Mahāyānasūtrālaṃkāra · Chapter 12

anena nigamanaślokena paryeṣṭimāhātmyaṃ trividhaṃ darśayati | upāyamāhātmyamugravīryatayā saṃvṛttiparamārthasatyadharmatāparyeṣaṇataśca tattvaṃ satyamityarthaḥ | parārthamāhātmyaṃ pratiśaraṇībhāvāt prajānām | svārthamāhātmyaṃ ca guṇaiḥ samudravat prapūrṇatvāt |
|| mahāyānasūtrālaṃkāre dharmaparyeṣṭyadhikāra ekādaśaḥ ||
dvādaśo 'dhikāraḥ
dharmadeśanāyāṃ mātsaryapratiṣedhe ślokaḥ |
prāṇānbhogāṃśca dhīrāḥ pramuditamanasaḥ kṛcchralabdhānasārān
sattvebhyo duḥkhitebhya satatamavasṛjantyuccadānaprakāraiḥ |
prāgevodāradharmaṃ hitakaramasakṛtsarvathaiva prajānāṃ
kṛcchre naivopalabdhaṃ bhṛśamavasṛjatāṃ vṛddhigaṃ cāvyayaṃ ca

kṛcchralabdhānapyasārān kṣayitvā[t]prāṇān bhogāṃśca bodhisattvā duḥkhitebhyaḥ kāruṇyāt satatasamudārairvisargairutsṛjanti prāgeva dharmaṃ yo naiva kṛcchreṇa vā bhṛśamapi vāvasṛjatāṃ vṛddhiṃ gacchati na kṣayaṃ |
dharma nairarthakyasārthakye ślokadvayaṃ |
dharmo naiva ca deśito bhagavatā pratyātmavedyo yata
ākṛṣṭā janatā ca yukta[yukti]vihitairdharmaiḥ svakīṃ dharmatāṃ
svaśāntyāsyapuṭe viśuddhivipule sādhāraṇe 'thākṣaye
lāleneva kṛpātmabhistvajagaraprakhyaiḥ samāpāditā

tatra buddhā ajagaropamāsteṣāṃ svaśānti[śānte?]rāsyapuṭaṃ dharmakāyaḥ | viśuddhivipulaṃ savāsanakleśajñeyāvaraṇaviśuddhitaḥ | sādhāraṇaṃ sarvabuddhaiḥ akṣayamātyantikatvāt |
tasmānnaiva nirarthikā bhavati sā yā bhāvanā yogināṃ
tasmānnaiva nirarthikā bhavati sā yā deśanā saugatī |
dṛṣṭo 'rthaḥ śrutamātrakādyadi bhavet syādbhāvanāpārthikā
aśrutvā yadi bhāvanāmanuviśet syāddeśanāpārthikā

tasmānna nirarthikā yogināṃ bhāvanā bhavati pratyātmavedyasya dharmasya tadvaśenābhigamāt | na nirarthikā deśanā bhavati yuktivihitairdharmaiḥ svadharmatāyāṃ janatākarṣaṇāt | yathā punarbhāvanā sārthikā bhaveddeśanā vā tat ślokārdhena darśayati | śeṣaṃ gatārtham |
deśanāvibhāge ślokaḥ |
āgamato adhigamato vibhutvato deśanāgrasatvānāṃ |
mukhato rūpātsarvā[rvataā]kāśāduccaraṇatāpi ......

tatra vibhutvato yā mahābhūmipraviṣṭānāṃ | sarvato rūpādyā vṛkṣavāditrādibhyo 'pi niścarati | śeṣaṃ gatārtham |
deśanāsaṃpatau ślokadvayaṃ |
viṣadā saṃdehajahā ādeyā tattvadarśikā dvividhā |
saṃpannadeśaneyaṃ vijñeyaṃ[yā] bodhisattvānāṃ

ayaṃ catuṣkārthanirdeśena ślokaḥ | yaduktaṃ brahmaparipṛcchāyāṃ | catrubhirdharmaiḥ samanvāgatā bodhisattvā mahādharmadānaṃ vitaranti saddharmaparigrahaṇatayā ātmanaḥ prajñottāpanatayā satpurūṣakarmakaraṇatayā saṃkleśavyavadānasaṃdeśanatayā ca | ekena hi bāhuśrutyādviṣadā deśanā bhavati | dvitīyena mahāprājñatvāt | saṃśayajahā pareṣāṃ saṃśayacchedāt |
tṛtīyenānavadyakarmattvādādeyā | caturthena tattvadarśikā dvividhā saṃkleśalakṣaṇasya ca tattvasya vyavadānalakṣaṇasya ca dvābhyāṃ dvābhyāṃ satyābhyām |
madhurā madavyapetā na ca khinnā deśanāgrasattvānāṃ |
sphuṭacitrayuktagamikā nirāmiṣā sarvagā caiva

