27 nigamaparivartaḥ saptaviṃśaḥ
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27 nigamaparivartaḥ saptaviṃśaḥ|
atha khalu devaputrā yaistathāgato'dhīṣṭo'bhūdasya dharmaparyāyasya saṃprakāśanāya saha maheśvaranandasunandacandanamahitaśāntapraśāntavinīteśvarapramukhā aṣṭādaśaḥ śuddhāvāsakāyikā devaputrasahasrāṇi ye tathāgatasya dharmacakrapravartane'pi saṃnipatitā abhūvan| tatra bhagavāṃstān maheśvaradevaputrapramukhān śuddhāvāsakāyikān devaputrānāmantrayate sma-ayaṃ sa mārṣā lalitavistaro nāma dharmaparyāyasūtrānto mahāvaipulyabodhisattvavikrīḍitaḥ buddhaviṣaye lalitapraveśa ātmopanāyikastathāgatena bhāṣitaḥ| taṃ yūyamudgṛhṇīdhvaṃ dhārayata vācayata ca| evamiyaṃ dharmanetrī vaistārikī bhaviṣyati| bodhisattvayānikāśca pudgalā imaṃ dharmaparyāyaṃ śrutvā dṛḍhataraṃ vīryamālapsyante| anuttarāyāṃ samyaksaṃbodhāvudārādhimuktikāśca sattvā mahādharmavarṣavegaṃ saṃjānayiṣyanti| mārapakṣaśca nigṛhīto bhaviṣyati| sarvaparapravādinaścāvatāraṃ na lapsyante| yuṣmākaṃ ca taddharmadeśanādhyeṣaṇā kuśalamūlaṃ mahārthikaṃ bhaviṣyati mahāphalaṃ mahānuśaṃsam||
yaḥ kaścinmārṣā asya lalitavistarasya dharmaparyāyasyāñjaliṃ saṃpragṛhītaṃ kariṣyati, so'ṣṭāvutkṛṣṭān dharmān pratilapsyate| katamānaṣṭau? tadyathā-utkṛṣṭa rūpaṃ pratilapsyate| utkṛṣṭabalaṃ pratilapsyate| utkṛṣṭaparivāraṃ pratilapsyate| utkṛṣṭapratibhānaṃ pratilapsyate| utkṛṣṭanaiṣkramyaṃ pratilapsyate| utkṛṣṭacittapariśuddhiṃ pratilapsyate| utkṛṣṭasamādhipadaṃ pratilapsyate| utkṛṣṭaprajñāvabhāsaṃ pratilapsyate| imānyaṣṭāvutkṛṣṭān dharmān pratilapsyate||
yaḥ kaścinmārṣā imaṃ lalitavistaraṃ dharmaparyāyaṃ bhāṣitukāmasya dharmabhāṇakasya dharmāsanaṃ prajñāpayiṣyati, tasyāṣṭāvāsanapratilambhāḥ pratikāṅkṣitavyāḥ sahaprajñapte āsane| katame'ṣṭau? tadyathā-śreṣṭhyāsanapratilambhaḥ| gṛhapatyāsanapratilambhaḥ| cakravartyāsanapratilambhaḥ| lokapālāsanapratilambhaḥ| śakrāsanapratilambhaḥ| vaśavartyāsanapratilambhaḥ| brahmāsanapratilambhaḥ| bodhimaṇḍavarāgragatasya bodhisattvabhūtasyāpratyudāvartyanihatamārapratyarthikasiṃhāsanapratilambhaḥ| anuttarāsamyaksaṃbodhimabhisaṃbuddhasya ato'nuttaradharmacakrapravartanāsanapratilambhaśca pratikāṅkṣitavyaḥ| ime'ṣṭāvāsanapratilambhāḥ pratikāṅkṣitavyāḥ||
