Mahāvastu 2.293-2.397
___evaṃ mayā śrutaṃ ekasmiṃ samaye bhagavāṃ vaiśālyām āmrapālīvane mahatā bhikṣusaṃghena sārdhaṃ mahatā ca bodhisatvagaṇena // atha khalu viśuddhamati bhikṣur utthāyāsanād ekāṃśaṃ cīvaraṃ prāpayitvā dakṣiṇaṃ jānumaṇḍalaṃ pṛthivyāṃ pratisthāpayitvā yena
Thus I heard,
At one time the Bhagavān was staying in Vaiśālī, Āmrapālī, with a Great Bhikṣu Saṃgha as well as a Great Bodhisattva Saṃgha. Then, the Bhikṣu Viśuddhamati arose from his seat, arranged his robe, bared his right shoulder and kneeled on his right knee.
[_Mvu_2.294_] bhagavāṃs tenāṃjaliṃ praṇāmayitvā bhagavantam etad uvāca //
Paying obeisance unto the Bhagavān with his hands in añjali, he said to the Bhagavān thus:
yad bhagavatā bodhisatvabhūtena bodhimaṇḍaṃ upasaṃkramitvā bodhimaṇḍe sthihitvānāvalokitaṃ sarvalokahitāya sarvalokasukhāya taṃ bhagavāṃ nirdiśatu taṃ bhaviṣyati bahujanahitāya bahujanasukhāya lokānukampāya mahato janakāyasyārthāya hitāya sukhāya devānāṃ ca manuṣyāṇāṃ ca bodhisatvānāṃ ca mahāsatvānāṃ mahanto dharmāloko kṛto bhaviṣyati āśvāso ca datto bhavati //
When the Bhagavān was the Bodhisattva going to the Bodhimaṇḍa, he stood at the Bodhimaṇḍan and surveyed over the world, on behalf of the whole world. For the joy of the whole world, the Bhagavān showed this for the Great Multitude of Beings, for the joy of the Great Multitude of Beings, for the shaking of the world, to help bring joy to the great number of the Noble Beings of devas, humans, bodhisattvas, and mahāsattvas, so as to establish the great light of the Dharma, and to bring hope, and beneficence.
atha khalu viśuddhamatir bhikṣuḥ tāye velāye imāṃ gāthām abhāṣi //
Then, the Bhikṣu Viśuddhamati at that time spoke this gāthā:
kathaṃ tvaṃ lokapradyota aprameya nirupadhi /
nairaṃjanāṃ tarito si hitāya sarvaprāṇināṃ //ye nimittā abhūt tatra taramāṇe narottame /
vyākarohi mahāvīra tathāgata mahāmuni //
How did You, O Immeasurable Unconditioned Undefiled Light of the World, cross over the Nairaṃjana for the welfare of all beings? What were the signs which occurred when the Great Hero, the Tathāgata, the Great Muni, crossed it?
yathā te lokapradyota bodhimaṇḍo alaṃkṛto /
tathā hi me pṛcchito brūhi arthakāmahitaṃkaraṃ //
Just as the Bodhimaṇḍa of Yours, O Light of the World, was so adorned, in the same way, I having asked, hope that You may speak about this so as to bring benefit, happiness, and wellbeing.
