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atha khalvāyuṣmān śāriputrastasyāṃ velāyāṃ tuṣṭa udagra āttamanāḥ pramuditaḥ prītisaumanasyajāto yena bhagavāṃstenāñjaliṃ praṇamya bhagavato'bhimukho bhagavantameva vyavalokayamāno bhagavantametadavocat-āścaryādbhutaprāpto'smi bhagavan audbilyaprāptaḥ idamevaṃrūpaṃ bhagavato'ntikād ghoṣaṃ śrutvā| tatkasya hetoḥ? aśrutvaiva tāvadahaṃ bhagavan idamevaṃrūpaṃ bhagavato'ntikād dharmaṃ tadanyān bodhisattvān dṛṣṭvā bodhisattvānāṃ ca anāgate'dhvani buddhanāma śrutvā atīva śocāmi atīva saṃtapye, bhraṣṭo'smyevaṃrūpāt tathāgatajñānagocarād jñānadarśanāt| yadā cāhaṃ bhagavan abhīkṣṇaṃ gacchāmi parvatagirikandarāṇi vanaṣaṇḍānyārāmanadīvṛkṣamūlānyekāntāni divāvihārāya, tadāpyahaṃ bhagavan yadbhūyastvena anenaiva vihāreṇa viharāmi| tulye nāma dharmadhātupraveśe vayaṃ bhagavatā hīnena yānena niryātitāḥ| evaṃ ca me bhagavaṃstasmin samaye bhavati-asmākamevaiṣo'parādhaḥ, naiva bhagavato'parādhaḥ| tatkasya hetoḥ? sacedbhagavānasmābhiḥ pratīkṣitaḥ syāt sāmutkarṣikīṃ dharmadeśanāṃ kathayamānaḥ, yadidamanuttarāṃ samyaksaṃbodhimārabhya, teṣveva vayaṃ bhagavan dharmeṣu niryātāḥ syāma| yatpunarbhagavan asmābhiranupasthiteṣu bodhisattveṣu saṃdhābhāṣyaṃ bhagavato'jānamānaistvaramāṇaiḥ prathamabhāṣitaiva tathāgatasya dharmadeśanā śrutvodgṛhītā dhāritā bhāvitā cintitā manasikṛtā| so'haṃ bhagavan ātmaparibhāṣaṇayaiva bhūyiṣṭhena rātriṃdivānyatināmayāmi| adyāsmi bhagavan nirvāṇaprāptaḥ| adyāsmi bhagavan parinirvṛtaḥ| adya me bhagavan arhattvaṃ prāptam| adyāhaṃ bhagavan bhagavataḥ putro jyeṣṭha auraso mukhato jāto dharmajo dharmanirmito dharmadāyādo dharmanirvṛttaḥ| apagataparidāho'smyadya bhagavan imamevaṃrūpamadbhutadharmamaśrutapūrvaṃ bhagavato'ntikād ghoṣaṃ śrutvā||
atha khalvāyuṣmān śāriputrastasyāṃ velāyāṃ bhagavantamābhirgāthābhiradhyabhāṣata—
āścaryaprāpto'smi mahāvināyaka
audbilyajāto imu ghoṣa śrutvā|
kathaṃkathā mahya na bhūya kācit
paripācito'haṃ iha agrayāne||1||
āścaryabhūtaḥ sugatāna ghoṣaḥ
kāṅkṣāṃ ca śokaṃ ca jahāti prāṇinām|
kṣīṇāsravasyo mama yaśca śoko
vigato'sti sarvaṃ śruṇiyāna ghoṣam||2||
divāvihāramanucaṃkramanto
vanaṣaṇḍa ārāmatha vṛkṣamūlam|
girikandarāṃścāupyupasevamāno
anucintayāmī imameva cintām||3||
aho'smi parivañcitu pāpacittai-
stulyeṣu dharmeṣu anāsraveṣu|
yannāma traidhātuki agradharmaṃ
na deśayiṣyāmi anāgate'dhve||4||
dvātriṃśatī lakṣaṇa mahya bhraṣṭā
suvarṇavarṇacchavitā ca bhraṣṭā|
balā vimokṣāścimi sarvi riñcitā
tulyeṣu dharmeṣu aho'smi mūḍhaḥ||5||
anuvyañjanā ye ca mahāmunīnā-
maśīti pūrṇāḥ pravarā viśiṣṭāḥ|
aṣṭādaśāveṇika ye ca dharmā-
ste cāpi bhraṣṭā ahu vañcito'smi||6||
dṛṣṭvā ca tvāṃ lokahitānukampī
divāvihāraṃ parigamya caikaḥ|
hā vañcito'smīti vicintayāmi
asaṅgajñānātu acintiyātaḥ||7||
rātriṃdivāni kṣapayāmi nātha
bhūyiṣṭha so eva vicintayantaḥ|
pṛcchāmi tāvad bhagavantameva
bhraṣṭo'hamasmītyatha vā na veti||8||
evaṃ ca me cintayato jinendra
gacchanti rātriṃdiva nityakālam|
dṛṣṭvā ca anyān bahubodhisattvān
saṃvarṇitāllokavināyakena||9||
