Agam 25 Prakirnak 02 Atur Pratyakhyan Sutra

SR No.: 002562
Original Sutra Author: Veerbhadra Gani
Author: Kirtiyashsuri
Publisher: Sanmarg Prakashan
Publication Year: 2010
Total Pages: 400
Language: Prakrit, Sanskrit, Gujarati
Classification: Book_Devnagari, Agam, Canon, F000, & F020
File Size: 11 MB

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आतुरप्रत्याख्यानप्रकीर्णकम्
पलायत । ततो नन्दाश्ववारास्तत्पृष्ठ आजग्मुः, तेषां मध्य एकोऽश्ववारो दूरात्ताभ्यां दृष्टः । नतश्चाणाक्यश्चन्द्रं सरसि संगोप्य स्वयं रजककर्म प्रारेभे । इतश्च सोऽश्ववारस्तं पप्रच्छ-"चन्द्रगुप्तो व्रजन्नत्र त्वया दृष्ट: ?" । सोऽप्यूचे-“अत्र सरसि प्रविष्टोऽस्ति” । ततः स कौपीनमात्रभृज्जले विवेश । तदा चाणाक्यस्तस्यैव खड्गेन तच्छिरोऽच्छिनत् । ततश्चन्द्रं तस्मिन्नश्वे आरोप्य स पुरतोऽचालीत् । स चन्द्रं पप्रच्छ-“हे वत्स ! यदा मया सादी सरसि प्रेषितस्तदा त्वया किं ध्यातम् ?" । “हे पूज्य ! उत्तमाः कुर्वन्ति तच्छ्रेष्ठमेवे"ति विनयवाक्यात्स हृष्टः । ततश्चन्द्रं क्षुधा बाधितं ज्ञात्वा स्वयं भोजनग्रहणार्थं व्रजन् पथि अनन्तरभुक्तकरम्बकं विप्रमेकं वीक्ष्य चाणाक्यस्तस्योदरं विदार्य तद्भोज्यं हत्वा चन्द्रमभोजयत् । सोऽपि क्षुधितस्तद्रसविपर्ययं नाज्ञासीत् । अथ मौर्ययुक्तः । स दिनात्यये एकत्र ग्रामे भिक्षायै भ्रमन् रोरगृहे ययौ । तदा वृद्धयैकया स्वछालानां भूयसामुष्णा रब्बा परिवेषिता । एकः शिशुः क्षुधितो रब्बायां करं प्राक्षिपत्, तेन दग्धाङ्गलिरुच्चैरुरोद, तं वृद्धाऽभाषत-“रे मूढ ! चाणाक्यवत्त्वमपि जडोऽसि" । तच्छ्रुत्वा भिक्षुणा पृष्टम्-“हे मातः ! त्वया चाणाक्यनिदर्शनमत्र कथं चक्रे" । सा तं स्माह-“यथा पूर्वं चाणाक्यो बाह्यं देशमसाधयन् पाटलिपुरं रुन्धानो मूढो विगोपनां प्राप तथैव बालकोऽपि शनैः परितोऽलिहन् मध्य एव पाणिं क्षिपन्नत्युपहासमासदत्" । तद्वाक्यं श्रुत्वा शिक्षा सत्यां निर्धार्य चाणाक्यो भ्रमन् क्रमात् पर्वताभिधेन राज्ञा समं गाढमैत्रीं विदधे । अन्येद्युस्तं नृपं स स्माह-“चेत्समीहसे तदा नन्दमुन्मूल्य तद्राज्यं विभज्यादद्वहे" । ततः ससैन्यः पर्वतकश्चन्द्रगुप्तान्वितश्चाणाक्यवाक्यानन्ददेशस्य साधनं प्रारेभे । तदैकं पुरं बलाद्ग्रहीतुमक्षमं मत्वा भिक्षुवेषभृञ्चाणाक्यस्तत्र विवेश । प्रविश्य च वास्तूनि संप्रेक्षमाणः सप्रभावाः सप्त देवीरिन्द्रकुमारिका अपश्यत्, तासां प्रभवादभङ्गं तत्पुरमवबुध्य 'मयैताः कथमुच्छाप्याः ?" इति यावता विममर्श तावता पुररोधार्ता नागरास्तं पप्रच्छु:-"भगवन् ! अयं पुररोधः कदा प्रयास्यति ?" । सोऽवक्-“यावदमूः देवीनां प्रतिमा अत्र भवन्ति तावत्पुररोधक्षतिः कुतः" ?। ततो धूर्तप्रतारिताः पौराः तस्मात् स्थानात्ताः क्षिप्रमुदपाटयन् । ततः शीघ्रं तत्पुरं ताभ्यां गृहीतम् । इच्छं नन्ददेशं प्रसाध्य नन्दपुरमवेष्ट्यताम् । तदा च क्षीणपुण्यत्वात् चाणाक्यस्यान्तिके नन्दो धर्मद्वारमयाचत । स स्माह-“त्वमेकेन रथेन यन्नेतुमीशस्तदादाय निर्भयः पुरानिर्याहि" । नन्दोऽपि भार्याद्वयं कन्यामेकां सारधनं च रथेऽधिरोप्य नगरान्निर्ययौ, चन्द्रगुप्तादयः पुरे प्रवेष्टुमागताः । तदा नन्दसुताऽनुरागपरा चन्द्रं पश्यति, तदा नन्दोऽवक्-“हे पुत्रि ! यद्यसौ स्वामी तव रोचते तदाङ्गीकुरु” । तेनेत्युक्ता सा चन्द्रगुप्तरथे यावदारोढुमुपचक्रमे तावञ्चक्रारका नवाभज्यन्त । चन्द्रोऽमङ्गलकरीं तां ज्ञात्वा न्यवारयत् । तं प्रति चाणाक्यः स्माह-"वत्स ! मा मा निषेधय, अनेन निमित्तेन नव पुरुषान् यावत्ते वंशो भावी" । ततश्चन्द्रस्तां रथेऽधिरोप्य नन्दगृहे ययौ

