Magadhabhramaṇaṃ ṣoḍaśaṃ prakaraṇam
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magadhabhramaṇaṃ ṣoḍaśaṃ prakaraṇam |
tadā sa magadhābhimukhaṃ pratyudgacchati | sa magadhaviṣayamanuprāptaḥ | yāvat sattvān paśyanti sma parasparaṃ māṃsabhakṣaṇaṃ kurvāṇān | atha āryāvalokiteśvaro bodhisattvo mahāsattvastānevamāha–kasmādbhoḥ, yūyaṃ anyonyaṃ māsaṃ bhakṣayatha? te cāhuḥ– nādyaiva māsaṃbhakṣaṇam, viṃśativarṣāṇi paripūrṇāni kāntārasya ca pratipannasya ca | nātra kiṃcidannapānaṃ saṃvidyate | tasmādvayaṃ anyonyaṃ virodhaṃ kurvāṇā jīvitāḥ | evaṃ kṛtvā māṃsabhakṣaṇaṃ kurvāmaḥ ||
atha avalokiteśvaro bodhisattvaścintāmāpede–kenopāyenāhaṃ sattvān sarvān sukhopadhānaistasmātkāntārānmahādārūṇādakālamaraṇātparimocayeyaṃ saṃtarpayeyam? athāvalokiteśvaro vividhāni varṣāṇi pravarṣitumārabdhaḥ | prathamamudakavarṣam | yadā udakena saṃtarpitāḥ prīṇitagātrāśca bhavanti, tadā paścāddivyāni piṣṭakāni rasarasāgropetāni tenāhāreṇa paripūrṇāni | yadāhāreṇa saṃtarpitā bhavanti tadā dhānyavarṣāṇi patanti, anyāni ca tilataṇḍulakolamudgamāṣakalāvamasūrayavagodhūmaśālidhānyakulatthādīni patanti sma | vividhāni ca vastrābharaṇāni ca pravarṣanti sma | yadā yadā teṣāṃ sarveṣāṃ sattvānāṃ ke'pyabhiprāyā bhavanti, tadā tadā teṣāṃ sattvānāmabhiprāyā anusidhyante | atha te māgadhakāḥ sattvāstadidaṃ vicitraṃ svātmasukhaṃ dṛṣṭvā duḥkhaṃ ca vyupaśāntam, tadā paramavismayamāpannāḥ | te ca sarve ekasthāne viśrāntāḥ, viśramitvā parasparamevamāhuḥ–kasya devasyāyaṃ prabhāvaḥ ? tatasteṣāṃ puruṣāṇāṃ madhye jīrṇo vṛddho mahallakaḥ kubjo gopāṇasīvakro'dhibhagno dāṇḍaparāyaṇaḥ anekavarṣaśatasahasrāyuṣikaḥ | sa teṣāṃ madhye sthitvā kathayati–na yuṣmākamanyadevasya kasyacidīdṛśaṃ prabhāvo bhavati virahitādavalokiteśvarasya | tatastā parṣadaḥ pṛcchanti–kīdṛśaṃ tasya nimittamavalokiteśvarasya? atha sa puruṣa āryāvalokiteśvarasya guṇodbhāvanāṃ bhāṣitumārabdhaḥ–
śṛṇuta kulaputrāḥ | avalokiteśvaro bodhisattvo mahāsattvo'ndhabhūtānāṃ dīpabhūtaḥ, sūryatāpadagdhānāṃ chatrībhūtaḥ, tṛṣopadrutānāṃ nadībhūtaḥ, bhayabhītānāmabhayaṃdadaḥ, vyādhiparipīḍitānāṃ vaidyabhūtaḥ, duḥkhitānāṃ sattvānāṃ mātāpitṛbhūtaḥ, avīcyupapannānāṃ sattvānāṃ nirvāṇapradarśakaḥ | īdṛśāni bhavantastasya guṇaviśeṣāṇi| sukhitāste sattvā loke ye tasya nāmamanusmaranti | te āpaścimaṃ sāṃsārikaṃ duḥkhaṃ parivarjayanti | sacetanāste puruṣapuṃgavā ye avalokiteśvarasya satataparigrahaṃ puṣpadhūpaṃ niryātayanti | ye'valokiteśvarasya purataścaturasraṃ maṇḍalakaṃ kurvanti, te rājāno bhavanti cakravartinaḥ saptaratnasamanvāgatāḥ | tadyathā–cakraratnam, aśvaratnaṃ hastiratnaṃ maṇiratnaṃ strīratnaṃ gṛhapatiratnaṃ pariṇāyakaratnam | evaṃ sapta ratnāni, ebhiḥ saptaratnaiḥ samanvāgatā bhavanti | ye cāvalokiteśvarasyaikamapi puṣpaṃ niryātayanti, te sugandhikāyā bhavanti | yatra yatropapadyante tatra tatra parīpūrṇakāyāśca bhavanti | evaṃ sa puruṣo guṇaviśeṣaṃ kṛtavāna | tāśca parṣadaḥ svakasvakeṣu bhavaneṣu pratyudgatāḥ, anantavimalā nāma kāyapariśuddhiḥ [tāṃ] pratilabhante sma | atha sa jīrṇapurūṣaḥ ānulomikīṃ dharmadeśanāṃ kṛtvā svakaṃ gṛhaṃ niveśanaṃ pratyudgataḥ | athāvalokiteśvarastatraivākāśe'ntarhitaḥ ||
atha sa ākāśe cintāmāpede–viśvabhūstathāgato me cirakālaṃ dṛṣṭaḥ, so'nupūrveṇa jetavanaṃ vihāramanupraviṣṭaḥ | yāvatpaśyati anekāni devanāgayakṣagandharvāsuragaruḍakinnaramahoragamanuṣyāmanuṣyaśatasahasrāṇi | anekāni ca bodhisattvaśatasahasrāṇi saṃnipatitāni ||
atha gaganagañjo bodhisattvo bhagavantametadavocat–katamo'yaṃ bhagavan bodhisattva āgacchati? bhagavānāha– eṣa kulaputra avalokiteśvaro bodhisattvo mahāsattva āgacchati | atha gaganagañjo bodhisattvaḥ tūṣṇīṃbhāvena vyavasthitaḥ | athāvalokiteśvaro bodhisattvastaṃ bhagavantaṃ triḥ pradakṣiṇīkṛtya vāmapārśve viśrāntaḥ ||
atha sa punaḥ śrāntaṃ viditvā bhagavān pṛcchati–śrāntastvaṃ kulaputra | kīdṛśī karmabhūmistvayā niṣpāditāḥ ? tana tasya bhūtapūrvaṃ varṇitam–sadā preteṣvavīcyupapanneṣu kālasūtrarauravopapanneṣu hāhe tapane mahānarake, sitodake mahānarake, asicchede mahānarake, saṃvare mahānarake | eṣu mahānarakeṣu ye sattvā upapannāsteṣāṃ ca karmabhūmiḥ sattvānāmaparipākakṛtā kartavyā, kṛtvā cānuttarāyāṃ samyaksaṃbodhau pratiṣṭhāpayitavyāḥ | īdṛśo mayā sattvaparipākaḥ kṛtaḥ | atha gaganagañjo bodhisattvo mahāsattvaḥ paramavismayamāpannaḥ– na ca me bodhisattvabhūtasya īdṛśaṃ viṣayaṃ dṛṣṭaṃ śruta vā, tathāgatānāmīdṛśaṃ viṣayaṃ na saṃvidyate ||
athe gaganagañjo bodhisattvo'valokiteśvarasya bodhisattvasya mahāsattvasya purataḥ sthitvā avalokiteśvaramevamāha–mā tvaṃ śrāntaḥ | kliṣṭastvam | sa āha–na cāhaṃ yuṣmākaṃ madhye śrānto na kliṣṭaḥ | tau parasparaṃ sāṃkathyaṃ kṛtvā tūṣṇīṃbhāvena vyavasthitau ||
atha bhagavān ṣaṭpāramitānirdeśaṃ dharmaṃ deśayitumārabdhaḥ–śṛṇvantu kulaputrāḥ | prathamaṃ bodhisattvabhūtena dānapāramitā paripūrayitavyā | evaṃ śīlapāramitā kṣāntipāramitā dhai(vī)ryapāramitā dhyānapāramitā prajñāpāramitā paripūrayitavyā | imāṃ cānulomikāṃ dharmadeśanāṃ kṛtvā tūṣṇīṃbhāvena vyavasthitaḥ | atha tāḥ parṣadaḥ svakasvakasthāneṣu prakrāntāḥ, te ca bodhisattvāḥ svakasvakeṣu buddhakṣetreṣu prakrāntāḥ ||
ayaṃ kāraṇḍavyūhamahāyānasūtraratnarājasya prathamo nirvyūhaḥ sarvakarmaviśodhano'nuttarabodhimārgapratiṣṭhāpakaḥ samāptaḥ || 1 ||