yathā uttamā bodhi prāptā tvayā lokasya cetiya /
yathā pāpīmaṃ prahanesi kṛṣṇabandhuṃ sasainyakaṃ //
daśa te balā svayaṃbhū satvasāra niruttarā / . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ṛddhiprabhāvo tha pratapasi diśā sarvā sārthavāha naramarupūjita śatakṛtvo maharṣe / kramasi yathaiva hansarājā himavarapāṇḍaro śuddho dhārtarāṣṭro varasuravara akilaṃtakāyo / vrajasi diśato vidiśā tāvad eva devāsuranāgayakṣasaṃghā marubhavanā kṛtvā
[_Mvu_2.295_] sarvajihmavarṇasthūṇāṃ / yathaiva dagdhāṃ sthūṇāṃ suvarṇabimbaṃ abhibhavati tathā śāstā sarvalokam abhibhavati / kusumito ratnakāyo lakṣaṇehi yathā gagaṇaṃ pratipūraṃ tārakehi / puṇyaśatasahasrehi koṭi parā na vidyati sugatasya ekanāme // na te sti kocit samasamo sarvaloke kuto viśiṣṭo tāvad eva sarvā saṃprabhāsi daśa diśatā samantā sahasraraśmi yathā antarīkṣe // alaṃkṛtas te daśabala ātmabhāvaḥ dvātriṃśakavacitalakṣaṇehi ghanāto mukto yathā kārtikasmiṃ cadro va śobhate // yathā tārakehi sahasraśītiṃ caturo aśīti anyaś caraṃ śāstu yehi ghoṣo aṃgasahasrehi avikalyā paṃcapurā parigṛhītā bhagavato yehi bhagavato vācā // mukhato gandho bhagavato candanasya pravāyate / atuliyam aprameyaṃ buddhakṣetraṃ aparimitaṃ bharitvā sameti khila doṣamohaṃ / trisāhasrā sarvā yadi pi lokadhātu pūrā bhave śikhāśiri sarṣapehi śakyaṃ gaṇetuṃ syāt sarṣapā ekamuhūrte vicakṣaṇena na tv eva śakyaṃ gaṇayituṃ sarvasatvadhātū daśasu diśāsu aparimitā anantā yā hi bhagavato candanasya ghrāyitvā gandhaṃ pratilabhe / kṣāntibhūmi dhīra atulya mahākaruṇāvīra mahāpratāpabalavāṃ bhiṣaja satvānāṃ / nātha anupalipta dakṣiṇeya śaraṇavrajatāṃ jinapravara svayaṃbho // kas tṛptiṃ hi janaye tvāṃ stuvanto // tathā hi balo bhagavataḥ aprameyo // anantavarṇaṃ hatarāgaṃ śāntacittaṃ śaraṇaṃ vrajema tvā abhibhuṃ anabhibhūtaṃ // bhaveya antaṃ gagaṇaṃ vrajato śakyaṃ samudraṃ pi tataḥ kṣapetuṃ na śakyaṃ
[_Mvu_2.296_] jine balapramāṇaṃ kṣapetuṃ / tathā hi saṃbuddho saṃbhūtabalo // siṃhaṃ narendraṃ daśabalaṃ aprameyaṃ pṛcchāmi // vīra hatarāga śāntaṃ cittaṃ jñānena śuddhā daśadiśatā asaṃgatitā sa me praśnaṃ hitakara vyākarohi //
kalpakoṭisahasrāṇi aprameyam acintiyā /
carito bhoti arthāya sarvajño dvipadottamo //
dānaṃ śīlaṃ ca kṣānti ca dhyānāni ca niṣevitā /
prajñā ca caritā pūrvaṃ kalpakoṭiśatāṃ bahūṃ //
āgneyamaṇīnāṃ yā ābhā gagane vidyutāna vā /
nakṣatrāṇāṃ cāpi yā ābhā jihmavarṇā bhavanti tā //
nāsti devo vā nāgo vā yakṣo kambhāṇḍarākṣaso /
yasya etādṛśakāyo yathā te naranāyaka //
surāsuravarapūjanīyo gurukṛtavandito saktṛto maharṣe prabhaṃkara dvipadendra satvasāravara puruṣarṣabha cetiyaṃ narāṇāṃ / bhrūvivaralalāṭe ūrṇābhāgo yathā gagane suviśuddharaśmi rājate bhagavato yathā kārtike māse vimalo virocate candro pūrṇamāsyāṃ // nīlavimalanetrā nāyakasya surucirotpalavarṇasaṃnikāśā vimalā śubhā prabhā // saṃrocate ca sukhajananā naranārīṇāṃ narendradantā vimalapāṇḍarā sujātasamasahitā himavarasannikāśā
