Saddharmapuṇḍarīkasūtra · Chapter 15

ityāryasaddharmapuṇḍarīke dharmaparyāye bodhisattvapṛthivīvivarasamudgamaparivarto nāma caturdaśamaḥ ||
Saddhp_15: tathāgatāyuṣpramāṇaparivartaḥ |
atha khalu bhagavān sarvāvantaṃ bodhisattvagaṇamāmantrayate sma - avakalpayadhvaṃ me kulaputrāḥ, abhiśraddadhadhvaṃ tathāgatasya bhūtāṃ vācaṃ vyāharataḥ | dvitīyakamapi bhagavāṃstān bodhisattvānāmantrayate sma - avakalpayadhvaṃ me kulaputrāḥ, abhiśraddadhadhvaṃ tathāgatasya bhutāṃ vācaṃ vyāharataḥ | tṛtīyakamapi bhagavāṃstan bodhisattvānāmantrayate sma - avakalpayadhvaṃ me kulaputrāḥ, abhiśraddadhadhvaṃ tathāgatasya bhūtāṃ vācaṃ vyāharataḥ | atha khalu sa sarvāvān bodhisattvagaṇo maitreyaṃ bodhisattvaṃ mahāsattvamagrataḥ sthāpayitvā añjaliṃ pragṛhya bhagavantametadavocat - bhāṣatu bhagavānetamevārtham, bhāṣatu sugataḥ | vayaṃ tathāgatasya bhāṣitamabhiśraddhāsyāmaḥ | dvitīyakamapi sa sarvāvān bodhisattvagaṇo bhagavantametadavocat - bhāṣatu bhagavānetamevārtham, bhāṣatu sugataḥ | vayaṃ tathāgatasya bhāṣitamabhiśraddhāsyāmaḥ | tṛtīyakamapi sa sarvāṃvān bodhisattvagaṇo bhagavantametadavocat - bhāṣatu bhagavānetamevārtham, bhāṣatu sugataḥ | vayaṃ tathāgatasya bhāṣitamabhiśraddhāsyāma iti ||
atha khalu bhagavāṃsteṣāṃ bodhisattvānāṃ yāvattṛtīyakamapyadhyeṣaṇāṃ viditvā tān bodhisattvānāmantrayate sma - tena hi kulaputrāḥ śṛṇudhvamidamevaṃrūpaṃ mamādhiṣṭhānabalādhānam, yadayaṃ kulaputrāḥ sadevamānuṣāsuro loka evaṃ saṃjānīte - sāṃprataṃ bhagavatā śākyamuninā tathāgatena śākyakulādabhiniṣkramya gayāhvaye mahānagare bodhimaṇḍavarāgragatena anuttarā samyaksaṃbodhirabhisaṃbuddheti | naivaṃ draṣṭavyam | api tu khalu punaḥ kulaputrāḥ bahūni mama kalpakoṭīnayutaśatasahasrāṇyanuttarāṃ samyaksaṃbodhimabhisaṃbuddhasya | tadyathāpi nāma kulaputrāḥ pañcāśatsu lokadhātukoṭīnayutaśatasahasreṣu ye pṛthivīdhātuparamāṇavaḥ, atha khalu kaścideva puruṣa utpadyate | sa ekaṃ paramāṇurajaṃ gṛhītvā pūrvasyāṃ diśi pañcāśallokadhātvasaṃkhyeyaśatasahasrāṇyatikramya tadekaṃ paramāṇurajaḥ samupanikṣipet | anena paryāyeṇa kalpakoṭīnayutaśatasahasrāṇi sa puruṣaḥ sarvāṃstāṃllokadhātūna vyapagatapṛthivīdhātūn kuryāt, sarvāṇi ca tāni pṛthivīdhātuparamāṇurajāṃsi anena