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7 tathāgatagotram



tato maṃjuśrīkumārabhūto licchavi vimalakīrtimetadavocat-"kulaputra, atha katham bodhisattvo buddhadharmeṣu gati gacchati ?" āha-'maṃjuśrīḥ; yadā bodhisattvo'gati gacchati tadā bodhisattvo buddhadharmeṣu gati gacchati" | abravīt-"bodhisattvasya āgatigamanaṃ kim ?"

āha-"yadā ( bodhisattvaḥ ) paṃcānantarīyāṇāṃ gatigāmī, vyāpādavihiṃsāpradveṣo'pi na bhaviṣyanti | narakagatigāmī ( saḥ), paraṃ tu sarvakleśavirajāḥ | tiryaggatigāmī tu ( sa ) maurkhyāndhakārāpagataḥ | ( so )'suragatigāmi ca mānamadadarpavigataḥ ; yamalokagatigāmī sarvapuṇyajñānasaṃbhāropāttavān ; anijyā'rūpyagatigāmī, paraṃ tu tadgatinna samavakramati |

"(sa) rāgagatigāmi ca sarvakāmasaṃbhogavīratarāgaḥ ; dveṣagatigāmī sarva sattvāpratihataḥ ; mohagatigāmī sarvadharmeṣu prajñānidhyapticittasamarpitaḥ |

"mātsaryagatigāmī kāyajīvitanirapekṣaḥ ( sa ) ādhyātmikabāhyāni vastū(-ny-) utsṛjati | duḥśīlagatigāmī, paraṃ tvalpāvadye'pi bhayadarśī ( sa ) sarvadhūtaguṇasaṃlekheṣu santiṣṭhate; vyāpādakhilapratighagatigāmī cātyantāvyāpanno maitrīvihārī; kausīdyagatigāmi cāpratiprasrabdho vīryamārabhamāṇaḥ sarvakuśalamūlaparyeṣaṇābhiyukto bhavati | indriyavyabhicāragatigāmi svabhāvasamāpanno'moghadhyānaḥ, dauṣprajñagatigāmī prajñāpāramitāgatimupasaṃkramya, ( sa ) sarvalaukikalokottaraśāstrapaṇḍitaḥ |

"kuhanalapanākāragatigāmī ca sandhyābhāṣyeṣu kuśalaḥ (sa) upāyakauśalyacaryāniryātaḥ; mānagati darśayan (sa) sarva lokasetuvedikā bhavati, kleśagatigāmī, paraṃ tvatyantasaṃkleśarahitaḥ svabhāvapariśuddhaḥ |

"māragatigāmī ca sarvabuddhadharmeṣvaparapraṇeyaḥ; śrāvakagatigāmi (sa) sattvāṃstvaśrutadharma śrāvayati, pratyekabuddhagatigāmī sarvasattvaparipācanārthammahākaruṇādutpannaḥ, daridragatigāmī tvakṣayaparibhogaratnapāṇiḥ ; upahatendriyagatigāmi ( sa ) tvabhirūpo lakṣaṇasamalaṃkṛtaḥ, hīnakulīnagatigāmī puṇyajñānasaṃcayena tathāgatavaṃśāt prajāyate ; durbaladurvarṇamandagatigāmī darśanīyo nārāyaṇapratirūpakakāyalābhī |

"sarvasattvebhya āturaduḥkhacaryā deśayamāno maraṇabhayasamatikrānttas( sa ) sumārita( bhayaḥ ); paribhogagatigāmī sarvāṇveṣaṇarahito'nityatāsaṃjñāyām bahupratyavekṣaṇaḥ, bodhisattvo-'ntaḥpurānekarasān deśayamānaḥ ki tu vivekacārī kāmakardamottīrṇaḥ | dhātvāyatanagatigāmī(sa) dhāraṇīipratilabdho nānāpratibhānavibhūṣitaḥ ; tīrthikagatigāmī tīrthyaḥ ( sa ) na bhavati, sarvalokagatigāmi sarvagtyapratinirvartī, nirvāṇagatigāmī saṃsāraprabandhaṃ notsṛjati | maṃjuśrīḥ, ityevaṃ bodhisattvo'gati gacchan buddhadharmeṣu gati gacchati" |

atha licchavirvimalakīrtirmañjuśrīkumārabhūtametadavocat-"mañjuśrīḥ, ki tathāgatagotram ?" abravīt-

