Saddharmapuṇḍarīkasūtra · Chapter 14

ityāryasaddharmapuṇḍarīke dharmaparyāye sukhavihāraparivarto nāma trayodaśamaḥ ||
Saddhp_14: bodhisattvapṛthivīvirasamudgamaparivartaḥ |
atha khalu anyalokadhātvāgatānāṃ bodhisattvānāṃ mahāsattvānāmaṣṭau gaṅgānadīvālukāsamā bodhisattvā mahāsattvāstasmin samaye tataḥ parṣanmaṇḍalādabhyutthitā abhūvan | te 'ñjaliṃ pragṛhya bhagavato 'bhimukhā bhagavantaṃ namasyamānā bhagavantametadūcuḥ - saced bhagavānasmākamanujānīyāt, vayamapi bhagavan imaṃ dharmaparyāyaṃ tathāgatasya parinirvṛtasya tasyāṃ sahāyāṃ lokadhātau saṃprakāśeyama vācayema lekhayema pūjayema, asmiṃśca dharmaparyāye yogamāpadyemahi | tatsādhu bhagavānasmākamapīmaṃ dharmaparyāyamanujānātu | atha khalu bhagavāṃstān bodhisattvānetadavocat - alaṃ kulaputrāḥ | kiṃ yuṣmākamanena kṛtyena? santi kulaputrā iha mamaivāsyāṃ sahāyāṃ lokadhātau ṣaṣṭigaṅgānadīvālukāsamāni bodhisattvasahasrāṇi ekasya bodhisattvasya parivāraḥ | evaṃrūpāṇāṃ ca bodhisattvānāṃ ṣaṣṭyeva gaṅgānadīvālukāsamāni bodhisattvasahasrāṇi, yeṣāmekaikasya bodhisattvasya iyāneva parivāraḥ ye mama parinirvṛtasya paścime kāle paścime samaye imaṃ dharmaparyāyaṃ dhārayiṣyanti vācayiṣyanti saṃprakāśayiṣyanti ||
samanantarabhāṣitā ceyaṃ bhagavatā vāk, atheyaṃ sahā lokadhātuḥ samantāt sphuṭitā visphuṭitā abhūt | tebhyaśca sphoṭāntarebhyo bahūni bodhisattvakoṭīnayutaśatasahasrāṇyuttiṣṭhante sma suvarṇavarṇaiḥ kāyairdvātriṃśadbhirmahāpuruṣalakṣaṇaiḥ samanvāgatāḥ, ye 'syāṃ mahāpṛthivyāmadha ākāśadhātau viharanti sma | imāmeva sahāṃ lokadhātuṃ niśritya te khalvimamevaṃrūpaṃ bhagavataḥ śabdaṃ śrutvā pṛthivyā adhaṃ samutthitāḥ, yeṣāmekaiko bodhisattvaḥ ṣaṣṭigaṅgānadīvālukopamabodhisattvaparivāro gaṇī mahāgaṇī gaṇācaryaḥ | tādṛśānāṃ bodhisattvānāṃ mahāsattvānāṃ gaṇīnāṃ mahāgaṇīnāṃ gaṇācāryāṇāṃ ṣaṣṭigaṅgānadīvālukopamāni bodhisattvakoṭīnayutaśatasahasrāṇi, ye itaḥ sahāyā lokadhātordharaṇīvivarebhyaḥ samunmajjante sma | kaḥ punarvādaḥ pañcāśadgaṅgānadīvālukopamabodhisattvaparivārāṇāṃ bodhisattvānāṃ mahāsattvānām? kaḥ punarvādaścatvāriṃśadgaṅgānadīvālukopamabodhisattvaparivārāṇāṃ bodhisattvānāṃ mahāsattvānām? kaḥ punarvādastriṃśadgaṅgānadīvālukopamabodhisattvaparivārāṇāṃ bodhisattvānāṃ mahāsattvānām? kaḥ punarvādo viṃśatibodhisattvaparivārāṇāṃ bodhisattvānāṃ mahāsattvānām? kaḥ punarvādo daśagaṅgānadīvālukopamabodhisattvaparivārāṇāṃ bodhisattvānāṃ mahāsattvānām? kaḥ punarvādaḥ pañcacatustridvigaṅgānadīvālukopamabodhisattvaparivārāṇāṃ bodhisattvānāṃ mahāsattvānām? kaḥ punarvāda ekagaṅgānadīvālukopamabodhisattvaparivārāṇāṃ bodhisattvānāṃ mahāsattvānām? kaḥ punarvādo 'rdhagaṅgānadīvālukopamabodhisattvaparivārāṇāṃ bodhisattvānāṃ mahāsattvānām? kaḥ punarvādaścaturbhāga-ṣaḍbhāgāṣṭabhāga-daśabhāga-viṃśatibhāga-triṃśadbhāga-catvāriṃśadbhāga-pañcāśadbhāgaśatabhāgasahasrabhāgaśatasahasrabhāgakoṭībhāgakoṭīśatabhāgakoṭīsahasrabhāgakoṭīśatasahasrabhāgakoṭīnayutaśatasahasrabhāgagaṅgānadīvālukopamabodhisattvaparivārāṇāṃ bodhisattvānāṃ mahāsattvānām? ( Vaidya 180 ) kaḥ punarvādo bahubodhisattvakoṭīnayutaśatasahasraparivārāṇāṃ bodhisattvānāṃ mahāsattvānām?
kaḥ punarvādaḥ koṭīparivārāṇāṃ bodhisattvānāṃ mahāsattvānām? kaḥ punarvādaḥ śatasahasraparivārāṇāṃ bodhisattvānāṃ mahāsattvānām? kaḥ punarvādaḥ sahasraparivārāṇāṃ bodhisattvānāṃ mahāsattvānām? kaḥ punarvādaḥ pañcaśataparivārāṇāṃ bodhisattvānāṃ mahāsattvānām? kaḥ punarvādaścatuḥśatatriśatadviśataparivārāṇāṃ bodhisattvānāṃ mahāsattvānām? kaḥ punarvādaḥ ekaśataparivārāṇāṃ bodhisattvānāṃ mahāsattvānām? kaḥ punarvādaḥ pañcāśadbodhisattvaparivārāṇāṃ bodhisattvānāṃ mahāsattvānām? peyālam | kaḥ punarvādaścatvāriṃśatriṃśadviṃśatidaśapañcacatustridvibodhisattvaparivārāṇāṃ bodhisattvānāṃ mahāsattvānām? kaḥ punarvāda ātmadvitīyānāṃ bodhisattvānāṃ mahāsattvānām? kaḥ punarvādo 'parivārāṇāmekavihāriṇāṃ bodhisattvānāṃ mahāsattvānām? na teṣāṃ saṃkhyā vā gaṇanā vā upamā vā upaniṣadvā upalabhyate, ya iha sahāyāṃ lokadhātau dharaṇīvivarebhyo bodhisattvā mahāsattvāḥ samunmajjante sma | te ca unmajjyonmajjya yena sa mahāratnastūpo vaihāyasamantarīkṣe sthitaḥ, yasmin sa bhagavān prabhūtaratnastathāgato 'rhan samyaksaṃbuddhaḥ parinirvṛtaḥ, bhagavatā śākyamuninā tathāgatenārhatā samyaksaṃbuddhena sārdhaṃ siṃhāsane niṣaṇṇaḥ, tenopasaṃkrāmanti sma | upasaṃkramya ca ubhayayostathāgatayorarhatoḥ samyaksaṃbuddhayoḥ pādau śirobhirvanditvā sarvāṃśca tān bhagavataḥ śākyamunestathāgatasyātmīyān nirmitāṃstathāgatavigrahān ye te samantato daśasu dikṣvanyonyāsu lokadhātuṣu saṃnipatitāḥ, nānāratnavṛkṣamūleṣu siṃhāsanopaviṣṭāḥ, tān sarvānabhivandya namaskṛtya ca anekaśatasahasrakṛtvastāṃstathāgatānarhataḥ samyaksaṃbuddhān pradakṣiṇīkṛtya nānāprakārairbodhisattvastavairabhiṣṭutya ekānte tasthuḥ | añjaliṃ pragṛhya bhagavantaṃ śākyamuniṃ tathāgatamarhantaṃ samyaksaṃbuddhaṃ bhagavantaṃ ca prabhūtaratnaṃ tathāgatamarhantaṃ samyaksaṃbuddhamabhisaṃmukhaṃ namaskurvanti sma ||

