Chapter 28 - Vītaśoka-avadāna

[272.001]. vītaśokāvadānam/

[272.002]. yadā rājñā aśokena bhagavacchāsane śraddhā pratilabdhā, tena caturaśītidharmarājikāsahasraṃ pratiṣṭhāpitaṃ pañcavārṣikaṃ ca kṛtam/
[272.003]. trīṇi śatasahastāṇi bhikṣūṇāṃ bhojitāni yatraiko'rhatāṃ dvau śaikṣāṇāṃ pṛthagjanakalyāṇakānāṃ ca/
[272.004]. (sa)samudrāyāṃ pṛthivyāṃ janakāyā yadbhūyasā bhagavacchāsane'bhiprasannāḥ/
[272.005]. tasya bhrātā vītaśoko nāma tīrthyābhiprasannaḥ/
[272.005]. sa tīrthyairvigrāhitah--nāsti śramaṇaśākyaputrīyāṇāṃ mokṣa iti/
[272.006]. ete hi sukhābhiratāḥ parikhedabhīravaśceti/
[272.007]. yāvadrājñā aśokenocyate--vītaśoka, mā tvamanāyatane'prasādamutpādaya, api tu buddhadharmasaṃghe prasādamutpādaya/
[272.008]. eṣa āyatanagataḥ prasāda iti/
[272.008]. atha rājā aśoko'pareṇa samayena mṛgavadhāya nirgataḥ/
[272.009]. tatra vītaśokenāraṇye ṛṣirdṛṣṭaḥ pañcātapenāvasthitaḥ/
[272.010]. sa ca kaṣṭatapaḥ sārasaṃjñī/
[272.010]. tenābhigamya pādābhivandanaṃ kṛtvā sa ṛṣiḥ pṛṣṭah--bhagavan, kiyaccitraṃ te ihāraṇye prativasatah? sa uvāca--dvādaśa varṣāṇīti/
[272.011]. vītaśokaḥ kathayati--kastavāhārah? sa ṛṣiruvāca--phalamūlāni/
[272.012]. kiṃ prāvaraṇam? darbhacīvarāṇi/
[272.012]. kā śayyā? tṛṇasaṃstaraṇam/
[272.013]. vītaśoka uvāca--bhagavan, kiṃ duḥkhaṃ bādhate? ṛṣiruvāca--ime mṛgā ṛtukāle saṃvasanti/
[272.014]. yadā mṛgānāṃ saṃvāso dṛṣṭo bhavati, tasmin samaye rāgeṇa paridahyāmi/
[272.015]. vītaśoka uvāca--asya kaṣṭena tapasā rāgo'dyāpi na bādhyate, prāgeva śramaṇāḥ śākyaputrīyāḥ svāstīrṇāsanaśayanopasevinaḥ/
[272.016]. kuta eṣāṃ rāgaprahāṇaṃ bhaviṣyati? āha ca--
[272.017]. kaṣṭe'smin vijane vane nivasatāṃ vāyvambumūlāśināṃ rāgo naiva jito yadīha ṛṣiṇā kālaprakarṣeṇa hi/
[272.019]. bhuktavānnaṃ sadhṛtaṃ prabhūtapiśitaṃ dadhyuttamālaṃkṛtaṃ śākyeṣvindriyanigraho yadi bhavedvindhyaḥ plavetsāgare//1//
[272.021]. sarvathā vañjito rājā aśoko yacchramaṇeṣu śākyaputrīyeṣu kārāṃ karoti/
[272.021]. etacca vacanaṃ śrutvā rājā upāyajño'mātyānuvāca--ayaṃ vītaśokastīrthyābhiprasannaḥ/
[272.022]. upāyena bhagavacchāsane'bhiprasādayitavyaḥ/
[272.023]. amātyā āhuh--deva, kimājñāpayasi? rājā āha--yadā ahaṃ rājā alaṃkāraṃ mauliṃ paṭṭaṃ cāpanayitvā snānaśālāṃ praviṣṭo bhavāmi, tadā yūyaṃ vītaśokasyopāyena mauliṃ paṭṭaṃ ca baddhvā siṃhāsane niṣādayiṣyatha/
[272.025]. evamastu iti/
[272.025]. yāvadrājā rājālaṃkāraṃ mauliṃ paṭṭaṃ cāpanayitvā snānaśālāyāṃ praviṣṭaḥ, tato'mātyairvītaśoka ucyate--rājño'śokasyātyayāt tvaṃ rājā bhaviṣyasi/
[272.027]. imaṃ tāvadrājālaṃkāraṃ pravaramauliṃ paṭṭaṃ ca baddhvā siṃhāsane niṣīdayiṣyāmah--kiṃ śobhase na veti/
[272.028]. taistadābharaṇamauliṃ paṭṭaṃ ca baddhvā siṃhāsane niṣādito rājñaśca niveditam/
[272.029]. tato rājā aśoko vītaśokaṃ rājālaṃkāraṃ maulipaṭṭabaddhaṃ ca siṃhāsanopaviṣṭaṃ dṛṣṭvā kathayati--adhyāpyahaṃ jīvāmi/
[272.030]. tvaṃ rājā saṃvṛttaḥ/
[272.030]. tato rājñā abhihitam--ko'tra? tato yāvadvadhyaghātakā nīlāmbaravasanāḥ pralambakeśā ghaṇṭāśabdapāṇayo rājñaḥ pādayor nipatyovāca--deva, kimājñāpayasi? rājā āha--vītaśoko mayā parityakta iti/

[273.001]. [273] yāvadvītaśoka ucyate--saśastrairvadhyaghātairasmābhiḥ parivṛto'sīti/
[273.001]. tato'mātyā rājñaḥ pādayor nipalyovāca--deva, marṣaya vītaśokam/
[273.002]. devasyaiṣa bhrātā/
[273.002]. tato rājñā abhihitam--saptāhamasya marṣayāmi/
[273.003]. bhrātā caiṣaḥ/
[273.003]. mama bhrātuḥ snehādasya saptāhaṃ rājyaṃ prayacchāmi/
[273.003]. yāvat tūryaśatāni saṃpravāditāni, jayaśabdaiścānanditam, prāṇiśatasahasraiścāñjaliḥ kṛtaḥ, strīśataiśca parivṛtaḥ/
[273.005]. vadhyaghātakāśca dvāri tiṣṭhanti/
[273.005]. divase gate vītaśokasyāgrataḥ sthitvā ārocayanti--nirgataṃ vītaśoka ekaṃ divasam/
[273.006]. ṣaḍahānyavaśiṣṭāni/
[273.006]. evaṃ dvitīye divase/
[273.006]. vistareṇa yāvatsaptāhadivase vītaśoko rājālaṃkāravibhūṣito rājño'śokasya samīpamupanītaḥ/
[273.007]. tato rājñā aśokenābhihitam--vītaśoka, kañcitsugītaṃ sunṛtyaṃ suvāditamiti ? vītaśoka uvāca--na me dṛṣṭaṃ vā syācchrutaṃ veti/
[273.009]. āha ca--
[273.010]. yena śrutaṃ bhavedgītaṃ nṛtyaṃ cāpi nirīkṣitam/
[273.011]. rasāścāsvāditā yena sa bhūyāttava nirṇayam//2//
[273.012]. rājā āha--vītaśoka, idaṃ mayā rājyaṃ saptāhaṃ tava dattam, tūryaśatāni saṃpravāditāni, jayaśabdaiścānanditam, añjaliśatāni pragṛhītāni, strīśataiśca paricīrṇaḥ/
[273.013]. kathaṃ tvaṃ kathayasi--naiva me dṛṣṭaṃ na śrutamiti? vītaśoka uvāca--
[273.015]. na me dṛṣṭaṃ nṛtyaṃ na ca nṛpa śruto gītaninado na me gandhā ghrātā na khalu rasā me'dya viditāḥ/
