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atha maṃjuśrīkumārabhūto licchavi vimalakīrtim evamavocat-"satpuruṣa, bodhisattvena sarvasattvāḥ kathaṃ draṣṭavyāḥ ?"-

abravīt-"maṃjuśrīḥ, tadyathāpi nāma vijñaḥ puruṣa udakacandraṃ prakṣete, evameva bodhisattvena sarvasattvā draṣṭavyāḥ | maṃjuśrīḥ, tadyathāpi nāma māyākāro māyākāranirmitamanuṣyaṃ prekṣate, evameva bodhisattvena sarvasattvā draṣṭavyāḥ | maṃjuśrīḥ, tadyathāpi nāmā'darśamaṇḍale mukhaṃ dṛśyam , evameva bodhisattvena sarvasattvā draṣṭavyāḥ | maṃjuśrīḥ, tadyathāpi nāma mṛgatṛṣṇikājalam bodhisattvena sarvasattvā draṣṭavyāḥ | maṃjuśrī, tadyathāpi nāma pratiśrutkāghoṣanādiḥ||||||||| ākāśamegharāśiḥ|||| fenapiṇḍasya

pūrvāntaḥ||| )budbudodayavyayau|||||||| kadalīsārāpekṣeva||||||||||| vidyuccyutiriva|||||||| paṃcamadhātusadṛśāḥ|||||| saptamā'yatanasadṛśāḥ||||||||| ārupyeṣu rūpadarśanasadṛśā|||dagdhabījād|||'ṅkuraniṣpattiriva||||||||| maṇḍūkasya romā'cchādanaṃ yathā |||||ṃaraṇārthikasya krīḍāratiriva|||srotā'pannasya satkāyadṛṣṭiryathā||||sakṛdāgāmini tṛtīyabhava iva||||||| anāgāmini garbhāvakrāntiḥ||||||||||| arhati rāgadveṣamohāḥ||||kṣāntilābhibodhisattve mātsaryadauḥśīlyavyāpādavihisācittam|||||||| tathāgate vāsanā|||| jātyandhajanena rūpa darśanam||||||| nirodhasamāpatti( lābhina ) ānāpānaḥ||||| akāśe śakuneḥ padam|||||||||| paṇḍakalāṃgularohaṇaḥ|||||||| vandhyāputraprāptiḥ||||||tathāgatanirbhitasya kleśotpattiḥ|||||vibodhe svapnadṛṣṭadarśanam||||||||| asaṅkalpe kleśaḥ||||||| ahetukatvādagnyotpādaḥ parinirvṛtasya pratisandhiriva bodhisattvena sarvasattvāḥ pratyavekṣyāḥ | maṃjuśrīḥ, evam paramārthata eva nairārmyaprabodhena sarvasattvāḥ pratyavekṣyāḥ" |



abravīt-"kulaputra, yadi bodhisattvena sarvasattvā evam pratyavekṣyāḥ, kathamatha sarvasattveṣu mahāmaitryupapatsyate ?"-

āha-"maṃjuśrīḥ, yadā bodhisattvastathā hi pratyavekṣate-'evaṃ dharma parijñāya, ebhyaḥ sattvebhyo darśayāmi'- ti tataḥ sarvasattveṣu samyakśaraṇamaitryupapadyate-