tena khalu punaḥ samayena teṣāṃ bodhisattvānāṃ mahāsattvānāṃ pṛthivīvivarebhya unmajjatāṃ tathāgatāṃśca vandamānānāṃ nānāprakārairbodhisattvastavairabhiṣṭuvatāṃ paripūrṇāḥ pañcāśadantarakalpā gacchanti sma | tāṃśca pañcāśadantarakalpān sa bhagavān śākyamunistathāgato 'rhan samyaksaṃbuddhastūṣṇīmabhūt | tāścatasraḥ parṣadastāneva pañcāśadantakalpāṃstūṣṇīṃbhāvenāvasthitā abhūvan | atha khalu bhagavāṃstathārūpamṛddhyabhisaṃskāramakarot, yathārūpeṇa ṛddhyabhisaṃskāreṇābhisaṃskṛtena tāścatasraḥ parṣadastamevaikaṃ paścādbhaktaṃ saṃjānante sma | imāṃ ca sahāṃ lokadhātuṃ śatasahasrākāśaparigṛhītāṃ bodhisattvaparipūrṇāmadrākṣuḥ | tasya khalu punarmahato bodhisattvagaṇasya mahato bodhisattvarāśeścatvāro bodhisattvā mahāsattvāḥ, ye pramukhā abhūvan, tadyathā viśiṣṭacāritraśca nāma bodhisattvo mahāsattvaḥ, anantacāritraśca nāma bodhisattvo mahāsattvaḥ, viśuddhacāritraśca nāma bodhisattvo mahāsattvaḥ, supratiṣṭhitacāritraśca nāma bodhisattvo mahāsattvaḥ | ime catvāro bodhisattvā mahāsattvāstasya mahato bodhisattvagaṇasya mahato bodhisattvarāśeḥ pramukhā abhūvan | atha khalu catvāro bodhisattvā mahāsattvāstasya mahato ( Vaidya 181 ) bodhisattvagaṇasya mahato bodhisattvarāśeragrataḥ sthitvā bhagavato 'bhimukhamañjaliṃ pragṛhya bhagavantametadūcuḥ - kaccid bhagavato 'lpābādhatā mandaglānatā sukhasaṃsparśavihāratā ca? kaccid bhagavan sattvāḥ svākārāḥ suvijñāpakāḥ suvineyāḥ suviśodhakāḥ? mā haiva bhagavataḥ khedamutpādayanti ||
atha khalu te catvāro bodhisattvā mahāsattvā bhagavantāmābhyāṃ gāthābhyāmadhyabhāṣanta -
kaccit sukhaṃ viharasi lokanātha prabhaṃkara /
ābādhavipramukto 'si sparśaḥ kāye tavānagha

svākārāścaiva te sattvāḥ suvineyāḥ suśodhakāḥ /
mā haiva khedaṃ janayanti lokanāthasya bhāṣataḥ

atha khalu bhagavāṃstasya mahato bodhisattvagaṇasya mahato bodhisattvarāśeḥ pramukhāṃścaturo bodhisattvān mahāsattvānetadavocat - evametat kulaputrāḥ, evametat | sukhasaṃsparśavihāro 'smi alpābādho mandaglānaḥ | svākārāśca mamaiva te sattvāḥ suvijñāpakāḥ suvineyāḥ suviśodhakāḥ | na ca me khedaṃ janayanti viśodhyamānāḥ | tatkasya hetoḥ? mamaiva hyete kulaputrāḥ sattvāḥ paurvakeṣu samyaksaṃbuddheṣu kṛtaparikarmāṇaḥ | darśanādeva hi kulaputrāḥ śravaṇācca mamādhimucyante, buddhajñānamavataranti avagāhante | yatra ye 'pi śrāvakabhūmau vā pratekabuddhabhūmau vā kṛtaparicaryā abhuvan, te 'pi mayaiva etarhi buddhadharmajñānamavatāritāḥ saṃśrāvitāśca paramārtham ||
atha khalu te bodhisattvā mahāsattvāstasyāṃ velāyāmime gāthe abhāṣanta -
sādhu sādhu mahāvīra anumodāmahe vayam /
svākārā yena te sattvāḥ suvineyāḥ suśodhakāḥ

