Aṣṭamaḥ paṭalavisaraḥ
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aṣṭamaḥ paṭalavisaraḥ |
atha khalu bhagavān śākyamunirmañjuśriyaṃ kumārabhūtamāmantrayate sma | ye te mañjuśrīḥ ! tvayā nirdiṣṭā sattvā teṣāmarthāya idaṃ paṭavidhānaṃ visaramākhyātam | te svalpenaivopāyena sādhayiṣyante | teṣāmarthāya sādhanopayikaṃ guṇavistaraprabhedavibhāgaśo karmavibhāgaṃ samanubhāṣiṣyāmi | taṃ śṛṇu sādhu ca suṣṭhu ca manasi kuru bhāṣiṣye | sarvasattvānāmarthāya ||
atha khalu mañjuśrīḥ kumārabhūto bhagavantametadavocat | sādhu sādhu bhagavan ! subhāṣitā te'smadvibhāvanodyotanakarīṃ mantracaryāguṇaniṣpattiprabhāvanakarīṃ vārṇām | tadvadatu taṃ bhagavān | yasyedānīṃ kālaṃ manyase | asmākamanukampārtham ||
atha bhagavān śākyamuniḥ sarvāvantaṃ parṣanmaṇḍalamavalokya smitamakārṣīt | atha bhagavataḥ śākyamunirmukhadvārāt nīlapītasphaṭikavarṇādayo raśmayo niścaranti sma | samanantaraniścaritā ca raśmayo sarvāvantaṃ parṣanmaṇḍalaṃ avabhāsya trisāhasramahāsāhasraṃ lokadhātuṃ sarvamārabhavanaṃ jihmīkṛtya sarvanakṣatradyotiśailagaṇaprabhāṃ yatremau candrasūryau mahardhikau mahānubhāvau tayā prabhayā te'pi jihmīkṛtau nāvabhāsyante, niṣprabhāṇi ca bhavanti| na virocante jihmīkṛtāni ca saṃdṛśyante sarvamaṇimantraupadhiratnaprabhāṃ niḥprabhīkṛtya punareva bhagavataḥ śākyamuneḥ mukhadvārāntardhīyate sma ||
atha khalu vajrapāṇirbodhisattvo mahāsattvaḥ tatraiva parṣanmaṇḍale sannipatito'bhūt sanniṣaṇṇaḥ | sa utthāyāsanāt sattvaramāṇarūpo bhagavataścaraṇayornipatya bhagavantametadavocat – nāhetukaṃ nāpratyayaṃ buddhā bhagavantaḥ smitaṃ prāviṣkurvanti | ko bhagavan hetuḥ, kaḥ pratyayo smitasya prāviṣkaraṇāya ||
evamukte, bhagavān vajrapāṇiṃ bodhisattvamāmantrayate sma | evametad vajrapāṇe ! evametat | yathā vadasi tat tathā | nāhetvapratyayaṃ tathāgatānāṃ vidyate smitam | asti hetuḥ asti pratyayaḥ| yo idaṃ sūtrendrarājaṃ mañjuśrīmūlakalpā vidyācaryānuṣṭhānakarmasādhanopayikasamavaśaraṇadharmameghāniḥśritaṃ samanupraveśānuvartakaṃ kariṣyanti dhārayiṣyanti vācayiṣyanti śraddhāsyanti pustakalikhitaṃ kṛtvāḥ pūjayiṣyanti vandanacūrṇānulepanadhūpamālyaiḥ chatradhvajapatākaiḥ vividhairvā prakārairvādyaviśeṣairvā nānātūryatāḍāvacaraiḥ | antaśaḥ anumodanāsahagataṃ vā cittasantatirvā pratialapsyante romaharṣaṇaṃ sañjanaṃ vā kariṣyanti vidyāprabhāvaśaktiṃ vā śrutvā saṃhṛṣyante anumodiṣyante caryāṃ vā pratipatsyante | vyākṛtāste mayā anuttarāyāṃ samyak sambodho sarve te bhaviṣyanti | buddhā bhagavantaḥ | ata eva jināḥ smitaṃ kurvanti nānyathā iti ||
ādau tāvad dṛṣṭasamayaḥ kṛtapuraścaraṇaḥ labdhābhiṣekaḥ asmin kalparājamūlamantrahṛdayaṃ upahṛdayaṃ vā anyataraṃ vā mantraṃ gṛhītvā ekākṣaraṃ vā anyaṃ vā yathepsitaṃ mahāraṇyaṃ gatvā triṃśallakṣāṇi jape phalodakāhāraḥ mūlaparṇabhakṣo vā kṛtapuraścaraṇo bhavati ||
tato parvatāyamabhiruhya jyeṣṭhaṃ paṭaṃ paścānmukhaṃ pratiṣṭhāpya, ātmanā pūrvābhimukho kuśaviṇḍakopaviṣṭaḥ śvetapadmānāṃ śvetakuṅkumābhyaktānāṃ lakṣamekaṃ bhagavataḥ śākyamuneḥ sarvabuddhabodhisattvapratyekabuddhāryaśrāvakāṇāṃ paṭasyādhastānnivedayet | karpūradhūpaṃ ca yathāvibhavataḥ dahet | devaputranāgānāṃ ca pūjā kuryāt | yathālabdhaiḥ puṣpaiḥ || tato'rdharātrakālasamaye śuklapūrṇamāsyāṃ prātihārakapratipūrṇāyāṃ paṭasyāgrataḥ agnikuṇḍaṃ kṛtvā padmākāraṃ śvetacandanakāṣṭhairagniṃ prajvālya kuṅkumakarpūraṃ caikīkṛtya, aṣṭasahasrāhutiṃ juhuyāt | yathāvibhavataḥ kṛtarakṣaḥ ||
tataḥ bhagavataḥ śākyamuneḥ raśmayo niścaranti samantācca paṭaḥ ekajvālībhūto bhavati | tataḥ sādhakena sattvaramāṇarūpeṇa paṭaṃ triḥpradakṣiṇīkṛtya sarvabuddhabodhisattvapratyekabuddhāryaśrāvakāṇāṃ praṇamya paṭaṃ grahītavyam ||
atītena pūrvalikhitasādhakapaṭāntadaśa tato gṛhītamātrotpatati | acchaṭāmātreṇa brahmalokamatikrāmati | kusumāvatīṃ lokadhātuṃ sampratiṣṭhati | yatrāsau bhagavāṃ saṅkusumitarājendrastathāgataḥ tiṣṭhati dhriyate yāpayati dharmaṃ ca deśayati āryamañjuśriyaṃ ca sākṣāt paśyati dharmaṃ śṛṇoti anekānyapi bodhisattvaśatasahasrā paśyati tāṃśca paryupāste mahākalpasahasraṃ ajarāmaralīlī bhavati | paṭastatraiva tiṣṭhati sarvabuddhabodhisattvādhiṣṭhito bhavati teṣāṃ cādhiṣṭhānaṃ sañjānīte kṣetraśatasahasraṃ cākrāmati kāyaśatasahasraṃ vā darśayati anekaṛddhiprabhāvasamudgato bhavati āryamañjuśriyaśca kalyāṇamitro bhavati niyataṃ bodhiparāyaṇo bhavatīti ||
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