Ajitasenavyākaraṇam
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ajitasenavyākaraṇam
om namaḥ sarvajñāya ||
evaṃ mayā śrutamekasmin samaye bhagavān śrāvastyāṃ viharati sma jetavane anāthapiṇḍadasyārāme mahatā bhikṣusaṅghena sārdhamardhatrayodaśabhibhikṣusahasraiḥ| tadyathā āyuṣmatā cājñātakauṇḍinyena āyuṣmatā ca mahānāmnā āyuṣmatā ca revatena āyuṣmatā ca vakkulena āyuṣmatā ca śāripu[treṇā āyuṣmatā ca] pūrṇena maitrāyaṇī[putreṇa] ca śrāvakaniyutaiḥ| te sarve yena bhagavān yena ca jetavanaṃ vihāraṃ tenopasaṃkrāntā bhagavataḥ pādau śirasābhivandya bhagavataḥ puratastasthurdvātriṃśatā bodhisattvasahasraiḥ| tadyathā sahacittotpādadharmacakrapravartanena ca bodhisattvena mahāsattvena anikṣiptadhureṇa ca bodhisattvena mahāsattvena maitreyeṇa ca bodhisattvena mahāsattvena avalokiteśvareṇa ca bodhisattvena mahāsattvena mahāsthāmaprāptena ca bodhisattvena mahāsattvena| evaṃpramukhāirdvātriṃśatā bodhisattvasahasraiḥ| te sarve yena bhagavān yena ca jetavanaṃ vihāraṃ tenopasaṃkrāntā bhagavataḥ pādau śirasābhivandya bhagavataḥ puratastasthuḥ| atha khalu bhagavān pūrvāṇhakālasamaye nivāsya pātracīvaramā[traḥ] śrāvastīṃ mahānagarīṃ piṇḍāya prāviśat| atha bhagavānāyuṣmantamā nandamāmantrayate sma| gacchānanda pātraṃ cakrikaṃ śikyamānaya| athāyuṣmānānando bhagavataḥ śrutamātreṇa pātraṃ cakrikaṃ śikyaṃ bhagavate upanāmayāmāsa| athāyuṣmānāndo bhagavataḥ kṛtāñjalipuṭo bhagavantaṃ gāthābhiradhyabhāṣata|
yadā tvaṃ praviśasi piṇḍapātika
vimocaye tvaṃ bahavaṃ hi prāṇinām|
uttāraye tvaṃ bahavaṃ hi sattvā
narakabhayājjātijarāmahābhayā||
saṃsāraduḥkhakalilā mahābhayā–
dvimocaye tvaṃ nara lokanāyaka|
mahānubhāvo varadakṣiṇīyo
vimocayitvā punaraṃ hi āgamī||
athāyuṣmānāndo bhagavata imā gāthā bhāṣitva tūṣṇīṃ sthito'bhūt| atha bhagavān śrāvasyāṃ mahānagaryāṃ nātidūre sthito'bhūt| atha te sarve gavākṣatoraṇaniryūhakā [hiraṇya]mayāḥ sphaṭikamayā rūpyamayāḥ prādurbhūvan| tathā śrāvastyāṃ ma[hānagaryāṃ] mahāntaṃ janakāyaṃ saṃsthito'bhūvan| atha sa janakāyaḥ saṃśayajāto babhūva ko hetuḥ kaḥ pratyayaḥ nagarasya śubhanimittaṃ prādurabhūt| mā cedaṃ nagaraṃ bhasmapralayaṃ syāt| atha tatra janakāye anekavarṣaśata sahastrakoṭiko vṛddhamahallakaḥ puruṣaḥ saṃsthito'bhūt| atha sa puruṣastaṃ janakāyaṃ samāśvāsayannevamāha| mā bhaiṣurbhoḥ kulaputrāḥ asminneva pṛthivīpradeśe jetavanaṃ nāma vihāraḥ| tatra śākyamunirnām tathāgato'rhan samyaksaṃbuddho vidyācaraṇasampannaḥ sugato lokavidanuttaraḥ puruṣadamyasārathiḥ śāstā devānāṃ ca manuṣyāṇāṃ ca buddho bhagavān| so'yaṃ śrāvastīṃ mahānagarīṃ piṇḍāya prāviśat| tasyāgamanakālasamaye idaṃ śubhanimittamabhūt| atha sa janakāyastaṃ jīrṇakaṃ puruṣaṃ kṛtāñjalirevamāha|
yattasya bhagavatastathāgatasyārhataḥ samyaksaṃbuddhasya gu[ṇavarṇasamudīraṇa]samaye idaṃ śubhanimittamabhūt| dṛṣṭamātrasya tasya tathāgatasyārhataḥ samyaksaṃbuddhasya kiddaśaḥ puṇyābhisaṃskāro bhaviṣyati| atha sa jīrṇakapuruṣastaṃ janakāyaṃ bhagavato guṇavarṇasamudīraṇatayā gāthābhiradhyabhāṣata|
yo lokanāthasya hi nāmu yaḥ śruṇe
saṃsāraduḥkhā vinimuktu so naro |
apāyagāmī na kadāci bheṣyate
svargaṃ ca so yāsyati śīrghamevam||
yo lokanāthasya hi nāmu yaḥ śruṇe
dṛḍhapratijño bahukalpakoṭibhiḥ|
mahānubhāvo sugato mahātmanaḥ
kalpānakoṭinayutānacintiyān||
so bodhisattvo sthita gaṅgavālukān
kadāci so gacchati durgatī bhayam|
yo lokanāthasya hi nāmu yaḥ śruṇe
apāyagāmī na kadāci bheṣyate||
kalpānakoṭīnayutānacintiyā
rājā sa bhotī sada cakravartī|
yo lokanāthasya hi nāmu dhārayet||
yat kiṃci pūrvaṃ sada pāpu yat kṛtaṃ
sarvaṃ kṣayaṃ yāsyati śīrghametat|
śakropi devendramahānubhāvo
kalpānakoṭinayutānacintiyā||
sukhāvatīṃ gacchati buddhakṣetraṃ
paryaṅkabaddho sa ca bodhisattvo|
brahmasvaro susvaru maṃjughoṣa
bhavanti varṣānasahastrakoṭibhiḥ||
apāyagāmī na kadāci bheṣyate
yo lokanāthasya hi nāmu dhārayet|
atha sa jīrṇakaḥ purūṣo janakāyaṃ bhagavato guṇavarṇamudīrayitvā tūṣṇīṃ sthito'bhūt| atha bhagavān pūrveṇa nagaradvāreṇa śrāvastīṃ mahānagarīṃ praviṣṭo'bhut| tatra ca nagaradvāre dvādaśakoṭyaḥ padmānāṃ prādurabhūvan| teṣu ca padmeṣu dvādaśakoṭyo bodhisattvānāṃ paryaṅkaniṣaṇṇāḥ prādurbhuvan prāñjalayaḥ| atha bhagavataḥ praviṣṭamātreṇa śrāvastyāṃ mahānagaryāṃ navanavatikoṭīniyutaśatasahastrāṇi sattvānāṃ sukhāvatyām lokadhātau pratiṣṭhāpitāni caturaśītisattvakoṭīniyutaśatasahastrāṇyābhiratyā lo[kadhāto]rakṣobhyatathāgatasya buddhakṣetre pratiṣṭhāpitāni |
