Saddharmapuṇḍarīkasūtra · Chapter 22

evamuktvā tāḥ kuntipramukhā rākṣasyo bhagavantametadūcuḥ - vayamapi bhagavaṃsteṣāmevaṃrūpāṇāṃ dharmabhāṇakānāṃ rakṣāṃ kariṣyāmaḥ, svastyayanaṃ daṇḍaparihāraṃ viṣadūṣaṇaṃ kariṣyāma iti | evamukte bhagavāṃstā rākṣasya etadavocat - sādhu sādhu bhaginyaḥ | yad yūyaṃ teṣāṃ dharmabhāṇakānāṃ rakṣāvaraṇaguptiṃ kariṣyadhve ye 'sya dharmaparyāyasya antaśo nāmadheyamātramapi dhārayiṣyanti | kaḥ punarvādo ya imaṃ dharmaparyāyaṃ sakalasamāptaṃ dhārayiṣyanti, pustakagataṃ vā satkuryuḥ puṣpadhūpagandhamālyavilepanacūrṇacīvaracchatradhvajapatākāvaijayantībhistailapradīpairvā ghṛtapradīpairvā gandhatailapradīpairvā campakatailapradīpairvā vārṣikatailapradīpairvā utpalatailapradīpairvā sumanātailapradīpairvā īddaśairbahuvidhaiḥ pūjāvidhānaśatasahasraiḥ satkariṣyanti gurukariṣyanti, te tvayā kunti saparivārayā rakṣitavyāḥ ||
asmin khalu punardhāraṇīparivarte nirdiśyamāne aṣṭāṣaṣṭīnāṃ prāṇisahasrāṇāmanutpattikadharmakṣāntipratilābho 'bhūt ||
iti śrīsaddharmapuṇḍarīke dharmaparyāye dhāraṇīparivarto nāmaikaviṃśatimaḥ ||
Saddhp_22: bhaiṣajyarājapūrvayogaparivartaḥ |
atha khalu nakṣatrarājasaṃkusumitābhijño bodhisattvo mahāsattvo bhagavantametadavocat - kena kāreṇena bhagavan bhaiṣajyarājo bodhisattvo mahāsattvo 'syāṃ sahāyāṃ lokadhātau pravicarati, bahūni cāsya bhagavan duṣkarakoṭīnayutaśatasahasrāṇi saṃdṛśyante? tatsādhu bhagavān deśayatu tathāgato 'rhan samyaksaṃbuddho bhaiṣajyarājasya bodhisattvasya mahāsattvasya yat kiṃciccaryāpradeśamātram, yacchrutvā devanāgayakṣagandharvāsuragaruḍakinnaramahoragamanuṣyāmanuṣyāstadanyalokadhātvāgatāśca bodhisattvā mahāsattvā ime ca mahāśrāvakāḥ śrutvā sarve prītāstuṣṭā udagrā āttamanaso bhaveyuriti ||
atha khalu bhagavān nakṣatrarājasaṃkusumitābhijñasya bodhisattvasya mahāsattvasya adhyeṣaṇāṃ viditvā tasyāṃ velāyāṃ nakṣatrarājasaṃkusumitābhijñaṃ bodhisattvaṃ mahāsattvametadavocat - bhūtapurvaṃ kulaputra atīte 'dhvani gaṅgānadīvālikāsamaiḥ kalpairyadāsīt | tena kālena tena samayena candrasūryavimalaprabhāsaśrīrnāma tathāgato 'rhan samyaksaṃbuddho loka udapādividyācaraṇasaṃpannaḥ sugato lokavidanuttaraḥ puruṣadamyasārathiḥ śāstā devānāṃ ca manuṣyāṇāṃ ca buddho bhagavān | tasya khalu punarnakṣatrarājasaṃkusumitābhijña bhagavataścandrasūryavimalaprabhāsaśriyastathāgatasyārhataḥ samyaksaṃbuddhasya aśītikoṭyo bodhisattvānāṃ mahāsattvānāṃ mahāsaṃnipāto 'bhūt dvāsaptatigaṅgānadīvālikāsamāścāsya śrāvakasaṃnipāto 'bhūt | apagamātṛgrāmaṃ ca tatpravacanamabhūt, apagatanirayatiryagyonipretāsurakāyaṃ samaṃ ramaṇīyaṃ pāṇitalajātaṃ ca tadbuddhakṣetramabhūt, divyavaiḍūryamayabhūmibhāgaṃ ratnacandanavṛkṣasamalakṛtaṃ ca ratnajālasamīritaṃ ca avasaktapaṭṭadāmābhipralambitaṃ ca ratnagandhaghaṭikānirdhūpitaṃ ca | sarveṣu ca ratnavṛkṣamūleṣu iṣukṣepamānamātre ratnavyomakāni saṃsthitānyabhūvan | sarveṣu ca ratnavyomakamūrdhneṣu koṭīśataṃ devaputrāṇāṃ tūryatālāvacarasaṃgītisaṃprabhāṇitena