ye cedaṃ jñāna gambhīraṃ śṛṇvanti tava nāyaka /
śrutvā ca adhimucyante uttaranti ca nāyaka

evamukte bhagavāṃstasya mahato bodhisattvagaṇasya mahato bodhisattvarāśeḥ pramukhebhyaścaturbhyo bodhisattvebhyo mahāsattvebhyaḥ sādhukāramadāt - sādhu sādhu kulaputrāḥ, ye yūyaṃ tathāgatamabhinandatha iti ||
tena khalu punaḥ samayena maitreyasya bodhisattvasya mahāsattvasya anyeṣāṃ cāṣṭānāṃ gaṅgānadīvālukopamānāṃ bodhisattvakoṭīnayutaśatasahasrāṇāmetadabhavat - adṛṣṭapūrvo 'yamasmābhirmahābodhisattvagaṇo mahābodhisattvarāśiḥ | aśrutapūrvaśca yo 'yaṃ pṛthivīvivarebhyaḥ samunmajya bhagavataḥ purataḥ sthitvā bhagavantaṃ satkurvanti gurukurvanti mānayanti pūjayanti bhagavantaṃ ca pratisaṃmodante | kutaḥ khalvime bodhisattvā mahāsattvā āgatā iti?( Vaidya 182 )
atha khalu maitreyo bodhisattvo mahāsattva ātmanā vicikitsāṃ kathaṃkathāṃ viditvā teṣāṃ gaṅgānadīvālukopamānāṃ bodhisattvakoṭīnayutaśatasahasrāṇāṃ cetasaiva cetaḥ parivitarkamājñāya tasyāṃ velāyāmañjaliṃ pragṛhya bhagavantaṃ gāthābhigītenaitamevārthaṃ paripṛcchanti sma -
bahusahasrā nayutāḥ koṭīyo ca anantakāḥ /
apūrvā bodhisattvānāmakhyāhi dvipadottama

kuto ime kathaṃ vāpi āgacchanti maharddhikāḥ /
mahātmabhāvā rūpeṇa kuta eteṣa āgamaḥ

dhṛtimantāścime sarve smṛtimanto maharṣayaḥ /
priyadarśanāśca rūpeṇa kuta eteṣa āgamaḥ

ekaikasya ca lokendra bodhisattvasya vijñinaḥ /
aprameyaḥ parivāro yathā gaṅgāya vālikāḥ

gaṅgāvālikasamā ṣaṣṭi paripūrṇā yaśasvinaḥ /
parivāro bodhisattvasya sarve bodhāya prasthitāḥ

evaṃrūpāṇa vīrāṇāṃ parṣavantāna tāyinām /
ṣaṣṭireva pramāṇena gaṅgāvālikayā ime

ato bahutarāścānye parivārairanantakaiḥ /
pañcāśatīya gaṅgāya catvāriṃśacca triṃśati

samo viṃśati gaṅgāyā parivāraḥ samantataḥ /
ato bahutarāścānye yeṣāṃ daśa ca pañca ca

ekaikasya parīvāro buddhaputrasya tāyinaḥ /
kuto 'yamīdṛśī parṣadāgatādya vināyaka

catvāri trīṇi dve cāpi gaṅgāvālikayā samāḥ /
ekaikasya parīvārā ye 'nuśikṣā sahāyakāḥ

ato bahutarāścānye gaṇanā yeṣvanantikā /
kalpakoṭīsahasreṣu upametuṃ na śaknuyāt

ardhagaṅgā tribhāgaśca daśaviṃśatibhāgikaḥ /
parivāro 'tha vīrāṇāṃ bodhisattvāna tāyinām

ato bahutarāścānye pramāṇaiṣāṃ na vidyate /
ekaikaṃ gaṇayantena kalpakoṭīśatairapi