atha bhagavān ā[nandena saha nagara]valambikāyā dārikāyā gṛhe samāgato'bhūta| atha bhagavān nagaravalambikāyā dārikāyā gṛhe cakrikaṃ kaṭakaṭāpayāmāsa| atha sā dārikā taṃ cakrīśabdaṃ śrutva saṃśayajātābhūt| ko hetuḥ kaḥ pratyayaḥ| mama gṛhe na kadācit piṇḍapātika āgato'bhūt| atha sa nagaravalambikā dāikā śūnyākāragṛhe niṣaṇṇā aśrukaṇṭhī rudantī paridevantī sthitābhūt tīkṣṇadhāramasīṃ gaveṣantī paridevantī rudantī sthitābhūt| atha [sā] dārikā śūnyākāragṛhe niṣaṇṇā paridevantī aśru[kaṇṭhī] rudantī gāthābhiradhyabhāṣata|
aho bata duḥkhu daridrake gṛhe
varaṃ mama maraṇu na cāpi jīvitam|
kiṃ cāpi me kāryuṣu jīvitena
yadyaivāhaṃ duḥkhu śarīra pīḍitam||
kana.......................hyatrāṇaṃ bhavate parāyaṇam|
anāthabhūtā ahamadyameva yadyaivāhaṃ jāta daridrake gṛhe||
atha sa nagaravalaṃbikā dārikā śūnyākāragṛhe [niṣaṇṇā] imā gāthā bhāṣitvā tūṣṇīṃ sthitābhūt|
atha śuddhavāsakāyiko devaputro'ntarīkṣagataḥ sthitaścintayati sma| paśyeccedimāṃ bhagavān| anekaduṣkarakoṭiniyutaśatasahastracīrṇacaritaḥ sa śākyamunistathāgato nagaravalaṃbikāyā dārikāyā gṛhe sthito'bhūt| atha śuddhavāsakāyiko devaputraḥ śatasahastramūlyaṃ muktāhāraṃ gṛhītvā śatarasabhojanapiṭakaṃ gṛhītvā kāśikāni vastrāṇi gṛhītvā yena nagaravalambikāyā dārikāyā gṛhaṃ tenopasaṃkrānto'bhūt| atha śuddhavāsakāyiko devaputro nagaravalambikāṃ dārikāmevamāha| prāvara dārike imāni kāśikāni vastrāṇi imānyanekaśatasahastrmūlyānyābharaṇāni| prāvṛtya cedaṃ śatasahastramūlyaṃ muktāhāraṃ gṛhītvā imaṃ śatarasabhojanapiṭakaṃ gṛhītvā bhagavantamupanāmaya| atha sā dārīkā tāni kāśikāni vastrāṇi pravṛtya śatasahasramūlyaṃ muktāhāram gṛhītva taṃ śatarasabhojanapiṭakaṃ gṛhītvā yena bhagavāṃstenopasaṃkrāntā| upasaṃkramya bhagavantamupanāmayati sma| atha bhagavān tāṃ nagaravalaṃbikāmevamāha| pariṇāmaya tvaṃ dārike yathā pariṇāmitaṃ vipaśyiśikhiviśvabhūkkakutasundakanakamunikāśyapaprabhṛtibhiḥ sadbhistathāgatairarhabhdiḥ samyaksambuddhaiḥ| anto bhaviṣyati stribhāvādanto bhaviṣyati daridragṛhāt| atha sā dārikā taṃ piṇḍapātaṃ pariṇāmayitvā bhagavantamupanāmayāmāsa| anena piṇḍapātakuśalamūlena mā kaśmiṃścida daridragṛhe upapadyeya|
atha sā nagaravalambikā dārikā taṃ piṇḍapātaṃ pariṇāmayitvā bhagavate dattvā svagṛhagamanamārabdhā| atha bhagavān tāṃ nagaravalambikāṃ dārikāmevamāha| pratinivartasva dārike| pūrvejātinidānaṃ samanusmarāmi| tadahaṃ pa[rikīrta]yiṣyāmi| atha sā dārikā pratinivṛtya sarvāṅgapraṇi[pātena] bhagavantaṃ prapatitā| atha sā nagaravalambikā dārikā bhagava[ntaṃ gā]thābhiradhyabhāṣata|
avaśyaṃ me pūrvakṛtena karmaṇā
yenāhaṃ [jāta] daridrake gṛhe|
karohi kāruṇya mamaṃ hi duḥkhita
[vinivartayasva] narakā hi pālān||
karohi kāruṇya mama duḥkhitāyā
istribhāvā upapannu nāyaka|
tvaṃ lokanātha jaravyādhiśoka
vimocaye maṃ mama duḥkhitāyāḥ||
trāṇaṃ bhavāhī śaraṇaṃ parāyaṇaṃ
vimocayāhī mama duḥkhitāyāḥ|
kṛtaṃ hi nātha praṇidhiṃ tvayā hi
ye keci sattvā iha jambudvīpe||
tiṣṭhanti ye vai daśasu diśāsu
sattvā hi sarve sukhitā [kari]ṣye |
sarve ca haṃ mocayi duḥkhasāgarāt
trāṇaṃ bhavāhī śa[raṇaṃ parāya]ṇam||
tvayaṃ hi nātha mayi mocayī jagat
avaśyaṃ me pūrvakṛ[tena] karmaṇā|
yenāhaṃ jātu daridrake gṛhe
trāṇāṃ bhavāhī mama [duḥkhītāyāḥ] ||
[bhavaṃ] tu nātha jaravyādhimocakaṃ
trāṇaṃ bhavāhī guṇa saṃci[tāgra] |
na cā kariṣye punareva pāpaṃ
yadvedayāmī imi vedanāni ||
kṛpaṃ jani...............magra sattvā
trāṇaṃ bhavāhī śaraṇaṃ parāyaṇam |
ye keci sattvā iha jambudvīpe
nāmaṃ ca vai dhāraya paśca kāle ||
parinirvṛtasya tata paścakāle
bhaviṣyati śāsanavipralopam|
yatkiṃci pāpaṃ tadapūrva yat kṛtaṃ
sarvaṃ kṣayaṃ yāsyati śīghrame[ta]t||
atha sā nagaravalambikā dārikā bhagavantaṃ gāthā bhāṣitvā pu[narapi] gṛhagamanamārabdhā| atha bhagavān tāṃ nagaravalambikāṃ [dārikāṃ kala] viṅkarutasvaranirghoṣeṇaivamāha| pratinivartasva [dārike pūrvajātinidānaṃ sa]manusmarāmi tadahaṃ parikīrtayiṣyāmi| [atha sā dārikā] pratinivṛtyaivamāha|
parikīrtaya lokavināyakādya
ya[dyat kṛtaṃ] pāpa sadā sudāruṇam|
avaśya me pāpu kṛtaṃ sudāruṇaṃ
yenā[haṃ jātu] daridrake gṛhe||
tvaṃ sārthavāhu iha sarvaloke