avasthitamabhūt tasya bhagavataścandrasūryavimalaprabhāsaśriyastathāgatasyārhataḥ samyaksaṃbuddhasya pūjākarmaṇe | sa ca bhagavānimaṃ saddharmapuṇḍarīkaṃ dharmaparyāyaṃ teṣāṃ mahāśrāvakāṇāṃ teṣāṃ ca bodhisattvānāṃ mahāsattvānāṃ vistareṇa saṃprakāśayati sma, sarvasattvapriyadarśanaṃ bodhisattvaṃ mahāsattvamadhiṣṭhānaṃ kṛtvā | tasya khalu punarnakṣatrarājasaṃkusumitābhijña bhagavataścandrasūryavimalaprabhāsaśriyastathāgatasyārhataḥ samyaksaṃbuddhasya dvācatvāriṃśatkalpasahasrāṇyāyuṣpramāṇamabhūt, teṣāṃ ca bodhisattvanāṃ mahāsattvānāṃ teṣāṃ ca mahāśrāvakāṇāṃ tāvadevāyuṣpramāṇamabhūt | sa ca sarvasattvapriyadarśano bodhisattvo mahāsattvastasya bhagavataḥ pravacane duṣkaracaryābhiyukto 'bhūt | sa dvādaśavarṣasahasrāṇi caṃkramābhiruḍho 'bhūt, mahāvīryārambheṇa yogābhiyukto
'bhūt | sa dvādaśānāṃ varṣasahasrāṇāmatyayena sarvarūpasaṃdarśanaṃ nāma samādhiṃ pratilabhate sma | sahapratilambhācca tasya samādheḥ sa sarvasattvapriyadarśano bodhisattvo mahāsattvastuṣṭa udagra āttamanāḥ pramuditaḥ prītisaumanasyajātastasyāṃ velāyāmevaṃ cintayāmāsa - imaṃ saddharmapuṇḍarīkaṃ dharmaparyāyamāgamya ayaṃ mayā sarvarūpasaṃdarśanaḥ ( Vaidya 237 ) samādhiḥ pratilabdhaḥ | tasyāṃ velāyāṃ sa sarvasattvapriyadarśano bodhisattvo mahāsattva evaṃ cintayati sma - yannvahaṃ bhagavataścandrasūryavimalaprabhāsaśriyastathāgatasya pūjāṃ kuryāmū, asya ca saddharmapuṇḍarīkasya dharmaparyāyasya | sa tasyāṃ velāyāṃ tathārūpaṃ samādhiṃ samāpannaḥ yasya samādheḥ samanantarasamāpannasya sarvasattvapriyadarśanasya bodhisattvasya mahāsattvasya, adya tāvadevoparyandarīkṣānmāndāravamahāmāndāravāṇāṃ puṣpāṇāṃ mahantaṃ puṣpavarṣamabhipravṛṣḥam | kālānusāricandanameghaḥ kṛtaḥ | uragasāracandanavarṣanabhipravṛṣḥam | tādṛśī ca nakṣatrarājasaṃkusumitābhijña sā gandhajātiḥ, yasyā ekaḥ karṣa imāṃ sahālokadhātuṃ mūlyena kṣamati ||

atha khalu punarnakṣatrarājasaṃkusumitābhijña sa sarvasattvapriyadarśano bodhisattvo mahāsattvaḥ smṛtimān saṃprajānaṃstasmāt samādhervyudatiṣṭhat | vyutthāya caivaṃ ciantayāmāsa - na tadarddhiprātihāryasaṃdarśanena bhagavataḥ pūjā kṛtā bhavati, yathā ātmabhāvaparityāgeneti | atha khalu punarnakṣatrarājasaṃkusumitābhijña sa sarvasattvapriyadarśano bodhisattvo mahāsattvastasyāṃ velāyāmagaruturuṣkakundurukarasaṃ bhakṣayati sma, campakatailaṃ ca pibati sma | tena khalu punarnakṣatrarājasaṃkusumitābhijña paryāyeṇa tasya sarvasattvapriyadarśanasya bodhisattvasya mahāsattvasya satatasamitaṃ gandhaṃ bhakṣayataścampakatailaṃ ca pibato dvādaśa varṣāṇyatikrāntānyabhūvan | atha khalu nakṣatrarājasaṃkusumitābhijña sa sarvasattvapriyadarśano bodhisattvo mahāsattvasteṣāṃ dvādaśānāṃ varṣāṇāmatyayena taṃ svamātmabhāvaṃ divyairvastraiḥ pariveṣṭaya gandhatailaplutaṃ kṛtvā svakamadhiṣṭhānamakarot | svakamadhiṣṭhānaṃ kṛtvā svaṃ kāyaṃ prajvālayāmāsa tathāgatasya pūjākarmaṇe, asya ca saddharmapuṇḍarīkasya dharmaparyāyasya pūjārtham | atha khalu nakṣatrarājasaṃkusumitābhijña