śrutvā ca so'haṃ imu buddhadharmaṃ
saṃghāya etatkila bhāṣitaṃ ti|
atarkikaṃ sūkṣmamanāsravaṃ ca
jñānaṃ praṇetī jina bodhimaṇḍe||10||
dṛṣṭīvilagno hyahamāsi pūrvaṃ
parivrājakastīrthikasaṃmataśca|
tato mamā āśayu jñātva nātho
dṛṣṭīvimokṣāya bravīti nirvṛtim||11||
vimucya tā dṛṣṭikṛtāni sarvaśaḥ
śūnyāṃśca dharmānahu sparśayitvā|
tato vijānāmyahu nirvṛto'smi
na cāpi nirvāṇamidaṃ pravucyati||12||
yadā tu buddho bhavate'grasattvaḥ
puraskṛto naramaruyakṣarākṣasaiḥ|
dvātriṃśatīlakṣaṇarūpadhārī
aśeṣato nirvṛtu bhoti tatra||13||
vyapanīta sarvāṇi mi manyitāni
śrutvā ca ghoṣaṃ ahamadya nirvṛtaḥ|
yadāpi vyākurvasi agrabodhau
purato hi lokasya sadevakasya||14||
balavacca āsīnmama chambhitatvaṃ
prathamaṃ giraṃ śrutva vināyakasya|
mā haiva māro sa bhavedviheṭhako
abhinirmiṇitvā bhuvi buddhaveṣam||15||
yadā tu hetūhi ca kāraṇaiśca
dṛṣṭāntakoṭīnayutaiśca darśitā|
suparisthitā sā varabuddhabodhi-
stato'smi niṣkāṅkṣu śruṇitva dharmam||16||
yadā ca me buddhasahasrakoṭyaḥ
kīrteṣyatī tān parinirvṛtān jinān|
yathā ca tairdeśitu eṣa dharma
upāyakauśalya pratiṣṭhihitvā||17||
anāgatāśco bahu buddha loke
tiṣṭhanti ye co paramārthadarśinaḥ|
upāyakauśalyaśataiśca dharmaṃ
nidarśayiṣyantyatha deśayanti ca||18||
tathā ca te ātmana yādṛśī carī
abhiniṣkramitvā prabhṛtīya saṃstutā|
buddhaṃ ca te yādṛśu dharmacakraṃ
tathā ca te'vasthita dharmadeśanā||19||
tataśca jānāmi na eṣa māro
bhūtāṃ cariṃ darśayi lokanāthaḥ |
na hyatra mārāṇa gatī hi vidyate
mamaiva cittaṃ vicikitsaprāptam||20||
yadā tu madhureṇa gabhīravalgunā
saṃharṣito buddhasvareṇa cāham|
tadā mi vidhvaṃsita sarvasaṃśayā
vicikitsa naṣṭā ca sthito'smi jñāne||21||
niḥsaṃśayaṃ bheṣyi tathāgato'haṃ
puraskṛto loki sadevake'smin|
saṃghāya vakṣye imu buddhabodhiṃ
samādapento bahubodhisattvān||22||
evamukte bhagavānāyuṣmantaṃ śāriputrametadavocat-ārocayāmi te śāriputra, prativedayāmi te asya sadevakasya lokasya purataḥ samārakasya sabrahmakasya saśramaṇabrāhmaṇikāyāḥ prajāyāḥ purataḥ| mayā tvaṃ śāriputra viṃśatīnāṃ buddhakoṭīnayutaśatasahasrāṇāmantike paripācito'nuttarāyāṃ samyaksaṃbodhau| mama ca tvaṃ śāriputra dīrgharātramanuśikṣito'bhūt| sa tvaṃ śāriputra bodhisattvasaṃmantritena bodhisattvarahasyena iha mama pravacane upapannaḥ| sa tvaṃ śāriputra bodhisattvādhiṣṭhānena tatpaurvakaṃ caryāpraṇidhānaṃ bodhisattvasaṃmantritaṃ bodhisattvarahasyaṃ na samanusmarasi| nirvṛto'smīti manyase| so'haṃ tvāṃ śāriputra pūrvacaryāpraṇidhānajñānānubodhamanusmārayitukāma imaṃ saddharmapuṇḍarīkaṃ dharmaparyāyaṃ sūtrāntaṃ mahāvaipulyaṃ bodhisattvāvavādaṃ sarvabuddhaparigrahaṃ śrāvakāṇāṃ saṃprakāśayāmi||
api khalu punaḥ śāriputra, bhaviṣyasi tvamanāgate'dhvani aprameyaiḥ kalpairacintyairapramāṇairbahūnāṃ tathāgatakoṭīnayutaśatasahasrāṇāṃ saddharmaṃ dhārayitvā vividhāṃ ca pūjāṃ kṛtvā imāmeva bodhisattvacaryāṃ paripūrya padmaprabho nāma tathāgato'rhan samyaksaṃbuddho loke bhaviṣyasi vidyācaraṇasaṃpannaḥ sugato lokavidanuttaraḥ puruṣadamyasārathiḥ śāstā devānāṃ ca manuṣyāṇāṃ ca buddho bhagavān||