paryāyeṇa anena ca lakṣanikṣepeṇa pūrvasyāṃ diśyupanikṣipet | tatkiṃ manyadhve kulaputrāḥ śakyaṃ te lokadhātavaḥ kenaciccintayituṃ vā gaṇayituṃ vā tulayituṃ vā upalakṣayituṃ vā? evamukte maitreyo bodhisattvo mahāsattvaḥ sa ca sarvāvān bodhisattvagaṇo bodhisattvarāśirbhagavantametadavocat - asaṃkhyeyāste bhagavaṃllokadhātavaḥ, agaṇanīyāścittabhūmisamatikrāntāḥ | sarvaśrāvakapratyekabuddhairapi bhagavan āryeṇa jñānena na śakyaṃ cintayituṃ vā gaṇayituṃ vā tulayituṃ vā upalakṣayituṃ vā | asmākamapi tāvad bhagavan avaivartyabhūmisthitānāṃ bodhisattvānāṃ mahāsattvānāmasmin sthāne cittagocaro na pravartate | tāvadaprameyā bhagavaṃste lokadhātavo bhaveyuriti ||
evamukte bhagavāṃstān bodhisattvān mahāsattvānetadavocat - ārocayāmi vaḥ kulaputrāḥ, prativedayāmi vaḥ | yāvantaḥ kulaputrāste lokadhātavo yeṣu tena puruṣeṇa tāni paramāṇurajāṃsyupanikṣiptāni, yeṣu ca nopanikṣiptāni, sarveṣu teṣu kulaputra lokadhātukoṭīnayutaśatasahasreṣu na tāvanti paramāṇurajāṃsi saṃvidyante, yāvanti mama kalpakoṭīnayutaśatasahasrāṇyanuttarāṃ samyaksaṃbodhimabhisaṃbuddhasya | yataḥprabhṛtyahaṃ kulaputrā asyāṃ sahāyāṃ lokadhātau sattvānāṃ dharmaṃ deśayāmi, anyeṣu ca lokadhātukoṭīnayutaśatasahasreṣu, ye ca mayā kulaputrā atrāntarā tathāgatā arhantaḥ samyaksaṃbuddhāḥ parikīrtitā dīpaṃkaratathāgataprabhṛtayaḥ, teṣāṃ ca tathāgatānāmarhatāṃ samyaksaṃbuddhānāṃ parinirvāṇāni, mayaiva tāni kulaputrā upāyakauśalyadharmadeśanābhinirhāranirmitāni | api tu khalu punaḥ kulaputrāḥ, tathāgata āgatāgatānāṃ sattvānāmindriyavīryavaimātratāṃ vyavalokya tasmiṃstasminnātmano nāma vyāharati | tasmiṃstasmiṃścātmanaḥ parinirvāṇaṃ vyāharati, tathā tathā ca sattvān paritoṣayati nānāvidhairdharmaparyāyaiḥ | tatra kulaputrāstathāgato nānādhimuktānāṃ sattvānāmalpakuśalamūlānāṃ bahūpakleśānāmevaṃ vadati - daharo 'hamasmi bhikṣavo jātyābhiniṣkrāntaḥ | acirābhisaṃbuddho 'smi bhikṣavo 'nuttarāṃ samyaksaṃbodhim | yatkhalu punaḥ kulaputrāḥ, tathāgata evaṃ cirābhisaṃbuddha evaṃ vyāharati - acirābhisaṃbuddho 'hamasmīti, nānyatra sattvānāṃ paripācanārtham | avatāraṇārthamete dharmaparyāyā bhāṣitāḥ | sarve ca te kulaputrā dharmaparyāyāstathāgatena sattvānāṃ vinayārthāya bhāṣitāḥ |