ato bahutarāścānye parivārairanantakaiḥ /
koṭī koṭī ca koṭī ca ardhakoṭī tathaiva ca

gaṇanāvyativṛttāśca anye bhūyo maharṣiṇām /
bodhisattvā mahāprajñāḥ sthitāḥ sarve sagauravāḥ

parivārasahasraṃ ca śatapañcāśadeva ca /
gaṇanā nāsti eteṣāṃ kalpakoṭīśatairapi

viṃśatiddaśa pañcātha catvāri trīṇi dve tathā /
parivāro 'tha vīrāṇāṃ gaṇanaiṣāṃ na vidyate

carantyekātmakā ye ca śāntiṃ vindanti caikakāḥ /
gaṇanā teṣa naivāsti ye ihādya samāgatāḥ

gaṅgāvālikāsamān kalpān gaṇayeta yadī naraḥ /
śalākāṃ gṛhya hastena paryantaṃ naiva so labhet

mahātmanāṃ ca sarveṣāṃ vīryantāna tāyinām /
bodhisattvāna vīrāṇāṃ kuta eteṣa saṃbhavaḥ

kenaiṣāṃ deśito dharmaḥ kena bodhīya sthāpitāḥ /
rocanti śāsanaṃ kasya kasya śāsanadhārakāḥ

bhittvā hi pṛthivīṃ sarvāṃ samantena caturdiśam /
unmajjanti mahāprajñā ṛddhimantā vicakṣaṇāḥ

jarjarā lokadhātveyaṃ samantena kṛtā mune /
unmajjamānairetairhi bodhisattvairviśāradaiḥ

na hyete jātu asmābhirdṛṣṭapūrvāḥ kadācana /
ākhyāhi no tasya nāma lokadhātorvināyaka

daśādiśā hi asmābhirañcitāyo punaḥ punaḥ /
na ca dṛṣṭā ime 'smābhirbodhisattvāḥ kadācana

dṛṣṭo na jāturasmābhireko 'pi tanayastava /
ime 'dya sahasā dṛṣṭā ākhyāhi caritaṃ mune

bodhisattvasahasrāṇi śatāni nayutāni ca /
sarve kautūhalaprāptāḥ paśyanti dvipadottamam

vyākuruṣva mahāvīra aprameya niropadhe /
kuta enti ime śūrā bodhisattvā viśāradaḥ

tena khalu punaḥ samayena ye te tathāgatā arhantaḥ samyaksaṃbuddhā anyebhyo lokadhātukoṭīnayutaśatasahasrebhyo 'bhyāgatā bhagavataḥ śākyamunestathāgatasya nirmitāḥ, ye 'nyeṣu lokadhātuṣu sattvānāṃ dharmaṃ deśayanti sma, ye bhagavataḥ śākyamunestathāgatasyārhataḥ samyaksaṃbuddhasya samantādaṣṭabhyo digbhyo ratnavṛkṣamūleṣu mahāratnasiṃhāsaneṣūpaviṣṭāḥ paryaṅkabaddhāḥ, teṣāṃ tathāgatānāmarhatāṃ samyaksaṃbuddhānāṃ ye svakasvakā upasthāyakāḥ, te 'pi taṃ mahāntaṃ bodhisattvagaṇaṃ bodhisattvarāśiṃ dṛṣṭvā samantāt pṛthivīvivarebhya unmajjantamākāśadhātupratiṣṭhitam, te 'pyāścaryaprāptāstān svān svāṃstathāgatānetadūcuḥ - kuto bhagavan iyanto bodhisattvā mahāsattvā āgacchantyaprameyā asaṃkhyeyāḥ? evamuktāste tathāgatā arhantaḥ samyaksaṃbuddhāstān svān svānupasthāyakānetadūcuḥ - āgamayadhvaṃ yūyaṃ kulaputrā muhūrtam | eṣa maitreyo nāma bodhisattvo mahāsattvo bhagavataḥ śākyamuneranantaraṃ vyākṛto 'nuttarāyāṃ samyaksaṃbodhau, sa etaṃ bhagavantaṃ śākyamuniṃ tathāgatamarhantaṃ samyaksaṃbuddhametamarthaṃ paripṛcchati | eṣa ca bhagavān śākyamunistathāgato 'rhan samyaksaṃbuddho vyākariṣyati | tato yūyaṃ śroṣyatheti ||
atha khalu bhagavān maitreyaṃ bodhisattvaṃ mahāsattvamāmantrayate sma - sādhu sādhu ajita | udārametadajita sthānaṃ yattvaṃ māṃ paripṛcchasi | atha khalu bhagavān sarvāvantaṃ bodhisattvagaṇamāmantrayate sma - tena hi kulaputrāḥ sarva eva prayatā bhavadhvam | susaṃnaddhā dṛḍhasthāmāśca bhavadhvam, sarvaścāyaṃ bodhisattvagaṇaḥ | tathāgatajñānadarśanaṃ kulaputrāstathāgato 'rhan samyaksaṃbuddhaḥ sāṃprataṃ saṃprakāśayati, tathāgatavṛṣabhitaṃ tathāgatakarma tathāgatavikrīḍitaṃ tathāgatavijṛmbhitaṃ tathāgataparākramamiti ||
atha khalu bhagavāṃstasyāṃ velāyāmimā gāthā abhāṣata -
prayatā bhavadhvaṃ kulaputra sarva imāṃ pramuñcāmi girāmananyathām /
mā khū viṣādaṃ kurutheha paṇḍitā acintiyaṃ jñānu tathāgatānām