tena khalu punaḥ śāriputra samayena tasya bhagavataḥ padmaprabhasya tathāgatasya virajaṃ nāma buddhakṣetraṃ bhaviṣyati samaṃ ramaṇīyaṃ prāsādikaṃ paramasudarśanīyaṃ pariśuddhaṃ ca sphītaṃ ca ṛddhaṃ ca kṣemaṃ ca subhikṣaṃ ca bahujananārīgaṇākīrṇaṃ ca maruprakīrṇaṃ ca vaiḍūryamayaṃ suvarṇasūtrāṣṭāpadanibaddham| teṣu ca aṣṭāpadeṣu ratnavṛkṣā bhaviṣyanti saptānāṃ ratnānāṃ puṣpaphalaiḥ satatasamitaṃ samarpitāḥ||
so'pi śāriputra padmaprabhastathāgato'rhan samyaksaṃbuddhastrīṇyeva yānānyārabhya dharmaṃ deśayiṣyati| kiṃcāpi śāriputra sa tathāgato na kalpakaṣāya utpatsyate, api tu praṇidhānavaśena dharmaṃ deśayiṣyati| mahāratnapratimaṇḍitaśca nāma śāriputra sa kalpo bhaviṣyati| tatkiṃ manyase śāriputra kena kāraṇena sa kalpo mahāratnapratimaṇḍita ityucyate? ratnāni śāriputra buddhakṣetre bodhisattvā ucyante| te tasmin kāle tasyāṃ virajāyāṃ lokadhātau bahavo bodhisattvā bhaviṣyantyaprameyā asaṃkhyeyā acintyā atulyā amāpyā gaṇanāṃ samatikrāntā anyatra tathāgatagaṇanayā| tena kāraṇena sa kalpo mahāratnapratimaṇḍita ityucyate||
tena khalu punaḥ śāriputra samayena bodhisattvāstasmin buddhakṣetre yadbhūyasā ratnapadmavikrāmiṇo bhaviṣyanti| anādikarmikāśca te bodhisattvā bhaviṣyanti| ciracaritakuśalamūlā bahubuddhaśatasahasracīrṇabrahmacaryāḥ, tathāgataparisaṃstutā buddhajñānābhiyuktā mahābhijñāparikarmanirjātāḥ sarvadharmanayakuśalā mārdavāḥ smṛtimantaḥ| bhūyiṣṭhena śāriputra evaṃrūpāṇāṃ bodhisattvānāṃ paripūrṇaṃ tadbuddhakṣetraṃ bhaviṣyati||
tasya khalu punaḥ śāriputra padmaprabhasya tathāgatasya dvādaśāntarakalpā āyuṣpramāṇaṃ bhaviṣyati sthāpayitvā kumārabhūtatvam| teṣāṃ ca sattvānāmaṣṭāntarakalpā āyuṣpramāṇaṃ bhaviṣyati| sa ca śāriputra padmaprabhastathāgato dvādaśānāmantarakalpānāmatyayena dhṛtiparipūrṇaṃ nāma bodhisattvaṃ mahāsattvaṃ vyākṛtya anuttarāyāṃ samyaksaṃbodhau parinirvāsyati| ayaṃ bhikṣavo dhṛtiparipūrṇo bodhisattvo mahāsattvo mamānantaramanuttarāṃ samyaksaṃbodhimabhisaṃbhotsyate| padmavṛṣabhavikrāmī nāma tathāgato'rhan samyaksaṃbuddho loke bhaviṣyati vidyācaraṇasaṃpannaḥ sugato lokavidanuttaraḥ puruṣadamyasārathiḥ śāstā devānāṃ ca manuṣyāṇāṃ ca buddho bhagavān| tasyāpi śāriputra padmavṛṣabhavikrāmiṇastathāgatasya evaṃrūpameva buddhakṣetraṃ bhaviṣyati||
tasya khalu punaḥ śāriputra padmaprabhasya tathāgatasya parinirvṛtasya dvātriṃśadantarakalpān saddharmaḥ sthāsyati| tatastasya tasmin saddharme kṣīṇe dvātriṃśadantarakalpān saddharmapratirūpakaḥ sthāsyati||
atha khalu bhagavāṃstasyāṃ velāyāmimā gāthā abhāṣata—
bhaviṣyase śārisutā tuhaṃ pi
anāgate'dhvāni jinastathāgataḥ|
padmaprabho nāma samantacakṣu-
rvineṣyase prāṇisahasrakoṭyaḥ||23||
bahubuddhakoṭīṣu karitva satkriyāṃ
caryābalaṃ tatra upārjayitvā|
utpādayitvā ca daśo balāni
spṛśiṣyase uttamamagrabodhim||24||
acintiye aparimitasmi kalpe
prabhūtaratnastada kalpu bheṣyati|
virajā ca nāmnā tada lokadhātuḥ
kṣetraṃ viśuddhaṃ dvipadottamasya||25||
vaidūryasaṃstīrṇa tathaiva bhūmiḥ
suvarṇasūtrapratimaṇḍitā ca|
ratnāmayairvṛkṣaśatairupetā
