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śrāvastyāṃ nidānam // (1) Par.?

tena khalu samayena anāthapiṇḍadena gṛhapatinā dvau śukaśāvakau pratilabdhau // (2) Par.?

tena niveśanaṃ nītvā ālāpitau poṣitau saṃvardhitau mānuṣālāpaṃ ca śikṣāpitau // (3) Par.?

tayoścāyuṣmānānando 'bhīkṣṇamāgatya caturāryasatyasamprativedhikīṃ dharmadeśanāṃ karoti yaduta idaṃ duḥkham ayaṃ duḥkhasamudayaḥ ayaṃ duḥkhanirodhaḥ iyaṃ duḥkhanirodhagāminī pratipaditi // (4) Par.?

sthavirasthavirā api bhikṣavo 'nāthapiṇḍadasya gṛhapater niveśanamupasaṃkrāmanti śāriputramaudgalyāyanakāśyapānandaraivataprabhṛtayaḥ // (5) Par.?

teṣāṃ kālānukālamupasaṃkrāmatāṃ tābhyāṃ śukaśāvakābhyāṃ nāmāni parijñātāni // (6) Par.?

yāvadapareṇa samayenāyuṣmāñ śāriputro 'nāthapiṇḍadasya gṛhapater niveśanamanuprāptaḥ // (7) Par.?

adrāṣṭāṃ tau śukaśāvakau āyuṣmantaṃ śāriputram // (8) Par.?

dṛṣṭvā antarjanamāmantrayata eṣa bhadantaḥ sthaviraḥ śāriputra āgacchati āsanamasya prajñāpayateti // (9) Par.?

evamāyuṣmantaṃ mahāmaudgalyāyanaṃ kāśyapaṃ raivatamāyuṣmantamānandaṃ dṛṣṭvā kathayata eṣo 'smākamācāryānanda āgacchati āsanamasya prajñāpayateti // (10) Par.?

yāvadapareṇa samayena bhagavānanāthapiṇḍadasya gṛhapater niveśanamanuprāptaḥ // (11) Par.?

adrāṣṭāṃ tau śukaśāvakau bhagavantaṃ dūrādevāgacchantaṃ prāsādikaṃ prasādanīyaṃ śāntendriyaṃ śāntamānasaṃ parameṇa cittamatyupaśamena samanvāgataṃ suvarṇayūpamiva śriyā jvalantam // (12) Par.?

dṛṣṭvā ca punastvaritatvaritamantarjanamāmantrayata eṣa bhadanto bhagavānāgacchati āsanamasya prajñāpayateti hṛṣṭamadhurasvareṇa nikūjataḥ // (13) Par.?

atha bhagavāṃstayoranugrahārthaṃ praviśya prajñapta evāsane niṣaṇṇaḥ // (14) Par.?

niṣadya bhagavatā śukaśāvakau caturāryasatyasaṃprativedhikayā dharmadeśanayā śaraṇagamanaśikṣāpadeṣu pratiṣṭhāpitau // (15) Par.?

atha bhagavāñśukaśāvakau antarjanaṃ ca dharmyayā kathayā saṃdarśya samādāpya samuttejya saṃpraharṣyotthāyāsanāt prakrāntaḥ // (16) Par.?

tau cāntarjanasya viharataḥ pramādavihāriṇau biḍālena prāṇinā gṛhītau // (17) Par.?

vihvalavadanau chidyamāneṣu marmasu mucyamāneṣu saṃdhiṣu namo buddhāya namo dharmāya namaḥ saṃghāyetyuktvā kālagatau cāturmahārājakāyikeṣu deveṣūpapannau // (18) Par.?

atha bhagavānanyatamasmin pradeśe smitamakārṣīt // (19) Par.?

adrākṣīdāyuṣmānānando bhagavantaṃ smitaṃ prāviṣkurvantam // (20) Par.?