"kulaputra, satkāyo hi gotraṃ tathāgatānām | avidyābhavatṛṣṇā hi gotram | rāgadveṣamohacaturviparyāsa pañcanīvaraṇaṣaḍāyatanasaptavijñānasthitya-aṣṭamithyātvanavā'ghāta-vastu daśākuśalakarmapathā hi gotram | kulaputra, idaṃ tathāgatagotram ; saṃkṣepāt , kulaputra, dvāṣaṣṭirdṛṣṭigatāni hi tathāgatagotram"|

āha-"mañjuśrīḥ, kasmāt samanvāhṛtyaidbhāṣase ?" abravīt-"kulaputra, asaṃskṛtadarśanasamavrakrāntisthānenānuttarasamyaksambodhicittotpādo'śakyaḥ |

kleśākarasaṃskṛtasthānasatyādarśanenānuttarasamyaksambodhicittotpādaḥ śakya|



"kulaputra, tadyathāpi nāma jāṃgala pradeśe kusumāni-utpalapadmakumudapuṇḍarīkasaugandhīkāni notpadyante; paṃkapulina utpāditāni cet, kusumāni-utpalapadmakumudapuṇḍarīkasaugandhikānyutpadyante | kulaputra, evamevāsaṃskṛtaniyataprāptisattvebhyo buddhadharmā notpadyante | kleśapaṃkapulinopapannasattvebhyo buddhadharmā utpadyate |



"tadyathāpi nāmā'kāśe bījanna virohati, bhuvi paraṃtu vartamānaṃ birohati ; evamevāsaṃskṛtaniyataprāptisattvebhyo buddhadharmo notpadyate ; sumerusamāṃ satkāyadṛṣṭimutpādya bodhicittamutpadyate tataśca buddhadharmā virohanti |

"kulaputra, anena paryāyeṇa sarve kleśāstathāgatagotraṃ draṣṭavyāḥ | kulaputra, tadyathāpi nāma mahāsamudre'praviṣṭe, anardhyaratnamanuprāptumaśakyam; evameva, kleśasāgare'praviṣṭe, sarvajñatām tasmādutpādayitumaśakyam" |

atha mahākāśyapaḥ sthaviro maṃjuśrīkumārabhūtāya sādhūkāramadāt-"sādhu, sādhu | maṃjuśrīḥ, idaṃ vacanaṃ suprabhāṣitam , iadaṃ tattvam | kleśā-s tathāgatagotram , asmadvidhebhyas-tu bodhicittotpādaśca buddhadharmamabhisamboddhuṃ kathaṃ śakyam ? pañcānantarīyasaṃyogena hi bodhicittotpādaḥ śakyaśca buddhadharmā apyabhisambodhanīyāḥ | tadyathāpi nāma vikalendriyapuruṣāya pañca kāmaguṇā nirguṇāścāsamarthāḥ evameva parivarjitasarvasaṃyojanāya śrāvakāya sarve buddhadharmā nirguṇaścāsamarthā ḥ ; tasmai pratyālambanamasamartham |

"maṃjuśrīḥ, ataḥ pṛthagjanāstathāgate kṛtajñāḥ, ki tu śrāvakā akṛtajñāḥ | tat kasya hetoḥ ? yadarthaṃ pṛthagjano buddhaguṇaśravaṇena triratnagotramanucchinnakaraṇārthamanuttarasamyaksambodhicittotpādaṃ karoti; śrāvakastu yāvajjīvam buddhadharmabalavaiśāradyāni śrutvā'pyanuttarasamyaksambodhicittotpāde'samarthaḥ" |

tatassarvarūpasandarśano nāma bodhisattvastasyām parṣadi sannipatito niṣaṇṇo ( 'bhūt ) | sa licchavi vimalakīrtimetadavocat-"gṛhapate, kva te mātāpitarau ca putradārāśca dāsadāsīkarmakarapauruṣeyāḥ ? kva te mitrajñātisālohitāḥ ? tava parivārāśvahastirathapattivāhanāni kva ?" evamabravīt | licchavirvimalakīrtiḥ sarvarūpasandarśanaṃ bodhisatvamimā gāthā abhāṣata-