sudarśanīyaiḥ phalapuṣpamaṇḍitaiḥ||26||
smṛtimanta tasmin bahubodhisattvāḥ
caryābhinirhārasukovidāśca|
ye śikṣitā buddhaśateṣu caryāṃ
te tatra kṣetre upapadya santi||27||
so cejjinaḥ paścimake samucchraye
kumārabhūmīmatināmayitvā|
jahitva kāmānabhiniṣkamitvā
spṛśiṣyate uttamamagrabodhim||28||
sama dvādaśā antarakalpa tasya
bhaviṣyate āyu tadā jinasya|
manujānapī antarakalpa aṣṭa
āyuṣpramāṇaṃ tahi teṣa bheṣyati||29||
parinirvṛtasyāpi jinasya tasya
dvātriṃśatiṃ antarakalpa pūrṇām|
saddharma saṃsthāsyati tasmi kāle
hitāya lokasya sadevakasya||30||
saddharmi kṣīṇe pratirūpako'sya
dvātriṃśatī antarakalpa sthāsyati|
śarīravaistārika tasya tāyinaḥ
susatkṛto naramarutaiśca nityam||31||
etādṛśaḥ so bhagavān bhaviṣyati
prahṛṣṭa tvaṃ śārisutā bhavasva|
tvameva so tādṛśako bhaviṣyasi
anābhibhūto dvipadānamuttamaḥ||32||
atha khalu tāścatasraḥ parṣado bhikṣubhikṣuṇyupāsakopāsikā devanāgayakṣagandharvāsuragaruḍakinnaramahoragamanuṣyāmanuṣyā āyuṣmataḥ śāriputrasyedaṃ vyākaraṇamanuttarāyāṃ samyaksaṃbodhau bhagavato'ntikāt saṃmukhaṃ śrutvā tuṣṭā udagrā āttamanasaḥ pramuditāḥ prītisaumanasyajātāḥ svakasvakaiścīvarairbhagavantamabhicchādayāmāsuḥ| śakraśca devānāmindro brahmā ca sahāṃpatiranyāśca devaputraśatasahasrakoṭyo bhagavantaṃ divyairvastrairabhicchādayāmāsuḥ| divyaiśca māndāravairmahāmāndaravaiśca puṣpairabhyavakiranti sma| divyāni ca vastrāṇyuparyantarīkṣe bhrāmayanti sma| divyāni ca tūryaśatasahasrāṇi dundubhayaścoparyantarīkṣe parāhananti sma| mahāntaṃ ca puṣpavarṣamabhipravarṣayitvā evaṃ ca vācaṃ bhāṣante sma-pūrvaṃ bhagavatā vārāṇasyāmṛṣipatane mṛgadāve dharmacakraṃ pravartitam| idaṃ punarbhagavatā adya anuttaraṃ dvitīyaṃ dharmacakraṃ pravartitam| te ca devaputrāstasyāṃ velāyāmimā gāthā abhāṣanta—
dharmacakraṃ pravartesi loke apratipudgala|
vārāṇasyāṃ mahāvīra skandhānāmudayaṃ vyayam||33||
prathamaṃ pravartitaṃ tatra dvitīyamiha nāyaka|
duḥśraddadheya yasteṣāṃ deśito'dya vināyaka||34||
bahu dharmaḥ śruto'smābhiarlokanāthasya saṃmukham|
na cāyamīdṛśo dharmaḥ śrutapūrvaḥ kadācana||35||
anumodāma mahāvīra saṃdhābhāṣyaṃ maharṣiṇaḥ|
yathārtho vyākṛto hyeṣa śāriputro viśāradaḥ||36||
vayamapyedṛśāḥ syāmo buddhā loke anuttarāḥ|
saṃdhābhāṣyeṇa deśento buddhabodhimanuttarām||37||
yacchrutaṃ kṛtamasmābhirasmilloke paratra vā|
ārāgitaśca yadbuddhaḥ prārthanā bhotu bodhaye||38||
atha khalvāyuṣmān śāriputro bhagavantametadavocat-niṣkāṅkṣo'smi bhagavan vigatakathaṃkatho bhagavato'ntikāt saṃmukhamidamātmano vyākaraṇaṃ śrutvā anuttarāyāṃ samyaksaṃbodhau| yāni ca imāni bhagavan dvādaśa vaśībhūtaśatāni bhagavatā pūrvaṃ śaikṣabhūmau sthāpitāni evamavavaditāni evamanuśiṣṭānyabhūvan etatparyavasāno me bhikṣavo dharmavinayo yadidaṃ jātijarāvyādhimaraṇaśokasamatikramo nirvāṇasamavasaraṇaḥ| ime ca bhagavan dve bhikṣusahasre śaikṣāśaikṣāṇāṃ bhagavataḥ śrāvakāṇāṃ sarveṣāmātmadṛṣṭibhavadṛṣṭivibhavadṛṣṭisarvadṛṣṭivivarjitānāṃ nirvāṇabhūmisthitāḥ smaḥ ityātmanaḥ saṃjānatām, te bhagavato'ntikādimamevaṃrūpamaśrutapūrvaṃ dharma śrutvā kathaṃkathāmāpannāḥ| tatsādhu bhagavān bhāṣatāmeṣāṃ bhikṣūṇāṃ kaukṛtyavinodanārtha yathā bhagavannetāścatasraḥ parṣado niṣkāṅkṣā nirvicikitsā bhaveyuḥ||
