Saddharmalaṅkāvatārasūtra · Chapter 1

// Saddharmalaṅkāvatārasūtram //
om namo ratnatrayāya / om namaḥ sarvabuddhabodhisattvebhyaḥ //
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rāvaṇādhyeṣaṇāparivartaḥ prathamaḥ /
evaṃ mayā śrutam / ekasmin samaye bhagavāṃllaṅkāpure samudramalayaśikhare viharati sma nānāratnagotrapuṣpapratimaṇḍite mahatā bhikṣusaṃghena sārdhaṃ mahatā ca bodhisattvagaṇena nānābuddhakṣetrasaṃnipatitairbodhisattvairmahāsattvaiḥ anekasamādhivaśitābalābhijñāvikrīḍitairmahāmatibodhisattvapūrvaṃgamaiḥ sarvabuddhapāṇyabhiṣekābhiṣiktaiḥ svacittadṛśyagocaraparijñānārthakuśalairnānāsattvacittacaritrarūpanayavinayadhāribhiḥ pañcadharmasvabhāvavijñānanairātmyādvayagatiṃgataiḥ //
tena khalu punaḥ samayena bhagavān sāgaranāgarājabhavanāt saptāhenottīrṇa 'bhūt / anekaśakrabrahmanāgakanyākoṭibhiḥ pratyudgamyamāno laṅkāmalayamavalokya smitamakarot - pūrvakairapi tathāgatairarhadbhiḥ samyaksaṃbuddhairasmiṃllaṅkāpurīmalayaśikhare svapratyātmāryajñānatarkadṛṣṭitīrthyaśrāvakapratyekabuddhāryaviṣaye tadbhāvito dharmo deśitaḥ / yannvahamapi atraiva rāvaṇaṃ yakṣādhipatimadhikṛtya etadevodbhāvayan dharmaṃ deśayeyam //
aśrauṣīdrāvaṇo rākṣasādhipatistathāgatādhiṣṭhānāt - bhagavān kila sāgaranāgarājabhavanāduttīrya anekaśakrabrahmanāgakanyākoṭibhiḥ parivṛtaḥ puraskṛtaḥ samudrataraṃgānavalokya ālayavijñānodadhipravṛttivijñānapavanaviṣaye preritāṃstebhyaḥ saṃnipatitebhyaścittānyavalokya tasminneva sthitaḥ udānamudānayati sma - yannvahaṃ gatvā bhagavantamadhyeṣya laṅkāṃ praveśayeyam / tanme syāddīrgharātramarthāya hitāya sukhāya devānāṃ ca manuṣyāṇāṃ ca //
atha rāvaṇo rākṣasādhipatiḥ saparivāraḥ pauṣpakaṃ vimānamadhiruhya yena bhagavāṃstenopajagāma / upetya vimānādavatīrya saparivāro bhagavantaṃ triṣkṛtvaḥ pradakṣiṇīkṛtya tūryatālāvacaraiḥ pravādyadbhirindranīlamayena
daṇḍena vaiḍūryamusāra(galva)pratyuptāṃ vīṇāṃ priyaṅgupāṇḍunā anardhyeṇa vastreṇa pārśvāvalambitāṃ kṛtvā ṣaḍjarṣabhagāndhāradhaivataniṣādamadhyamakaiśikagītasvaragrāmamūrchanādiyuktenānusārya salīlaṃ vīṇāmanupraviśya gāthābhigītairanugāyati sma -
cittasvabhāvanayadharmavidhiṃ nairātmyaṃ dṛṣṭivigataṃ hyamalam /
pratyātmavedyagatisūcanakaṃ deśehi nāyaka iha dharmanayam