dhṛtimanta bhūtvā smṛtimanta sarve samāhitāḥ sarviḥ sthitā bhavadhvam /
apūrvadharmo śruṇitavyu adya āścaryabhūto hi tathāgatānām

vicikitsa mā jātu kurudhva sarve ahaṃ hi yuṣmān parisaṃsthapemi /
ananyathāvādirahaṃ vināyako jñānaṃ ca me yasya na kāci saṃkhyā

gambhīra dharmāḥ sugatena buddhā atarkiyā yeṣa premāṇu nāsti /
tānadya haṃ dharma prakāśayiṣye śṛṇotha me yādṛśakā yathā ca te

atha khalu bhagavānimā gāthā bhāṣitvā tasyāṃ velāyāṃ maitrayaṃ bodhisattvaṃ mahāsattvamāmantrayate sma - ārocayāmi te ajita, prativedayāmi | ya ime ajita bodhisattvā aprameyā asaṃkhyeyā acintyā atulyā agaṇanīyāḥ, ye yuṣmābhiradṛṣṭapūrvāḥ, ya etarhi pṛthivīvirebhyo niṣkrāntāḥ, mayaite ajita sarve bodhisattvā mahāsattvā asyāṃ sahāyāṃ lokadhātāvanuttarāṃ samyaksaṃbodhimabhisaṃbudhya samādāpitāḥ samuttejitāḥ saṃpraharṣitāḥ, anuttarāyāṃ samyaksaṃbodhau pariṇāmitāḥ | mayā caite kulaputrā asmin bodhisattvadharme paripācitāḥ pratiṣṭhāpitā niveśitāḥ parisaṃsthāpitā avatāritāḥ paribodhitāḥ pariśodhitāḥ | ete ca ajita bodhisattvā mahāsattvā asyāṃ sahāyāṃ lokadhātau adhastādākāśadhātuparigrahe prativasanti | svādhyāyoddeśacintāyoniśomanasikārapravṛttā ete kulaputrā asaṃgaṇikārāmā asaṃsargābhiratā anikṣiptadhurā ārabdhavīryāḥ | ete ajita kulaputrā vivekārāmā vivekābhiratāḥ | naite kulaputrā devamanuṣyānupaniśrāya viharanti asaṃsargacaryābhiratāḥ | ete kulaputrā dharmārāmābhiratā buddhajñāne 'bhiyuktāḥ ||
atha khalu bhagavāṃstasyāṃ velāyāmimā gāthā abhāṣata -
ye bodhisattvā ime aprameyā acintiyā yeṣa pramāṇu nāsti /
ṛddhīya prajñāya śrutenupetā bahukalpakoṭīcaritāśca jñāne

paripācitāḥ sarvi mayaiti bodhaye mamaiva kṣetrasmi vasanti caite /
paripācitāḥ sarvi mayaiva ete mamaiva putrāścimi bodhisattvāḥ

sarve ti āraṇyadhutābhiyuktāḥ saṃsargabhūmiṃ sada varjayanti /
asaṅgacārī ca mamaiti putrā mamottamāṃ caryanuśikṣamāṇāḥ

vasanti ākāśaparigrahe 'smin kṣetrasya heṣṭhā paricāri vīrāḥ /
samudānayantā imamagrabodhiṃ udyukta rātriṃdivamapramattāḥ