asmindvitīye śloke madhurā pareṇākṣiptasyāparūṣavacanāt | madavyapetā stutau siddhau vā madānanugamanāt | akhinnā akilāsikatvāt | sphuṭā nirācāryamuṣṭitvāt kṛtsnadeśanataḥ | citrā apunaruktatvāt | yuktā pramāṇāviruddhatvāt | gamikāpratītapadavyañjanatvāt | nirāmiṣā prasannādhikārānadhi[rthi]katvāt | sarvatragā yānatrayagatatvāt |
vāksaṃpattau ślokaḥ |
adīnā madhurā sūktā pratītā viṣadā tathā [vāgjinātmaje] |
[yathārhānāmiṣācaiva pramitā viṣadā tathā]

adīnā paurī parṣatpūraṇāt | madhurā valguḥ | sūktā vispaṣṭā sunirūktākṣaratvāt | pratītā vijñeyā pratītābhidhānatvāt | yathārhā śravaṇīyā vineyānurūpatvāt | anāmiṣā aniḥśrita[tā]lābhasatkārāloke[raśloke] | pratatā[pramitā] apratikūlā parimitāyāmakhedāt | viṣadā aparyāttā |
vyañjanasaṃpattau ślokadvayaṃ |
uddeśānnirdeśāttathaiva yānānulomanāt ślākṣṇyāt |
prātītyādyāthārhānnairyāṇyādānukūlyatvāt

yuktaiḥ padavyañjanairūddeśātpramāṇāvirodhena | sahitairnirdeśāduddeśāvirodhena | yānānulomanādānulomikairyānatrayāvirodhena | ślākṣṇyāda[dā]nucchavikairakaṣṭaśabdatayā | prātītyādaupayikaiḥ ( MSA_Bagchi 78 ) pratītārthatayā cārthopagamanāt | yāthārhātpratirūpairvineyānurūpatayā | nairyāṇyātpradakṣiṇairnirvāṇādhikāratayā | ānukūlyānnipakasyāṅgasaṃbhāraiḥ śaikṣasyāryāṣṭāṅgamārgānukūlyāt |
vyañjanasaṃpaccaiṣā vijñeyā sarvathāgrasattvānāṃ |
ṣaṣṭyaṅgī sācintyā ghoṣo 'nantastu sugatānāṃ