"viśuddhabodhisattvānāṃ | mātā hi prajñāpāramitā |

pitā'styupāyakauśalyam | tābhyāṃ jāyante pariṇāyakāḥ ||

dharmaprītirasti patnī | maitrīkaruṇe duhitarau ( teṣāṃ ) |

ubhe dharmasatye staḥ putrau | śūnyatā'rthacittirgṛham ||

evaṃ hi sarve kleśās ( teṣāṃ ) | yatheṣṭavaśavartiśiṣyāḥ |

mitrāṇi bodhyaṃgāni | tairhi bodhirvarāgrotpadyate ||

sahāyās- teṣāṃ sadāsaṃvāsāḥ | santi ṣaṭ pāramitāḥ |

saṃgrahā nārībhavanāni| saṃgītis ( teṣāṃ ) dharmadeśanā ||

teṣāmudyānaṃ bhūtikāni | bodhyaṅgapuṣpitam |

vimuktijñānam falam | dharmamahādhanaṃ ( santi ) vṛkṣāḥ ||

vimokṣā bhavanti puṣkariṇī ( teṣāṃ ) | pūritā samādhijalena |

viśuddhapadmenā'cchāditā | ( yeṣāṃ ) tasyāṃ prakṣālanaṃ vimalāste ||

abhijñās- teṣā vāhanam | mahāyānamanuttaram |

sārathi ( -rbhavati ) bodhicittaṃ | mārgo hyaṣṭāṅgikaśāntiḥ ||

teṣāṃ bibhūṣaṇaṃ ( santi ) lakṣaṇāni | aśītiranuvyañjanāni ca |

kuśalā'śayo hrīrapatrapā | santi vastrāṇi teṣām ||

saddharmadhanavantaste | prayogasa-( teṣāṃ ) dharmadeśanā |

pavitrā pratipattirmahālābhaḥ | pariṇāmaṃ ( teṣāṃ ) bodhyarthaṃ||

śayanañca bhavanti catvāri dhyānāni | śuddhā'jīvena saṃstṛtāste |

jñānaṃ tatprabodhaḥ | sadā śravaṇasamāpannā ( ste ) ||

tadāhāraśca bhavatyamṛtaṃ | pānaṃ vimuktirasaḥ |

biśuddhābhiprāyo'sti snānaṃ | ( teṣāṃ ) śīlaṃ gandhavilepanam ||

kleśaśatrūpaghātenātha | ajitavīrāste |

caturo'pi mārān pradharṣitavantaḥ | ucchritavanto bodhimaṇḍaladhvajaṃ ||

sañcintyaṃ darśayanti jātiṃ | ki cāpi ( te ) 'janmānutpādāḥ |

sarvakṣetreṣu cā'bhāsante | sūryo yathā samuditaḥ ||

vināyake ( bhyaḥ ) sarvapūjanaiḥ | buddhānāṃ koṭyai pūjāṃ kṛtvā |

na kadācid ( etad bhavati ) - |

'asmā (-bhi) rbuddhebhyaḥ parisevitavyam' ||

ki cāpi sattvahitāya | buddhakṣetrāvacarā ( ste ) |

(jñātvā) ''kāśopamāni kṣetrāṇi | sattve (-ṣav-) asattvasaṃjñinaḥ ||

sarvasattvāna ye rūpā rutaghoṣāśca īritāḥ |

ekakṣaṇena darśanti bodhisattvā viśāradāḥ ||

mārakarmāṇi ki cāpi jānanti | mārānubandhinaḥ |

upāyapāraṃ gatās ( -te ) | tatsarvakriyā darśayanti ||

te jīrṇavyādhitā bhonti mṛtamātmāna darśayī |

sattvānāṃ paripākāya māyādharma vikrīḍitāḥ ||

kalpoddāhaṃ ca darśenti uddahitvā vasundharām |

nityasaṃjñina sattvānām anityamiti darśayī ||

sattvaiḥ śatasahasrebhirekarāṣṭre nimantritāḥ |

