmanuprāptaḥ/
[263.020]. śrutvā ca takṣaśilāpaurā ardhatrikāṇi yojanāni mārgaśobhāṃ nagaraśobhāṃ ca kṛtvā pūrṇakumbhaiḥ pratyudgatāḥ/
[263.021]. vakṣyati ca--
[263.022]. śrutvā takṣaśilāpauro ratnapūrṇaghaṭādikān/
[263.023]. gṛhya pratyujjagāmāśu bahumānyo nṛpātmajam//115//
[263.024]. pratyudgamya kṛtāñjaliruvāca--na vayaṃ kumārasya viruddhāḥ, na rājño'śokasya, api tu duṣṭātmāno'mātyā āgatyāsmākamapamānaṃ kurvanti/
[263.025]. yāvatkuṇālo mahatā saṃmānena takṣaśilāṃ praveśitaḥ//
[263.027]. rājñaścāśokasya mahān vyādhirutpannaḥ/
[263.027]. tasya mukhāduccāro nirgantmārabdhaḥ/
[263.028]. sarvaromakūpebhyaścāśuci pragharati/
[263.028]. na ca śakyate cikitsitum/
[263.028]. tato rājñā abhihitam--kuṇālamānayata, rājye pratiṣṭhāpayiṣyāmīti/
[263.029]. kiṃ mamedṛśena jīvitena prayojanam? śrutvā ca tiṣyarakṣitā cintayati--yadi kuṇālaṃ rājye pratiṣṭhāsyati, nāsti mama jīvitam/
[263.031]. tayā abhihitam--ahaṃ te svasthaṃ kariṣyāmi/
[263.031]. kiṃ tu vaidyānāṃ praveśaḥ pratiṣidhyatām/
[263.032]. yāvadrājñā vaidyānāṃ praveśaḥ pratiṣiddhaḥ/
[263.032]. tatastiṣyarakṣitayā vaidyānāmabhihitam--yadi kaścidīdṛśena[264] vyādhinā spṛṣṭaḥ strī vā puruṣo vā āgacchati, mama darśayitavyaḥ/

[264.001]. anyatamaścābhīrastādṛśenaiva vyādhinā spṛṣṭaḥ/
[264.002]. tasya patnyā vaidyāya vyādhir niveditaḥ/
[264.002]. vaidyenābhihitam--sa evāgacchatu āturaḥ/
[264.003]. vyādhiṃ dṛṣṭvā bhaiṣajyamupadekṣyāmi/
[264.003]. yāvadābhīro vaidyasakāśāmabhigataḥ/
[264.004]. vaidyena ca tiṣyarakṣitāyāḥ samīpamupanītaḥ/
[264.004]. tatastiṣyarakṣitayā pratigupte pradeśe jīvitād vyaparopitaḥ/
[264.005]. jīvitād vyaparopya kukṣiṃ pāṭayitvā paśyati ca tasya pakvāśayasthāne antrāyāṃ kṛmirmahān prādurbhūtaḥ/
[264].0sa yadyūrdhvaṃ gacchati tenāśucīni pragharati, athādho gacchati, adhaḥ pragharati/
[264.007]. yāvat tatra maricān peṣayitvā dattaṃ na ca mriyate/
[264.007]. evaṃ pippalī śṛṅgaveraṃ ca/
[264.008]. vistareṇa yāvat palāṇḍurdattaḥ/
[264.008]. spṛṣṭaśca mṛta uccāramārgeṇa nirgataḥ/
[264.008]. etacca prakaraṇaṃ tayā rajñe niveditam--deva pālāṇḍuṃ parimuṅkṣva, svāsthyaṃ bhaviṣyati/
[264.009]. rājā āha--devi, ahaṃ kṣatriyaḥ/
[264.010]. kathaṃ palāṇḍuṃ paribhakṣayāmi? devyuvāca--deva, paribhoktavyaṃ jīvitasyārthe, bhaiṣajyametat/
[264.011]. rājñā paribhuktam/
[264.011]. sa ca kṛmirmṛtam uccāramārgeṇa nirgataḥ/
[264.011]. svasthībhūtaśca rājā/
[264.012]. tena parituṣṭena tiṣyarakṣitā vareṇa pravāritā--kiṃ te varaṃ prayacchāmi? tayā abhihitam--saptāhaṃ devo rājyaṃ prayacchatu/
[264.013]. rājā āha--ahaṃ ko bhaviṣyāmi? devyuvāca--saptāhasyātyayāddeva eva rājā bhaviṣyati/