śubhadharmasaṃcitatanuṃ sugataṃ nirmāṇanirmitapradarśanakam /
pratyātmavedyagatidharmarataṃ laṅkāṃ hi gantu samayo 'dya mune

laṅkāmimāṃ pūrvajinādhyuṣitāṃ putraiśca teṣāṃ bahurūpadharaiḥ /
deśehi nātha iha dharmavaraṃ śroṣyanti yakṣa bahurūpadharāḥ

atha rāvaṇo laṅkādhipatiḥ toṭakavṛttenānugāyya punarapi gāthābhigītenānugāyati sma -
saptarātreṇa bhagavān sāgarānmakarālayāt /
sāgarendrasya bhavanāt samuttīrya taṭe sthitaḥ

sthitamātrasya buddhasya rāvaṇo hyapsaraiḥ saha /
yakṣaiśca nānāvividhaiḥ śukasāraṇapaṇḍitaiḥ

ṛddhyā gatvā tamadhvānaṃ yatra tiṣṭhati nāyakaḥ /
avatīrya pauṣpakādyānādvandya pūjya tathāgatam /
nāma saṃśrāvayaṃstasmai jinendreṇa adhiṣṭhitaḥ

rāvaṇo 'haṃ daśagrīvo rākṣasendra ihāgataḥ /
anugṛhṇāhi me laṅkāṃ ye cāsmin puravāsinaḥ

pūrvairapi hi saṃbuddhaiḥ pratyātmagatigocaram /
śikhare ratnakhacite puramadhye prakāśitam

bhagavānapi tatraiva śikhare ratnamaṇḍite /
deśetu dharma virajaṃ jinaputraiḥ parīvṛtaḥ /
śrotukāmā vayaṃ cādya ye ca laṅkānivāsinaḥ

deśanānayanirmuktaṃ pratyātmagatigocaram /
laṅkāvatārasūtraṃ vai pūrvabuddhānuvarṇitam

smarāmi pūrvakairbuddhairjinaputrapuraskṛtaiḥ /
sūtrametannigadyate bhagavānapi bhāṣatām

bhaviṣyantyanāgate kāle buddhā buddhasutāśca ye /
etameva nayaṃ divyaṃ śikhare ratnabhūṣite /
deśayiṣyanti yakṣāṇāmanukampāya nāyakāḥ

divyalaṅkāpurīramyāṃ nānāratnairvibhūṣitām /
prāgbhāraiḥ śītalaiḥ ramyai ratnajālavitānakaiḥ

rāgadoṣavinirmuktāḥ pratyātmagaticintakāḥ /
santyatra bhagavan yakṣāḥ pūrvabuddhaiḥ kṛtārthinaḥ /
mahāyānanaye śraddhā niviṣṭānyonyayojakāḥ

yakṣiṇyo yakṣaputrāśca mahāyānabubhutsavaḥ /
āyātu bhagavān śāstā laṅkāmalayaparvatam

kumbhakarṇapuroigāśca rākṣasāḥ puravāsinaḥ /
śroṣyanti pratyātmagatiṃ mahāyānaparāyaṇāḥ

kṛtādhikārā buddheṣu kariṣyantyadhunā ca vai /
anukampārthaṃ mahyaṃ vai yāhi laṅkāṃ sutaiḥ saha

gṛhamapsaravargāśca hārāṇi vividhāni ca /
ramyāṃ cāśokavanikāṃ pratigṛhṇa mahāmune

ājñākaro 'haṃ buddhānāṃ ye ca teṣāṃ jinātmajāḥ /
nāsti tadyanna deyaṃ me anukampa mahāmune

tasya tadvacanaṃ śrutvā uvāca tribhaveśvaraḥ /
atītairapi yakṣendra nāyakai ratnaparvate

pratyātmadharmo nirdiṣṭaḥ tvaṃ caivāpyanukampitaḥ /
anāgatāśca vakṣyanti girau ratnavibhūṣite

yogināṃ nilayo hyeṣa dṛṣṭadharmavihāriṇām /
anukampyo 'si yakṣendra sugatānāṃ mamāpi ca

adhivāsya bhagavāṃstūṣṇīṃ śamabuddhyā vyavasthitaḥ /
ārūḍhaḥ puṣpake yāne rāvaṇenopanāmite

