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Tathāgatāyuḥpramāṇanirdeśaparivartaḥ

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|| tathāgatāyuḥpramāṇanirdeśaparivartaḥ ||



tena khalu punaḥ kālena tena samayena rājagṛhe mahānagare ruciraketurnāma bodhisattvo mahāsattvaḥ prativasati pūrvajinakṛtādhikāro'varopitakuśalamūlo bahubuddhakoṭiniyutaśatasahasraparyupāsitaḥ | tasyaitadabhavat, ko hetu kaḥ pratyayo yadbhagavataḥ śākyamunerevaṃ parīttamāyuḥ pramāṇaṃ yadutāśītivarṣāṇīti |

punastasyaitadabhavat, uktaṃ caiva bhagavatā dvau hetū dvau ca pratyayau dīrghāyuṣkatāyām | katamau dvau prāṇātipātaviramaṇaṃ bhojanapradānaṃ ca | atha bahunyasaṃkhyeyakalpakoṭiniyutaśatasahasrāṇi bhagavāñchākyamuniḥ prāṇātipātavirato babhūva | yāvaddaśakuśalakarmapathaṃ samādāpayet, tāvadbhagavatā bhojanamādhyātmikaṃ bāhyāni ca vastūni sattvānāṃ parityaktāni | antaśaḥ svaśarīramāṃsarudhirāsthimajjayā bubhukṣitāḥ sattvāḥ saṃtarpitāḥ prāgevānyena bhojanena |

atha tasya puruṣasya buddhānusmṛtimanasikārasyemāmevaṃrūpāṃ cintāṃ cintayamānasya gṛhaṃ vipulaṃ vistīrṇaṃ saṃpravṛttamabhavat | vaiḍūryamayamanekadivyaratnapratyuptaṃ tathāgatavigrahaṃ divyātikrāntena gandhena sphuṭam | tasmiṃśca gṛhe caturdiśi catvāri divyaratnamayānyāsanāni prādurbhutānyabhūvan | teṣu cāsaneṣu divyāni paryaṅkāni divyaratnapuṣpapatraiḥ prajñaptāni prādurbhūtāni babhūvaḥ | teṣu paryaṅkeṣu divyānyanekaratnapratyuptāni tathāgatavigrahāṇi padmāni prādurbhūtāni | teṣu ca padmeṣu catvāro buddhā bhagavantaḥ prādurbhūtāḥ babhuvuḥ | purāntikena tvakṣobhyastathāgataḥ prādurbhūto dakṣiṇena ratnaketustathāgataḥ prādurbhūtaḥ paścimenāmitāyustathāgataḥ prādurbhūta uttareṇa dundubhisvarastathāgataḥ prādurbhūtaḥ | samanantaraprādurbhūtāśca te buddhā bhagavantasteṣu siṃhāsaneṣu |

atha tāvadeva rājagṛhaṃ mahānagaraṃ mahatāvabhāsenāvabhāsitaṃ sphuṭaṃ babhūvu |



yvatrisāhasramahāsāhasralokadhāturyāvatsamantāddaśasu dikṣu gaṅgānadīvālukāsamā lokadhātavastenāvabhāsena sphuṭā babhūvaḥ | divyāni ca puṣpāṇi prāvarṣurdivyāni ca tūryāṇi pravādayāmāsuḥ | sarve cāsmiṃstrisāhasramahāsāhasralokadhātau sattvā buddhānubhāvena divyasukhena samanvāgatā babhūvuḥ | jātyandhāśca sattvā rūpāṇi paśyanti sma | vadhirāśca sattvāḥ sattvebhyaḥ śabdāni śṛṇvanti | unmattāśca sattvāḥ smṛtiṃ pratilabhante'vikṣiptacittāśca smṛtimanto babhūvuḥ | nagnāśca sattvāścīvaraprāvṛtā babhūvuḥ | jighatsitāśca sattvāḥ paripūrṇagātrā babhūvuḥ | tṛṣitāśca sattvā vigatatṛṣṇā babhūvaḥ | rogaspṛṣṭāśca sattvā vigatarogā babhūvuḥ | hīnakāyāśca sattvāḥ paripūrṇendriyā babhūvuḥ | vistareṇa bahūnāmāścaryādbhutadharmāṇāṃ loke prādurbhāvo'bhūt |