vimocaye maṃ iha istribhāvā|
trāṇaṃ bhavāhī śaraṇaṃ parāyaṇaṃ
kṛtajñahaṃ nitya bhavāmi nāyake||
saṃśrāvaye maṃ imu dharmanetrī
nāsau kadācittajate apāyam|
saṃśodhayī karma yathākṛtaṃ mayā
trāṇaṃ bhavāhī śaraṇaṃ parāyaṇam||
asaṅgajñānī varalokanāyaka
vandāmi nātha śaraṇaṃ kṛtāñjalī||
atha bhagavān tāṃ dārikāmevamāha| bhūtapūrvo dārike atīte'dhvani asaṃkhyeyaiḥ kalpai ratnaśikhī nāma tathāgato'rhan samyaksambuddho vidyācaraṇasampannaḥ sugato lokavidanuttaraḥ puruṣadamyasārathiḥ śāstā devānāṃ ca manuṣyāṇāṃ ca buddho bhagavān| tena khalu punaḥ samayena padmāvatī nāma rājadhānyabhūt| tena khalu punaḥ samayena padmāvatyāṃ rājadhānyāṃ padmaprabho nāma gṛhapatirabhūt| tasya padmaprabhasya gṛhapatestvaṃ [duhi]tā'bhūḥ| tena khalu punaḥ samayena grāmanagaranigamajanapadeṣu piṇḍapātiko bhikṣūḥ piṇḍapātāyāvatarati| yadā tvadgṛhamāgato'bhūta tadā tvaṃ dārike piṇḍapātaṃ gṛhītvā gṛhānniṣkrāntā punareva praviṣṭā'bhūḥ| na cāhaṃ muṇḍitaśiraso'dhanyasya piṇḍapātaṃ dāsyāmi| tena karmopacayena tvayā dārike dvādaśakalpasahasrāṇi punaḥ punardaridragṛhe duḥkhānyanubhūtāni| ekena tvayā dārike kuśalamūlena bodhivyākaraṇaṃ pratilapsyase| yattvayā tasya bhikṣo rūpaliṅgasaṃsthā na dṝṣṭā bhaviṣyasi tvaṃ dārike anāgate'dhvani acintyairaparimāṇaiḥ kalpairnagaradhvajo nāma tathāgato'rhan samyaksaṃbuddho vidyācaraṇasaṃpannaḥ sugato lokavidanuttaraḥ puruṣadamyasārathiḥ śāstā devānāṃ ca manuṣyāṇāṃ ca buddho bhagavān loke| atha sā dārikā bhagavantaṃ triḥ pradakṣīṇaṃ kṛtvaivamāha| kidṛśaṃ bhagavan mama buddhakṣetraṃ bhaviṣyati yatraivāhaṃ buddho bhaviṣyāmi | bhagavānāha| aparimitaguṇasaṃcayā nāma sā buddhakṣetraṃ bhaviṣyati| yādṛśī ca sā sukhāvatī lokadhātuḥ tādṛśaṃ tadabuddhakṣetraṃ bhaviṣyati| paryaṅkaniṣaṇṇā āryopapādukā bodhisattvā bhaviṣyanti| īdṛśaṃ tadbuddhakṣetram|
atha ca sā dārikā tuṣṭā udagrā āttamanāḥ pramuditā prītisaumanasyajātā svagṛhagamanamārabdhā| atha bhagavāṃstāṃ dārikāmevamāha| tvaṃ dārike saptame divase kālaṃ kariṣyasi| kālaṃ kṛtvā| pūrvasyāndiśi magadhaviṣaye rājā ajitaseno nāma| tasya rājño'jitasenasya antaḥpurasahasramasti| tasya khalu puna rājñao'jitasenasya putro janiṣyase| eṣa eva tava paścimo garbhavāso bhaviṣyati|
atha bhagavān paścimakena nagaradvāreṇa śrāvastyā mahānagaryā niṣkrānto yena jetavanaṃ vihārastenopasaṃkrāntaḥ | athāyuṣmānāndo bhagavantaṃ dūrat evāgacchantaṃ dṛṣṭvā pādau śirasābhivandya triḥpradakṣīṇīkṛtya bhagavantaṃ gāthābhiradhyabhāṣata|
suvarṇavarṇaṃ varalakṣaṇārcitaṃ
dvāviṃśatilakṣaṇarūpadhāriṇam|
yadā tvayā āgatu piṇḍapātikā
vimocayitvā iha sarvasattvā||
sukhena saṃsthāpayi sarvasattvā
maitrībalaṃ sarvajagattvayā kṛtam|
sa piṇḍapātaṃ varamāṇḍanāyaka
vimocitaste jagatī bhayā ca||
ye bodhisattvā iha jambudvipe
sarve ca mārgaṃ tava darśayanti|
parinirvṛtasya sada paścakāle
dhāretu sūtraṃ imu buddhavarṇitam||
parinirvṛtasya tava paścakāle
bhaviṣyati śāsanavipralopam|
imaṃ nayaṃ dhārayi sūtraratnam||
athāyuṣmānānanda imā gāthā bhāṣitva bhagavantaṃ triḥ pradakṣīṇīkṛtya bhagavataḥ puratastasthau| atha bhagavānāyusmantamānandamāmantrayate sma| gacchananda gaṇḍīmākoṭaya| te śrāvakāḥ paribhokṣyanti piṇḍapātam| athāyuṣmānānando bhagavantamāmantrayate sma| kīdṛśaṃ bhagavan gaṇḍīśabdasya kuśalamūlaṃ bhaviṣyati| bhagavānāha| śruṇu ānanda gaṇḍīśabdasya kuśalamūlaṃ parikīrtayāmi| ye kecidānanda gaṇḍīśabdaṃ śroṣyanti teṣāṃ pacānantaryāṇi kṛtyāni parikṣayaṃ yāsyanti| avaivartikāste bhaviṣyanti kṣipraṃ cānuttarāṃ samyaksaṃbodhisambhisaṃbhotsyante| ānanda āha| kīdṛśaṃ bhagavaṃstaiḥ sattvaiḥ kuśalamūlamavaropim| bhagavānāha| śruṇu ānanda ye sattvāḥ paścime kāle paścime samaye mama parinirvṛtasya saddharmavipralope vartamāne saddharmasyāntardhānakālasamaye grāmanagaranigamajanapadarāṣṭrārājadhānīṣu ye sattvā [vā] araṇyāyatane gaṇḍayākoṭanaśabdaṃ śroṣyanti namo buddhāyeti kariṣyanti teṣāṃ pacānantaryāṇi karmāṇi parikṣayaṃ yāsyanti| īdṛśānyānanda gaṇḍīśabdasya kuśalamūlāni| athāyuṣmānānandaḥ śāntapraśāntena gaṇḍīmākoṭayate sma| atha tena gaṇḍīśabdena sarve te mahāśrāvakāḥ sannipatitā abhūvan| yathā yathā āsane niṣaṇṇāḥ piṇḍapātaṃ paribhūñjante sma| atha tatraiva śrāvakamadhye nandimitro nāma mahāśrāvakaḥ sannipatito'bhūt sanniṣaṇṇaḥ| atha bhagavānāyuṣmantaṃ nandimitram