dṛṣṭvā ca punarbhagavantamidamavocat nāhetupratyayaṃ bhadanta tathāgatā arhantaḥ samyaksambuddhāḥ smitaṃ prāviṣkurvanti // (21) Par.?

ko bhadanta hetuḥ kaḥ pratyayaḥ smitasya prāviṣkaraṇe evametadānanda evametat // (22) Par.?

nāhetupratyayaṃ tathāgatā arhantaḥ samyaksambuddhāḥ smitaṃ prāviṣkurvanti // (23) Par.?

dṛṣṭau tvayā ānanda tau śukaśāvakau dṛṣṭau bhadanta // (24) Par.?

tau ānanda śukaśāvakau mama samanantaraprakrāntasya biḍālena prāṇinā jīvitād vyaparopitau // (25) Par.?

tau buddhadharmasaṃghāvalambanayā smṛtyā kālagatau cāturmahārājakāyikeṣu deveṣūpapannau // (26) Par.?

atha saṃbahulā bhikṣavaḥ pūrvāhṇe nivāsya pātracīvaramādāya śrāvastīṃ piṇḍāya prāvikṣan // (27) Par.?

aśrauṣuḥ saṃbahulā bhikṣavaḥ śrāvastīṃ piṇḍāya pracaranto 'nāthapiṇḍadasya gṛhapater niveśane śukaśāvakau namo buddhāya namo dharmāya namaḥ saṃghāyeti biḍālena prāṇinā vyaparopitau iti // (28) Par.?

śrutvā ca punaḥ śrāvastīṃ piṇḍāya caritvā kṛtabhaktakṛtyāḥ paścādbhaktapiṇḍapātapratikrāntāḥ pātracīvaraṃ pratisamayya pādau prakṣālya yena bhagavāṃstenopasaṃkrāntāḥ // (29) Par.?

upasaṃkramya bhagavataḥ pādau śirasā vanditvā ekānte niṣaṇṇāḥ // (30) Par.?

ekāntaniṣaṇṇāḥ saṃbahulā bhikṣavo bhagavantamidamavocan iha vayaṃ bhadanta saṃbahulā bhikṣavaḥ pūrvavad yāvad anāthapiṇḍadasya gṛhapater niveśane dvau śukaśāvakau namo buddhāya namo dharmāya namaḥ saṃghāyeti kurvāṇau biḍālena prāṇinā jīvitādvyaparopitau iti // (31) Par.?

tayorbhadanta kā gatiḥ kopapattiḥ ko 'bhisamparāyo bhagavānāha tau bhikṣavaḥ śukaśāvakau tasya śaraṇagamanasya vipākena ṣaṭtriṃśatkṛtvaścāturmahārājakāyikeṣu deveṣūpapatsyete ṣaṭtriṃśatkṛtvastrāyastriṃśeṣu yāmeṣu tuṣiteṣu nirmāṇaratiṣu paranirmitavaśavartiṣu deveṣūpapatsyete // (32) Par.?

tatastāvat ṣaṭsu kāmāvacareṣu deveṣu sattvā vyapasaṃsṛtya paścime bhave paścime nikete paścime ātmabhāvapratilambhe manuṣyapratilābhaṃ labdhvā pratyekāṃ bodhimabhisaṃbhotsyete dharmaśca sudharmaśca pratyekabuddhau bhaviṣyataḥ // (33) Par.?

evaṃ hi bhikṣavo mahāphalaṃ dharmaśravaṇaṃ mahānuśaṃsakam kaḥ punarvādo dharmadeśanā dharmābhisamayo vā // (34) Par.?

tasmāttarhi bhikṣava evaṃ śikṣitavyam yanno dharmaśravaṇābhiratā bhaviṣyāmaḥ // (35) Par.?

ityevaṃ vo bhikṣavaḥ śikṣitavyam // (36) Par.?

idamavocadbhagavān // (37) Par.?

āttamanasaste bhikṣavo bhagavato bhāṣitamabhyanandan // (38) Par.?