evamukte bhagavānāyuṣmantaṃ śāriputrametadavocat-nanu te mayā śāriputra pūrvamevākhyātaṃ yathā nānābhinirhāranirdeśavividhahetukāraṇanidarśanārambaṇaniruktyupāyakauśalyairnānādhimuktānāṃ sattvānāṃ nānādhātvāśayānāmāśayaṃ viditvā tathāgato'rhan samyaksaṃbuddho dharmaṃ deśayati| imāmevānuttarāṃ samyaksaṃbodhimārabhya sarvadharmadeśanābhirbodhisattvayānameva samādāpayati| api tu khalu punaḥ śāriputra aupamyaṃ te kariṣyāmi asyaivārthasya bhūyasyā mātrayā saṃdarśanārtham| tatkasya hetoḥ? upamayā iha ekatyā vijñapuruṣā bhāṣitasyārthamājānanti||
tadyathāpi nāma śāriputra iha syāt kasmiṃścideva grāme vā nagare vā nigame vā janapade vā janapadapradeśe vā rāṣṭre vā rājadhānyāṃ vā gṛhapatirjīrṇo vṛddho mahallako'bhyatītavayo'nuprāpta āḍhyo mahādhano mahābhogaḥ| mahaccāsya niveśanaṃ bhaveducchritaṃ ca vistīrṇaṃ ca cirakṛtaṃ ca jīrṇaṃ ca dvayorvā trayāṇāṃ vā caturṇāṃ vā pañcānāṃ vā prāṇiśatānāmāvāsaḥ| ekadvāraṃ ca tanniveśanaṃ bhavet| tṛṇasaṃchannaṃ ca bhavet| vigalitaprāsādaṃ ca bhavet| pūtistambhamūlaṃ ca bhavet| saṃśīrṇakuḍyakaṭalepanaṃ ca bhavet| tacca sahasaiva mahātāgniskandhena sarvapārśveṣu sarvāvantaṃ niveśanaṃ pradīptaṃ bhavet| tasya ca puruṣasya bahavaḥ kumārakāḥ syuḥ pañca vā daśa vā viṃśatirvā| sa ca puruṣastasmānniveśanād bahirnirgataḥ syāt||
atha khalu śāriputra sa puruṣastaṃ svakaṃ niveśanaṃ mahātāgniskandhena samantāt saṃprajvalitaṃ dṛṣṭvā bhītastrasta udvignacitto bhavet, evaṃ cānuvicintayet-pratibalo'hamanena mahatāgniskandhenāsaṃspṛṣṭo'paridagdhaḥ kṣiprameva svastinā asmād gṛhādādīptād dvāreṇa nirgantuṃ nirdhāvitum| api tu ya ime mamaiva putrā bālakāḥ kumārakā asminneva niveśane ādīpte taistaiḥ krīḍanakaiḥ krīḍanti ramanti paricārayanti, imaṃ cāgāramādīptaṃ na jānanti na budhyante na vidanti na cetayanti nodvegamāpadyante, saṃtapyamānā apyanena mahatāgniskandhena mahatā ca duḥkhaskandhena spṛṣṭāḥ samānā na duḥkhaṃ manasi kurvanti, nāpi nirgamanamanasikāramutpādayanti||
sa ca śāriputra puruṣo balavān bhaved bāhubalikaḥ| sa evamanuvicintayet-aha-masmi balavān bāhubalikaśca| yannvahaṃ sarvānimān kumārakānekapiṇḍayitvā utsaṅgenādāya asmād gṛhānnirgamayeyam| sa punarevamanuvicintayet-idaṃ khalu niveśanamekapraveśaṃ saṃvṛtadvārameva| kumārakāścapalāścañcalā bālajātīyāśca| mā haiva paribhrameyuḥ| te'nena mahatāgniskandhenānayavyasanamāpadyeran| yannūnamahametān saṃcodayayam| iti pratisaṃkhyāya tān kumārakānāmantrayate sma-āgacchata bhavantaḥ kumārakāḥ, nirgacchata| ādīptamidaṃ gṛhaṃ mahatā agniskandhena| mā haivātraiva sarve'nena mahatāgniskandhena dhakṣyatha, anayavyasanamāpatsyatha| atha khalu te kumārakā evaṃ tasya hitakāmasya puruṣasya tadbhāṣitaṃ nāvabudhyante nodvijanti notrasanti na saṃtrasanti na saṃtrāsamāpadyante, na vicintayanti na nirdhāvanti, nāpi jānanti na vijānanti kimetadādīptaṃ nāmeti| anyatra tena tenaiva dhāvanti vidhāvanti, punaḥ punaśca taṃ pitaramavalokayanti| tatkasya hetoḥ? yathāpīdaṃ bālabhāvatvāt||