[264.014]. yāvadrājñā tiṣyarakṣitāyāḥ saptāhaṃ rājyaṃ dattam/
[264.014]. tasyā buddhirutpannā--idānīṃ mayā asya kuṇālasya vairaṃ niryātitavyam/
[264.015]. tayā kapaṭalekho likhitastakṣaśilakānāṃ paurāṇām--kuṇālasya nayanaṃ vināśayitavyamiti/
[264.016]. āha ca--
[264.017]. rājā hyaśoko balavān pracaṇḍa ājñāpayattakṣaśilājanaṃ hi/
[264.019]. uddhāryatāṃ locanamasya śatrormauryasya vaṃśasya kalaṅka eṣaḥ//116//
[264.021]. rājño'śoksya yatra kāryamāśu pariprāpyaṃ bhavati, dantamudrayā mudrayati/
[264.021]. yāvat tiṣyarakṣitā śayitasya rājñastaṃ lekhaṃ dantamudrayā mudrayiṣyāmīti rājñaḥ sakāśamabhigatā/
[264.022]. rājā ca bhītaḥ pratibuddhaḥ/
[264.023]. devī kathayati--kimidamiti? rājā kathayati--devi, svapnaṃ me'śobhanaṃ dṛṣṭam/
[264.024]. paśyāmi dvau gṛdhrau kuṇālasya nayanamutpāṭayitumicchataḥ/
[264.024]. devī kathayati--svāsthyaṃ kumārasyeti/
[264.025]. evaṃ dvirapi rājā bhītaḥ pratibuddhaḥ kathayati--devi, svapno me na śobhano dṛṣṭa iti/
[264.026]. tiṣyarakṣitā kathayati--kīdṛśaḥ svapna iti/
[264.026]. rājā āha--paśyāmi kuṇālam--dīrghakeśanakhaśmaśruḥ puraṃ praviṣṭaḥ/
[264.027]. devyāha--svāsthyaṃ kumārasyeti/
[264.027]. yāvat tiṣyarakṣitayā rājñaḥ śayitasya sa lekho dantamudrayā mudrayitvā takṣaśilāṃ preṣitaḥ/
[264.028]. yāvadrājñā śayitena svapne dṛṣṭaṃ dantā viśīrṇāḥ/
[264.029]. tato rājā tasyā eva rātreratyaye naimittikānāhūya kathayati--kīdṛśa eṣāṃ svapnānāṃ vipāka iti? naimittikāḥ kathayati--deva, ya īdṛśasvapnāni paśyati/
[264.030]. āha ca--
[264.031]. dantā yasya viśīryante svapnānte prapatanti ca/
[264.032]. cakṣurbhedaṃ ca putrasya putranāśaṃ ca paśyati//117//

[265.001]. [265] śrutvā ca aśokastvaritaṃmutthāyāsanāt kṛtañjaliścaturdiśaṃ devatām yācayitumārabdhaḥ/
[265.002]. āha ca--
[265.003]. yā devatā śāsturabhiprasannā dharme ca saṃghe ca gaṇapradhāne/
[265.005]. ye cāpi loke ṛṣayo variṣṭhā rakṣantu te'smattanayaṃ kuṇālam//118//
[265.007]. sa ca lekho'nupūrveṇa takṣaśilāmupanītaḥ/
[265.007]. atha takṣaśilāḥ paurajānapadā lekhadarśanāt kuṇālasya guṇavistaratuṣṭā notsahante tadaptiyaṃ niveditum/
[265.008]. ciraṃ vicārayitvā rājā duṣṭaśīlaḥ svaputrasya na marṣayati, prāgevāsmākaṃ marṣayati/
[265.009]. āha ca--
[265.010]. munivṛttasya śāntasya sarvabhūtahitaiṣiṇaḥ/
[265.011]. yasya dveṣaḥ kumārasya kasyānyasya bhaviṣyati//119//
[265.012]. tairyāvatkuṇālasya niveditam, lekhaścopanītaḥ/
[265.012]. tataḥ kuṇālo vācayitvā kathayati--viśrabdham yathātmaprayojanaṃ kriyatāmiti/
[265.013]. yāvaccaṇḍālā upanītāh--kuṇālasya nayanamutpāṭayatheti/
[265.014]. te ca kṛtāñjalipuṭā ūcuh--notsāhayāmaḥ/
[265.014]. kṛtah?
