Mahāparinirvāṇasūtra · Chapter 5

atha bhagavān aciraprakrāntān pāṭaligrāmīyakān brāhmaṇagṛhapatīn viditvā bahir āvasathasya pādau prakṣālyāvasathaṃ praviśya nyaṣīdat ||

(tena samayena varṣākāro brāhmaṇamagadhamahāmātra udyuktaḥ pāṭaligrāmakaṃ nagaraṃ māpayituṃ vṛjīnāṃ pratighātārtham || tadā pāṭaligrāmake mahāśakyamahāśakyā devatā vastuni pratigṛhṇanti ||)

paryaṅkam ābhujyarjuṃ kāyaṃ praṇidhāya pratimukhaṃ smṛtim upasthāpyādrākṣīd bhagavān āvasathe divāvihāropagato divyena cakṣuṣā viśuddhenātikrāntamānuṣeṇa pāṭaligrāmake mahāśakyamahāśakyā devatā vastūni pratigṛhṇanti || dṛṣṭvā ca punaḥ sāyāhne pratisaṃlayanād vyutthāyāvasathād avatīryāvasathapracchāyāyāṃ p(u)rastād bhikṣusaṃghasya prajñapta evāsane nyaṣīdat ||

niṣadya bhagavān āyuṣmantam ānandam āmantrayate ||
ka ānandodyuktaḥ pāṭaligrāmakaṃ n(agara)ṃ māpayitum ||

varṣākāro bhadanta brāhmaṇamagadhamahāmātra udyuktaḥ pāṭaligrāmakaṃ nagaraṃ māpayituṃ vṛjīnāṃ pratighātārtham ||

sādhu sādhv (ānanda + + varṣā)kāro brāhmaṇamagadhamahāmātro yathā (devais trāyastriṃśaiḥ sārdham) + + + + + + + ||

(atrāham āna)ndādrākṣam āvasathe divāvihāropagat(aḥ pāṭaligrāmake mahāśakyamahāśa)kyā devatā vas(tū)ni p(rat)i(gṛhṇanti ||)

(yasminn ānanda pradeśe mahāśakyamahāśakyā de)vatā vastūni pratigṛhṇanti m(ahāśakyānāṃ manuṣyāṇāṃ tasmin pradeśe) c(i)ttaṃ krāmati yaduta vā(sāya ||)

yasmin pradeśe madhyā devatā v(astū)ni pratigṛhṇanti madhyānāṃ manuṣyāṇāṃ tasmin pradeśe cittaṃ krāmati yaduta vāsāya ||

yasmi(n pra)d(e)śe nīcā devatā vastūni pratigṛhṇanti nīcānāṃ manuṣyāṇāṃ tas(min) pradeśe cittaṃ krāmati yaduta vāsāya ||

asminn ānanda pāṭaligrāmake mahāśakyamahā(śa)kyā devatā vastūni pratigṛhṇanti || asmin pradeśe mahāśakyānāṃ manuṣyāṇāṃ cittaṃ kramiṣyati yaduta vāsāya ||

yāvad evānandāryā āvāsā ā(ryā) vyavahārā āryā vāṇir yathaitad agraṃ bhaviṣyati puṭabh(edanā)nāṃ yaduta pāṭaliputraṃ nagaraṃ ||

tasya trayo 'ntarāyā veditavyā agnito 'py udakato ('py a)bhyantarato 'pi mithobhedāt ||