atha khalu ruciraketurbodhiosattvo mahāsattvastānbuddhānbhagavato dṛṣṭvāścaryaprāpto babhūva | kathametaditi santuṣṭa udagra āttamanāḥ pramuditaḥ prītisaumanasyajāto yena te buddhā bhagavantastenāñjāliṃ praṇāmyakāratastānbuddhānbhagavato'nusmaramāṇo bhagavataḥ śākyamunerguṇānanusmaramāṇo bhagavataḥ śākyamunerāyuḥpramāṇasaṃśayaprāptastāṃ cintāṃ cintayamānaḥ sthito babhuva | kathametat,kimetad yadbhagavataḥ śākyamunerevaṃ parīttamāyuḥpramāṇaṃ yadutāśīti varṣāṇi |

atha khalu te buddhā bhagavantaḥ smṛtāḥ saṃprajānāstaṃ ruciraketuṃ bodhisattvametadavocan | mā tvaṃ kulaputraivaṃ cintaya evaṃ parīttaṃ bhagavataḥ śākyamunerāyuḥpramāṇam | tatkasya hetoḥ | na ca vai kulaputra taṃ samanupaśyāmaḥ sadevake loke samārake sabrahmake saśramaṇabrāhmaṇikāyāṃ prajāyāṃ sadevamānuṣāsurāyāṃ yaḥ samarthaḥ syādbhagavataḥ śākyamunestathāgatasyāyuḥpramāṇaparyantamadhigantuṃ yāvadaparāntakoṭibhiḥ sthāpayitvā tathāgatairarhadbhiḥ samyaksambuddhaiḥ | samanantarodāhṛte tairbuddhairbhagavadbhistathāgatāyuḥpramāṇanirdeśe |

atha tāvadbuddhānubhāvena kāmāvacarā rūpāvacarāśca devaputrāḥ saṃnipatitā yāvannāgayakṣagandharvāsuragaruḍakinnaramahoragā anekāni ca bodhisattvakoṭiniyutaśatasahasrāṇi tasmin ruciraketubodhisattvasya gṛhe samāgatā āsan | atha te tathāgatāḥ sarvaparṣado bhagavataḥ śākyamunerāyuḥpramāṇanirdeśaṃ gāthābhirabhyabhāṣan |



jalārṇaveṣu sarveṣu śakyante bindubhirgaṇayitum |

na tu śākyamunerāyuḥ śakyaṃ gaṇayituṃ kvacit || 1 ||

sumeruṃ paramāṇavaḥ kṛtvā śakyaṃ ca saṃkhyayā |

na tu śākyamunerāyuḥ śakyaṃ gaṇayituṃ kvacit || 2 ||

yāḥ kāścit pṛthivīḥ santi yāvantaḥ paramāṇavaḥ |

śakyaṃ gaṇayituṃ sarvā na tu cāyurjinasya vai || 3 ||

ākāśaṃ yadi vā kaścidicchetpramituṃ kenacit |

na tu śākyamunerāyuḥ śakyaṃ gaṇayituṃ kvacit || 4 ||

ityuktāni ca kalpāni kalpakoṭiśatāni ca |

eṣa tiṣṭhecca saṃbuddhaḥ saṃkhyāto na hi labhyate || 5 ||

yasmād dve kāraṇe tasya tathaiva dvau ca pratyayau |

virataḥ parahiṃsāyā bahu dattaṃ ca bhojanam || 6 ||

yasmāttasya mahātmasya hyāyuḥsaṃkhyā na labhyate |

ityuktāni ca kalpāni saṃkhyāyāṃ na tathaiva ca || 7 ||

tasmānna saṃśayo bho hi mā kiñcit kuru saṃśayam |

na jinasyāyuḥparyantaṃ kācitsaṃkhyopalabhyate || 8 ||



atha khalu tasminsamaye tatra parṣadyācāryavyākaraṇaprāptaḥ kauṇḍinyo nāma brāhmaṇo'nekairbrāhmaṇasahasraiḥ sārdhaṃ bhagavataḥ pūjākarma kṛtvā tathāgatasya mahāparinirvāṇaśabdaṃ śrutvā sahasotthāya bhagavataścaraṇayornipatya bhagavantamevamāha | sacetkila bhagavansarvasattvānukampako mahākāruṇiko hitaiṣī sarvasattvānāṃ mātāpitṛbhūto'samasamabhūtaścandrabhūta ālokakaro mahāprajñājñānasūryasamudgataḥ | yadi tvaṃ sarvasattvān rāhulaṃ svaṃ saṃpaśyasi mahyamekaṃ varaṃ dehi | bhagavāṃstūṣṇīmbhūto'bhūt |