ya kaścinmārṣā imaṃ lalitavistaraṃ dharmaparyāyaṃ bhāṣamāṇāya sādhukāraṃ dāsyati, so'ṣṭau vākpariśuddhīḥ pratilapsyate| katamā aṣṭau? tadyathā-yathāvāditathākāritāṃ satyānuparivartivākkarmapariśuddhyā| ādeyavacanatāṃ parṣadabhibhavanatayā| grāhyavacanatāṃ anuddhuratayā| ślakṣṇamadhuravacanatāṃ apāruṣyasattvasaṃgrahaṇatayā| kalaviṅkarutasvaratāṃ kāyacittodbilyakaraṇatayā| taduktavacanatāṃ sarvasattvairanabhibhavanatayā| brahmasvaratāṃ sarvasvarābhibhavanatayā| siṃhaghoṣābhigarjitasvaratāṃ sarvaparapravādibhiranabhibhavanatayā| buddhasvaratāṃ sarvasattvendriyaparitoṣaṇatayā| imā aṣṭau vākkarmapariśuddhīḥ pratilapsyate||
yaḥ kaścinmārṣā imaṃ lalitavistaraṃ dharmaparyāyaṃ pustakalikhitaṃ kṛtvā dhārayiṣyati satkariṣyati gurukariṣyati mānayiṣyati pūjayiṣyati, amātsaryacittatayā caturdiśamasya dharmaparyāyasya varṇanāṃ bhāṣiṣyate varṇanāṃ coccārayiṣyati-āgacchatemaṃ dharmaparyāyaṃ likhitaṃ dhārayata vācayata cintayata svādhyāyateti, so aṣṭau mahānidhānāni pratilapsyate| katamānyaṣṭau mahānidhānāni? yaduta smṛtinidhānaṃ asaṃmoṣaṇatayā| matinidhānaṃ buddhiprabhedanatayā| gatinidhānaṃ sarvasūtrāntārthagatyanurāgatayā| dhāraṇīnidhānaṃ sarvaśrutādhāraṇatayā| pratibhānanidhānaṃ pratilabhate sarvasattvasubhāṣitasaṃbhāṣaṇatayā| dharmanidhānaṃ pratilabhate saddharmapratilakṣaṇatayā| bodhicittanidhānaṃ triratnavaṃśānupacchedanatayā| pratipattinidhānaṃ cānutpattikadharmakṣāntipratilambhatayā| imānyaṣṭau nidhānāni pratilapsyate||
yaḥ kaścinmārṣā imaṃ lalitavistaraṃ dharmaparyāyaṃ supravartitaṃ kṛtvā dhārayiṣyati, so'ṣṭau saṃbhārān paripurayiṣyati| katamānaṣṭau? tadyathā-yaduta dānasaṃbhāraṃ paripūrayiṣyati amātsaryacittatayā| śīlasaṃbhāraṃ paripūrayiṣyati sarvakalyāṇābhiprāyaparipūraṇatayā| śrutasaṃbhāraṃ paripūrayiṣyati asaṅgaprajñāsamudānayanatayā| śamathasaṃbhāraṃ paripūrayiṣyati sarvasamādhisamāpattyāmukhīkaraṇatayā| vidarśanāsaṃbhāraṃ paripūrayiṣyati traividyavidyāpratipūryā| puṇyasaṃbhāraṃ paripūrayiṣyati lakṣaṇānuvyañjanabuddhakṣetrālaṃkāraviśuddhyā| jñānasaṃbhāraṃ paripūrayiṣyati sarvasattvayathādhimuktisaṃtoṣaṇatayā| mahākaruṇā saṃbhāraṃ paripūrayiṣyati sarvasattvaparipācanāparikhedatayā| imānaṣṭau saṃbhārān paripūrayiṣyati||
yaḥ kaścinmārṣā imaṃ lalitavistaraṃ dharmaparyāyaṃ parebhyaśca vistareṇa saṃprakāśayiṣyati, evaṃcitto yaduta kathamamī sattvā eṣāmevarūpāṇāṃ dharmāṇāṃ lābhino bhaveyuriti, sa tena kuśalamūlenāṣṭau mahāpuṇyatāḥ pratilapsyate| katamā aṣṭau? tadyathā-rājā bhavati cakravartī, iyaṃ prathamā mahāpuṇyatā| caturmahārājakāyikānāṃ devānāmādhipatyaṃ kārayiṣyati, iyaṃ dvitīyā mahāpuṇyatā| śakro bhaviṣyati devendraḥ iyaṃ tṛtīyā