[265.015]. yo hi candramasaḥ kāntiṃ mohādabhyuddharennaraḥ/
[265.016]. sa candrasadṛśādvaktrāttava netre samuddharet//120//
[265.017]. tataḥ kumāreṇa makuṭaṃ dattam/
[265.017]. anayā dakṣiṇayotpāṭayatheti/
[265.017]. tasya tu karmaṇo'vaśyaṃ vipattavyam/
[265.018]. puruṣo hi vikṛtarūpo'ṣṭādaśābhirdaurvarṇikaiḥ samanvāgato'bhyāgataḥ/
[265.018]. sa kathayati--ahamutpāṭayiṣyāmīti/
[265.019]. yāvatkuṇālasya samīpaṃ nītaḥ/
[265.019]. tasmiṃśca samaye kuṇālasya sthavirāṇāṃ vacanamāmukhībhūtam/
[265.020]. sa tadvacanamanusmṛtyovāca--
[265.021]. imāṃ vipattiṃ vijñāya tairuktaṃ tattvavādibhiḥ/
[265.022]. paśyānityamidaṃ sarvaṃ nāsti kaścid dhruve sthitaḥ//121//
[265.023]. kalyāṇamitrāste mahyaṃ sukhakāmā hitaiṣiṇaḥ/
[265.024]. yairayaṃ deśito dharmo vītakleśairmahātmabhiḥ//122//
[265.025]. anityatāṃ saṃparipaśyato me gurūpadeśānmanasi prakurvataḥ/
[265.027]. utpāṭane'haṃ na bibhemi saumya netradvayasyāsthiratāṃ hi paśye//123//
[265.029]. utpāṭe vā na vā netre yathā vā manyate nṛpaḥ/
[265.030]. gṛhītasāraṃ cakṣurme hyanityādibhirāśrayaiḥ//124//
[265.031]. tataḥ kuṇālastaṃ puruṣamuvāca--tena hi bhoḥ puruṣa, ekaṃ tāvannayanamutpāṭya mama haste'nuprayaccha/
[265.032]. yāvat sa puruṣaḥ kuṇālasya nayanamutpāṭayituṃ pravṛttaḥ/
[265.032]. tato'nekāni prāṇiśatasahasrāṇi vikroṣṭumārabdhāni--kaṣṭaṃ bhoḥ/

[266.001]. [266] eṣā hi nirmalā jyotsnā gaganātpatate śaśī/
[266.002]. puṇḍarīkavanāccāpi śrīmannutpaṭyate'mbujam//125//
[266.003]. teṣu prāṇiśatasahasreṣu rudatsu kuṇālasyaiva nayanamutpāṭya haste dattam/
[266.003]. tataḥ kuṇālastannayanaṃ gṛhyovāca--
[266.005]. rūpāṇi kasmānna nirīkṣase tvam yathāpurā prākṛta māṃsapiṇḍa/
[266.007]. te vañcitāste ca vigarhaṇīyā ātmeti ye tvāmabudhāḥ//126//
[266.009]. sāmagrajaṃ budbadasaṃnikāśaṃ sudurlabhaṃ nirviṣamasvatantram/
[266.011]. evaṃ pravīkṣanti sadāpramattā ye tvāṃ na te duḥkhamanuprayānti//127//
[266.013]. evamanuvicintayatā tena sarvabhāveṣvanityatām/
[266.014]. srotāpattiphalaṃ prāptaṃ janakāyasya paśyataḥ//128//
[266.015]. tataḥ kuṇālo dṛṣṭasatyastaṃ puruṣamuvāca--idānīṃ dvitīyaṃ viśrabdhaṃ nayanamutpāṭya haste datta/
[266.016]. atha kuṇālo māṃsacakṣuṣyuddhṛte prajñācakṣuṣi ca viśuddhe kathayati--
[266.017]. uddhṛtaṃ māṃsacakṣurme yadyapyetatsudurlabham/
[266.018]. prajñācakṣurviśuddhaṃ me pratilabdhamaninditam//129//
[266.019]. parityakto'haṃ nṛpatinā yadyahaṃ putrasaṃjñayā/
[266.020]. dharmarājasya putratvamupeto'smi mahātmanaḥ//130//
[266.021]. eśvaryādyadyahaṃ bhraṣṭaṃ śokaduḥkhanibandhanāt/
[266.022]. dharmaiśvaryamavāptaṃ me duḥkhaśokavināśanam//131//