[273.017]. na me spṛṣṭaḥ sparśaḥ kanakamaṇihārāṅgajanitaḥ samūho nārīṇāṃ maraṇaparibaddhena manasā//3//
[273.019]. striyo nṛttaṃ gītaṃ bhavaśayanānyāsanavidhirvayo rūpaṃ lakṣmīrbahuvividharatnā ca vasudhā/
[273.021]. nirānandā śūnyā mama nṛpa varaśayyā gatasukhā sthitān dṛṣṭvā dvāre vadhakapuruṣānnīlavasanān//4//
[273.023]. śrutvā ghaṇṭāravaṃ ghoraṃ nīlāmbaradharasya hi/
[273.024]. bhayaṃ me maraṇājjātaṃ pārthivendra sudāruṇam//5//
[273.025]. mṛtyuśalyaparīto'haṃ nāśrauṣīdgītamuttamam/
[273.026]. nādrākṣaṃ nṛpate nṛttaṃ na ca bhoktuṃ manaḥspṛhā//6//
[273.027]. mṛtyujvaragṛhītasya na me svapno'pi vidyate/
[273.028]. kṛtsnā me rajanī yātā mṛtyumevānucintayan//7//
[273.029]. rājā āha--vītaśoka, mā tāvat tavaikajanmikasya maraṇabhayāttava rājaśriyaṃ prāpya harṣo notpannaḥ/
[273.030]. kiṃ punarbhikṣavo janmaśatamaraṇabhayabhītāḥ sarvāṇyupapattyāyatanāni duḥkhānyanusṛtāni paśyanti/
[273.031]. narake tāvaccharīrasaṃtāpakṛtamagnidāhaduḥkhaṃ ca, tiryakṣu anyonyabhakṣaṇaparitrāsaduḥkham, preteṣu kṣuttarṣaduḥkham, paryeṣṭisamudācāraduḥkhaṃ manuṣyeṣu, cyavanapatanabhraṃśaduḥkham[274] deveṣu/

[274.001]. ebhiḥ pañcabhirduḥkhaistrailokyamanuṣaktam/
[274.001]. śārīramānasairduḥkhairutpīḍitā vadhakabhūtān skandhān paśyanti, śūnyagrāmabhūtānyāyatanāni, cauribhūtāni viṣayāṇi, kṛtsnaṃ ca traidhātukamanityatāgninā pradīptaṃ paśyanti/
[274.003]. teṣāṃ rāgāḥ kathamutpadyate? āha ca--
[274.004]. mā tāvadekajanmikasya maraṇabhayāttava na jāyate harṣaḥ/
[274.005]. manasi viṣayairmanojñaiḥ satataṃ khalu paśyamānasya//8//
[274.006]. kiṃ punarjanmaśatānāṃ maraṇabhayamanāgataṃ vicintayatām/
[274.007]. manasi bhaviṣyati harṣo bhikṣūṇāṃ bhojanādyeṣu //9//
[274.008]. teṣāṃ tu vastraśayanāsanabhojanādi mokṣo'bhiyuktamanasāṃ janayeta saṅgam/
[274.010]. paśyanti ye vadhakaśatrunibhaṃ śarīramādīptaveśmasadṛśāṃśca bhavānanityān //10//
[274.012]. kathaṃ ca teṣāṃ na bhavedvimokṣo mokṣārthināṃ janmaparānmukhānām/
[274.014]. yeṣāṃ manaḥ sarvasukhāśrayeṣu vyāvartate padmadalādivāmbhaḥ//11//
[274.016]. yadā vītaśoko rājñā aśokenopāyena bhagavacchāsane'bhiprasāditaḥ, sa kṛtakarapuṭa uvāca--deva, eṣo'haṃ taṃ bhagavantaṃ tathāgatamarhantaṃ samyaksambuddhaṃ śaraṇaṃ gacchāmi dharmaṃ ca bhikṣusaṃghaṃ ceti/