[_Mvu_2.297_] mukhaṃ dalavarasaṃprakāśaṃ daśabala tathā viśadaṃ / te śāstunaḥ taruṇasukhumaraśmībhir āstṛtā vararasavatī śobhati jihvā nāyakasya prabālakasamatulyavarṇā ca divyā bahujanasaṃjñāpanī / sukhaṃdadaṃ ca ābhājālena baddhaṃ lalāṭaṃ sabhrūmukhaṃ ca śobhe yathaiva candramaso / sukhasamāhitanīlā daśabala bhagavato śīrṣe keśā / śākyasiṃha grīvā te śobhe yathā suvarṇakambu yathā ovāhā ca jina samā / abhedyo siṃhārdhapūrvo bhagavato ātmabhāvo / prabhāsi loke diśatā samantā / viśiṣṭavākya atulasamudra karmavipākaṃ karohi imāṃ girāṃ bhāṣamāṇaḥ sarvas te loko abhinamate āvarjito karito pṛṣṭvā daśanakha-aṃjalīhi //
___evam ukte bhagavāṃ viśuddhamariṃ bhikṣuṃ etad avocat* // sādhu sādhu bhikṣu sādhu khalu punas te bhikṣu yas tvaṃ tathāgatam etam arthaṃ paripṛcchitavyaṃ manyasi / śobhanaṃ te bhikṣu pratibhānaṃ bhadrikā parimīmānsā yad evaṃ hi bhikṣu pratibhāyasi / evaṃ pi teṣāṃ kulaputrāṇāṃ karmavipākā pratibhāyanti yeṣām ayaṃ dharmaparyāyo hastagato bhaviṣyati / na te mārasya pāpīmato vasagatā bhaviṣyanti / nāpi teṣāṃ manuṣyā vā amanuṣyā vā avatāraṃ labhiṣyanti // tat kasya hetoḥ // udārakuśalamūlacaritā te hi bhikṣū te hi satvā yeṣāṃ arthāya tvaṃ etam arthaṃ paripṛcchasi bodhisatvānāṃ mahāsatvānāṃ / tvaṃ bhikṣu satvānām arthāya tathāgatam etam arthaṃ paripṛcchitavyaṃ manyasi yam idaṃ bodhisatvānāṃ lokapariṇāyakānāṃ sarvasatvacārikaviśeṣasaṃprasthitānāṃ / tvaṃ bhikṣu satvānām arthāya tathāgataṃ
[_Mvu_2.298_] paripṛcchasi yam idaṃ bodhisatvānāṃ mahāsatvānāṃ lokapariṇāyakānāṃ sarvasaṃśayacchedaprabhedakauśalyasamanvāgamasaṃprasthitānāṃ / bhikṣu satvānām arthāya tathāgatam etam arthaṃ paripṛcchesi yam idaṃ bodhisatvānāṃ mahāsatvānāṃ lokapariṇāyakānāṃ dānaviśeṣābhiyuktānāṃ kṣāntiviśeṣābhiyuktānāṃ dhyānaviśeṣābhiyuktānāṃ prajñāviśeṣābhiyuktānāṃ // atha khalu bhagavāṃ tāye velāye imāṃ gāthām abhāṣi //
tuṣite bhavane divya otaritvā himasamo nāgo bhavitva ṣaḍviṣāṇo /
rājño agramahiṣīṃ praviṣṭo kukṣiṃ tato trisāhasra prakampe lokadhātu //
tada suvipula ābhā suvarṇavarṇā imaṃ sarvaṃ sāhasralokadhātuṃ /
upari yāvabhavagraṃ prajvalante yada jinaḥ kukṣiṃ praviṣṭo saṃprajāno //
śakraśatasahasraṃ sabrahmakoṭyo jinaṃ varakukṣigataṃ namasya nityaṃ /
upāgami divase pi ardharātre na ca vraji ime avisarjitā kadācit* //
tūryaṃ ca śatasahasrasaṃpraghuṣṭaṃ upari nabhaṃ sphuṭaṃ sarvadevatāhi /
divyaṃ prahāya candanasya cūrṇaṃ atha punar anye patākacchatrahastā //
. . . . . . . . . divyā pravarṣi varakusumā ca utpalasya /
madhukarakaraviṃkā suvarṇamālyā yāva jino kukṣiṃ praviṣṭo saṃprajāno //
yada jāyethā buddho satvasāro devānaṃ indro dhāraye saṃhṛṣṭaḥ /