atha khalu sa puruṣa evamanuvicintayet-ādīptamidaṃ niveśanaṃ mahatāgniskandhena saṃpradīptam| mā haivāhaṃ ceme ca kumārakā ihaivānena mahātāgniskandhena anayavyasanamāpatsyāmahe| yannvahamupāyakauśalyenemān kumārakān asmād gṛhāt niṣkrāmayeyam| sa ca puruṣasteṣāṃ kumārakāṇāmāśayajño bhavet, adhimuktiṃ ca vijānīyāt| teṣāṃ ca kumārakāṇāmanekavidhānyanekāni krīḍanakāni bhaveyurvividhāni ca ramaṇīyakānīṣṭāni kāntāni priyāṇi manaāpāni, tāni ca durlabhāni bhaveyuḥ||
atha khalu sa puruṣasteṣāṃ kumārakāṇāmāśayaṃ jānaṃstān kumārakānetadavocat-yāni tāni kumārakā yuṣmākaṃ krīḍanakāni ramaṇīyakānyāścaryādbhutāni, yeṣāmalābhāt saṃtapyatha, nānāvarṇāni bahuprakārāṇi| tadyathā gorathakānyajarathakāni mṛgarathakāni| yāni bhavatāmiṣṭāni kāntāni priyāṇi manaāpāni| tāni ca mayā sarvāṇi bahinirveśanadvāre sthāpitāni yuṣmākaṃ krīḍanahetoḥ| āgacchantu bhavanto nirdhāvantvasmānniveśanāt| ahaṃ vo yasya yasya yenārtho yena prayojanaṃ bhaviṣyati, tasmai tasmai tatpradāsyāmi| āgacchata śīghraṃ teṣāṃ kāraṇam, nirdhāvata| atha khalu te kumārakāsteṣāṃ krīḍanakānāṃ ramaṇīyakānāmarthāya yathepsitānāṃ yathāsaṃkalpitānāmiṣṭānāṃ kāntānāṃ priyāṇāṃ manaāpānāṃ nāmadheyāni śrutvā tasmādādīptādagārāt kṣipramevārabdhavīryā balavatā javena anyonyamapratīkṣamāṇāḥ kaḥ prathamaṃ kaḥ prathamataramityanyonyaṃ saṃghaṭṭitakāyāstasmādādīptādagārāt kṣiprameva nirdhāvitāḥ||
atha sa puruṣaḥ kṣemasvastinā tān kumārakān nirgatān dṛṣṭvā abhayaprāptāniti viditvā ākāśe grāmacatvare upaviṣṭaḥ prītiprāmodyajāto nirupādāno vigatanīvaraṇo'bhayaprāpto bhavet| atha khalu te kumārakā yena sa pitā tenopasaṃkrāman, upasaṃkramyaivaṃ vadeyuḥ-dehi nastāta tāni vividhāni krīḍanakāni ramaṇīyāni| tadyathā-gorathakānyajarathakāni mṛgarathakāni| atha khalu śāriputra sa puruṣasteṣāṃ svakānāṃ putrāṇāṃ vātajavasaṃpannān gorathakānevānuprayacchet saptaratnamayān savedikān sakiṅkiṇījālābhipralambitānuccān pragṛhītānāścaryādbhutaratnālaṃkṛtān ratnadāmakṛtaśobhān puṣpamālyālaṃkṛtāṃstūlikāgoṇikāstaraṇān dūṣyapaṭapratyāstīrṇānubhayato lohitopadhānān śvetaiḥ prapāṇḍaraiḥ śīghrajavairgoṇairyojitān bahupuruṣaparigṛhītān| savaijayantān gorathakāneva vātabalajavasaṃpannānekavarṇānekavidhānekaikasya dārakasya dadyāt|
tatkasya hetoḥ? tathā hi śāriputra sa puruṣa āḍhyaśca bhavenmahādhanaśca prabhūtakoṣṭhāgāraśca| sa evaṃ manyeta-alaṃ ma eṣāṃ kumārakāṇāmanyairyānairdattairiti| tatkasya hetoḥ? sarva evaite kumārakā mamaiva putrāḥ, sarve ca me priyā manaāpāḥ| saṃvidyante ca me imānyevaṃrūpāṇi mahāyānāni| samaṃ ca mayaite kumārakāḥ sarve cintayitavyā na viṣamam| ahamapi bahukoṣakoṣṭhāgāraḥ| sarvasattvānāmapyahamimānyevaṃrūpāṇi mahāyānāni dadyām, kimaṅga punaḥ svakānāṃ putrāṇām| te ca dārakāstasmin samaye teṣu mahāyāneṣvabhiruhya āścaryādbhutaprāptā bhaveyuḥ| tatkiṃ manyase śāriputra mā haiva tasya puruṣasya mṛṣāvādaḥ syāt, yena teṣāṃ dārakāṇāṃ pūrvaṃ trīṇi yānānyupadarśayitvā paścātsarveṣāṃ mahāyānānyeva dattāni, udārayānānyeva dattāni?