āha ca--
[274.019]. eṣa vrajāmi śaraṇaṃ vibuddhanavakamalavimalanibhanetram/
[274.020]. budhavibudhamanujamahitaṃ jinaṃ virāgaṃ ca saṃghaṃ ca//12//iti/
[274.021]. atha rājā aśoko vītaśokaṃ kaṇṭhe pariṣvajyovāca--na tvaṃ mayā parityaktaḥ, api tu buddhaśāsanābhiprasādārthaṃ tava mayā eṣa upāyaḥ pradarśitaḥ/
[274.022]. tato vītaśoko gandhapuṣpamālyādivāditrasamudayena bhagavataścaityānarcayati, saddharmaṃ ca śṛṇoti, saṃghe ca kārāṃ kurute/
[274.024]. sa kurkuṭārāmaṃ gataḥ/
[274.024]. tatra yaśo nāṃ sthaviro'rhan ṣaḍabhijñaḥ/
[274.024]. sa tasya purato niṣaṇṇo dharmaśravaṇāya/
[274.025]. sthaviraśca tamavalolayitumārabdhaḥ/
[274.025]. sa paśyati vītaśokamupacitahetukaṃ caramabhavikam/
[274.026]. tenaivāśrayenārhattvaṃ prāptavyam/
[274.026]. tena tasya pravrajyāyā varṇo bhāṣitaḥ/
[274.027]. tasya śrutvā spṛhā jātā--pravrajeyaṃ bhagavacchāsane/
[274.027]. tata utthāya kṛtāñjaliḥ sthavitamuvāca--labheyāhaṃ svakhyāte dharmavinaye pravrajyāmupasampadaṃ bhikṣubhāvam/
[274.028]. careyamahaṃ bhavato'ntike brahmacaryam/
[274.029]. sthavira uvāca--vatsa, rājānamaśokamanujñāpayasveti/
[274.029]. tato vītaśoko yena rājā aśokastenopasaṃkramya kṛtāñjaliruvāca--deva, anujānīhi mām/
[274.030]. pravrajiṣyāmi svākhyāte dharmavinaye samyageva śraddhayā agārādanagārikām/
[274.031]. āha ca--

[275.001]. [275] udbhrānto'smi niraṅkuśo rājā iva vyāvartito vibhramāt tvadbuddhiprabhavāṅkuśena vidhivadbuddhopadeśairaham/
[275.001]. ekaṃ tvamarhasi me varaṃ pradarśituṃ tvaṃ pārthivānāṃ pate lokālokavarasya śāsanavare liṅgaṃ śibhaṃ dhārayet//13//
[275.005]. śrutvā ca rājā sāśrukaṇṭho vītaśokaṃ kaṇṭhe pariṣvajyovāca--vītaśoka, alamanena vyavasāyena/
[275.006]. pravrajya khalu vaivarṇikābhyupagatāvasaḥ, pāṃśukūlaṃ pravaraṇaṃ parijanojjñitam, āhāro bhaiṣyaṃ parakule, śayanāsanaṃ vṛkṣamūle tṛṇasaṃstaraḥ parṇasaṃstaraḥ, vyābādhe khalvapi bhaiṣajyamasulabhaṃ pūtimūtraṃ ca bhojanam/
[275.008]. tvaṃ ca sukumāraḥ śītoṣṇakṣutpipāsānāṃ duḥkhānāmasahiṣṇuḥ/
[275.009]. prasīda, nivartaya mānasam/
[275.009]. vītaśoka uvāca--deva,
[275.010]. naiva hi jāne taṃ nūnaṃ viṣayatṛṣito'nāyāsavihataḥ pravrajyāṃ prāptukāmo na ripuhṛtabalo naivārthakṛpaṇaḥ/
