Nairātmyaparipṛcchāmahāyānasūtra · Chapter 1

(#Vaidya 174#)
#Nairātmyaparipṛcchā nāma mahāyānasūtram |#
atha te tīrthikā upalambhadṛṣṭayaḥ savikalpāḥ savitarkā mahāyānikamupasṛtya sādarakṛtāñjalipuṭā nairātmyapraśnaṃ paripṛcchanti sma - nairātmakaṃ śarīramiti kulaputra sarvajñena nirdiśyate | yadi śarīraṃ nairātmakam, paramātmā na vidyate | tat kasmātsakāśādete hasitaruditakrīḍitakrodhamānerṣyāṃpaiśunyādayaḥ samutpadyante? tadasmākaṃ saṃdehaṃ mocayitumarhati bhagavān - kimasti śarīre paramātmā, kiṃ vā nāsti?
mahāyānikāḥ prāhuḥ - mārṣāḥ, śarīre paramātmā astītyucyate, na hi nāstīti | dvayamatra nocyate | asti paramātmetyucyamāne mārṣā mithyāpralāpaḥ | yadyasti, tatkathaṃ mārṣāḥ keśanakhadantacarmaromasirāmāṃsāsthimedamajjāsnāyuplīhāntranālaśiraḥkaracaraṇāṅgasakalaśarīre sa bāhyābhyantare vicāryamāṇe na dṛśyate paramātmā?
tīrthikāḥ prāhuḥ - na dṛśyate kulaputra paramātmā | māṃsacakṣuṣā vayaṃ na paśyāmaḥ | kadāciddivyacakṣuṣaḥ paśyanti |
mahāyānikāḥ prāhuḥ - na mārṣā divyacakṣuṣo 'pi paśyanti | yasya na varṇo na rūpaṃ na saṃskāraḥ, tatkathaṃ dṛśyate?
tīrthikāḥ prāhuḥ - kiṃ nāsti?
mahāyānikāḥ prāhuḥ - nāstītyucyamāne mārṣā mithyāpralāpaḥ | yadi nāsti, tatkathamasya ete hasitaruditakrīḍitakrodhamānerṣyāpaiśunyādayaḥ saṃbhavanti? tena nāstīti vaktuṃ na pāryate | ubhāvetau dvau nocyete |
tīrthikāḥ prāhuḥ - yadi kulaputra nocyate astīti vā nāstīti vā, tatkimatrālambanaṃ bhavatu?
mahāyānikāḥ prāhuḥ - na mārṣāḥ kiṃcidālambanaṃ bhavati |
tīrthikāḥ prāhuḥ - kiṃ śūnyamākāśamiva?
mahāyānikāḥ prāhuḥ - evametanmārṣāḥ, evametat | śūnyamākāśamiva |
tīrthikāḥ prāhuḥ - yadyevaṃ kulaputra, tadete hasitaruditakrīḍitakrodhamānerṣyāpaiśunyādayaḥ kathaṃ draṣṭavyāḥ?
mahāyānikāḥ prāhuḥ - svapnamāyendrajālasadṛśā draṣṭavyāḥ |
tīrthikāḥ prāhuḥ - kīdṛśī maya, kīdṛśaḥ svapnaḥ, kidṛśa indrajāla iti?
mahāyānikāḥ prāhuḥ - upalakṣaṇamātraṃ mayā agrāhā, pratibhāsamātraṃ svapnaḥ prakṛtiśūnyatāsvarūpaḥ, indrajālaḥ kṛtrimaprayogaḥ | evaṃ mārṣāḥ sarve svapnamāyendrajālasadṛśā draṣṭavyāḥ | punaraparaṃ dvau bhedau vinirdiṣṭau yaduta saṃvṛtiḥ paramārthaśca | tatra saṃvṛtirnāma ayamātmā, ayaṃ (#Nparipṛ, Vaidya 175#) paraḥ | evaṃ jīvaḥ puruṣaḥ pudgalaḥ kārakaḥ vedakaḥ | dhanaputrakalatrādikalpanā yā, sā saṃvṛtirnāma | yatra nātmā na paraḥ, evaṃ na jīvo na pudgalaḥ na puruṣaḥ na kārakaḥ na vedakaḥ na dhanaṃ - - - - - sā madhyamā pratipattirdharmāṇām | tatredamucyate -
saṃvṛtiḥ paramārthaśca dvau bhedau saṃprakāśitau |
saṃvṛtirlaukiko dharmaḥ paramārthaśca lokottaraḥ