[266.023]. yāvatkuṇālena śrutam--nāyaṃ tātasyāśokasya karma, api tu tiṣyarakṣitāyā ayaṃ prayoga iti/
[266.024]. śrutvā ca kuṇālaḥ kathayati--
[266.025]. ciraṃ sukhaṃ caiva sā tiṣyanāṃnī āyurbalaṃ pālayate ca devī/
[266.027]. saṃpreṣito'yaṃ hi yayā prayogo yasyānubhāvena kṛtaḥ svakārtham//132//
[266.029]. tataḥ kāñcanamālayā śrutam--kuṇālasya nayanānyutpāṭitānīti/
[266.029]. śrutvā ca bhartṛtayā kuṇālasamīpamupasaṃkramya parṣadamavagāhya kuṇālamuddhṛtanayanaṃ rudhirāvasiktagātraṃ dṛṣṭvā sūrcchitā bhūmau patitā/
[266.031]. yāvajjalasekaṃ kṛtvotthāpitā/
[266.031]. tataḥ kathaṃcit saṃjñāmupalabhya sasvaraṃ prarudantyuvāca--

[267.001]. [267] netrāṇi kāntāni manoharāṇi ye māṃ nirīkṣañjanayanti tuṣṭim/
[267.003]. te me vipannā hyanirīkṣaṇīyāstyajanti me prāṇasamāḥ śarīram//133//
[267.005]. tataḥ kuṇālo bhāryāmanunayannuvāca--alaṃ ruditena/
[267.005]. nārhasi śokamāśrayitum/
[267.006]. svayaṃkṛtānāmiha karmaṇāṃ phalamupasthitam/
[267.006]. āha ca--
[267.007]. karmātmakaṃ lokamidaṃ viditvā duḥkhātmakaṃ cāpi janaṃ hi matvā/
[267.009]. matvā ca lokaṃ priyaviprayogaṃ kartuṃ priye nārhasi bāṣpamokṣam//134//
[267.011]. tataḥ kuṇālo bhāryayā saha takṣaśilāyā niṣkāsitaḥ/
[267.011]. sa garbhādānamupādāya paramasukumāraśarīraḥ/
[267.012]. na kiṃcidutsahate karma kartum/
[267.012]. kevalaṃ vīṇāṃ vādayati, gāyati ca/
[267.013]. tato bhaikṣyaṃ labhate/
[267.013]. kuṇālaḥ patnyā saha bhuṅkte/
[267.013]. tataḥ kāñcanamālā yena mārgeṇa pāṭaliputrādānītā, tameva mārgamanusmarantī bhartṛdvitīyā pāṭaliputraṃ gatā/
[267.014]. yāvadaśokasya gṛhamārabdhā praveṣṭum/
[267.015]. dvārapālena ca nivāritau/
[267.015]. yāvadrājño'śokasya yānaśālāyāmavasthitau/
[267.016]. tataḥ kuṇālo rātryāḥ pratyūṣasamaye vīṇāṃ vādayitumārabdhaḥ/
[267.016]. yathā nayanānyutpāṭitāni, satyadarśanaṃ ca kṛtam, tadanurūpaṃ hitaṃ ca gītaṃ prārabdham/
[267.017]. āha ca--
[267.018]. cakṣurādīni yaḥ prājñaḥ paśyatyāyatanāni ca/
[267.019]. jñānadīpena śuddhena sa saṃsārādvimucyate//135//
[267.020]. yadi tava bhavaduḥkhapīḍitā bhavati doṣaviniśritā matiḥ/
[267.022]. sukhamiha ca yadīcchasi dhruvaṃ tvaritamihāyatanāni saṃtyajasva//136//
[267.024]. tasya gītaśabdo rājñā aśokena śrutaḥ/
[267.024]. śrutvā ca rājā prītamanā uvāca--
[267.025]. gītaṃ kuṇālena mayi prasaktaṃ vīṇāsvaraṃ caiva śrutiścireṇa/
[267.027]. abhyāgato'pīha gṛhaṃ nu kaṃcinna cecchati draṣṭumayaṃ kumāraḥ//137//
[267.029]. atha rājā aśoko'nyatamapuruṣamāhūyovāca--puruṣa, lakṣyate--
[267.030]. na khalveṣa kiṃ gītasya kuṇālasadṛśo dhvaniḥ/