yāṃ ca kulaputrāstathāgataḥ sattvānāṃ vinayārthavācaṃ bhāṣate ātmopadarśanena vā paropadarśanena vā, ātmārambaṇena vā parārambanena vā yatkiṃcittathāgato vyāharati, sarve te dharmaparyāyāḥ satyāstathāgatena bhāṣitāḥ | nāstyatra tathāgatasya mṛṣāvādaḥ | tatkasya hetoḥ? dṛṣṭaṃ hi tathāgatena traidhātukaṃ yathābhūtam | na jāyate na mriyate na cyavate nopapadyate na saṃsarati na parinirvāti, na bhūtaṃ nābhūtaṃ na santaṃ nāsantaṃ na tathā nānyathā na vitathā nāvitathā | na tathā traidhātukaṃ tathāgatena dṛṣṭaṃ yathā bālapṛthagjanāḥ paśyanti | pratyakṣadharmā tathāgataḥ khalvasmin sthāne 'saṃpramoṣadharmā | tatra tathāgato yāṃ kāṃcidvācaṃ vyāharati, sarvaṃ tatsatyaṃ na mṛṣā nānyathā | api tu khalu punaḥ sattvānāṃ nānācaritānāṃ nānābhiprāyāṇāṃ saṃjñāvikalpacaritānāṃ kuśalamūlasaṃjananārthaṃ vividhān dharmaparyāyān vividhairārambaṇairvyāharati | yaddhi kulaputrāstathāgatena kartavyaṃ tattathāgataḥ karoti | tāvaccirābhisaṃbuddho 'parimitāyuṣpramāṇastathāgataḥ sadā sthitaḥ | aparinirvṛtastathāgataḥ parinirvāṇamādarśayati vaineyavaśena | na ca tāvanme kulaputrā adyāpi paurvikī bodhisattvacaryāṃ pariniṣpāditā | āyuṣpramāṇamapyaparipūrṇam | api tu khalu punaḥ kulaputrā adyāpi taddviguṇena me kalpakoṭīnayutaśatasahasrāṇi bhaviṣyanti āyuṣpramāṇasyāparipūrṇatvāt | idānīṃ ( Vaidya 191 ) khalu punarahaṃ kulaputrā aparinirvāyamāṇa eva parinirvāṇamārocayāmi | tatkasya hetoḥ? sattvānahaṃ kulaputrā anena paryāyeṇa paripācayāmi - mā haiva me 'ticiraṃ tiṣṭhato 'bhīkṣṇadarśanena akṛtakuśalamūlāḥ sattvāḥ puṇyavirahitā daridrabhūtāḥ kāmalolupā andhā dṛṣṭijālasaṃchannāḥ tiṣṭhati tathāgata iti viditvā kilīkṛtasaṃjñā bhaveyuḥ, na ca tathāgate durlabhasaṃjñāmutpādayeyuḥ - āsannā vayaṃ tathāgatasyeti | vīryaṃ nārabheyustraidhātukānniḥsaraṇārtham, na ca tathāgate durlabhasaṃjñāmutpādayeyuḥ | tataḥ kulaputrāḥ tathāgataḥ upāyakauśalyena teṣāṃ sattvānāṃ durlabhaprādurbhāvo bhikṣavastathāgata iti vācaṃ vyāharati sma | tatkasya hetoḥ? tathā hi teṣāṃ sattvānāṃ bahubhiḥ kalpakoṭīnayutaśatasahasrairapi tathāgatadarśanaṃ