vastraṃ viśiṣṭaṃ suruciraṃ kauśikeyaṃ jāmbunadasya samanibhaṃ kāṃcanasya //
yadā ca bhūmisthito bodhisatvo sapta padāṃ cakrame hṛṣṭacitto /
[_Mvu_2.299_] ahaṃ khu loke asadṛśaṃ kariṣyaṃ antaṃ jarāya maraṇakriyāya //
tadā prakampe vasumati ṣaḍvikāraṃ ābhā ca muktā diśatā samantā /
divyā śabdā pravāditā antarīkṣe aśīti sahasrā abhu devatānāṃ //
divyā ca cūrṇā nabhato pravarṣe candanasya suvarṇaśubhā devaputrā /
mandāravehi okire bodhisatvaṃ prāmodyajātā maru hṛṣṭacittā //
ekūnatriṃśo vayasānuprāpto paripācayitvā jagadbodhisatvo /
tyajitva rājyaṃ ratanavarāṃ ca sapta kāṣāyavastro abhu bodhisatvo //
so pravrajitva vidu bodhisatvo ṣaḍvarṣayugaṃ care duṣkarāṇi /
so māgadhasya vijitaṃ praviṣṭo grāmikadhītā dṛśi bodhisatvaṃ //
suvarṇapātrīṃ ca udagracitto bhṛṃgāraṃ gṛhya ratanavicitraṃ /
aṣṭāṅgapetaṃ śubhapāripūrṇaṃ tada ācamesi ṛṣi bodhisatvo //
balenupetaṃ surasaṃpraṇītaṃ gandhena ca upanaye bhojanaṃ ca /
evaṃ ca cchandaṃ jane vegajātā buddho bhave kavacito lakṣaṇehi //
imaṃ ca hīnaṃ vijahiya iṣṭibhāvaṃ careyaṃ śuddhaṃ aśabalabrahmacaryaṃ /
varje kāmaṃ duḥkhakaraṃ rogamūlaṃ seveyaṃ buddhāṃ hatarajaniṣkileśāṃ //
bhāṣitvā gāthām imāṃ evarūpāṃ senāpater duhitā hṛṣṭacittā /
namasyamānāṃjaliya bodhisatvaṃ muṃcitvā aśru imaṃ vācaṃ bhāṣe //
sulabdhalābho mahipati bimbisāro aśokaprāpto parivṛṃhitājño /
[_Mvu_2.300_] yasyāyaṃ vijite sthito bodhisatvo adya atulyāṃ prāpsyati bodhim agrāṃ //
bhuṃjitvā bhaktaṃ mama krakucchando vrajet svayaṃbhū drumaṃ pādapendraṃ /
prabhāsayanto daśa diśā samantā jāmbunadasya yatha suvarṇayūpo //
konākanāmo mahadakṣiṇīyaḥ bhuṃjitva bhaktaṃ vraji bodhimaṇḍaṃ /
adīnacitto acalo asaṃpravedhi yasyāsi kāyo sphuṭo lakṣaṇehi //
yasyāsi nāmaṃ tada kāśyapo pi jāmbūnadasamanibhavigrahasya /
bhuṃjitva bhaktaṃ mama vidu satvasāraḥ vrajet svayaṃbhū drumavaraṃ pādapendraṃ //
ye bhadrakalpe atuliya dakṣiṇeyā bheṣyanti dhīrā hatarajaniṣkileśā /
pūjeṣyi sarvā atuliyabodhihetoḥ na mahya kāṃkṣā anyā hi asti kiṃcit* //
ye antarīkṣe iha devaputrāḥ te candanenokire bodhisatvaṃ /
vācāṃ bhāṣe muditavegajātā senāpater duhitā labdhalābhā //
pūrvenivāsaṃ smaresi sujātā premnaṃ janetva śubhaṃ bodhisatve /
buddhāna koṭinayutā sahasrā bhukvā bhuktaṃ mama gatā bodhimūlaṃ //
atha khalu bodhisatvo yena nairaṃjanā tenopasaṃkramitvā muhūrtaṃ asthāsi / samehi pādatalehi dharaṇīṃ prakampesi // atha khalu tasmiṃ samaye mahāntaḥ pṛthivīcālo abhūṣi bhīṣaṇo saromaharṣaṇo yena pṛthivīcālena iyaṃ trisāhasramahāsāhasrā lokadhātu samā abhūṣi pāṇitalajātā sumeruś ca parvatarājā cakravāḍamahācakravāḍā ca parvatā nimindharo yugandharo iṣāndharo ca parvatā khadirakāśvakarṇo vinatako sudarśano ca sapta parvatā dvīpāntarikā tathānye kālaparvatā pṛthivyāṃ osannā abhūṣi
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