[267.031]. karmaṇyadhairyatāṃ caiva sūcayanniva lakṣyate//138//
[267.032]. tadanenāsmi śabdena dhairyādākampito bhṛśam/
[267.033]. kalabhasyeva naṣṭasya pranaṣṭakalabhaḥ karī//139//

[268.001]. [268] gaccha, kuṇālamānayasveti/
[268.001]. yāvat puruṣo yānaśālāṃ gataḥ/
[268.001]. paśyati kuṇālamuddhṛtanayanaṃ vātātapaparidagdhagātram/
[268.002]. apratyabhijñāya ca rājānamaśokamabhigamyovāca--deva, na hyeṣa kuṇālaḥ/
[268.003]. andhaka eṣa vanīpakaḥ patnyā saha devasya yānaśālāyamavasthitaḥ/
[268.003]. śrutvā ca rājā saṃvignaścintayāmāsa--yathā mayā svapnānyaśobhanāni dṛṣṭāni, niyataṃ kuṇālasya nayanāni vinaṣṭāni bhaviṣyanti/
[268.005]. āha ca--
[268.006]. svapnāntare nimittāni yathā dṛṣṭāni me purā/
[268.007]. niḥsaṃśayaṃ kuṇālasya netre vai nidhanaṃ gate//140//
[268.008]. tato rājā prarudannuvāca--
[268.009]. śīghramānīyatāmeṣa matsamīpaṃ vanīpakam/
[268.010]. na hi me śāmyate cetaḥ sutavyasanacintayā//141//
[268.011]. yāvat puruṣo yānaśālāṃ gatvā kuṇālamuvāca--kasya tvaṃ putraḥ, kiṃ ca nāma? kuṇālaḥ prāha--
[268.013]. aśoko nāṃ rājāsau mauryāṇāṃ kulavardhanaḥ/
[268.014]. kṛtsneyaṃ pṛthivī yasya vaśe vartani kiṃkara//142//
[268.015]. tasya rājñastvahaṃ putraḥ kuṇāla iti viśrutaḥ/
[268.016]. dhārmikasya tu putro'haṃ buddhasyādityabāndhavaḥ//143//
[268.017]. tataḥ kuṇālaḥ patnyā saha rājño'śokasya samīpamānītaḥ/
[268.017]. atha rājā aśokah {paśyati} kuṇālamuddhṛtanayanaṃ vātātapaparidagdhagātraṃ rathyācolakasaṃghātapratyavareṇa vāsasā lakṣyālakṣyapracchāditakaupīnam/
[268.019]. sa tamapratyābhijñāya ākṛtimātrakaṃ dṛṣṭvā rājā kathayati--tvaṃ kuṇāla iti? kuṇālaḥ prāha--evaṃ deva, kuṇālo'smīti/
[268.020]. śrutvā mūrcchito bhūmau patitaḥ/
[268.020]. vakṣyati hi--
[268.021]. tataḥ kuṇālasya mukhaṃ nirīkṣya netroddhṛtaṃ śokaparītacetāḥ/
[268.023]. rājā hyaśokaḥ patito dharaṇyāṃ hā putraśokena hi dahyamānaḥ//144//
[268.025]. yāvajjalapariṣekaṃ kṛtvā rājānamutthāpayitvā āsane niṣāditaḥ/
[268.025]. atha rājā kathaṃcit saṃjñāmupalabhya kuṇālamutsaṅge sthāpayāmāsa/
[268.026]. vakṣyati hi--
[268.027]. tato muhūrtaṃ nṛpa āśvasitvā kaṇṭhe pariṣvajya rasāśrukaṇṭhaḥ/
[268.028]. muhuḥ kuṇālasya mukhaṃ pramṛjya bahūni rājā vilalāpa tatra//145//
[268.030]. netre kuṇālapratime vilokya sutaṃ kuṇāleti purā babhāṣe/

[269.001]. [269] tadasya netre nidhanaṃ gate te putraṃ kuṇāleti kathaṃ ca vakṣye//146//
[269.003]. āha ca--
[269.004]. kathaya kathaya sādhu putra tāvadvadanamidaṃ tava cārunetram/
[269.006]. gaganamiva vipannacandratāravyapagataśobhamanīkṣakaṃ kṛtaṃ te//147//