śāriputra āha-na hyetad bhagavan, na hyetat sugata| anenaiva tāvad bhagavan kāraṇena sa puruṣo na mṛṣāvādī bhaved yattena puruṣeṇopāyakauśalyena te dārakāstasmādādīptād gṛhānniṣkāsitāḥ, jīvitena ca abhicchāditāḥ| tatkasya hetoḥ? ātmabhāvapratilambhenaiva bhagavan sarvakrīḍanakāni labdhāni bhavanti| yadyapi tāvad bhagavan sa puruṣasteṣāṃ kumārakāṇāmekarathamapi na dadyāt, tathāpi tāvad bhagavan sa puruṣo na mṛṣāvādī bhavet| tatkasya hetoḥ? tathā hi bhagavaṃstena puruṣeṇa pūrvameva evamanuvicintitam-upāyakauśalyena ahamimān kumārakāṃstasmānmahato duḥkhaskandhāt parimocayiṣyāmīti| anenāpi bhagavan paryāyeṇa tasya puruṣasya na mṛṣāvādo bhavet| kaḥ punarvādo yattena puruṣeṇa prabhūtakośakoṣṭhāgāramastīti kṛtvā putrapriyatāmeva manyamānena ślāghamānenaikavarṇānyekayānāni dattāni, yaduta mahāyānāni| nāsti bhagavaṃstasya puruṣasya mṛṣāvādaḥ||
evamukte bhagavānāyuṣmantaṃ śāriputrametadavocat-sādhu sādhu śāriputra| evametacchāriputra, evametad yathā vadasi| evameva śāriputra tathāgato'rhan samyaksaṃbuddhaḥ sarvabhayavinivṛttaḥ sarvopadravopāyāsopasargaduḥkhadaurmanasyāvidyāndhakāratamastimirapaṭalaparyavanāhebhyaḥ sarveṇa sarvaṃ sarvathā vipramuktaḥ| tathāgato jñānabalavaiśāradyāveṇikabuddhadharmasamanvāgataḥ ṛddhibalenātibalavāllokapitāḥ, mahopāyakauśalyajñānaparamapāramitāprāpto mahākāruṇiko'parikhinnamānaso hitaiṣī anukampakaḥ| sa traidhātuke mahatā duḥkhadaurmanasyaskandhena ādīptajīrṇapaṭalaśaraṇaniveśanasadṛśa utpadyate sattvānāṃ jātijarāvyādhimaraṇaśokaparidevaduḥkhadaurmanasyopāyāsāvidyāndhakāratamastimirapaṭalaparyavanāhapratiṣṭhānāṃ rāgadveṣamohaparimocanahetoranuttarāyāṃ samyaksaṃbodhau samādāpanahetoḥ| sa utpannaḥ samānaḥ paśyati sattvān dahyataḥ pacyamānāṃstapyamānān paritapyamānān jātijarāvyādhimaraṇaśokaparidevaduḥkhadaurmanasyopāyāsaiḥ, paribhoganimittaṃ ca kāmahetunidānaṃ ca anekāvidhāni duḥkhāni pratyanubhavanti| dṛṣṭadhārmikaṃ ca paryeṣṭinidānaṃ parigrahanidānaṃ sāṃparāyikaṃ narakatiryagyoniyamalokeṣvanekavidhāni duḥkhāni pratyanubhaviṣyanti| devamanuṣyadāridryamaniṣṭasaṃyogamiṣṭavinābhāvikāni ca duḥkhāni pratyanubhavanti| tatraiva ca duḥkhaskandhe parivartamānāḥ krīḍanti ramante paricārayanti notrasanti na saṃtrasanti na saṃtrāsamāpadyante na budhyante na cetayanti nodvijanti na niḥsaraṇaṃ paryeṣante| tatraiva ca ādīptāgārasadṛśe traidhātuke'bhiramanti, tena tenaiva vidhāvanti| tena ca mahatā duḥkhaskandhena abhyāhatā na duḥkhamanasikārasaṃjñāmutpādayanti||
tatra śāriputra tathāgata evaṃ paśyati-ahaṃ khalveṣāṃ sattvānāṃ pitā| mayā hyete sattvā asmādevaṃrūpānmahato duḥkhaskandhāt parimocayitavyāḥ, mayā caiṣāṃ sattvānāmaprameyamacintyaṃ buddhajñānasukhaṃ dātavyam, yenaite sattvāḥ krīḍiṣyanti ramiṣyanti paricārayiṣyanti, vikrīḍitāni ca kariṣyanti||
tatra śāriputra tathāgata evaṃ paśyati-sacedahaṃ jñānabalo'smīti kṛtvā ṛddhibalo'smīti kṛtvā anupāyenaiṣāṃ sattvānāṃ tathāgatajñānabalavaiśāradyāni saṃśrāvayeyam, naite sattvā ebhirdharbhairniryāyeyuḥ| tatkasya hetoḥ? adhyavasitā hyamī sattvāḥ pañcasu kāmaguṇeṣu traidhātukaratyām| aparimuktā jātijarāvyādhimaraṇaśokaparidevaduḥkhadaurmanasyopāyāsebhyaḥ| dahyante pacyante tapyante paritapyante| anirdhāvitāstraidhātukādādīptajīrṇapaṭalaśaraṇaniveśanasadṛśāt kathamete buddhajñānaṃ paribhotsyante?