ārabdhavīryāḥ smṛtimanta sarve prajñābalasmin sthita aprameye /
viśāradā dharmu kathenti caite prabhāsvarā putra mamaiti sarve

mayā ca prāpya imamagrabodhiṃ nagare gayāyāṃ drumamūli tatra /
anuttaraṃ vartiya dharmacakraṃ paripācitāḥ sarvi ihāgrabodhau

anāsravā bhūta iyaṃ mi vācā śruṇitva sarve mama śraddadhadhvam /
evaṃ ciraṃ prāpta mayāgrabodhi paripācitāścaiti mayaiva sarve

atha khalu maitreyo bodhisattvo mahāsattvastāni ca saṃbahulāni bodhisattvakoṭīnayutaśatasahasrāṇyāścaryaprāptānyabhūvan, adbhutaprāptāni vismayaprāptāni - kathaṃ nāma bhagavatā anena kṣaṇavihāreṇa alpena kālāntareṇa amī etāvanto bodhisattvā mahāsattvā asaṃkhyeyāḥ samādāpitāḥ, paripācitāśca anuttarāyāṃ samyaksaṃbodhau | atha khalu maitreyo bodhisattvo mahāsattvo bhagavantametadavocat - kathamidānīṃ bhagavaṃstathāgatena kumārabhūtena kapilavastunaḥ śākyanagarānniṣkasya gayānagarānnātidūre bodhimaṇḍavarāgragatena anuttarā samyaksaṃbodhirabhisaṃbuddhā? tasyādya bhagavan kālasya sātiriṃkāṇi catvāriṃśadvarṣāṇi | tatkathaṃ bhagavaṃstathāgatena iyatā kālāntareṇedamaparimitaṃ tathāgatakṛtyaṃ kṛtam, tathāgatena tathāgatavṛṣabhitā tathāgataparākramaḥ kṛtaḥ, yo 'yaṃ bodhisattvagaṇo bodhisattvarāśiriyatā bhagavan kālāntareṇa anuttarāyāṃ samyaksaṃbodhau samādāpitaḥ paripācitaśca? asya bhagavan bodhisattvagaṇasya bodhisattvarāśergaṇyamānasya kalpakoṭīnayutaśatasahasrairapyanto nopalabhyate | evamaprameyā bhagavan ime bodhisattvā mahāsattvāḥ, evamasaṃkhyeyāściracaritabrahmacaryā bahubuddhaśatasahasrāvaropitakuśalamūlā bahukalpaśatasahasrapariniṣpannāḥ ||
tadyathāpi nāma bhagavan kaścideva puruṣo navo daharaḥ śiśuḥ kṛṣṇakeśaḥ prathamena vayasā samanvāgataḥ pañcaviṃśativarṣo jātyā bhavet | sa varṣaśatikān putrānādarśayet, evaṃ ca vadet - ete kulaputrā mama putrā iti | te ca varṣaśatikāḥ puruṣā evaṃ ca vadeyuḥ - eṣo 'smākaṃ pitā janaka iti | tasya ca puruṣasya bhagavaṃstadvacanamaśraddheyaṃ bhavellokasya duḥśraddheyam | evameva bhagavānacirābhisaṃbuddho 'nuttarāṃ samyaksaṃbodhim, ime ca bodhisattvā mahāsattvā bahvaprameyā
bahukalpakoṭīnayutaśatasahasracīrṇacaritabrahmacaryāḥ, dīrgharātraṃ hi kṛtaniścayāḥ, buddhajñāne samādhimukhaśatasahasrasamāpadyanavyutthānakuśalāḥ mahābhijñāparikarmaniryātāḥ mahābhijñākṛtaparikarmāṇaḥ ( Vaidya 187 ) paṇḍitā buddhabhūmau, saṃgītakuśalāstathāgatadharmāṇām, āścaryādbhutā lokasya mahāvīryabalasthāmaprāptāḥ | tāṃśca bhagavānevaṃ vadati - mayaite ādita eva samādāpitāḥ samuttejitāḥ paripācitāḥ, pariṇāmitāśca asyāṃ bodhisattvabhūmāviti | anuttarāṃ samyaksaṃbodhimabhisaṃbuddhena mayaiṣa sarvavīryaparākramaḥ kṛta iti | kiṃcāpi vayaṃ bhagavaṃstathāgatasya vacanaṃ śraddhayāgamiṣyāmaḥ - ananyathāvādī tathāgata iti | tathāgata evaitamarthaṃ jānīyāt | navayānasaṃprasthitāḥ khalu punarbhagavan bodhisattvā mahāsattvā vicikitsāmāpadyante | atra sthāne parinirvṛte tathāgate imaṃ dharmaparyāyaṃ śrutvā na pattīyiṣyanti na śraddhāsyanti nādhimokṣyanti | tataste bhagavan dharmavyasanasaṃvartanīyena karmābhisaṃskāreṇa samanvāgatā bhaviṣyanti | tatsādhu bhagavan etamevārtha deśaya, yadvayaṃ niḥsaṃśayā asmin dharme bhavema, anāgate 'dhvani bodhisattvayānīyāḥ kulaputrā vā kuladuhitaro vā śrutvā na vicikitsāmāpadyeranniti ||
atha khalu maitreyo bodhisattvo mahāsattvastasyāṃ velāyāṃ bhagavantamābhirgāthābhiradhyabhāṣata -
yadāsi jāto kapilāhvayasmin śākyādhivāse abhiniṣkramitvā /
prāpto 'si bodhiṃ nagare gayāhvaye kālo 'yamalpo 'tra tu lokanātha

