Chapter 9 - Ābharaṇa-parivarta

(Vaidya 85)

ābharaṇaparivarto navamaḥ /

atha khalu bhikṣava udayano nāma brāhmaṇo rājñaḥ purohita udāyinaḥ pitā, sa pañcamātrairbrāhmaṇaśataiḥ parivṛto hastottare citrānakṣatre rājānaṃ śuddhodanamupasaṃkramyaivamāha - yatkhalu devo jānīyādābharaṇāni kumārāya kriyantāmiti / taṃ rājā āha - bāḍham / gāḍhaṃ kriyatāmiti //

tatra rājñā śuddhodanena pañcamātraiśca śakyaśataiḥ pañcamātrāṇyābharaṇaśatāni kāritānyabhūvan / tadyathā - hastābharaṇāni pādābharaṇāni mūrdhābharaṇāni kaṇṭhābharaṇāni mudrikābharaṇāni karṇikāyākeyūrāṇi mekhalāsuvarṇasūtrāṇi kiṅkiṇījālāni ratnajālāni maṇipratyuptāni pādukā nānāratnasamalaṃkṛtā hārāḥ kaṭakā harṣā mukuṭāni / kārayitvā ca puṣyanakṣatrayogenānuyuktena te śākyā rājānaṃ śuddhodanamupasaṃkramyaivamāhuḥ - hanta deva maṇḍyatāṃ kumāra iti / rājā āha - alamalaṃkṛtaśca pūjitaśca bhavadbhiḥ kumāraḥ / mayāpi (kumārasya) sarvābharaṇāni kāritāni / te'vocan - saptasaptarātriṃdivānyapyasmākamābharaṇāni kumāraḥ kāya ābadhnātu / tato'smākamamogho vyāyāmo bhaviṣyatīti //

tatra rātrau vinirgatāyāmāditya udite vimalavyūhanāmodyānaṃ tatra bodhisattvo nirgato'bhūt / tatra mahāprajāpatyā gautamyā bodhisattvo'ṅke gṛhīto'bhut / aśītiśca strīsahasrāṇi pratyudgamya bodhisattvasya vadanaṃ prekṣante sma / daśa ca kanyāsahasrāṇi pratyudgamya bodhisattvasya vadanaṃ prekṣante sma / pañca ca brāhmaṇasahasrāṇi pratyudgamya bodhisattvasya vadanaṃ prekṣante sma / tatra yāni bhadrikeṇa śākyarājenābharaṇāni kāritānyabhūvan, tāni bodhisattvasya kāye ābadhyante sma / tāni samanantarābaddhāni bodhisattvasya kāyaprabhayā jihmīkṛtānyabhūvan, na bhāsante sma, na tapanti sma, na virocanti sma / tadyathāpi nāma jāmbūnadasya suvarṇasya purato masipiṇḍa upanikṣipto na bhāsati na tapati na virocate, evameva tānyābharaṇāni bodhisattvasya kāyaprabhayāspṛṣṭāni na bhāsante na tapanti na virocante sma / evaṃ yā yā ābharaṇavikṛtirbodhisattvasya kāya ābadhyate sma, sā sā jihmībhavati sma tadyathāpi nāma masipiṇḍaḥ //

tatra vimalā nāmodyānadevatā sā audārikamātmabhāvamabhisaṃdarśya purataḥ sthitvā rājānaṃ śuddhodanaṃ taṃ ca mahāntaṃ śākyagaṇaṃ gāthābhirabhibhāṣate sma -

sarveyaṃ trisahasra medinī sanagaranigamā pūrṇā kāñcanasaṃcitā bhavet surucira vimalā /
(Vaidya 86)
ekā kākiṇi jāmbukāñcane bhavati upahatā nā bhāsī itaraḥ sa kāñcana prabhasirirahitaḥ // Verse 9.1 //
jāmbūkāñcanasaṃnibhā punarbhavet sakara iya mahī
rome ābha pramukta nāyake hirisiribharite /
nā bhāsī na tapī na śobhate na ca prabhavati
ābhāye sugatasya kāyi no bhavati yatha masiḥ // Verse 9.2 //
sve tejena ayaṃ svalaṃkṛto guṇaśatabharito
no tasyābharaṇā virociṣū suvimalavapuṣaḥ /
candrasūryaprabhāśca jyotiṣā tatha maṇijvalanāḥ
śakrabahmaprabhā na bhāsate purata śirighane // Verse 9.3 //
yasyā lakṣaṇi kāyu citritaḥ purimaśubhaphalaiḥ
kiṃ tasyābharaṇebhiritvaraiḥ parakṛtakaraṇaiḥ /
apanethā bharaṇā ma heṭhatā abudha budhakaraṃ
nāyaṃ kṛttimabhūṣaṇārthika paramamatikaraḥ // Verse 9.4 //
ceṭasyābharaṇāni dethime surucira vimalā
sahajāto ya subhūṣi chandako nṛpatikulaśubhe /
tuṣṭā śākiya vismitāśca abhavanpramuditamanaso
vṛddhiḥ śākyakulanandasya cottamā bhaviṣyati vipulā // Verse 9.5 //

ityuktvā sā devatā bodhisattvaṃ divyaiḥ puṣpairabhyavakīrya tatraivāntaradhāt //

// iti śrīlalitavistare ābharaṇaparivarto nāma navamo'dhyāyaḥ //



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