tatra śāriputra tathāgato yadyathāpi nāma sa puruṣo bāhubalikaḥ sthāpayitvā bāhubalam, upāyakauśalyena tān kumārakāṃstasmādādīptādagārānniṣkāsayet, niṣkāsayitvā sa teṣāṃ paścādudārāṇi mahāyānāni dadyāt, evameva śāriputra tathāgato'pyarhan samyaksaṃbuddhastathāgatajñānabalavaiśāradyasamanvāgataḥ sthāpayitvā tathāgatajñānabalavaiśāradyam, upāyakauśalyajñānenādīptajīrṇapaṭalaśaraṇaniveśanasadṛśāt traidhātukāt sattvānāṃ niṣkāsanahetostrīṇi yānānyupadarśayati yadut śrāvakayānaṃ pratyekabuddhayānaṃ bodhisattvayānamiti| tribhiśca yānaiḥ sattvāllobhayati, evaṃ caiṣāṃ vadati-mā bhavanto'sminnādīptāgārasadṛśe traidhātuke'bhiramadhvaṃ hīneṣu rūpaśabdagandharasasparśeṣu| atra hi yūyaṃ traidhātuke'bhiratāḥ pañcakāmaguṇasahagatayā tṛṣṇayā dahyatha tapyatha paritapyatha| nirdhāvadhvamasmāt traidhātukāt| trīṇi yānānyanuprāpsyatha yadidaṃ śrāvakayānaṃ pratyekabuddhayānaṃ bodhisattvayānamiti| ahaṃ vo'tra sthāne pratibhūḥ| ahaṃ vo dāsyāmyetāni trīṇi yānāni| abhiyujyadhve traidhātukānni'saraṇahetoḥ| evaṃ caitāllobhayāmi-etāni bhoḥ sattvā yāni āryāṇi ca āryapraśastāni ca mahāramaṇīyakasamanvāgatāni ca| akṛpaṇametairbhavantaḥ krīḍiṣyatha ramiṣyatha paricārayiṣyatha| indriyabalabodhyaṅgadhyānavimokṣasamādhisamāpattibhiśca mahatīṃ ratiṃ pratyanubhaviṣyatha| mahatā ca sukhasaumanasyena samanvāgatā bhaviṣyatha||
tatra śāriputra ye sattvāḥ paṇḍitajātīyā bhavanti, te tathāgatasya lokapiturabhiśraddadhanti| abhiśraddadhitvā ca tathāgataśāsane'bhiyujyante udyogamāpadyante| tatra kecit sattvā paraghoṣaśravānugamanamākāṅkṣamāṇā ātmaparinirvāṇahetoścaturāryasatyānubodhāya tathāgataśāsane'bhiyujyante| te ucyante śrāvakayānamākāṅkṣamāṇāḥ traidhātukānnirdhāvanti| tadyathāpi nāma tasmādādīptādagārādanyatare dārakā mṛgarathamākāṅkṣamāṇā nirdhāvitāḥ| anye sattvā anācāryakaṃ jñānaṃ damaśamathamākāṅkṣamāṇā ātmaparinirvāṇahetorhetupratyayānubodhāya tathāgataśāsane'bhiyujyante, te ucyante pratyekabuddhayānamākāṅkṣamāṇāstraidhātukānnirdhāvanti| tadyathāpi nāma tasmādādīptādagārādanyatare dārakā ajarathamāṅkṣamāṇā nirdhāvitāḥ| apare punaḥ sattvāḥ sarvajñajñānaṃ buddhajñānaṃ svayaṃbhūjñānamanācāryakaṃ jñānamākāṅkṣamāṇā bahujanahitāya bahujanasukhāya lokānukampāyai mahato janakāyasyārthāya hitāya sukhāya devānāṃ ca manuṣyāṇāṃ ca sarvasattvaparinirvāṇahetostathāgatajñānabalavaiśāradyānubodhāya tathāgataśāsane'bhiyujyante|
te ucyante mahāyānamākāṅkṣamāṇāstraidhātukānnirdhāvanti| tena kāraṇenocyante bodhisattvā mahāsattvā iti| tadyathāpi nāma tasmādādīptādagārādanyatare dārakā gorathamākāṅkṣamāṇānirdhāvitāḥ| tadyathāpi nāma śāriputra sa puruṣastān kumārakāṃstasmādādīptādagārānnirdhāvitān dṛṣṭvā kṣemasvastibhyāṃ parimuktānabhayaprāptāniti viditvā ātmānaṃ ca mahādhanaṃ viditvā teṣāṃ dārakāṇāmekameva yānamudāramanuprayacchet, evameva śāriputra tathāgato'pyarhan samyaksaṃbuddho yadā paśyati-anekāḥ sattvakoṭīstraidhātukāt parimuktā duḥkhabhayabhairavopadravaparimuktāstathāgataśāsanadvāreṇa nirdhāvitāḥ parimuktāḥ sarvabhayopadravakāntārebhyaḥ| nirvṛtisukhaprāptāḥ nirvṛtisukhāprāptāḥ| tānetān śāriputra tasmin samaye tathāgato'rhan samyaksaṃbuddhaḥ prabhūto mahājñānabalavaiśāradyakośa iti viditvā sarve caite mamaiva putrā iti jñātvā buddhayānenaiva tān sattvān parinirvāpayati| na c