ime ca te ārya viśāradā bahū ye kalpakoṭīcaritā mahāgaṇī /
ṛddhībale ca sthita aprakampitāḥ suśikṣitāḥ prajñabale gatiṃgatāḥ

anūpaliptāḥ padumaṃ va vāriṇā bhittvā mahīṃ ye iha adya āgatāḥ /
kṛtāñjalī sarvi sthitāḥ sagauravāḥ smṛtimanta lokādhipatisya putrāḥ

kathaṃ imaṃ adbhutamīdṛśaṃ te taṃ śraddadhiṣyantimi bodhisattvāḥ /
vicikitsanirghātanahetu bhāṣa taṃ tvaṃ caiva deśehi yathaiva arthaḥ

yathā hi puruṣo iha kaścideva daharo bhaveyā śiśu kṛṣṇakeśaḥ /
jātyā ca so viṃśatiruttare vā darśeti putrān śatavarṣajātān

valīhi palitehi ca te upetā eṣo ca no dehakaro ti brūyuḥ /
duḥśraddadhaṃ tadbhavi lokanātha daharasya putrā imi evarūpāḥ

emeva bhagavāṃśca navo vayasthaḥ ime ca vijñā bahubodhisattvāḥ /
smṛtimanta prajñāya viśāradāśca suśikṣitāḥ kalpasahasrakoṭiṣu

dhṛtimanta prajñāya vicakṣaṇāśca prāsādikā darśaniyāśca sarve /
viśāradā dharmaviniścayeṣu parisaṃstutā lokavināyakehi

asaṅgacārī pavaneva santi ākāśadhātau satataṃ aniśritāḥ /
jānenti vīryaṃ sugatasya putrāḥ paryeṣamāṇā ima buddhabhūmim

kathaṃ nu śraddheyamidaṃ bhaveyā parinirvṛte lokavināyakasmin /
vicikitsa asmāka na kācidasti śṛṇomathā saṃmukha lokanāthā

vicikitsa kṛtvāna imasmi sthāne gaccheyu mā durgati bodhisattvāḥ /
tvaṃ vyākuruṣvā bhagavan yathāvat katha bodhisattvāḥ paripācitā ime