[275.012]. duḥkhārtaṃ mṛtyuneṣṭaṃ vyasanaparigataṃ dṛṣṭvā jagadidaṃ panthānaṃ janmabhīruḥ śivamabhayamahaṃ gantuṃ vyavasitaḥ//14//
[275.014]. śrutvā ca rājā aśokaḥ satvaraṃ praruditumārabdhaḥ/
[275.014]. atha vītaśoko rājānamanunayannuvāca--deva,
[275.016]. saṃsāradolāmabhiruhya lolam yadā nipāto niyataḥ prajānām/
[275.018]. kimarthamāgacchati vikriyā te sarveṇa sarvasya yadā viyogaḥ//15//
[275.020]. rājā āha--vītaśoka, bhaikṣe tāvadabhyāsaḥ kriyatām/
[275.020]. rājakule vṛkṣavāṭikāyāṃ tasya tṛṇasaṃstaraḥ saṃstṛtaḥ, bhojanaṃ cāsya dattam/
[275.021]. so'ntaḥpuraṃ paryaṭati, mahārhaṃ cāhāraṃ na labhate/
[275.022]. tato rājñā antaḥpurikā abhihitā--pravrajitasārūpyamasyāhāramanuprayacchateti/
[275.022]. tena yāvadabhidūṣitā pūtikulmāṣā labdhāḥ/
[275.023]. tāṃśca paribhoktumārabdhaḥ/
[275.023]. dṛṣṭvā rājñā aśokena nivāritaḥ/
[275.024]. tasya buddhirutpannā--yadīha pravrajiṣyāmi, ākīrṇo bhaviṣyāmi/
[275.025]. tato videheṣu janapadeṣu gatvā pravrajitaḥ/
[275.026]. tatastena yujyatā yāvadarhattvaṃ prāptam/
[275.026]. athāyuṣmato vītaśokasyārhattvaṃ prāptasya vimuktiprītisukhasaṃvedina etadabhavat--asti khalu me--pūrvaṃ rājño'śokasya gṛhadvāramanuprāptaḥ/
[275.028]. tato dauvārikamuvāca--gaccha, rājño'śokasya nivedaya--vītaśoko dvāri tiṣṭhati devaṃ draṣṭukāma iti/
[275.029]. tato dauvāriko rājānamaśokamabhigamyovāca--deva, diṣṭyā vṛddhiḥ/
[275.030]. vītaśoko'bhyāgato dvāri tiṣṭhati devaṃ draṣṭukāmaḥ/
[275.030]. tato rājñā abhihitam--gaccha, śīghraṃ praveśayeti/
[275.031]. yāvadvītaśoko rājakulaṃ praviṣṭaḥ/
[275.031]. dṛṣṭvā ca rajā aśokaḥ saṃhāsanādutthāya mūlanikṛtta iva drumaḥ sarvaśarīreṇāyuṣmantaṃ vītaśokaṃ nirīkṣamānaḥ prarudannuvāca--

[276.001]. [276] bhūteṣu saṃsargagateṣu nityaṃ dṛṣṭvāpi māṃ naiti yathā vikāram/
[276.003]. vivekavegādhigatasya śaṅke prajñārasasyātirasasya tṛptaḥ//16//
[276.005]. atha rājño'śokasya rādhagupto nāmāgrāmātyaḥ/
[276.005]. sa paśyati--āyuṣmato vītaśokasya pāṃśukūlaṃ ca cīvaraṃ mṛṇmayaṃ pātram yāvadannaṃ bhaikṣyaṃ lūhapraṇītam/
[276.006]. dṛṣṭvā ca rājñaḥ pādayor nipatya kṛtāñjaliruvāca--deva, yathā ayamalpecchaḥ saṃtuṣṭaśca, niyatamayaṃ kṛtakaraṇīyo bhaviṣyati, prītirutpādyeta/
[276.008]. kṛtah?