ṣaṣṭyaṅgī sācintyā yā guhyakādhipatinirdeśe buddhasya ṣaṣṭyākārā vāg nirdiṣṭā | punaraparaṃ śāntamate tathāgatasya ṣaṣṭyākāropetā vāg niścarati snigdhā ca mṛdukā ca manojñā ca manoramā ca śuddhā ceti vistaraḥ | tatra snigdhā sattvādhātukuśalamūlopastambhikatvāt | mṛdukā dṛṣṭa eva dharme sukhasaṃsparśatvāt | manojñā svarthatvāt | manoramā suvyañjanatvāt | śuddhā nirūttaralokottarapṛṣṭhalabdhatvāt | vimalā sarvakleśānuśayavāsanāvisaṃyuktatvāt | prabhāsvarā pratītapadavyañjanatvāt | valguḥ sarvatīrthyakumatidṛṣṭividhātabalaguṇayuktatvāt | śravaṇīyā pratipattinairyāṇikatvāt | anantā[anelā] sarvaparapravādibhiranāchedyatvāt | kalā rañjikatvāt | vinītā rāgādipratipakṣatvāt | akarkaśā śikṣāprajñaptisukhopāyatvāt | aparūṣā tadvyatikramasaṃpanniḥsaraṇopadeśakatvāt | suvinītā yānatrayanayopadeśikatvāt | karṇasukhā vikṣepapratipakṣatvāt | kāyaprahṇādanakarī samādhyābāhakatvāt | cittaudvilyakarī vipaśyanāprāmodyāvāhaphalakatvāt | hṛdayasaṃtuṣṭikarī saṃśayacchedikatvāt | prītisukhasaṃjananī mithyāniścayāpakarṣikatvāt | niḥparidāhā pratipattāvavipratisāratvāt | ājñeyā saṃpannaśrutamayajñānāśrayatvāt | vijñeyā saṃpannacintāmayajñānāśrayatvāt | viṣpaṣṭā anācāryamuṣṭidharmavihitatvāt | premaṇīyānuprāptasvakārthānāṃ premakaratvāt | abhinandanīyānanuprāptasvakārthānāṃ spṛhaṇīyatvāt | ājñāpanīyā acintyadharmasamyagdarśikatvāt | vijñāpanīyā cintyadharmasamyagdeśikatvāt | yuktā pramāṇāvirūddhatvāt | sahitā yathārhavineyadeśikatvāt | punarūktadoṣajahā avandhyatvāt | siṃhasvaravegā sarvatīrthyasaṃtrāsakatvāt | nāgasvaraśabdā udāratvāt | meghasvaraghoṣā gambhīratvāt | nāgendrarutā ādeyatvāt | kinnarasaṃgītighoṣā madhuratvāt | kalaviṅkasvararūtaravitābhī[tī]kṣṇabhaṅguratvāt | brahmasvararutaravitā dūraṃgamatvāt | jīvaṃjīvakasvararutaravitā sarvasiddhipūrvaṃgamamaṅgalatvāt | devendramadhuranirghoṣā anatikramaṇīyatvāt | dundubhisvarā sarvamārapratyarthikavijayapūrvaṃgamatvāt | anunnatā stutyasaṃkliṣṭatvāt | anavanatā nindāsaṃkliṣṭatvāt | sarvaśabdānupraviṣṭā sarvavyākaraṇasarvākāralakṣaṇānupraviṣṭatvāt | apaśabdavigatā smṛtisaṃpramoṣe tadaniścaraṇatvāt | avikalā vineyakṛtyasarvakālapratyupasthitatvāt | alīnā lābhasatkārāniśritatvāt | adīnā sāvadyāpagatvāt | pramuditā akheditvāt | prasṛtā sarvavidyāsthānakauśalyānugatatvāt | akhilā[sakhilā] sattvānāṃ ( MSA_Bagchi 79 ) tatsakalārthasaṃpādakatvāt | saritā prabandhānupacchinnatvāt | lalitā vicitrākārapratyupasthānatvāt | sarvasvarapūraṇī ekasvaranaikaśabdavijñaptipratyupasthāpanatvāt | sarvasattvendriyasaṃtoṣaṇī ekānekārthavijñaptipratyupasthānatvāt | aninditā yathāpratijñatvāt | acañcalā āgamitakālaprayuktatvāt | acapalā atvaramāṇavihitatvāt | sarvaparṣadanuravitā durāntikaparṣattulyaśravaṇatvāt | sarvākāravaropetā sarvalaukikārthadṛṣṭāntadharmapariṇāmikatvāt |
deśanāmāhātmye catvāraḥ ślokāḥ |
vācā padaiḥ suyuktairanudeśavibhāgasaṃśayacchedaiḥ |
bahulīkārānugatā hyuddhaṭitavipañcitajñeṣu

ākhyāti vācā | prajñāpayati padaiḥ suyuktaiḥ | prasthāpayati vibhājayati vivṛṇoti yathākramamuddeśavibhāgasaṃśayacchedaiḥ | uttānīkaroti uttānīkaraṇaṃ bahulīkārānugatā deśanā niścayabalādhānārthaṃ | deśayatyuddhaṭitajñeṣu | saṃprakāśayati vipañcitajñeṣu |
śuddhā trimaṇḍalena hiteyaṃ deśanā hi buddhānāṃ |
doṣairvivarjitā punaraṣṭabhireṣaiva vijñeyā

śuddhā trimaṇḍaleneti | yena ca deśayati vācā padaiśca | yathā coddeśādiprakāraiḥ | yeṣu coddhaṭitavipañcitajñeṣu | eṣaiva ca deśanā punaraṣṭadoṣavivarjitā veditavyā yathākramam |
kauśīdyamanavabodho hyavakāśasyākṛtirhyanītatvam |
saṃdehasyācchedastadvigamasyādṛḍhīkaraṇam