mahāśrāvakamāmantrayate sma| gaccha tvaṃ nandimitra mahāśrāvaka pūrvasyāndiśi magadhaviṣaye rājño'jitasenasya kalyāṇamitraparicaryā kuru| atha nandimitro mahāśrāvako bhagavantamevamāha| na bhagavan śakṣyāmastaṃ pṛthivīpradeśaṃ gantum| durāsadāste sattvāḥ| te māṃ jīvitādvyavaropayiṣyanti| atha bhagavānāyuṣmantaṃ taṃ nandimitram mahāśrāvakamevamāha| na te sattvāste śakṣyante bālāgramapi kampayituṃ prāgeva jīvitādvyavaropayitum| atha nandimitro mahāśrāvakaḥ pratyūṣakālasamaye suvarṇavarṇaṃ vastraṃ prāvṛtya yena pūrvasyāndiśi magadhaviṣaye rājño'jitasenasya rājadhāṇi tenānukrānto'bhūt| atha rājā ajitasenastaṃ nandimitraṃ mahāśrāvakaṃ dṛṣṭvā tuṣṭa udagra āttamanāḥ pramuditaḥ prītisaumanasyajāto'bhūt| atha rājñājitasenena amātyaḥ preṣito'bhūt| gacchainaṃ bhikṣumānaya| tadā so'mātyo yena nandimitro mahāśrāvakastenopasaṃkrāntaḥ | atha so'mātyo nandimitraṃ mahāśrāvakamevamāha|
āgaccha mahāśrāvaka bhikṣo rājā te ājñāpayati| atha nandimitro mahāśrāvako'mātyamevamāha| mama rājña kiṃ kārya mama rājā kiṃ kariṣyati| athāmātyo yena rājājitasenastenopasaṃkrāntaḥ| taṃ rājānamajitasenamevamāha| na ca sa bhikṣustava pārśve āgacchati| atha rājñājitasenena pañcāmātyaśatāni preṣitāni| na ca sa bhikṣūrājño'jitasenasya pārśvamāgacchati| atha sa rājā svakenaivātmabhāvena yena sa nandimitramahāśrāvakastenopasaṃkrāntaḥ| upasaṃkramya kṛtājalirevamāha| āgaccha bho bhikṣo mama rājadhānīṃ praviśa| atha rājā ajitaseno dakṣiṇahaste taṃ bhikṣūṃ gṛhītvā svakāṃ rājadhānīṃ praviṣṭo'bhūt| atha rājñājitasenena nandimitrasya bhikṣoḥ siṃhāsanaṃ dattamabhūt| atha rājājitaseno bhadrapīṭhake niṣadya taṃ nandimitraṃ mahāśrāvakamevamāha| kutra tvaṃ bhikṣo gacchasi| ko hetuḥ kaḥ pratyayaḥ| atha nandimitro mahāśrāvako rājānamajitasenamevamāha| ye kecid bhikṣupravrajitāste sarve bhikṣāhārāḥ piṇḍapātamavacarantaḥ paribhuñjanti| atha rājā ajitasenastaṃ nandimitraṃ mahāśrāvakamevamāha| paribhuṅkṣva mama gṛhe piṇḍapātam| yāvajjīvaṃ piṇḍapātaṃ pradāsyāmi| yadi te bhikṣo mama svamāṃsena kāryaṃ svamāṃsaṃ dāsyāmi| atha nandamitro mahāśrāvako rājānamajitasenaāṃ gāthābhiradhyabhāsāta|
bhuṃjāmi tadbhojanu yad dadāhi
mṛṣṭānnapānaṃ rasapānamuktamam|
kledhā hi nirmukta tvayā bhaviṣyasi
sudurlabhaṃ labdha manuṣyalābham||
sudurlabhaṃ śāsanu nāyakasya
śradvāprasādaṃ paramaṃ sudurlabham|
ye śāsane pra[vra]jitā ca bhikṣavā
sudurlabhaṃ śāsanu nāyakānām||
sudurlabhaṃ sugatavarasya darśanaṃ
namo'stu te buddha mahānubhāvo |
namo'stu te dharmamayaṃ mahāmune
namo'stu te kleśavicakṣaṇāryam|
namo'stu te sarvajarapramokṣaṇāt
namo'stu te mārganidarśanāryam
namo'stu te mārgapathasya darśakaṃ
namo'stu te bodhisapathasya darśakam|
atha nandimitro mahāśrāvako rājānamajitasenaṃ bhagavato guṇavarṇamudīrayitvā tūṣṇīṃ sthito'bhūt| atha rājānamajitasenaṃ taṃ nandimitro mahāśrāvako gāthābhiradhyabhāṣata|
sudurlabhaṃ bhikṣu tathaiva darśanaṃ
sudurlabhaṃ tasya bhaveya darśanam
ye bhikṣu saṃghasya dadeya dānaṃ
na tasya yakṣā na ca rākṣasāśca||
na pretakuṣmāṇḍamahoragāśca
vighnaṃ na kurvanti kadāci teṣāṃ|
ye bhikṣusaṃghāya dadanti dānaṃ
sudurlabhaṃ tasya manuṣyalābham||
yo durlabhaṃ darśanu bhikṣubhāvaṃ
sudurlabhaṃ kalpaśatairacintiyaiḥ|
yo lokanāthasya hi nāmu dhāraye
kalpāna koṭinayutānacintiyā ||
na jātu gacche vinipātadurgatiṃ
yo īdṛśaṃ paśyati bhikṣurājam|
na tasya bhotī vinipātadurgatiṃ
yo īdṛśaṃ paśyati bhikṣurājam||
kalyāṇamitraṃ mama mārgadarśako
(yaṃ) sa āgatāye mama piṇḍapātikā |
yo dāsyate asya hi piṇḍapātaṃ
muktā na bheṣyaṃti jarārtavyādhayā ||
kleśā vinirmukta sadā tu bheṣyati
ye tasya dāsyantiha piṇḍapātam||
atha sa rājā ajitaseno nandimitraṃ mahāśrāvakaṃ guṇavarṇamudīrayitvā tūṣṇīṃ sthito'bhūt| atha nandimitro mahāśrāvako rājānamajitasenamevamāha| evamastu mahārāja bhuñje piṇḍapāta tava gṛhe | atha rājā ajitasenaṃ khādanīyena bhojanīyena taṃ nandimitramahāśrāvakaṃ santarpayati sma|