tatraiva rāvaṇo 'nye ca jinaputrā viśāradāḥ /
apsarairhāsyalāsādyaiḥ pūjyamānāḥ purīṃ gatāḥ

tatra gatvā purīṃ ramyāṃ punaḥ pūjāṃ pralabdhavān /
rāvaṇādyairyakṣavargairyakṣiṇībhiśca pūjitaḥ /
yakṣaputrairyakṣakanyābhī ratnajālaiśca pūjitaḥ

rāvaṇenāpi buddhasya hārā ratnavibhūṣitāḥ /
jinasya jinaputrāṇāmuttamāṅgeṣu sthāpitāḥ

pragṛhya pūjāṃ bhagavān jinaputraiśca paṇḍitaiḥ /
dharmaṃ vibhāvayāmāsa pratyātmagatigocaram

rāvaṇo yakṣavargāśca saṃpūjya vadatāṃ varam /
mahāmatiṃ pūjayanti adhyeṣanti punaḥ punaḥ /
tvaṃ praṣṭā sarvabuddhānāṃ pratyātmagatigocaram

ahaṃ hi śrotā yakṣāśca jinaputrāśca sanniha /
adhyeṣayāmi tvāṃ yakṣā jinaputrāśca paṇḍitāḥ

vādināṃ tvaṃ mahāvādī yogināṃ yogavāhakaḥ /
adhyeṣayāmi tvāṃ bhaktyā nayaṃ pṛccha viśārada

tīrthyadoṣairvinirmuktaṃ pratyekajinaśrāvakaiḥ /
pratyātmadharmatāśuddhaṃ buddhabhūmiprabhāvakam

nirmāya bhagavāṃstatra śikharān ratnabhūṣitān /
anyāni caiva divyāni ratnakoṭīralaṃkṛtāḥ

ekaikasmin girivare ātmabhāvaṃ vidarśayan /
tatraiva rāvaṇo yakṣa ekaikasmin vyavasthitaḥ

atra tāḥ parṣadaḥ sarvā ekaikasmin hi dṛśyate /
sarvakṣetrāṇi tatraiva ye ca teṣu vināyakāḥ

rākṣasendraśca tatraiva ye ca laṅkānivāsinaḥ /
tatpratispardhinī laṅkā jinena abhinirmitā /
anyāścāśokavanikā vanaśobhāśca tatra yāḥ

ekaikasmin girau nātho mahāmatipracoditaḥ /
dharmaṃ dideśa yakṣāya pratyātmagatisūcakam /
dideśa nikhilaṃ sūtraṃ śatasāhasrikaṃ girau

śāstā ca jinaputrāśca tatraivāntarhitāstataḥ /
adrākṣīdrāvaṇo yakṣa ātmabhāvaṃ gṛhe sthitam

cinteti kimidaṃ ko 'yaṃ deśitaṃ kena vā śrutam /
kiṃ dṛṣṭaṃ kena vā dṛṣṭaṃ nagaro vā kva saugataḥ

tāni kṣetrāṇi te buddhā ratnaśobhāḥ kva saugatāḥ /
svapno 'yamatha vā māyā nagaraṃ gandharvaśabditam

timiro mṛgatṛṣṇā vā svapno vandhyāprasūyatam /
alātacakradhūmo vā yadahaṃ dṛṣṭavāniha

atha vā dharmatā hyeṣā dharmāṇāṃ cittagocare /
na ca bālāvabudhyante mohitā viśvakalpanaiḥ

na draṣṭā na ca draṣṭavyaṃ na vācyo nāpi vācakaḥ /
anyatra hi vikalpo 'yaṃ buddhadharmākṛtisthitiḥ /
ye paśyanti yathādṛṣṭaṃ na te paśyanti nāyakam

apravṛttivikalpaśca yadā buddhaṃ na paśyati /
apravṛttibhave buddhaḥ saṃbuddho yadi paśyati