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## The Scattering of the Eager Rejection

He fled. Then Nanda's cavalry pursued him, and one of them was seen from afar. Chanakya, bowing down, hid the moon in the lake and himself began the work of a washerman. From there, that cavalryman asked him, "Have you seen Chandragupta passing by here?" He replied, "He has entered this lake." Then that man, wearing only a loincloth, entered the lake. At that time, Chanakya cut off his head with his own sword. Then, mounting the moon on that horse, he rode forward. He asked the moon, "O son! What did you meditate on when I sent you to the lake?" "O venerable one! The best ones do only the best," he said with humility. Then, knowing that the moon was afflicted by hunger, Chanakya, himself going to eat, saw a Brahmin on the path who had just eaten a mouthful of food. He ripped open his stomach, took the food, and fed the moon. The moon, being hungry, did not know the taste of the food.

Then, the Mauryan army was assembled. On the next day, while wandering for alms in a village, he went to a house with a fire pit. There, an old woman had placed a large quantity of hot embers in a pot. A child, hungry, put his hand into the embers, and his finger was burnt. He cried out loudly. The old woman said to him, "O fool! You are as dull as Chanakya." Hearing this, the mendicant asked, "O mother! How did you make this comparison to Chanakya?" She said to him, "Just as Chanakya, while conquering the external country, was a fool in guarding Pataliputra and was caught, so also this child, slowly licking around, put his hand in the middle and met with ridicule."

Hearing these words, Chanakya, having determined the truth of the teaching, wandered and gradually formed a close friendship with the king of the mountains. The other day, he said to that king, "If you are willing, then uproot Nanda and divide his kingdom, and rule it without fear." Then, with his army, the king of the mountains, and Chandragupta, Chanakya began the conquest of Nanda's country.

Seeing that he was unable to capture one city by force, Chanakya, disguised as a mendicant, entered it. Entering and looking at the buildings, he saw seven beautiful princesses, the daughters of Indra. Understanding that the city was ruined by their brilliance, he thought, "How can I conquer these?" As he was pondering this, the citizens, distressed by the siege, asked him, "O venerable one! When will this siege end?" He said, "As long as the images of these goddesses are here, how can there be an end to the siege?" Then, the citizens, tricked by his cunning, quickly removed them from that place. Then, the city was quickly captured by them.

Wishing to conquer Nanda's country, they surrounded Nanda's city. Then, due to his dwindling merit, Nanda requested a passage through the Dharma gate from Chanakya. He said, "Take whatever you can carry in one chariot and go out of the city without fear." Nanda, placing his two wives, one daughter, and his treasure in the chariot, left the city. Chandragupta and the others came to enter the city. Then, Nanda's daughter, filled with love, saw Chandragupta. Then, Nanda said, "O daughter! If this man pleases you, then accept him." Having been told this, she was about to climb onto Chandragupta's chariot, but the chariot wheels broke. Chandragupta, knowing her to be