[276.009]. bhaikṣānnabhojanam yasya pāṃśukūlaṃ ca cīvaram/
[276.010]. nivāso vṛkṣamūlaṃ ca tasyāniyataṃ katham//17//
[276.011]. nirāśravam yasya mano viśālaṃ nirāmayaṃ copacitaṃ śarīram/
[276.013]. svacchandato jīvitasādhanaṃ ca nityotsavaṃ tasya manuṣyaloke//18//
[276.015]. śrutvā tato rājā prītamanā uvāca--
[276.016]. apahāya mauryavaṃśaṃ magadhapuraṃ sarvaratnanicayaṃ ca/
[276.017]. dṛṣṭvā vaṃśānivahaṃ prahīṇamadamānamohasārambham//19//
[276.018]. atyuddhṛtamiva manye yaśasā pūtaṃ puramiva mahaṃ ca/
[276.019]. pratipadyatāṃ tvayā daśabaladharaśāsanamudāreṇa//20//
[276.020]. atha rājā aśokaḥ sarvāṅgena parigṛhya prajñapta evāsane niṣādayāmāsa, praṇītena cāhāreṇa svahastaṃ saṃtarpayati/
[276.021]. bhuktavantaṃ viditvā dhautahastamapanītapātramāyuṣmato vītaśokasya purato niṣaṇṇo dharmaśravaṇāya/
[276.022]. athāyuṣmān vītaśoko rājānamaśokaṃ dharmyayā kathayā saṃdarśayannuvāca--
[276.024]. apramādena saṃpādya rājyaiśvaryaṃ pravartatām/
[276.025]. durlabhā trīṇi ratnāni nityaṃ pūjaya pārthiva//21//
[276.026]. sa yāvadharmyayā kathayā saṃharṣayitvā saṃprasthitaḥ//
[276.027]. atha rājā aśokaḥ kṛtakarapuṭaḥ pañcabhiramātyaśataiḥ parivṛto'nekaiśca paurajanapadasahasraiḥ parivṛtaḥ puraskṛta āyuṣmantaṃ vītaśokamanuvrajitumārabdhaḥ/
[276.028]. vakṣyati hi--
[276.029]. bhrātā jyeṣṭhena rājñā tu gauraveṇānugamyate/
[276.030]. pravrajyāyāḥ khalu ślādhyaṃ saṃdṛṣṭikamidaṃ phalam//22//

[277.001]. [277] tata āyuṣmān vītaśokaḥ svaguṇānudbhāvayan paśyataḥ sarvajanakāyasya ṛddhyā vaihāyasamutpatya prakrāntaḥ/
[277.002]. atha rājā aśokaḥ kṛtakarapuṭaḥ prāṇiśatasahasraiḥ parivṛtaḥ puraskṛto gaganatalāvasaktadṛṣṭirāyuṣmantaṃ vītaśokaṃ nirīkṣamāṇa uvāca--
[277.004]. svajanasnehaniḥsaṅgo vihaṃga iva gacchasi/
[277.005]. śrīrāganigadairbaddhānasmān pratyādiśānniva//23//
[277.006]. ātmāyattasya śāntasya mahaḥsaṃketacāriṇaḥ/
[277.007]. dhyānasya phalametacca rāgāndhairyanna dṛśyate//24//
[277.008]. api ca/
[277.009]. ṛddhyā khalvavabhartsatāḥ paramayā śrīgarvitāste vayaṃ buddhyā khalvapi nāmitāḥ śirasitāḥ prajñābhimānodayam/
[277.011]. prāptārthena phalāndhabuddhimanasaḥ saṃvejitāste vayaṃ saṃkṣepeṇa sabāṣpadurdinamukhāḥ sthāne vimuktā vayam//25//
[277.013]. tatrāyuṣmān vītaśokaḥ pratyantimeṣu janapadeṣu śayyāsanāya nirgataḥ/