sarveṣāṃ gṛha bhuñjanti sarvānnāmanti bodhaye ||

ye kecinmantravidyā vā śilpasthānā bahūvidhāḥ |

sarvatra pāramiprāptāḥ sarvasattvasukhāvahāḥ ||

yāvanto lokapāṣaṇḍāḥ sarvatra pravrajanti te |

nānādṛṣṭigataṃ prāptāṃste sattvān paripācati ||

candrā vā bhonti sūryā vā śakrabrahmaprajeśvarāḥ |

bhavanti āpastejaśca pṛthivī mārutastathā ||

roga antarakalpeṣu bhaiṣajyaṃ bhonti uttamāḥ |

yena te sattva mucyante sukhī bhonti anāmayāḥ ||

durbhikṣāntarakalpeṣu bhavantī pānabhojanam |

kṣudhā pipāsāmapanīya dharma deśenti prāṇinām ||

śastra antarakalpeṣu maitrīdhyāyī bhavanti te |

avyāpāde niyojenti sattvakoṭiśatān bahūn ||

mahāsaṃgrāmamadhye ca samapakṣā bhavanti te |

sandhisāmagrī rocenti bodhisattvā mahābalāḥ ||

ye cāpi nirayāḥ kecidbuddhakṣetreṣvacintiṣu |

saṃcintya tatra gacchanti sattvānāṃ hitakāraṇāt ||

yāvantyo gatayaḥ kaścittiryagyonau prakāśitāḥ |

sarvatra dharma deśenti tena ucyanti nāyakāḥ ||

kāmabhogāṃ (-śca ) darśenti dhyānaṃ ca dhyāyināṃ tathā |

vidhvastamāraṃ kurvanti avatāraṃ na denti te ||

agnimadhye yathā padmamabhūtaṃ taṃ vinirdiśet ||

evaṃ kāmāṃśca dhyānaṃ ca abhūtaṃ te vidarśayī ||

saṃcintya gaṇikāṃ bhonti puṃsāmākarṣaṇāya te |

rāgāṅkuraṃ ca saṃlobhya buddhajñāne sthāpayanti te ||



grābhikāśca sadā bhonti sārthavāhāḥ purohitāḥ |

agrāmātyātha cāmātyaḥ sattvāmāṃ hitakāraṇāt ||

daridrāṇāṃ ca sattvānāṃ nidhānā bhonti akṣayāḥ |

teṣāṃ dānāani datvā ca bodhicittaṃ janenti te ||

mānastabdheṣu sattveṣu mahānagnā bhavanti te ||

sarvamānasamuddhataṃ bidhi prārthenti uttamām ||

bhayāditānāṃ sattvānāṃ santiṣṭhante'grataḥ sadā |

abhayaṃ teṣu datvā ca paripācenti bodhaye ||

pañcabhijñāśca te bhūtvā ṛṣayo brahmacāriṇaḥ |

śīle sattvān niyojenti kṣāntisauratyasaṃyame ||

upasthānaguran sattvān paśyantīha viśāradāḥ |

ceṭā bhavanti dāsā vā śiṣyatvamupayānti ca ||

yena yenaiva cāṃgena sattvo dharmarato bhavet |

darśenti hi kriyāḥ sarvā mahopāyasuśikṣitāḥ ||

yeṣām anantā śikṣā hi anantaścāpi gocaraḥ |

anantajñānasampannā anantaprāṇimocakāḥ ||

na teṣāṃ kalpakoṭībhiḥ kalpakoṭiśatairapi |

buddhairapi vadadbhistu guṇāntaḥ suvaco bhavet ||

ye'prajñahīnasattvāḥ | sthāpayitvā ( tān ) |

asmin dharme śrute | kovidaḥ ko na praṇidadhātyuttamabodhyai ?" ||