bhavati vā na vā | tataḥ khalvahaṃ kulaputrāstadārambaṇaṃ kṛtvaivaṃ vadāmi - durlabhaprādurbhāvā hi bhikṣavastathāgatā iti | te bhūyasyā mātrayā durlabhaprādurbhāvāṃstathāgatān viditvā āścaryasaṃjñāmutpādayiṣyanti, śokasaṃjñāmutpādayiṣyanti | apaśyantaśca tathāgatānarhataḥ samyaksaṃbuddhān tṛṣitā bhaviṣyanti tathāgatadarśanāya | teṣāṃ tāni tathāgatārambaṇamanaskārakuśalamūlāni dīrgharātramarthāya hitāya sukhāya ca bhaviṣyanti | etamarthaṃ viditvā tathāgato 'parinirvāyanneva parinirvāṇamārocayati sattvānāṃ vaineyavaśamupādāya | tathāgatasyaiṣa kulaputrā dharmaparyāyo yadevaṃ vyāharati | nāstyatra tathāgatasya mṛṣāvādaḥ ||
tadyathāpi nāma kulaputrāḥ kaścideva vaidyapuruṣo bhavet paṇḍito vyakto medhāvī sukuśalaḥ sarvavyādhipraśamanāya | tasya ca puruṣasya bahavaḥ putrā bhaveyurdaśa vā viṃśatirvā triṃśadvā catvāriṃśadvā pañcāśadvā śataṃ vā | sa ca vaidyaḥ pravāsagato bhavet, te cāsya sarve putrā garapīḍā vā viṣapīḍā vā bhaveyuḥ | tena gareṇa vā viṣeṇa vā duḥkhābhirvedanābhirabhitūrṇā bhaveyuḥ | te tena gareṇa vā viṣeṇa vā dahyamānāḥ pṛthivyāṃ prapateyuḥ | atha sa teṣāṃ vaidyaḥ pitā pravāsādāgacchet | te cāsya putrāstena gareṇa vā viṣeṇa vā duḥkhābhirvedanābhirārtāḥ | kecidviparītasaṃjñino bhaveyuḥ, kecidaviparītasaṃjñino bhaveyuḥ | sarve ca te tenaiva duḥkhenārtāstaṃ pitaraṃ dṛṣṭvābhinandeyuḥ, evaṃ cainaṃ vadeyuḥ - diṣṭyāsi tāta kṣemasvastibhyāmāgataḥ | tadasmākamasmādātmoparodhād garādvā viṣādvā parimocayasva | dadasva nastāta jīvitamiti | atha khalu sa vaidyastān putrān duḥkhārtān dṛṣṭvā vedanābhibhūtān dahyataḥ pṛthivyāṃ pariveṣṭamānān, tato mahābhaiṣajyaṃ samudānayitvā varṇasaṃpannaṃ gandhasaṃpannaṃ rasasaṃpannaṃ ca, śilāyāṃ piṣṭvā teṣāṃ putrāṇāṃ pānāya dadyāt, evaṃ cainān vadet - pibatha putrā idaṃ mahābhaiṣajyaṃ varṇasaṃpannaṃ gandhasaṃpannaṃ rasasaṃpannam | idaṃ yūyaṃ putrā mahābhaiṣajyaṃ pītvā kṣipramevāsmād garādvā viṣādvā parimokṣyadhve, svasthā bhaviṣyatha arogāśca | tatra ye tasya vaidyasya putrā aviparītasaṃjñinaḥ te bhaiṣajyasya varṇaṃ ca dṛṣṭvā gandhaṃ cāghrāya rasaṃ cāsvādya kṣipramevābhyavahareyuḥ | te cābhyavaharantastasmādābādhāt sarveṇa sarvaṃ vimuktā bhaveyuḥ | ye punastasya putrā viparītasaṃjñinaḥ te taṃ pitaramabhinandeyuḥ, enaṃ caivaṃ vadeyuḥ - diṣṭayāsi tāta kṣemasvastibhyāmāgato yastvamasmākaṃ cikitsaka iti | ( Vaidya 192 ) te caivaṃ vācaṃ bhāṣeran, tacca bhaiṣajyamupanāmitaṃ na pibeyuḥ | tatkasya hetoḥ? tathā hi teṣāṃ tayā viparītasaṃjñyā tad bhaiṣajyamupanāmitaṃ varṇenāpi na rocate, gandhenāpi rasenāpi na rocate | atha khalu sa vaidyapuruṣa evaṃ cintayet - ime mama putrā anena gareṇa vā viṣeṇa vā viparītasaṃjñinaḥ | te khalvidaṃ mahābhaiṣajyaṃ

