Dhvajāgrasūtra · Part 11
Dhvajāgrasūtra
1 evaṃ mayā śrutam / ekasmiṃ samaye bhagavāṃ śrāvastyāṃ viharati sma jetavane anāthapiṇḍadasyārāme /
SHT III 504 only śrāvastyām
2 tatra bhagavāṃ bhikṣūn āmantrayate sma /
SHT III 504: āmantrayati /
3 sati vo bhikṣava araṇyagatānāṃ vā vṛkṣamūlagatānāṃ vā śūnyāgāragatānāṃ vā utpadyeta bhayaṃ vā chambitatvaṃ vā romaharṣo vā /
4 māṃ yūyaṃ tasmiṃ samaye ākārataḥ samanusmarata /
5 iti hi sa bhagavāṃs tathāgato 'rhāṃ samyaksaṃbuddho vidyācaraṇasaṃpanna ḥ sugato lokavid anuttaraḥ puruṣadamyasārathi ḥ śāstā devamanuṣyāṇāṃ buddho bhagavāṃ /
6 māṃ vas tasmiṃ samaye ākārataḥ samanusmaratāṃ / yad utpatsyate bhayaṃ vā chambitatvaṃ vā romaharṣo vā tat prahāsyate /
7 bhūtapūrvaṃ bhikṣava ḥ śakro devendro devāsurasaṃgrāme pratyupasthite devāṃs trāyastriṃśān āmantrayati /
8 sati vo māriṣā devāsurasaṃgrāme samabhirūḍhāṇām utpadyeta bhayaṃ vā chambitatvaṃ vā romaharṣo vā /
9 mama vas tasmiṃ samaye vaijayanto dhvajāgraḥ samanusmartavyaḥ / mama vas tasmiṃ samaye vaijayantaṃ dhvajāgraṃ samanusmaratāṃ / yad utpatsyate bhayaṃ vā chambitatvaṃ vā romaharṣo vā tat prahāsyate /
10 evam eva sati vo bhikṣava araṇyagatānāṃ vā vṛkṣamūlagatānāṃ vā śunyāgāragatānāṃ vā utpadyeta bhayaṃ vā chambitatvaṃ vā romaharṣo vā /
11 māṃ yūyaṃ tasmiṃ samaye ākārataḥ samanusmarata / iti hi sa bhagavāṃ yāvad buddho bhagavāṃ /
the complete text without abbreviation as in paragraph 5 "bhagavāṃs tathāgato ... budddho bhagavāṃ" is attested in SHT 581a r3-6, 596r3-4, Or.15004/79+80rw-z (ed. in BLSF II), 15007/288v1-2 (ed. in BLSF III), 15009/352r4 ed. (in BLSF III)
12 māṃ vas tasmiṃ samaye ākārataḥ samanusmaratāṃ yad utpatsyate bhayaṃ vā chambitatvaṃ vā romaharṣo vā tat prahāsyate /
13 tat kasmād dhetoḥ / sa hi śakro devendraḥ sarāgaḥ sadveṣaḥ samoha aparimukto jātijarāvyādhimaraṇaśokaparidevaduḥkhadaurmanasyopāyāsebhyaḥ aparimukto duḥkhād iti vadāmi /
14 bhīru chambī uttrāsī palāyī sa eka d ā bibhety api chaṃbaty apy uttrās a ty api palāyaty api /
15 ahaṃ khalu tathāgato loke utpanna arhāṃ samyaksaṃbuddho vidyācaraṇasaṃpannaḥ sugato lokavid anuttaraḥ puruṣadamyasārathi ḥ śāstā devamanuṣyāṇāṃ buddho bhagavāṃ /
16 vigatarāgo vigatadveṣo vigatamohaḥ parimukto jātijarāvyādhimaraṇaśokaparidevaduḥkhadaurmanasyopāyāsebhyaḥ parimukto duḥkhād iti vadāmi /
17 abhīrur acchaṃbī anuttrāsī apalāyī /
18 tasya mama bhikṣava abhīruṇa acchambina anuttrāsina apalāyinaḥ śrotavyaṃ vacanaṃ kartavyaṃ anuśāsanaṃ karaṇīyam idaṃ sthānam iti /
19 idam avocad bhagavāṃ āptamanasas te bhikṣavo bhagavato bhāṣitam abhyanandam /
20 dhvajāgrasūtraṃ / samāptaḥ //
Original text: Dhvajāgrasūtra · Edition: E. Waldschmidt: "Kleine Brāhmī-Schriftrolle". IN: Nachrichten der Akademie der Wissenschaften in Göttingen 1959, pp. 8-13 [reprint in: E. Waldschmidt. Von Ceylon bis Turfan, Schriften zur Geschichte, Literatur, Religion und Kunst des indischen Kulturraumes (Festgabe zum 70. Geburtstag). Göttingen 1967, pp. 379-383]. · Data entry Klaus Wille · GRETIL (Göttingen) · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0