atha nandimitramahāśrāvako rājānamajitasenamevamāha| kiṃ tava mahārāja asmin pṛthivīpradeśe udyānabhūmirasti| rājā āha| asti mahāśrāvaka udyānabhūmirmama ramaṇīyā suśobhanā| nandimitra āha| gacchāmyahaṃ mahārāja| tāmudyānabhūmiṃ prekṣe| rājā āha| gaccha nandimitra| udyānabhūmiṃ prekṣasva| atha nandimitramahāśrāvako yena rājño'jitasenasyodyānabhūmistenopasaṃkrāntaḥ| atha tatrodyānabhūmau ye udyānaguṇāste sarve santītī | yā graiṣmikyaḥ puṣkariṇyastāḥ śītalajalaparipūrṇā yā vārṣikyastā nātyuṣṇā nātiśītalajalaparipūrṇāḥ| tāśca puṣkariṇyaḥ suvarṇasopānasaṃcchannā divyā ramaṇīyāḥ| ye ca jāṃbūpakaparibhogaguṇāste sarve santīti| adhimuktakacampakāśokamucilindapāṭalasumanāsaugandhikapuṣpāṇi santīti| ye tiryagyonigatāḥ pakṣiṇaḥ śukaśārikācakravākamayūrakokilā dayaste nānārutāni kurvanti sma| atha tatraiva udyānabhūmau suvarṇavarṇāḥ suvarṇatuṇḍāḥ suvarṇapakṣāḥ suvarṇapādāḥ pakṣīṇaḥ prādurbhūtāḥ| te sarve buddhaśabdaṃ niścārayanti| atha nandimitramahāśrāvako yena rājño'jitasenasya rājadhāṇī tenopasaṃkrāntaḥ| atha rājā ajitasenastaṃ nandimitraṃ mahāśrāvakamevamāha| āgatastvaṃ mahāśrāvaka| dṛṣṭodyānabhūmiḥ| nandimitra āha| dṛṣṭā mayodyānabhūmi ramaṇīyā suśobhanā| atha nandimitram mahāśrāvakaṃ rāja ajitaseno gāthābhiradhyabhāṣata|
ye jaṃbudvīpe paribhogamāsī
adhimuktakacampakadhānuṣkārikā |
aśokamucilinda tathaiva pāṭalā
saugandhikāśca sumanā ca vārṣikā ||
tadā pariyātrā nadītīranirmitā
suvarṇavarṇā sada pakṣīṇā abhūt|
mārgaṃ ca te darśayi agrabodhaye
divyā manojña madhurasvarāṃśca
saṃśrāvayiṣyanti ca nityakālam||
atha nandimitramahāśrāvako rājño'jitasenasya gāthā bhāṣitvā tūṣṇī sthito'bhūt| atha rājā ajitaseno bherīṃ parāhante sma| atha tena bherīśabdena sametyāmātyagaṇastaṃ rājānamajitasenamevamāha| kasyārthe mahārāja bherī parāhatā| atha sa rājā āha| hastirathaṃ ca aśvarathaṃ ca sajjaṃ kṛtaṃ syāt| ahamudyānabhūmiṃ gamisyāmi krīḍanārthāya| atha tā amātyakoṭyo vacanaṃ śrutva śīghrameva tada hastirathamaśvarathaṃ sajjaṃ kṛtavatyaḥ| atha tena kṣaṇalavamuhūrtamātreṇa rājājitaseno yena sodyānabhūmistenopasaṃkrāntaḥ| sa ca nandimitramahāśrāvakastenaivopasaṃkrānto rājānamajitasenamevamāha| asmin pṛthivīpradeśe mahārāja mama kuṭikaṃ kārayitavyam yatrāhaṃ sanniṣaṇṇastava gṛhe piṇḍapātaṃ paribhokṣyāmi| atha rājā ajitaseno nandimitramahāśrāvakamevamāha| kīdṛśaṃ tavakuṭikaṃ kārayitavyam| nandimitra āha| yādṛśāstava mahārāja mahācittotpādaśraddhāprasādāstādṛśaṃ kuṭikaṃ kāraya| atha rāhā ajitaseno jyeṣṭhāmātyamevamāha'sminneva pṛthavīpradeśe kuṭikaṃ kāraya|
atha jyeṣṭhāmātyo rājānamevamāha| kīdṛśaṃ mahārāja kuṭikaṃ kārayāmi| rājā ajitasena evamāha| triṃśadyojanāni dīrgheṇa ṣaḍyojanānyūrdhvāyāṃ saptaratnamayaṃ maṇimuktisamcchāditaṃ kuṭikaṃ kāraya| atha so'mātyaḥ kuṭikaṃ kāryati| saptaratnamayaṃ maṇimuktisaṃcchāditaṃ kārayitvā yena rājā ajitasenastenopasaṃkrānto rājānamajitasenamevamāha| kṛtaṃ mahārāja mayā kuṭikaṃ yādṛśamājñaptam| rājā āhā| tatraiva pṛthivīpradeśe caṃkramaḥ kārayitavyaścaturyojanāni dīrgheṇa dve yojane vistāreṇa | atha so'mātyastaṃ caṃkramaṃ kāayitvā yena rājā ajitasenastenopasaṃkrānto rājānaṃ gāthābhiradhyabhāṣata|
kṛtaṃ mayā camkramu suṣṭhu śobhanaṃ
ājñā tvayā yat kṛtapūrvameva ca |
sattvān moceti prakṛtiṃ śubhāśubhaṃ
vimocaye prāṇina sarvametat||
aho sulabdhā praṇidhīkṛtaṃ tvayā
vimocayī sarvajagat sadevakam|
praṇidhiṃ kṛtaṃ yattvayamīdṛśaṃ bhave
dharmaṃ prakāśeti me dharmabhāṇako |
niṣaṇṇa sthitvā kuṭikā ca caṃkrame
ājñā kṛtaṃ yat tvaya yādṛśī kṛtā |
sa caṃkramaṃ caiva kṛtaṃ suśobhanaṃ
maṇiratnasaṃcchādita taṃ ca bhūmim||
atha rājā ajitaseno yena svakā rājadhāgī tenopasaṃkrāntaḥ| atha nandimitramahāśrāvakaḥ pratinivṛtya tatraiva kuṭike niṣaṇṇo vikiraṇaṃ nāma bodhisattvasamādhiṃ samāpanno'bhūt| anyena keśānanyena nayanānyanyena dantānanyena grīvā anyena bāhū anyena hṛdayamanyenodaramanyenorū anyena jaṅgaghe anyena pādau samāpanno'bhūt| atha sa rājā ajitasenaḥ saptāhasyātyayena taṃ bhikṣūṃ na paśyati||
atha rājā jyeṣṭhakumāramevamāha| āgaccha kulaputra gamiṣyāmi tāṃ kuṭikām| yena sa bhikṣustenopasaṃkramiṣyāmi| atha sa rājā saputro yena sā kuṭikā tenopasaṃkrānto'bhūt| atha sa rājā ajitasenastaṃ bhikṣumātmabhāvam khaṇḍaṃ khāṇḍaṃ kṛtaṃ dṛstvā saṃśayajāto'bhūt| saṃtrastaromakūpajāto vastrāṇi pāṭayan paridevan rudan aśrukaṇṭhaḥ putramevamāha| ānaya putra tīkṣṇādhāramasim| ātmānaṃ jivitād vyavaropayiṣyāmi| atha sa rājakumāraḥ prāñjaliṃ kṛtvā rājānaṃ gāthābhiradhyabhāṣata|
mā śokacittasya bhave nṛpendra
mā vedayī vedanamīdṛśāni |
ātmaghātaṃ karitvā tu niraye tvaṃ gamiṣyasi|
rauravaṃ narakaṃ cāpi gamiṣyasi sudāruṇam|