[269.008]. akaruṇahṛdayena tena tāta munisadṛśasya na sādhu sādhubuddheḥ/
[269.010]. naravaranayaneṣvavairavairaṃ prakṛtamidaṃ mama bhūri śokamūlam//148//
[269.012]. vada suvadana kṣiprametadarthaṃ vrajati śarīramidaṃ purā vināśam/
[269.014]. tava nayanavināśaśokadagdhaṃ vanamiva nāgavimuktavajradagdham//149//
[269.016]. tataḥ kuṇālaḥ pitaraṃ praṇipatyovāca--
[269.017]. rājannatītaṃ khalu naiva śocyaṃ kiṃ na śrutaṃ te munivākyametat/
[269.019]. yatkarmabhiste'pi jinā na muktāḥ pratyekabuddhāḥ sudṛḍhaistathaiva//250//
[269.021]. labdhāḥ phalasthāśca pṛthagjanāśca kṛtāni kāmānyaśubhāni dehinām/
[269.023]. svayaṃkṛtānāmiha karmāṇāṃ phalaṃ kathaṃ tu vakṣyāmi parairidaṃ kṛtam//151//
[269.025]. ahameva mahārāja kṛtāparādhaśca sāparādhaśca/
[269.026]. vinivartayāmi yo'haṃ vinayāmi vipattijananāni//152//
[269.027]. na śastravajrāgniviṣāṇi pannagāḥ kurvanti pīḍāṃ nabhaso'vikāriṇaḥ/
[269.029]. śarīralakṣyeṇa dhṛtena pārthiva patanti duḥkhānyaśivāni dehinām//153//
[269.031]. atha rājā śokāgninā saṃtāpitahṛdaya uvāca--
[269.032]. kenoddhṛtāni nayanāni sutasya mahyaṃ ko jīvitaṃ sumadhuraṃ tyajituṃ vyavastaḥ/

[270.001]. [270] śokānalo nipatito hṛdaye pracaṇḍah ācakṣva putra kasya harāmi daṇḍam//154//
[270.003]. yāvadrājñā aśokena śrutam--tiṣyarakṣitāyā ayaṃ prayoga iti/
[270.003]. śrutvā rājā tiṣyarakṣitāmāhūyovāca--
[270.005]. kathaṃ hi dhanye na nimajjase kṣitau cchindāmi śīrṣaṃ paraśuprahāraiḥ/
[270.007]. tyajāmyahaṃ tvāmatipāpakāriṇīmadharmayuktāṃ śriyamātmavāniva//155//
[270.009]. tato rājā krodhāgninā prajvalitastiṣyarakṣitāṃ nirīkṣyovāca--
[270.010]. utpāṭya netre paripātayāmi gātraṃ kimasyā nakharaiḥ sutīkṣṇaiḥ/
[270.012]. jīvantiśūlāmatha kārayāmi cchindāmi nāsāṃ krakacena vāsyāḥ//156//
[270.014]. kṣureṇa jihvāmatha kartayāmi viṣeṇa pūrṇāmatha ghātayiṣye/
[270.016]. sa ityevamādivadhaprayogaṃ bahuprakāraṃ hyavadannarendraḥ//157//
[270.018]. vijñāpayāmāsa guruṃ mahātmā/
[270.020]. anāryakarmā yadi tiṣyarakṣitā tvamāryakarmā bhava mā vadha striyam//158//
[270.022]. phalaṃ hi maitryā sadṛśaṃ na vidyate prabhostitakṣā sugatena varṇitā/
[270.024]. punaḥ praṇasya pitaraṃ kumāraḥ kṛtāñjaliḥ sūnṛtavāgjagāda//159//
[270.026]. rājanna me duḥkhamalo'sti kaścittīvrāpalāre'pi na manyutāpaḥ/
[270.028]. manaḥ prasannam yadi me jananyām yenoddhṛte me nayane svayaṃ hi/
[270.030]. tattena satyena mamāstu tāvannetradvayaṃ prāktanameva sadyaḥ//160//
[270.032]. ityuktamātre pūrvādhikapraśobhite netrayugme prādurbabhūvatuḥ/
[270.032]. yāvadrājñā aśokena tiṣyarakṣitā amarṣitena jatugṛhaṃ praveśayitvā dagdhā, takṣaśilāśca paurāḥ praghātitāḥ//