mahāpuṇyatā| suyāmo bhaviṣyati devaputraḥ, iyaṃ caturthī mahāpuṇyatā saṃtuṣito bhaviṣyati, iyaṃ pañcamī mahāpuṇyatā| sunirmito bhaviṣyati, iyaṃ ṣaṣṭhī mahāpuṇyatā| vaśavartī bhaviṣyati devarājaḥ, iyaṃ saptamī mahāpuṇyatā| brahmā bhaviṣyati mahābrahmā, iyaṃ aṣṭamī mahāpuṇyatā| ante ca tathāgato bhaviṣyati arhan samyaksaṃbuddhaḥ sarvākuśaladharmaprahīnaḥ sarvakuśaladharmasamanvāgataḥ| imā aṣṭau mahāpuṇyatāḥ pratilapsyate||
yaḥ kaścinmārṣā imaṃ lalitavistaraṃ dharmaparyāyaṃ bhāṣyamāṇamavahitaśrotaḥ śroṣyati, so'ṣṭau cittanirmalatāḥ pratilapsyate| katamā aṣṭau? tadyathā-yaduta maitrīṃ pratilapsyate sarvadoṣanirghātāya| karuṇāṃ pratilapsyate sarvavihiṃsotsargāya| muditāṃ pratilapsyate sarvāratyapakarṣaṇatāyai| upekṣāṃ pratilapsyate anunayapratighotsargāya| catvāri dhyānāni pratilapsyate sarvarūpadhātuvaśavartitāyai| catasra ārūpyasamāpattīḥ pratilapsyate cittavaśavartitāyai| pañcābhijñāḥ pratilapsyate anyabuddhakṣetragamanatāyai| sarvavāsanānusaṃdhisamuddhāraṃ pratilapsyate śūraṃgamasamādhipratilambhāya| imā aṣṭau cittanirmalatāḥ pratilapsyate||
yasmiṃśca mārṣā grāme vā nagare vā nigame vā janapade vā janapadapradeśe vā caṃkrame vā vihāre vā ayaṃ lalitavistaro dharmaparyāyaḥ pracariṣyati, tatrāṣṭau bhayāni na prabhaviṣyanti sthāpayitvā pūrvakarmavipākam| katamānyaṣṭau? tadyathā-yaduta rājasaṃkṣobhabhayaṃ na bhaviṣyati| caurasaṃkṣobhabhayaṃ na bhaviṣyati| vyālasaṃkṣobhabhayaṃ na bhaviṣyati| durbhikṣakāntārasaṃkṣobhabhayaṃ na bhaviṣyati| anyonyakalahavivādavigrahasaṃkṣobhabhayaṃ na bhaviṣyati| devasaṃkṣobhabhayaṃ na bhaviṣyati| nāgasaṃkṣobhabhayaṃ na bhaviṣyati| yakṣasaṃkṣobhabhayaṃ na bhaviṣyati| sarvopadravasaṃkṣobhabhayaṃ na bhaviṣyati| imāni mārṣāstatrāṣṭau bhayāni na bhaviṣyanti (sthāpayitvā pūrvakarmavipākam)||
saṃkṣepānmārṣā yadi tathāgataḥ kalpasthitikenāyuṣpramāṇena rātriṃdivamadhiṣṭhamāno'sya dharmaparyāyasya varṇaṃ bhāṣate, naivāsya dharmaparyāyasya varṇaparyanto bhavenna ca tathāgatapratibhānasya kṣayo bhavet| api tu khalu punarmārṣā yathaiva tathāgatasya śīlasamādhiprajñāvimuktijñānadarśanamapramāṇamaparyantam, evameva mārṣā ya imaṃ dharmaparyāyamudgrahīṣyati dhārayiṣyati vācayiṣyati likhiṣyati lekhayiṣyati paryavāpsyati pravartayiṣyati, parṣanmadhye ca vistareṇa saṃprakāśayiṣyati-anena cittena kathamamī sattvā evamudārasya dharmasya lābhinaḥ syuriti, teṣāmapi nāsti puṇyaparyantaḥ||