dakṣiṇīyo ayaṃ loke jaravyādhipramocakaḥ|
na cāyaṃ ghātito yakṣairna bhūtairna ca rākṣasaiḥ|
bodhisattvo'pyayaṃ loke jaravyādhipramocakaḥ||
dakṣiṇiyo ayaṃ loke jaravyādhipramocakaḥ|
durlabho darśanaṃ asya bodhimārgasya darśakaḥ||
kalyāṇamitramayaṃ āsī tava kāraṇamāgatam|
dakṣiṇīyo ayaṃ loke sarvasattvasukhāvaham||
sarvajñaṃ pāramiprāptaṃ lokanāthena preṣitam|
dṛḍhavīryaṃ dṛḍhasthāmaṃ lokanāthaṃ maharṣiṇam||
yo nāma tasya dhāreti nāsau gacchati durgatim|
apāyaṃ na gamiṣyanti svargalokopapattaye||
atha sa rājakumārastaṃ pitaraṃ gāthā bhāsitvā tūṣṇīṃ sthito'bhūt| atha rājā ajitasenaḥ svakaṃ putramevamāha| kathaṃ tvaṃ kumāra jānīṣe yadayaṃ bhikṣuḥ samādhiṃ samāpanno'bhūt| atha sa rājakumāra evamāha| paśya mahārāja ayaṃ bhikṣurbodhisattvasamādhiṃ samāpannaḥ sarvakleśavinirmukto bhavasāgarapāraṃgataḥ sarvasattvahitārthaṃ ca mārgaṃ darśayate śubham| atha sa rājakumāro rājānamevamāha| āgaccha tāta caṃkramaṃ gamiṣyāmaḥ| atha sa rājā sa ca rājakumāro bahubhirdārakaśataiḥ sārdha yena sa caṃkramastenopasaṃkrāntau| atha sa bhikṣustataḥ samādhervyutthito rājānamajitasenamevamāha| āgaccha mahārāja kiṃ karoṣyasmin sthāne|
atha rājā taṃ bhikṣū dṛṣṭvā maulipattaṃ rājakumārasya dadāti| tava rājyaṃ bhavatu| dharmeṇa pālaye nādharmeṇa| rājakumāra āha| bahūnyasaṃkhyeyāni rājakāryāṇi mayā kṛtāni| na ca kadācittṛptirāsīt| tava tāta rājyaṃ bhavatu| na mama rājyena kāryaṃ na bhogena naiśvaryādhipatyena kāryam| tava rājyaṃ bhavatu tāta| dharmeṇa pālayeṃ nādharmeṇeti|
atha rājā yena sa bhikṣustenopasaṃkrāntaḥ prāñjalirevamāha|
sudurlabhaṃ [darśana]tubhyamārṣāḥ
kṛtājaliḥ [samabhimukhī] nāyakānām|
mokṣāgamaṃ darśanu tubhyamārṣāḥ
sudurlabhaṃ karmaśatairacintiyaiḥ||
ye darśanaṃ dāsyati tubhyamārṣā
muktā ca so bheṣyati kalpakoṭibhiḥ|
na jātu gacche vinipātadurgatiṃ
yo nāmadheyaṃ śṛṇute muhūrtam||
rājā āha|
niṣadya yugye ratanāmaye śubhe
vrajāmyahaṃ yena sa rājadhānīm|
dadāmyahaṃ bhojanu suprabhūtaṃ
dadāmyahaṃ kāśikavastrametat|
sūkṣmāṇi jālāni ca saṃhitāni
yāṃ cīvarāṃ tubhya dadāmi adya||
atha sa bhikṣū ratnamaye yugye gṛhītvā yena rājadhānī tenopasaṃkrāntaḥ| santarpito bhojanena| atha nandimitramahāśrāvako rājānamajitasenaṃ gāthābhiradhyabhāṣata|
saṃtarpito bhojana suprabhūtaṃ
mṛṣṭānnapānarasamukttamaṃ śubham|
ye bhikṣusaṃghāya dadaṃti dānaṃ
te bodhimaṇḍena cireṇa gacchata||
sudurlabhaṃ darśana nāyakasya na
cireṇa so gacchati buddhakṣetram|
amitāyuṣasya varabuddhakṣetre
sukhāvatīṃ gacchati śīgrametat||
atha nandimitramahāśrāvakaḥ ajitasenasya rājño gāthā bhāṣitva tūṣṇīṃ sthito'bhūt| atha rājā ajitaseno bherīṃ parāhanti sma| atha tena bherīśabdena sarvāstā amātyakoṭyo rājānamevamāhuḥ| kasyārthe mahārāja bherī parāhatā| rājā āha| saptame divase hastirathamaśvarathaṃ sajjaṃ kṛtaṃ rayāt| ahaṃ saptame divase jetavanaṃ nāma vihāraṃ gamiṣyāmi śākyamunestathāgatasyārhataḥ samyaksaṃbuddhasya darśanāya vandanāya paryupāsanāya dharmaśravaṇāya| athāmātyakoṭyastaṃ rājānamajitasenamevamāhuḥ| kṛtamasmābhiḥ mahārāja hastirathamaśvarathaṃ sajjam|
atha rājā ajitaseno hastirathe avaruhya taṃ ca nandimitramahāśrāvakaṃ ratnamaye rathe avarohya yena jetavanaṃ vihārastenopasaṃkrāntaḥ| atha bhagavān rājānamajitasenaṃ dūrata evāgacchantaṃ dṛṣṭrā tāna sarvaśrāvakānāmantrayat| sarvairnānāṛddhivikurvitaṃ darśayitavyam| atha te sarve mahāśrāvakā jvālāmālaṃ nāma bodhisattvasamādhiṃ samāpannā abhūvan| atha rājā dūratastaṃ jvālāmālaṃ dṛṣṭvā nandimitramahāśrāvakamevamāha| kasyārthe imaṃ parvataṃ jvālāmalībhūtaṃ paśyāmi| nandimitra āha| atra śākyamunistathāgato'rhan samyaksaṃbuddhaḥ sthitiṃ dhriyate yāpayati dharmaṃ ca deśayati| te ca bodhisattvā jvālāmālaṃ nāma bodhisattvasamādhiṃ samāpannāḥ| atha rājā ajitaseno hastirathādavatīrya pādābhyāṃ putrasahasreṇa sārdhaṃ yena bhagavāṃstenopasaṃkrāntaḥ| atha bhagavān suvarṇavarṇena kāyena vyāmaprabhayā caṃkramate sma| atha rājā ajitaseno bhagavato rūpavarṇaliṃgasaṃsthānaṃ dṛṣṭvā mūrcchitvā dharaṇitale nipatitaḥ| atha bhagavān suvarṇavarṇaṃ bāhuṃ prasārya taṃ rājānamutthāpayati sma| uttiṣṭha mahārāja kasyārthe prapatitaḥ| rājā āha|
bahūni kalpāni acintiyāni
jātīśatākoṭi acintityāni|
na me kadācidiha dṛṣṭarūpaṃ
tvaṃ lokanātho varadakṣiṇīyo||
tvaṃ sārthavāha jaravyādhimocakaṃ