te punaraṣṭau doṣāḥ | kauśīdyamanavasaṃbodhaḥ avakāśasyākaraṇaṃ anītārthatvaṃ saṃdehasyācchedanā tadvigamasyādṛḍhīkaraṇaṃ niścayaśyetyarthaḥ |
khedo 'tha matsaritvaṃ doṣā hyete matā kathāyāṃ hi |
tadabhāvādbuddhānāṃ nirūttarā deśanā bhavati

khedo yenābhīkṣṇaṃ na deśayet | matsaritvaṃ [matsaritvaṃ] cākṛtsnaprakāśanāt | arthasaṃpattau ślokadvayaṃ |
kalyāṇo dharmo 'yaṃ hetutvādbhaktituṣṭibuddhīnāṃ |
dvividhārthaḥ sugrāhyaścaturguṇabrahmacaryavadaḥ

paraisādhāraṇayogakevalaṃ tridhātukakleśavihānipūrakam |
svabhāvaśuddhaṃ malaśuddhitaśca taccaturguṇabrahmavicaryamiṣyate

caturguṇabrahmacaryasaṃprakāśako dharmaḥ | ādimadhyaparyavasānakalyāṇo yathākramaṃ śrutacintābhāvanābhirbhaktituṣṭibuddhihetutvāt | tatra bhaktiradhimuktiḥ saṃpratyayaḥ tuṣṭiḥ prāmodyaṃ ( MSA_Bagchi 80 ) yuktinidhyānācchakyaprāptitāṃ viditvā | buddhiḥ samāhitacittasya yathābhūtajñānaṃ | dvividhārtha ityataḥ svarthaḥ saṃvṛtiparamārthasatyayogāt | sugrāhya ityataḥ suvyañjanaḥ pratītapadavyañjanatvāt | caturguṇaṃ brahmacaryam | kevalaṃ paraisādhāraṇātvāt paripūrṇaṃ tridhātukleśaprahāṇaparipūraṇāt | pariśuddhaṃ svabhāvaviśuddhito 'nāsravatvāt | paryavadātaṃ malaviśuddhitaḥ saṃtānaviśuddhyā kṣīṇāsravāṇām |
abhisaṃdhivibhāge ślokadvayam |
avatāraṇasaṃdhiśca saṃdhirlakṣaṇato 'paraḥ |
pratipakṣābhisaṃdhiśca saṃdhiḥ pariṇatāvapi

śrāvakeṣu svabhāveṣu doṣāṇāṃ vinaye tathā |
abhidhānasya gāmbhīrye saṃdhireṣa caturvidhaḥ

caturvidho 'bhisaṃdhirdeśanāyāṃ buddhasya veditavyaḥ | avatāraṇābhisaṃdhirlakṣaṇābhisaṃdhiḥ pratipakṣābhisaṃdhiḥ pariṇāmanābhisaṃdhiśca | tatrāvatāraṇābhisaṃdhiḥ śrāvakeṣu draṣṭavyaḥ | śāsanāvatāraṇārthamanutrāsāya rūpādyastitvadeśanāt | lakṣaṇābhisaṃdhistriṣu parikalpitādisvabhāveṣu draṣṭavyo niḥsvabhāvānutpannādisarvadharmadeśanāt | pratipakṣābhisaṃdhirdoṣāṇāṃ vinaye draṣṭavyo yathāṣṭāvaraṇapratipakṣāgrayānasaṃbhāṣāsānuśaṃse[saṃ] gāthādvayaṃ vakṣyati | pariṇāmanābhisaṃdhirabhidhānagāmbhīrye draṣṭavyo yathāha |
asāre sāramatayo viparyāse ca susthitāḥ |
kleśena ca susaṃkliṣṭā labhante bodhimuttamāṃ

ayamatrābhisaṃdhiḥ | asāre sāramataya ityavikṣepe yeṣāṃ sārabuddhiḥ pradhānabuddhirvikṣepo hi visāraścetasaḥ | viparyāse ca susthitā iti nityasukhaśucyātmagrāhaviparyayeṇānityādike viparyāse susthitā aparihāṇitaḥ | kleśena ca sa saṃkliṣṭā iti dīrghaduṣkaravyāyāmaśrameṇātyarthaṃ parikliṣṭāḥ |
abhiprāyavibhāge ślokaḥ |
samatārthāntare jñeyastathā kālāntare punaḥ |
pudgalasyāśaye caiva abhiprāyaścaturvidhaḥ