atha buddhānubhāvena tasyāṃ parṣadi sarvasattvapriyadarśano nāma litsavikumāraḥ | tasya pratibhānamutpannam | sa ācāryavyākaraṇaprāptaṃ kauṇḍinyaṃ brāhmaṇamevamāha | kiṃ nu tvaṃ mahābrāhmaṇa bhagavantamekaṃ varaṃ yācase | ahaṃ te varaṃ dadāmi | brāhmaṇa āha | ahamasmillitsavikumāra bhagavataḥ pūjopasthānāya bhagavataḥ sarṣapaphalamātraṃ dhātumicchāmi nikṣepituṃ cūrṇaṃ dhātumabhiprayojanāyainaṃ sarṣapaphalamātraṃ dhātumabhipūjayitvā tridaśādhipatyaṃ labhyata ityevaṃ śrūūyate | śṛṇu tvaṃ litsavikumāra suvarṇaprabhāsottamasūtraṃ durvijñeyaṃ sarvaśrāvakapratyekabuddhānāṃ tādṛśairlakṣaṇaguṇaiḥ samanvāgataṃ kila suvarṇaprabhāsottamasūtraṃ bhāvayiṣyati | evaṃ bho litsavikumāra durvijñeyaṃ duranubodhaṃ suvarṇaprabhāsottamasūtram | asmākameva pratyantadvīpikānāṃ brāhmaṇānāṃ sarṣapaphalamātraṃ dhātuṃ karaṇḍake nikṣipya dhāraṇamucitam | ahaṃ te varaṃ yāce yena sattvāḥ kṣiprameva tridaśādhipatyaṃ pratilambhino bhaviṣyanti | tvaṃ kila bho litsavikumāra sarṣapaphalamātraṃ dhātuṃ tathāgatasya yācitum | dhātuṃ ratnakaraṇḍake nikṣipya dhāraṇāt sarvasattvānāṃ tridaśādhipatyeśvaralābha itīcchase | evaṃ mayā ca litsavikumāra iṣṭaṃ varam |

atha sarvasattvapriyadarśano nāma litsavikumāra ācāryavyākaraṇaprāptaṃ kauṇḍinyabrāhmaṇaṃ gāthābhirabhyabhāṣata |