suvarṇavarṇaṃ varalakṣaṇāṃgam|
dvātṛṃśatā lakṣāṇadhārīṇāṃ mune
nāsau kadācid vrajate apāyabhūmim|
yo lokanāthasya hi rūpu paśye
tvaṃ lokanāthā śirasā namasyāmī||
atha rājā ajitasenaḥ kṛtāñjaliḥ bhagavantamevamāha| ahaṃ bhagavan tava śāsane pravrajiṣyāmi| atha bhagavān tuṣṭa udagra āttamanāḥ pramuditaḥ prītisaumanasyajātaḥ| alabdhālābhā ye [tatra] mama śāsanaṃ vaistārikaṃ bhavati| taṃ rājanamajitasenamevamāha| gaccha tvaṃ mahārāja svagṛhe saptame divase āgamiṣyāmi|
atha rājā ajitasenastuṣṭa udagra āttamanāḥ pramuditaḥ prītīsaumanasyajātastaṃ kalyāṇamitraṃ bhikṣu purataḥsthāpya svagṛhaṃ gatvā sarvānamātyānāmantrayate sma| sarvairgrāmanagaranigamajanapadaiḥ pathaṃ śodhayitavyaṃ gṛhe gṛhe dhvajānyucchrāpitavyāni gṛhe gṛhe ratnamayāni kumbhāni paripūrayitavyāni| tadā taiḥ sarvairamātyairājñātam| sarvagrāmanagaranigamajanapadaiḥ pathaṃ śodhitaṃ dhvajānyucchrāpitāni ratnamayāni kumbhāni paripūritāni| yatra rājā ajitasenaḥ prativasati tatra dvādaśakoṭyo dhvajānāmucchrāpitā dvādaśakoṭyo ratnamayānāṃ kumbhānāṃ paripūritāḥ| yāvat saptame divase tathāgato'rhan samyaksaṃbuddhaḥ śāriputramaudgalyāyanāndapūrṇamaitrāyaṇīputrapramukhairmahāśrāvakasaṃghaiḥ parivṛtaḥ puraskṛtaḥ ajitasenasya rājño rājadhānīmanuprāptaḥ|
atha rājā ajitasenaḥ puṣpapiṭakaṃ gṛhītvā kalyāṇamitraṃ purataḥsthāpya bhagavantaṃ puṣpairavakiran bhagavantamevamāha| anena kuśalamūlena sarvasattvā anuttarāṃ samyaksaṃbodhimabhisampadyante| atha rājñā ajitasenena āsanāni prajñaptāni| tasya bhagavataḥ siṃhāsanaṃ pradattam| atha bhagavān siṃhāsane niṣaṇṇo rājño'jitasenasya dharmān deśitavāg| atha rājñā ajitasenena prabhūtenāhāreṇa khādanīyena bhojanīyena santarpitaḥ| atha rājā ajitaseno jyeṣṭhakaṃ rājakumāraṃ dadāti| imaṃ rājakumāraṃ pravrājaya| tadahaṃ paścāt pravrajiṣyāmi| atha bhagavānāyuṣmantamānandamāmantrayate sma| gacchānanda imaṃ rājakumāraṃ pravrājaya| athāyuṣmatānandena sa rājakumāraḥ pravrājitaḥ| saha pravrajitamātreṇa arhatphalaṃ prāptamabhūt| sarvabuddhakṣetrāṇi paśyati sma| atha sa rājakumāro'ntarīkṣagatastaṃ pitaraṃ gāthābhiradhyabhāṣata|
mā vilaṃba kurute tāta
mā khedaṃ kiṃci yāsyasi|
aho sulabdhaṃ sugatān darśanaṃ
aho sulabdhaṃ sugatān lābham||
aho sulabdhaṃ paramaṃ hi lābhaṃ
pravrajyalābhaṃ sugatena varṇitam|
saṃsāramokṣo sugatena varṇitaṃ
pravrajya śīghraṃ ma vilaṃba tāta||
mā khedayī lokavināyakendraṃ
sudurlabhaṃ labdha manuṣyalābhaṃ
sudurlabhaṃ darśanu nāyakānām|
śīghraṃ ca pravrajya mayā hi labdhaṃ
prāptaṃ mayā uttamamagrabodhim|
śrutvā na rājā tada putravākyaṃ
sa pravrajī śāsani nāyakasya||
atha rājakumāro'ntarīkṣagato gāthāṃ bhāṣitvā tūṣṇīṃ sthito'bhūt| atha rājā ajitasenaḥ putrasya vākyaṃ śrutvā tuṣṭa udagra ātta[ma]nāḥ pramuditaḥ [prīti]saumanasyajāto bhagavantamuddiśya vihāraṃ kārayati sma| tūryakoṭyo'nupradattāḥ| antaḥpurasahasramasyāstrīndriyamantarhitapuruṣendriyaṃ prādurabhūt| atha rājā ajitaseno bhagavataḥ śāsane pravrajito'bhūt| tāścāmātyakoṭyo bhagavataḥ śāsane pravrajitā abhūvan| taccāntaḥpurapuruṣasahasraṃ pravrajitamabhūt| bhagavān rājānamajitasenaṃ pravrājya yena jetavanaṃ vihārastena gamanamārabdhavān|
athāyuṣmānānando bhagavantamevamāha| ayaṃ rājā ajitaseno rājyaṃ parityajya vihāraṃ kārayitvā bhagavataḥ śāsane pravrajito'bhūt| asya kīdṛśaṃ kuśalamūlaṃ bhaviṣyati| bhagavānāha| sādhu sādhu ānanda yattvayā parikīrtitam| ayaṃ rājā ajitaseno mama śāsane pravrajito bhaviṣyati| anāgate'dhvanyaparimitaiḥ kalpairacintyairaparimāṇairajitaprabho nāma tathāgato'rhan samyak saṃbuddho loke bhaviṣyati vidyācaraṇasaṃpannaḥ sugato lokavidanuttaraḥ puruṣadamyasārathiḥ śāstā devānāṃ ca manuṣyāṇāṃ ca buddho bhagavān| ānanda āha| ayaṃ nandimitramahāśrāvako rājñaḥ kalyāṇa mitramabhūt| kidṛśaṃ vāsya kuśalamūlaṃ bhaviṣyati|
bhagavānāha| ayamānanda nandimitramahāśrāvakastatraiva kālasamaye nandiprabho nāma tathāgato'rhan samyaksaṃbuddho loke bhaviṣyati| ānanda āha| kīdṛśaṃ bhagavan teṣāṃ tathāġatānāṃ buddhakṣetraṃ bhaviṣyati| bhagavānāha| aparimitaguṇasaṃcayā nāma sā buddhakṣetraṃ bhaviṣyati yatreme tathāġatā bhaviṣyanti| ānanda āha| ya imaṃ dharmaparyāyaṃ sakalaṃ samāptaṃ paścime kāle paścime samaye saṃprakāśayiṣyati tasya kīdṛśaḥ puṇyaskandho bhaviṣyati| bhagavānāha|