caturvidho 'bhiprāyaḥ | sata[ma]tābhiprāyo yadāha | ahameva sa tasminsamaye vipaśvī samyaksaṃbuddho 'bhūvamityaviśiṣṭadharmakāyatvāt | arthāntarābhiprāyo yadāha | niḥ svabhāvāḥ sarvadharmā anutpannāityevamādi ayathārūtārthatvāt | kālantarābhiprāyo yadāha | ye ( MSA_Bagchi 81 ) sukhāvatyāṃ praṇidhānaṃ kariṣyanti te tatropapatsyanta iti kālāntareṇetyabhiprāyaḥ | pudgalāśayābhiprāyo yattadeva kuśalamūlaṃ kasyacitpraśaṃsate kasyacidvigarhate 'lpamātrasaṃtuṣṭasya vaipulyasaṃgrahāt mahāyānasūtrāntasānuśaṃsaṃ gāthādvayamupādāyāha |
buddhe dharme 'vajñā kauśīdyaṃ tuṣṭiralpamātreṇa |
rāge māne caritaṃ kaukṛtyaṃ cāniyatabhedaḥ

sattvānāmāvaraṇaṃ tatpratipakṣo 'grayānasaṃbhāṣā |
sarvāntarāyadoṣaprahāṇameṣāṃ tato bhavati

yo granthato 'rthato vā gāthādvayadhāraṇe prayujyeta |
sa hi daśavidhamanuśaṃsaṃ labhate sattvottamo dhīmān

kṛtsnāṃ ca dhātupuṣṭiṃ prāmodyaṃ cottamaṃ maraṇakāle |
janma ca yathābhikāmaṃ jātismaratāṃ ca sarvatra

buddhaiśca samavadhānaṃ tebhyaḥ śravaṇaṃ tathāgrayānasya |
adhimuktiṃ saha buddhyā dvayamukhatāmāśubodhiṃ ca

buddhe dharme 'vajñeti pañca gāthāḥ | tatrāniyatabhedo bodhisattvānāmaniyatānāṃ mahāyānādbhedaḥ | agrayānasaṃbhāṣā yā mahāyānadeśanā | buddhe 'vajñāvaraṇasya pratipakṣasaṃbhāṣā | ahameva sa tena kālena vipaśvī samyaksaṃbuddho 'bhūvamiti | dharme 'vajñāvaraṇasya pratipakṣasaṃbhāṣā | iyato gaṃgānadīvālikāsamānabuddhānparyupāsya mahāyāne 'vabodha utpadyata iti | kauśīdyāvaraṇasya pratipakṣasaṃbhāṣā | ye sukhāvatyāṃ praṇidhānaṃ kariṣyanti te tatropapatsyanta iti | vimalacandraprabhasya ca tathāgatasya nāmadheyagrahaṇamātreṇa niyato bhavatyanuttarāyāṃ samyaksaṃbodhāviti | alpamātrasaṃtuṣṭyāvaraṇasya pratipakṣasaṃbhāṣā | yatra bhagavān kvaciddānādi vivarṇayati anyatra varṇitavān | rāgacaritasya cāvaraṇasya pratipakṣasaṃbhāṣā | yatra bhagavān buddhakṣetravibhūtiṃ varṇayati | mānacaritasyāvaraṇasya pratipakṣasaṃbhāṣā | yatra bhagavān kasyacid buddhasyādhikāṃ saṃpattiṃ varṇayati | kaukṛtyāvaraṇasya pratipakṣasaṃbhāṣā | ye buddhabodhisattveṣva[ṣvapa]kāraṃ kariṣyanti te sarve svargopagā bhaviṣyantīti | aniyatabhedasyāvaraṇasya pratipakṣasaṃbhāṣā | mahāśrāvakāṇāṃ buddhatve vyākaraṇadeśanā ekayānadeśanā ca | kṛtsnadhātupuṣṭiḥ sarvamahāyānādhiṣṭhānāya dhātupuṣṭistadāvaraṇavigamāt sarvatra mahāyāne 'dhimuktilābhataḥ | dvayamukhatā samādhimukhatā dhāraṇīmukhatā ca | dṛṣṭe dharme dvividho 'nuśaṃsaḥ sāṃparāyike 'ṣṭavidhaḥ krameṇottarottaraviśeṣalābhādveditavyaḥ |
deśanānuśaṃseślokaḥ |
iti suga[ma]tirakhedavān kṛpāluḥ prathitayaśāḥ suvidhijñatāmupetaḥ |
bhavati sukathiko hi bodhisattvastapati jane kathitairyathaiva sūryaḥ