yadā strotaḥsu gaṅgāyā roheyuḥ kumudāni ca |

raktāḥ kākā bhaviṣyanti śaṅkhavarṇāśca kokilāḥ || 9 ||

jambustālaphalaṃ dadyāt kharjūraścāmramañjarīm |

tadā sarṣapamātraṃ ca vyaktaṃ dhāturbhaviṣyati || 10 ||

yadā kacchapalomānāṃ prāvāraiḥ suvṛto bhavet |

hemante śītaharaṇo tadā dhāturbhaviṣyati || 11 ||

yadā maśakapādānāmaṭṭakālambanaṃ bhavet |

dṛḍhaṃ cāpyaprakampi ca tadā dhāturbhaviṣyati || 12 ||

yadā tīkṣṇā mahāntaśca dantā jāyanti pāṇḍurāḥ |

jalaukānāṃ hi sarveṣāṃ tadā dhāturbhaviṣyati || 13 ||

yadā śaśaviṣāṇena niḥśreṇī sudṛḍhā bhavet |

svargasyārohaṇārthāya tadā dhāturbhaviṣyati || 14 ||

tāṃ niśreṇīṃ yadāruhya candraṃ bhakṣati mūṣikaḥ |

rāhuṃ ca paridhāveta tadā dhāturbhaviṣyati || 15 ||

yadā madyaghaṭaṃ pītvā makṣikā grāmacāriṇyaḥ |

agāre vāsaṃ kalpeyustadā dhāturbhaviṣyati || 16 ||

yadā bimboṣṭhasampanno gardabhaḥ sukhito bhavet |

kuśalaṃ nṛtyagīteṣu tadā dhāturbhaviṣyati || 17 ||

yadā hyulūkakākāśca ramayeyuḥ sahāgatāḥ |

anyonyamanukūlena tadā dhāturbhaviṣyati || 18 ||

yadā palāśapatrāṇāṃ chatraṃ hi vipulaṃ bhavet |

varṣasya pratipātāya tadā dhāturbhaviṣyati || 19 ||

yadā sāmudrikā nāvaḥ sayantrāḥ sapatākikāḥ |

sthalamāruhya gaccheyustadā dhāturbhaviṣyati || 20 ||

yadā hyulūkaśakunāḥ parvataṃ gandhamādanam |

tuṇḍenādāya gaccheyustadā dhāturbhaviṣyati || 21 ||

etāśca gāthāḥ śrutvācāryavyākaraṇaprāptaḥ kauṇḍinyo brāhmaṇaḥ sarvalokapriyadarśanaṃ litsavikumāraṃ gāthābhiḥ pratyabhāṣata |

sādhu sādhu kumārāgra jinaputra mahāgira |

upāyakuśalo vīraḥ prāptavyākaraṇottamaḥ || 22 ||

mama kumāra śṛṇohi lokanāthasya tāyinaḥ |

tathāgatasya māhātmyaṃ yathākramamacintitam || 23 ||

acintyaṃ buddhaviṣayamasamāśca tathāgatāḥ ||

sarvabuddhāḥ śivā nityaṃ sarvabuddhāḥ samācarāḥ || 24 ||

sarvabuddhāḥ samavaṇā eṣā buddheṣu dharmatā |

na kṛtrimo'sau bhagavānnotpannaśca tathāgataḥ || 25 ||

vajrasaṃhananakāyo nirmitakāyadarśakaḥ |

nāpi sarṣapamātraṃ ca dhāturnāma maharṣiṇām || 26 ||

anasthirudhire kāye kuto dhāturbhaviṣyati |

upāyadhātunikṣepaḥ sattvānāṃ hitakāraṇam || 27 ||

dharmakāyo hi sambuddho dharmadhātustathāgataḥ |

idṛśo bhagavatkāya īdṛśī dharmadeśanā || 28 ||

etacchrutaṃ mayā jñātvābhiyācitaṃ varaṃ mayā |

tattvavyākaraṇārthāya varotpādaṃ muneḥ kṛtam || 29 ||

atha khalu dvātriṃśaddevaputrasahasrāṇi tathāgatasya yaṃ gambhīramāyuḥpramāṇanirdeśaṃ śrutvā sarvairanuttarāyāṃ samyaksambodhau cittānyutpāditāni te prahṛṣṭamanaḥsaṃkalpā ekasvaranirghoṣeṇa gāthāmabhāṣan |

na buddhaḥ parinirvāti na dharma parihīyate |

sattvānāṃ paripākāya parinirvāṇaṃ nidarśayet || 30 ||

acintyo bhagavānbuddho nityakāyastathāgataḥ |

deśeti vividhānvyūhānsattvānāṃ hitakāraṇāt || 31 ||



atha khalu ruciraketurbodhisattvasteṣāṃ buddhānāṃ bhagavatāṃ tayośca dvayoḥ satpuruṣayorantikādbhagavataḥ śākyamunerāyuḥpramāṇanirdeśaṃ śrutvā tuṣṭa udagra āttamanāḥ pramuditaḥ prītisaumanasyajātaścodāreṇa prītiprāmodyena sphuṭo'bhūt | asmiṃstathāgatāyuḥpramāṇanirdeśe nirdiśyamāne'prameyāṇāmasaṃkhyeyānāṃ sattvānāmanuttarāyāṃ samyaksaṃbodhau cittamutpāditam | te ca tathāgatā antaritā iti |



iti śrīsuvarṇaprabhāsoottamasūtrendrarāje tathāgatāyuḥpramāṇa

nirdeśaparivarto nāma dvitīyaḥ ||