yadā mayānanda duṣkarakoṭiniyutaśatasahasrāṇi caritvā bodhirabhisaṃbuddhā tadā te sattvā bodhimabhisaṃbhotsyante| ya etaddharmaparyāyāt catuṣpadikāmapi gāthāṃ śroṣyanti avaivartikāśca te sattvā bhaviṣyantyanuttarāyāṃ samyaksaṃbodhau| ānanda āha| ya imaṃ dharmaparyāyaṃ dharmabhāṇakāḥ saṃprakāśayiṣyanti teṣāṃ kidṛśaṃ kuśalamūlaṃ bhaviṣyati| bhagavānāha| śṛṇu ānanda rājā bhaviṣyati cakravartī caturdvīpeśvara| ya imaṃ dhamaparyāyaṃ sakalaṃ samāptaṃ saṃprakāśayiṣyanti muktāśca bhaviṣyanti jātijarāvyādhiparidevaduḥkhadaurmanasyopāyāsebhyaḥ parimuktā bhaviṣyanti| ānanda āha| ye paścime kāle paścime samaye sattvā imaṃ dharmaparyāyaṃ pratikṣepsyanti na pattīyiṣyanti teṣāṃ kā gatirbhaviṣyati kaḥ parāyaṇam|
bhagavānāha| alamalamānanda| mā me pāpakaṃ karmaskandhaṃ paripṛccha| na mayā śakyaṃ parikīrtayitum| anyatra buddhakoṭibhirnaśakyaṃ parikīrtayitum| ānanda āha| parikīrtaya bhagavan parikīrtaya| sugato bhagavānāha| śruṇu ānanda saddharmapratikṣepakasya gatiṃ parikīrtayiṣyāmi| raurave mahānarake hāhahe mahānarake avīcau mahānarake tiryagyonau yamaloke ca pretaviṣaye bahūni kalpasahasrāṇi duḥkhamanubhavitavyam| yadi kadācinmannuṣyaloke upapatsyate dīrghaśuṣkatālukaṇṭho bhaviṣyati| dvādaśayojanāni tasya jivhā bhaviṣyati| dvādaśahalyāni pravahiṣyanti ye evaṃ vāgbhāṣiṣyante|
mā bhoḥ kulaputrā bhoḥ kvacit saddharmaṃ pratikṣepṣyatha| saddharmapratikṣepakasya evaṃ gatirbhavati| ānanda āha| kena hetunā bhagavan saddharmaḥ pratikṣipto bhavati| bhagavānāha| ye sattvāḥ paścime kāle paścime samaye eteṣāṃ sūtrānudhārakāṇāṃ dharmabhāṇākānāmakrośiṣyanti paribhāṣiṣyante kutsayiṣyanti paṃsayiṣyanti tasya dharmabhāṇakasya duṣṭacittamutpādyiṣyanti tebhyaḥ saddharmaḥ pratikṣipto bhaviṣyati| yaḥ sattvaḥ trisāhasramahāsāhasryāṃ lokadhātau sattvānāmakṣīṇyutpāṭayet ayaṃ tato bahutaramapuṇyaskandho bhavet| evameva ya eteṣāṃ sūtra dhārakāṇāṃ dharmabhāṇākāṇāṃ duṣṭacittaprekṣitā ayaṃ tato bahutaramapuṇyaskandhaṃ prasaviṣyate|
atha ānando bhagavato gāthāḥ pratyabhāṣata|
bahusūtrasahasrāṇi śrutaṃ me śāstusaṃukhāt|
na [ca]me īdṛśaṃ sūtraṃ śrutapūrvaṃ kadācana||
parinirvṛtasya śāstusya paścātkāle subhairave|
idaṃ sūtraṃ prakāśiṣye dhārayiṣye imaṃ nayam||
yatra sūtraratne asmiṃ paścātkā[le] bhaviṣyati|
rakṣāṃ kariṣyāmi teṣāṃ paścātkāle subhairave||
pratikṣipiṣyāmi nedaṃ gaṃbhīraṃ buddhabhāṣitam||
athāyuṣmānando bhagavato gāthā bhāṣitvā tūṣṇīṃ sthito'bhūt| atha kāśyapo mahāśrāvako bhagavantaṃ gāthābhiradhyabhāṣata|
suvarṇavarṇaṃ varalakṣaṇāṃgaṃ
dvātriṃśatā lakṣaṇadhārīṇaṃ jinam|
subhāṣitaṃ sūtra mahānubhāvagaṃ
gaṃbhīradharma nipuṇaṃ sudurdṛśam||
prakāśitaṃ sūtramidaṃ niruttaraṃ
mā paścakāle parinirvṛte jine|
dhāriṣye maṃ sūtranayaṃ niruttaraṃ|
athāyuṣmān śāradvatīputro bhagavantaṃ gāthābhiradhyabhāṣata|
namo'stu te buddha mahānubhāva
prakāśitaṃ sūtramidaṃ niruttaram|
parinirvṛtasya tava lokanāyakā
likhiṣyati sūtrametaṃ niruttaram||
na cāpi so gacchati durgatībhayaṃ
svargaṃ ca so gacchati kṣiprametat||
athāyuṣmān pūrṇo maitrāyaṇīputro bhagavantaṃ gāthābhiradhyabhāṣata|
kṛtajño bahusattvānāṃ mocako durgatībhayāt|
prakāśitaṃ tvayā sūtraṃ gambhīraṃ buddhadakṣiṇam||
ahaṃ hi paścime kāle nirvṛte tvayi nāyake|
idaṃ sūtraṃ prakāśiṣye hitāya sarvaprāṇinām||
iti|
atha brahmā sahāṃpatirbhagavantaṃ gāthābhiradhyabhāṣata|
namo'stu te buddha mahānubhāvā
prakāśitaṃ sūtramidaṃ tvayā śubham|
parinivṛtasya tava lokanāyaka
rakṣāṃ kariṣyāmi ha sūtraratne||
atha cattvāro mahārājā bhagavantaṃ gāthābhiradhyabhāṣanta|
aho [suramyaṃ] varasūtraratnaṃ
prakāśitaṃ īdṛśa paścakāle|
..................sūtraratnaṃ
prakāśitaṃ paśyati paścakāle||
sugatāna vai lokavināyakānāṃ
ahaṃ hi dhāriṣyama sūtraratnam|
rakṣāṃ kariṣyāmyahaṃ sūtraratnaṃ
imavocadbhagavānāttamanā||
sā ca sarvāvatī parṣadbhagavato bhāṣitamabhyanandat|
ajitasenavyākaraṇanirdeśo nāma mahāyānasūtraṃ samāptam||
deyadharmoyaṃ bālosiṃhena sārdha bhāryājājatitrana sārdhaṃ mātāpitroḥ paramaduṣkartroḥ sādha kṣīṇī ena akhiloṭi ena diśoṭajāja maṃgali.......utrayannagarvidoṭiena vaṭrari–khuśoṭi–khūśogoṭi ena sārdha sarvasattvaiḥ sarva......bhiryatra puṇya tadbha......sarvasattvānāmanuttaraḥ......sārdha paramakalyāṇamitrasthirabandhu ena| likhitamidaṃ puṣṭakaṃ dharmabhāṇakanarendradattena|