Prasannapada · Chapter 57

ityācāryacandrakīrtipādoparacitāyāṃ prasannapadāyāṃ madhyamakavṛttau saṃbhavavibhavaparīkṣā nāma ekaviṃśatitamaṃ prakaraṇam ||
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tathāgataparīkṣā dvāviṃśatitamaṃ prakaraṇam |
atrāha- vidyata eva bhavasaṃtatiḥ, tathāgatasadbhāvāt | iha hi bhagavatā mahākaruṇopāyaprajñādvayadhāriṇā sakalatraidhātukāśeṣasattvajātyādiduḥkhavyupaśamaikamanasā tribhiḥ kalpāsaṃkhyeyaiḥ saptabhirvā nairantaryakrameṇodyacchatā taistairniratiśayairativicitraiḥ puṇyakriyāprārambhaiḥ sakalajagaddhitodayaikakriyālakṣaṇaiḥ priyaikaputrādapyadhikataraniravaśeṣajagadanugrahatatpareṇa mahākaruṇāparavaśena tatratatropapattyāyatane kṣitisalilajvalanapavanasādhāraṇabhaiṣajyamahāmahīruhavajjanānāṃ svecchāta upabhogyatāmātmānamupagamayatā mahākālena sārvajñaṃ sarvākāraparicchedi padamadhigatam | sa evamadhigatasarvajñajñāno bhagavān yathā dharmāṇāṃ tattvaṃ vyavasthitaṃ tathaiva aśeṣato gatatvād buddhatvāt tathāgata ityucyate | yadi bhavasaṃtatirna syāt, tadā tathāgato 'pi na syāt | na hi ekena janmanā śakyaṃ tathāgatatvamanuprāptum | tasmādvidyata eva bhavasaṃtatiḥ, tathāgatasadbhāvāditi | ucyate | bhavadīyameva hi idamatimahadajñānaṃ bhavasaṃtānasya avicchedavartitāṃ ca atidīrghakālaṃ ca gamayati, yasya nāma bhavataḥ atimahadajñānadhanāndhakārameva vicitrairupapattiśaraccandrajñānālokairvidhvasyamānamapi aticiratarakālābhyāsavāsanāvistarābhivṛddhamadyāpi na vidhvasyate na nivartate | yadi hi tathāgato nāma kaścit syāt svabhāvataḥ, tadā tasya mahatā kālenābhiniṣpatterbhavasaṃtatiḥ syāt | na ca tathāgato nāma kaścid bhāvasvabhāvata upalabhyate | kevalaṃ tu bhavānavidyātimiropahatamatinayanatayā dvicandrakeśamaśakādivanmithyā tathāgataṃ nāma svabhāvata upalabhate | yathā ca tathāgato nāsti svabhāvataḥ, tathā pratipādayannāha-
skandhā na nānyaḥ skandhebhyo nāsmin skandhā na teṣu saḥ |
tathāgataḥ skandhavānna katamo 'tra tathāgataḥ