[277.013]. tasya ca mahān vyādhirutpannaḥ/
[277.014]. śrutvā ca rājñā aśokena bhaiṣajyamupasthāyikāśca visarjitāḥ/
[277.014]. tasya tena vyādhinā spṛṣṭasya śiraḥ khustamabhavat/
[277.015]. yadā ca vyādhirvigataḥ, tasya virūṭāni śirasi romāṇi/
[277.016]. tena vaidyopasthāyakāśca visarjitāḥ/
[277.016]. tasya ca gorasaprāya āhāro'nusevyate/
[277.016]. sa ghoṣaṃ gatvā bhaikṣyaṃ paryaṭati/
[277.017]. tasmiṃśca samaye puṇḍravardhananagare nirgranthopāsakena buddhapratimā nirgranthasya pādayor nipātitā citrārpitā/
[277.018]. upāsakenāśokasya rājño niveditam/
[277.018]. śrutvā ca rājñā abhihitam--śīghramānīyatām/
[277.019]. tasyordhvam yojanam yakṣāḥ śṛṇvanti, adho yojanaṃ nāgāḥ/
[277.019]. yāvattaṃ tatkṣaṇena yakṣairupanītam/
[277.020]. dṛṣṭvā ca rājñā ruṣitenābhihitam--puṇḍravardhane sarve ājīvikāḥ praghātayitavyāḥ/
[277.021]. yāvadekadivase'ṣṭādaśasahasrāṇyājīvikānāṃ praghātitāni/
[277.021]. tataḥ pāṭaliputre bhūyo'nyena nirgranthopāsakena buddhapratimā nirgranthasya pādayor nipātitā citrārpitā/
[277.022]. śrutvā ca rājñā amarṣitena sa nirgranthopāsakaḥ sabandhuvargo gṛhaṃ praveśāyitvā agninā dagdhaḥ/
[277.023]. ājñaptaṃ ca--yo me nirgranthasya śiro dāsyati, tasya dīnāraṃ dāsyāmīti/
[277.024]. ghoṣitam/
[277.024]. sa cāyuṣmān vītaśoka ābhīrasya gṛhe rātriṃ vāsamupagataḥ/
[277.025]. tasya ca vyādhinā kliṣṭasya lūhāni cīvarāṇi, dīrghakeśanakhaśmaśruḥ/
[277.026]. ābhīryā buddhirutpannā--nirgrantho'yamasmākaṃ gṛhe rātriṃ vāsamupagataḥ/
[277.027]. svāminamuvāca--āryaputra, saṃpanno'yamasmākaṃ dīnāraḥ/
[277.027]. imaṃ nirgranthaṃ praghātayitvā śiro rājño'śokasyopanāmayeyamiti/
[277.028]. tataḥ sa ābhīro'siṃ niṣkoṣaṃ kṛtvā āyuṣmantaṃ vītaśokamabhigataḥ/
[277.029]. āyuṣmatā ca vītaśokena pūrvānte jñānaṃ kṣiptam/
[277.029]. paśyati svayaṃkṛtānāṃ karmaṇāṃ phalamidamupasthitam/
[277.030]. tataḥ karmapratiśaraṇo bhūtvā avasthitaḥ/
[277.030]. tena tathāsyābhīreṇa śiraśchinnam/
[277.031]. rājño'śokasyopanītam--dīnāraṃ prayaccheti/
[277.031]. dṛṣṭvā ca rājñā aśokena parijñātam--viralāni cāsya śirasi romāṇi na vyaktimupagacchanti/
[277.032]. tato vaidyā upasthāyakā ānītāḥ/
[277.032]. tairdṛṣṭvā [278] abhihitam--deva, vītaśokasyaitacchiraḥ/

[278.001]. śrutvā rājā mūrcchito bhūmau patitaḥ/