na pibanti, māṃ cābhinandanti | yannavahamimān putrānupāyakauśalyena idaṃ bhaiṣajyaṃ pāyayeyamiti | atha khalu sa vaidyastān putrānupāyakauśalyena tadbhaiṣajyaṃ pāyayitukāma evaṃ vadet - jīrṇo 'hamasmi kulaputrāḥ, vṛddho mahallakaḥ | kālakriyā ca me pratyupasthitā | mā ca yūyaṃ putrāḥ śociṣṭha, mā ca klamamāpadhvam | idaṃ vo mayā mahābhaiṣajyamupanītam | sacedākāṅkṣadhve, tadeva bhaiṣajyaṃ pibadhvam | sa evaṃ tān putrānupāyakauśalyena anuśiṣya anyataraṃ janapadapradeśaṃ prakrāntaḥ | tatra gatvā kālagatamātmānaṃ yeṣāṃ glānānāṃ putrāṇāmārocayet, te tasmin samaye 'tīva śocayeyuḥ, atīva parideveyuḥ - yo hyasmākaṃ pitā nātho janako 'nukampakaḥ so 'pi nāmaikaḥ kālagataḥ, te 'dya vayamanāthāḥ saṃvṛttāḥ | te khalvanāthabhūtamātmānaṃ samanupaśyanto 'śaraṇamātmānaṃ samanupaśyanto 'bhīkṣṇaṃ śokārtā bhaveyuḥ | teṣāṃ ca tayābhīkṣṇaṃ śokārtatayā sā viparītasaṃjñā aviparītasaṃjñā bhavet | yacca tad bhaiṣajyaṃ varṇagandharasopetaṃ tadvarṇagandharasopetameva saṃjānīyuḥ | tatastasmin samaye tadbhaiṣajyamabhyavahareyuḥ | te cābhyavaharantastasmādābādhāt parimuktā bhaveyuḥ | atha khalu sa vaidyastān putrānābādhavimuktān viditvā punarevātmānamupadarśayet | tatkiṃ manyadhve kulaputrā mā haiva tasya vaidyasya tadupāyakauśalyaṃ kurvataḥ kaścinmṛṣāvādena saṃcodayet? āhuḥ - no hīdaṃ bhagavan, no hīdaṃ sugata | āha - evameva kulaputrāḥ ahamapyaprameyāsaṃkhyeyakalpakoṭīnayutaśatasahasrābhisaṃbuddha imāmanuttarāṃ samyaksaṃbodhim | api tu khalu punaḥ kulaputrāḥ ahamantarāntaramevaṃrūpāṇyupāyakauśalyāni sattvānāmupadarśayāmi vinayārtham | na ca me kaścidatra sthāne mṛṣāvādo bhavati ||
atha khalu bhagavānimāmeva arthagatiṃ bhūyasyā mātrayā saṃdarśayamānastasyāṃ velāyāmimāṃ gāthā abhāṣata -
acintiyā kalpasahasrakoṭyo yāsāṃ pramāṇaṃ na kadāci vidyate /
prāptā mayā eṣa tadāgrabodhirdharmaṃ ca deśemyahu nityakālam