[271.001]. [271] bhikṣavaḥ saṃśayajātāḥ sarvasaśayacchettāramāyuṣmantaṃ sthaviropaguptaṃ pṛcchanti--kiṃ kuṇālena karma kṛtam yasya karmaṇo vipākena nayanānyutpāṭitāni? sthavira uvāca--tena hyāyuṣmantaḥ śrūyatām--
[271.003]. bhūtapūrvamatīte'dhvani vārāṇasyāmanyatamo lubdhakaḥ/
[271.004]. sa himavantaṃ gatvā mṛgān praghātayati/
[271.005]. so'pareṇa samayena himavantaṃ gataḥ/
[271.005]. tatra pāśanipatitānyekasyāṃ guhāyāṃ praviṣṭānyāsāditāni/
[271.006]. tena vāgurayā sarve gṛhītāḥ/
[271.006]. tasya buddhirutpannā--yadi praghātayiṣyāmi, māṃsaḥ kledaṃmupayāsyati/
[271.007]. tena pañcānāṃ mṛgaśatānāṃ nayanātyutpāṭitāni//
[271.008]. kiṃ manyadhvamāyuṣmantah? yo'sau lubdhakaḥ, sa eṣa kuṇālaḥ/
[271.008]. yattatrānena bahūnāṃ mṛgaśatānāṃ nayanānyutpāṭitāni, tasya karmaṇo vipākena bahūni varṣaśatasahasrāṇi narakeṣu duḥkhamanubhūya tataḥ karmāvaśeṣeṇa pañca janmaśatāni tasya nayanānyutpāṭitāni//
[271.011]. kiṃ karma kṛtam yasya karmaṇo vipākenocce kule upapannaḥ, prasādikaśca saṃvṛttaḥ, satyadarśanaṃ ca kṛtam?
[271.013]. tena hyāyucmantaḥ śrūyatām--bhūtapūrvamatīte'dhvani catvāriṃśadvarṣasahasrāyuṣi prajāyāṃ krakucchando nāma samyaksambuddho loka udapādi/
[271.014]. yadā krakucchandaḥ samyaksambuddhaḥ sakalaṃ buddhakāryaṃ kṛtvā nirupadhiśeṣe nirvāṇadhātau parinirvṛtaḥ, tasya aśokena rājñā catūratnamayaṃ stūpaṃ kāritam/
[271.016]. yadā rājā aśokaḥ kālagataḥ, aśrāddho rājā rājyaṃ pratiṣṭhitaḥ/
[271.016]. tāni ratnānyadattādāyikairhṛtāni/
[271.017]. pāṃśukāṣṭaṃ cāvaśiṣṭam/
[271.017]. atra janakāyo gatvā viśīrṇaṃ dṛṣṭvā śocitumārabdhaḥ/
[271.018]. tasmiṃśca samaye'nyatamaśca śreṣṭhiputraḥ/
[271.018]. tenokrah--kimarthaṃ rudyata iti? tairabhihitam--krakucchandasya samyaksambuddhasya stūpaṃ catūratnamayamāsīt, sa idānīṃ viśīrṇa iti/
[271.020]. tatastena ca tatra krakucchandasya samyaksambuddhasya kāyapramāṇikā pratimā babhūva viśīrṇā, sā abhisaṃskṛtā, samyakpraṇidhānaṃ ca kṛtam--yādṛśaḥ krakucchandaḥ śāstā, īdṛśameva śāstāramārāgayeyaṃ mā virāgayeyamiti//
[271.023]. kiṃ manyadhvamāyuṣmantah? yo'sau śreṣṭhiputraḥ, sa eṣa kuṇālaḥ/
[271.023]. yatrānena krakucchandasya stūpamabhisaṃskṛtam, tasya karmaṇo vipākenoccakule upapannaḥ/
[271.024]. yatpratimā abhisaṃskṛtā, tena karmaṇo vipākena kuṇākaḥ prāsādikaḥ samṛttaḥ/
[271.025]. yat praṇidhānaṃ kṛtam, tasya karmaṇo vipākena kuṇālena śākyamuniḥ samyaksambuddhastādṛśa eva śāstā samārāgito na virāgitaḥ, satyadarśanaṃ ca kṛtam//

[271.028]. iti śrīdivyāvadāne kuṇālāvadānaṃ saptaviṃśatimaṃ samāptam//