tataḥ khalu bhagavānāyuṣmantaṃ mahākāśyapamāmantrayate sma āyuṣmantaṃ cānandaṃ maitreyaṃ ca bodhisattvaṃ mahāsattvam-imāmahaṃ mārṣā asaṃkhyeyakalpakoṭinayutaśatasahasrasamudānītāmanuttarāṃ samyaksaṃbodhiṃ yuṣmākaṃ haste paridāmyanuparindāmi paramayā parindanayā, svayaṃ caivamimaṃ dharmaparyāyaṃ dhārayata, parebhyaśca vistareṇa saṃprakāśayata||
ityuktvā ca bhagavānasyaiva dharmaparyāyasya bhūyasyā mātrayānuparindanārthaṃ tasyāṃ velāyāmimāṃ gāthāmabhāṣata—
sattvā dṛṣṭā ye mayā buddhadṛṣṭyā
syuste'rhantaḥ śariputreṇa tulyāḥ|
tāṃścetkaścitpūjayetkalpakoṭī
tulyāṃ gaṅgāvālikābhiyathaiva||1||
pratyekabuddhāya tu yaśca pūjāṃ
kuyādahorātramapi prahṛṣṭaḥ|
mālyaiḥ prakāraiśca tathāparaiśca
tasmādayaṃ puṇyakṛto viśiṣyate||2||
syuḥ sarvasattvā yadi pratyayairjinā
tāṃ pūjayetkaścidihāpramattaḥ|
puṣpaiśca gandhaiśca vilepanaiśca
kalpānanekāṃ satataṃ hi tatparam||3||
ekasya yaścaiva tathāgatasya
kuryātpraṇāmaṃ api caikaśo'pi|
prasannācitto'tha vadennamo'rhate
tasmādidaṃ śreṣṭhataraṃ ca puṇyam||4||
buddhā bhaveyuryadi sarvasattvā
tāṃ pūjayedyaśca yathaiva pūrvam|
divyaiśca puṣpairatha mānurṣairvaraiḥ
kalpānanekāṃ bahubhiḥ prakāraiḥ||5||
yaścaiva saddharmavilopakātle
tyaktvā svakāye ca tathaiva jīvitam|
vadyādahorātramidaṃ hi sūtraṃ
viśiṣyate puṇyamidaṃ hi tasmāt||6||
yasyepsitaṃ pūjayituṃ vināyakāṃ
pratyekabuddhāṃśca tathaiva śrāvakāṃ|
dṛḍhaṃ samutpādya sa bodhicitta
idaṃ sadā sūtravaraṃ dadhātu||7||
rājā hyayaṃ sarvasubhāṣitānāṃ
yo'bhyudgataḥ sarvatathāgatānām|
gṛhe sthitastasya tathāgataḥ sadā
tiṣṭhedidaṃ yatra hi sūtraratnam||8||
pratibhāṃ sa prāpnoti śubhāmanantāṃ
ekaṃ padaṃ vakṣyati kalpakoṭī|
na vyañjanā bhraśyati nāpi cārthā
dadyācca yaḥ sūtramida parebhyaḥ||9||
anuttaro'sau naranāyakānāṃ
sattvo na kaścitsadṛśo'sya vidyate|
bhavetsamudreṇa samaśca so'kṣayaḥ
śrutvā hi yo dharmamimaṃ prapadyate||10||iti||
idamavocadbhagavānāttamanāḥ| te maheśvaradevaputrapūrvaṃgamāḥ śuddhāvāsakāyikā devaputrā maitreyapūrvaṃgamāśca sarvabodhisattvā mahāsattvā mahākāśyapapūrvaṃgamāśca sarvamahāśrāvakāḥ sadevamānuṣāsuragandharvaśca loko bhagavato bhāṣitamabhyanandan||iti||
|| iti śrīlalitavistare nigamaparivarto nāma saptaviṃśatitamo'dhyāyaḥ||
samāptaṃ cedaṃ sarvabodhisattvacaryāprasthānam||
|| śrīlalitavistaro nāma mahāyānasūtraṃ ratnarājaṃ parisamāptam||
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ye dharma hetuprabhavā hetuṃ teṣāṃ tathāgato hyavadat|
teṣāṃ ca yo nirodha evaṃ vādī mahāśramaṇaḥ||