samādapemī bahubodhisattvān bauddhasmi jñānasmi sthapemi caiva /
sattvāna koṭīnayutānanekān paripācayāmī bahukalpakoṭyaḥ

nirvāṇabhūmiṃ cupadarśayāmi vinayārtha sattvāna vadāmyupāyam /
na cāpi nirvāmyahu tasmi kāle ihaiva co dharmu prakāśayāmi

tatrāpi cātmānamadhiṣṭhahāmi sarvāṃśca sattvāna tathaiva cāham /
viparītabuddhī ca narā vimūḍhāḥ tatraiva tiṣṭhantu na paśyiṣū mām

parinirvṛtaṃ dṛṣṭva mamātmabhāvaṃ dhātūṣu pūjāṃ vividhāṃ karonti /
māṃ cā apaśyanti janenti tṛṣṇāṃ tatorjukaṃ citta prabhoti teṣām

ṛjū yadā te mṛdumārdavāśca utsṛṣṭakāmāśca bhavanti sattvāḥ /
tato ahaṃ śrāvakasaṃgha kṛtvāḥ ātmāna darśemyahu gṛdhrakūṭe

evaṃ ca haṃ teṣa vadāmi paścāt ihaiva nāhaṃ tada āsi nirvṛtaḥ /
upāyakauśalya mameti bhikṣavaḥ punaḥ puno bhomyahu jīvaloke

anyehi sattvehi puraskṛto 'haṃ teṣāṃ prakāśemi mamāgrabodhim /
yūyaṃ ca śabdaṃ na śṛṇotha mahyaṃ anyatra so nirvṛtu lokanāthaḥ

paśyāmyahaṃ sattva vihanyamānān na cāhu darśemi tadātmabhāvam /
spṛhentu tāvanmama darśanasya tṛṣitāna saddharmu prakāśayiṣye

sadādhiṣṭhānaṃ mama etadīdṛśaṃ acintiyā kalpasahasrakoṭyaḥ /
na ca cyavāmī itu gṛdhrakūṭāt anyāsu śayyāsanakoṭibhiśca

yadāpi sattvā ima lokadhātuṃ paśyanti kalpenti ca dahyamānam /
tadāpi cedaṃ mama buddhakṣetraṃ paripūrṇa bhotī marumānuṣāṇām

krīḍā ratī teṣa vicitra bhoti udyānaprāsādavimānakoṭyaḥ /
pratimaṇḍitaṃ ratnamayaiśca parvatairdrumaistathā puṣpaphalairupetaiḥ

upariṃ ca devābhihananti tūryān mandāravarṣaṃ ca visarjayanti /
mamaṃ ca abhyokiri śrāvakāṃśca ye cānya bodhāviha prasthitā vidū

evaṃ ca me kṣetramidaṃ sadā sthitaṃ anye ca kalpentimu dahyamānam /
subhairavaṃ paśyiṣu lokadhātuṃ upadrutaṃ śokaśatābhikīrṇam

na cāpi me nāma śṛṇonti jātu tathāgatānāṃ bahukalpakoṭibhiḥ /
dharmasya vā mahya gaṇasya cāpi pāpasya karmasya phalevarūpam

lyadā tu sattvā mṛdu mārdavāśca utpanna bhontīha manuṣyaloke /
utpannamātrāśca śubhena karmaṇā paśyanti māṃ dharmu prakāśayantam

na cāhu bhāṣāmi kadāci teṣāṃ imāṃ kriyāmīdṛśikīmanuttarām /
teno ahaṃ dṛṣṭa cirasya bhomi tato 'sya bhāṣāmi sudurlabhā jināḥ

etādṛśaṃ jñānabalaṃ mayedaṃ prabhāsvaraṃ yasya na kaścidantaḥ /
āyuśca me dīrghamanantakalpaṃ samupārjitaṃ pūrva caritva caryām

mā saṃśayaṃ atra kurudhva paṇḍitā vicikitsitaṃ co jahathā aśeṣam /
bhūtāṃ prabhāṣāmyahameta vācaṃ mṛṣā mamā naiva kadāci vāg bhavet

yathā hi so vaidya upāyaśikṣito viparītasaṃjñīna sutāna hetoḥ /
jīvantamātmāna mṛteti brūyāt taṃ vaidyu vijño na mṛṣeṇa codayet

yameva haṃ lokapitā svayaṃbhūḥ cikitsakaḥ sarvaprajāna nāthaḥ /
viparīta mūḍhāṃśca viditva bālān anirvṛto nirvṛta darśayāmi

kiṃ kāraṇaṃ mahyamabhīkṣṇadarśanād viśraddha bhontī abudhā ajānakāḥ /
viśvasta kāmeṣu pramatta bhontī pramādahetoḥ prapatanti durgatim

cariṃ cariṃ jāniya nityakālaṃ vadāmi sattvāna tathā tathāham /
kathaṃ nu bodhāvupanāmayeyaṃ katha buddhadharmāṇa bhaveyu lābhinaḥ