[278.001]. yāvajjalasekaṃ datvā sthāpitaḥ/
[278.002]. amātyaiścābhihitam--deva, vītarāgāṇāmapyatra pīḍā/
[278.002]. dīyatāṃ sarvasattveṣvabhayapradānam/
[278.003]. yāvadrājñā abhayapradānaṃ dattam--na bhūyaḥ kaścit praghātayitavyaḥ//
[278.004]. tato bhikṣavaḥ saṃśayajātāḥ sarvasaṃśayacchettāramāyuṣmantamupaguptaṃ pṛcchanti--kiṃ karma kṛtamāyuṣmatā vītaśokena yasya karmaṇo vipākena śastreṇa praghātitah? sthavira uvāca--tena hyāyuṣmantaḥ karmāṇi kṛtāni pūrvamanyāsu jātiṣu/

[278.006]. śrūyatām--
[278.007]. bhutapūrvaṃ bhikṣavo'tīte'dhvani anyatamo lubdho mṛgān praghātayitvā jīvikāṃ kalpayati/
[278.008]. aṭavyāmudapānam/
[278.008]. sa tatra lubdho gatvā pāśān yantrāṃśca sthāpayitvā mṛgān praghātayati/
[278.009]. asti buddhānāmutpāde pratyekabuddhā loke utpadyante/
[278.009]. vistaraḥ/
[278.009]. anyataraḥ pratyekabuddhastasminnudapāne āhārakṛtyaṃ kṛtvā udapānāduttīrya vṛkṣamūle paryaṅkena niṣaṇṇaḥ/
[278.010]. tasya gandhena mṛgāstasminnudapāne nābhyāgatāḥ/
[278.011]. sa lubdha āgatya paśyati--neiva mṛgā udapānamabhyāgatāḥ/
[278.012]. padānusāreṇa ca taṃ pratyekabuddhamabhigataḥ/
[278.012]. dṛṣṭvā cāsya buddhirutpannā--anenaiṣa ādīnava utpāditaḥ/
[278.013]. tenāsiṃ niṣkoṣaṃ kṛtvā sa pratyekabuddhaḥ praghātitaḥ//
[278.014]. kiṃ manyadhve āyuṣmantah? yo'sau lubdhaḥ sa eṣa vītaśokaḥ/
[278.014]. yatrānena megāḥ praghātitāḥ, tasya karmaṇo vipākena mahān vyādhirutpannaḥ/
[278.015]. yatpratyekabuddhaḥ śastreṇa praghātitaḥ, tasya karmaṇo vipākena bahūni varṣasahasrāṇi narakeṣu duḥkhamanubhūya pañca janmaśatāni manuṣyeṣūpapannaḥ śastreṇa praghātitaḥ/
[278.017]. tatkarmāvaśeṣeṇaitarhi arhatprāpto'pi śastreṇa praghātitaḥ//
[278.018]. kiṃ karma kṛtam yenoccakule upapannaḥ, arhattvaṃ ca prāptam? sthavira uvāca--kāśyape samyaksambuddhe pravrajito'bhūt pradānaruciḥ/
[278.019]. tena dāyakadānapatayaḥ saṃghabhaktaṃ kārāpitāstarpaṇāni yavāgūpānāni nimantraṇakāni/
[278.020]. stūpeṣu ca cchatrāṇyavaropitāni, dhvajāḥ patākāḥ/
[278.021]. gandhamālyapuṣpavāditrasamudayena pūjāḥ kṛtāḥ/
[278.021]. tasya karmaṇo vipākenoccakule upapannaḥ/
[278.022]. yāvaddaśavarṣasahasrāṇi brahmacaryaṃ caritvā samyakpraṇidhānaṃ kṛtam, tasya karmaṇo vipākenārhattvaṃ prāptamiti//

[278.024]. iti śrīdivyāvadāne vītaśokāvadānamaṣṭāviṃśatimam//