tasya sarvasattvapriyadarśanasya bodhisattvasya mahāsattvasya tābhiḥ kāyapradīpaprabhājvālābhiraśītigaṅgānadīvālikāsamā lokadhātavaḥ sphuṭā abhuvan | tāsu ca lokadhātuṣu aśītigaṅgānadīvālikāsamā eva buddhā bhagavantaste sarve sādhukāraṃ dadanti sma - sādhu sādhu kulaputra, sādhu khalu punastvaṃ kulaputra, ayaṃ sa bhūto bodhisattvānāṃ mahāsattvānāṃ vīryārambhaḥ | iyaṃ sā bhūtā tathāgatapūjā dharmapūjā | na tathā puṣpadhūpagandhamālyavilepanacūrṇacīvaracchatradhvajapatākāpūjā, nāpyāmiṣapūjā nāpyuragasāracandanapūjā | iyaṃ tatkulaputra agrapradānam | na tathā rājyaparityāgadānaṃ na priyaputrabhāryāparityāgadānam | iyaṃ punaḥ kulaputra viśiṣṭā agrā varā pravarā praṇītā dharmapūjā, yo 'yamātmabhāvaparityāgaḥ | atha khalu punarnakṣatrarājasaṃkusumitābhijña te buddhā bhagavanta imāṃ vācaṃ bhāṣitvā tūṣṇīmabhūvan ||
tasya khalu punarnakṣatrarājasaṃkusumitābhijña sarvasattvapriyadarśanātmabhāvasya dīpyato dvādaśa varṣaśatānyatikrāntānyabhūvan, na ca praśamaṃ gacchati sma | sa paścāddvādaśānāṃ varṣaśatānāmatyayāt praśānto 'bhūt | sa khalu punarnakṣatrarājasaṃkusumitābhijña sarvasattvapriyadarśano bodhisattvo mahāsattva evaṃrūpāṃ tathāgatapūjāṃ ca dharmapūjāṃ ca kṛtvā tataścyutastasyaiva bhagavataścandrasūryavimalaprabhāsaśriyastathāgatasyārhataḥ samyaksaṃbuddhasya pravacane rājño vimaladattasya gṛhe ( Vaidya 238 ) upapanna aupapādikaḥ | utsaṅge paryaṅkeṇa prādurbhūto 'bhūt | samanantaropapannaśca khalu punaḥ sa sarvasattvapriyadarśano bodhisattvo mahāsattvastasyāṃ velāyāṃ svamātāpitarau gāthayādhyabhāṣata -
ayaṃ mamā caṃkramu rājaśreṣṭha yasmin mayā sthitva samādhi labdhaḥ /
vīryaṃ dṛḍhaṃ ārabhitaṃ mahāvrataṃ parityajitvā priyamātmabhāvam

atha khalu nakṣatrarājasaṃkusumitābhijña sa sarvasattvapriyadarśano bodhisattvo mahāsattva imāṃ gāthāṃ bhāṣitvā svamātāpitarāvetadavocat - adyāpyamba tāta sa bhagavāṃścandrasūryavimalaprabhāsaśrīstathāgato 'rhan samyaksaṃbuddha etarhi tiṣṭhati dhriyate yāpayati dharmaṃ deśayati, yasya mayā bhagavataścandrasūryavimalaprabhāsaśriyastathāgatasya pūjāṃ kṛtvā sarvarutakauśalyadhāraṇī pratilabdhā, ayaṃ ca saddharmapuṇḍarīko dharmaparyāyo 'śītibhirgāthākoṭīnayutaśatasahasraiḥ kaṅkaraiśca vivaraiśca akṣobhyaiśca tasya bhagavato 'ntikācchruto 'bhūt | sādhu amba tāta gamiṣyāmyahaṃ tasya bhagavato 'ntikam, tasmiṃśca gatvā bhūyastasya bhagavataḥ pūjāṃ kariṣyāmīti | atha khalu nakṣatrarājasaṃkusumitābhijña sa sarvasattvapriyadarśano bodhisattvo mahāsattvastasyāṃ velāyāṃ saptatālamātraṃ vaihāyasamabhyudgamya saptaratnamaye kūṭāgāre paryaṅkamābhujya tasya bhagavataḥ sakāśamupasaṃkrāntaḥ | upasaṃkramya tasya bhagavataḥ pādau śirasābhivandya taṃ bhagavantaṃ saptakṛtvaḥ pradakṣiṇīkṛtya yena sa bhagavāṃstenāñjaliṃ praṇāmya taṃ bhagavantaṃ namaskṛtvā anayā gāthāyābhiṣṭauti sma -
suvimalavadanā narendra dhīrā tava prabha rājatiyaṃ daśaddiśāsu /
tubhya sugata kṛtva agrapūjāṃ ahamiha āgatu nātha darśanāya