saṃvṛtidharmamāpannāḥ sattvāḥ kleśavaśānugāḥ |
ciraṃ bhramanti saṃsāre paramārthamajānakāḥ

saṃvṛtirlaukiko dharmastaṃ kalpayantyapaṇḍitāḥ |
abhūtaparikalpanādduḥkhānyanubhavanti te

muktimārgaṃ na paśyanti andhā bālāḥ pṛthagjanāḥ |
utpadyante nirudhyante ajasraṃ gatipañcasu

bhramanti cakravanmūḍhā lokadharmasamāvṛtāḥ |
paramārthaṃ na jānanti bhavo yatra nirudhyate |
veṣṭitā bhavajālena saṃsaranti punaḥ punaḥ

yathā candraśca sūryaśca pratyāgacchati gacchati |
bhavaṃ cyutiṃ tathā loke punarāyānti yānti ca

anityāḥ sarvasaṃskārā adhruvāḥ kṣaṇabhaṅgurāḥ |
ataśca paramārthajño varjayetsaṃvṛteḥ padam

svargasthāne tu ye devā gandharvāpsarasādayaḥ |
cyutirasti ca sarveṣāṃ tatsarvaṃ saṃvṛteḥ phalam

siddhā vidyādharā yakṣāḥ kinnarāśca mahoragāḥ |
punaste narakaṃ yānti tatsarvaṃ saṃvṛteḥ phalam

śakratvaṃ cakravartitvaṃ saṃprāpya cottamaṃ padam |
tiryagyonau punarjanma tatsarvaṃ saṃvṛteḥ phalam

ataḥ sarvamidaṃ tyaktvā divyaṃ svargamahāsukham |
bhāvayetsatataṃ prājño bodhicittaṃ prabhāsvaram

niḥsvabhāvaṃ nirālambaṃ sarvaśūnyaṃ nirālayam |
prapañcasamatikrāntaṃ bodhicittasya lakṣaṇam

na kāṭhinyaṃ na ca mṛdutvaṃ na coṣṇaṃ naiva śītalam |
na saṃsparśaṃ na ca grāhyaṃ bodhicittasya lakṣaṇam

na dīrghaṃ nāpi vā hrasvaṃ na piṇḍaṃ na trikoṇakam |
na kṛśaṃ nāpi na sthūlaṃ bodhicittasya lakṣaṇam

na śveta nāpi raktaṃ ca na kṛṣṇaṃ na ca pītakam |
avarṇaṃ ca nirākāraṃ bodhicittasya lakṣaṇam

nirvikāraṃ nirābhāsaṃ nirūhaṃ nirvibandhakam |
arūpaṃ vyomasaṃkāśaṃ bodhicittasya lakṣaṇam

bhāvanāsamatikrāntaṃ tīrthikānāmagocaram |
prajñāpāramitārūpaṃ bodhicittasya lakṣaṇam

anaupamyamanābhāsaṃ adṛśaṃ śāntameva ca |
prakṛtiśuddhamadravyaṃ bodhicittasya lakṣaṇam

sarvaṃ ca tena sādṛśyaṃ niḥsāraṃ budbudopamam |
aśāśvataṃ ca nairātmyaṃ māyāmarīcisaṃnibham

mṛptiṇḍavad ghaṭībhūtaṃ bahuprapañcapūritam |
rāgadveṣādisaṃyuktaṃ svapnamāyā tu kevalam

abhrāntare yathā vidyut kṣaṇādapi na dṛśyate |
prajñāpāramitādṛṣṭyā bhāvayetparamaṃ padam

krīḍitaṃ hasitaṃ nityaṃ jalpitaṃ ruditaṃ tathā |
nṛtyaṃ gītaṃ tathā vādyaṃ sarvaṃ svapnopamaṃ hi tat

māyāsvapnopamaṃ sarvaṃ saṃskāraṃ sarvadehinām |
svapnaṃ ca cittasaṃkalpaṃ cittaṃ ca gaganopamam

bhāvayedya imaṃ nityaṃ prajñāpāramitānayam |
sa sa rvapāpanirmuktaḥ prāpnoti paramaṃ padam

iyaṃ sānuttarā bodhiḥ sarvabuddhaiḥ prakāśitā |
bhāvanāṃ bhāvayitveha nirvāṇaṃ labhate śivam

yāvantaḥ saṃvṛterdoṣāstāvanto nirvṛterguṇāḥ |
nirvṛtiḥ syādanutpattiḥ sarvadoṣairna lipyate