"anupādānakāraṇādupaśāntamaitrī, kleśābhāvenātāpamaitrī, tryadhvasamatākāraṇādyadyadupamatā maitrī, paryutthānābhāva kāraṇādavirodhamaitrī, ādhyātmikabāhyāsambhedakāraṇādadvayamaitrī, suniṣṭhākāraṇādakṣobhyamaitrī, abhedyābhiprāyavajrakāraṇāddṛḍhamaitrī, svabhāvaviśuddhikāraṇād viśuddhimaitrī, āśayasamatākāraṇāt samatāmaitrī, arihananakāraṇādarhanmaitrī, anācchedyasattvaparipācanakāraṇād bodhisattvamaitrī, bhūyo'pi tathatā'dhigamakāraṇāt tathāgatamaitrī, sattvāpasvāpanasuprabodhanakāraṇād buddhamaitrī, svayamabhisaṃbodhikāraṇāt svayaṃbhūmaitrī, tulyarasakāraṇād bodhimaitrī, anunayapratighaprahāṇakāraṇādanāropamaitrī, mahāyānaparyavabhāsakaraṇato mahākaruṇāmaitrī, śūnyatānairātmyapratyavekṣaṇakāraṇādaparikhedamaitrī, ācāryamuṣṭyabhāvakāraṇādadharmadānamaitrī, duḥśīlasattvāpekṣākāraṇāt śīla-maitrī, svapararakṣākāraṇāt kṣāntimaitrī, sarvasattvabhāravahanakāraṇād vīryamaitrī, anāsvādakāraṇād dhyānamaitrī, kālenāsādhanakāraṇāt prajñāmaitrī, samantadvāradarśanakāraṇādupāyamaitrī, abhiprāyapariśuddhikāraṇādakuhanamaitrī, paścāttāpakaraṇato niścalamaitrī, anaṅgaṇakāraṇādadhyāśayamaitrī, akṛtrimakāraṇādamāyāvimaitrī, buddhasukhapratiṣṭhāpanakāraṇāt sukhamaitrī | maṃjuśrīḥ, sā hi bodhisattvasya maitrī |"



abravīt-"tasya mahākaruṇā kim ?" āha-"yadyat kuśalamūlaṃ syāt kuśalamūlaṃ syāt , ( tat ) sarvasattvebhya utsṛjati" | abravīt-"tasya mahāmuditā kim ?" | āha-"yaḥ (sa) dānāt prītimanobhūto'vipratisāraḥ" | abravīt-"tasyopekṣā kim ?" āha- "yaḥ (sa) ubhayārthotpādaḥ" |-



abravīt-"saṃsārabhayabhītena ki pratisartavyam ?" āha- "saṃsārabhayabhītena maṃjuśrīrbodhisattvena buddhamāhātmyaṃ pratisartavyam" |

āha- "buddhamahātmye sthātukāmena kutra sthātavyam ?" āha- "buddhamahātmye sthātukāmena sarvasattvasamatāyāṃ sthātavyam |" āha-"sarvasattvasamatāyāṃ sthātukāmena kutra sthātavyam" āha- "sarvasattvasamatāyāṃ sthātukāmena sarvasattvapramokṣāya sthātavyam" |



abravīt-"sarvasattvapramokṣāya kartukāmena kathaṃ karaṇīyam ?" āha- "sarvasattvapramokṣāya kartukāmena kleśapramokṣaḥ karaṇīyaḥ" | abravīt- "kleśaprahātukāmena kathaṃ prayoktavyam ?" āha- "kleśaprahātukāmena yoniśaḥ prayoktavyam" | abravīt- "kathaṃ prayujyamāno yoniśaḥ prayujyate ?" āha- "anutpādānirodhayoḥ prayogo hi yoniśaḥ prayogo'sti" | abravīt- "anudayaḥ kim, kim anirodhaḥ ?" āha- "akuśalānudayaśca kuśalānirodhaḥ" | abravīt-"kuśalākuśalamūlaṃ kim ?" āha-"satkāya -(dṛṣṭi ) rmūlam" | abravīt-"satkāya - ( dṛṣṭi) mūlaṃ kim ?" āha- "satkāya - ( dṛṣṭi ) mūlaṃ rāgaḥ" | abravīt- "ki rāgamūlam ?" -āha- "rāgasya mūlaṃ hyabhūtaparikalpaḥ" |



abravīt-"abhūtaparikalpasya kiṃ mūlam ?" āha-" abhūtaparikalpasya hi ) viparyastā saṃjñā mūlam" | āha-"viparyastāyāḥ saṃjñāyāḥ ki mūlam ??" -( āha- "viparyastāyāḥsaṃjñāyā) apratiṣṭhānaṃ mūlam" | āha-"apratiṣṭhāyāḥ kiṃ mūlam ?" āha-"yanmaṃjuśrīrapratiṣṭhānaṃ, na tasya kiṃcinmūlam | iti hyapratiṣṭhānamūlapratiṣṭhitāḥ sarvadharmāḥ" |



atha tasmin gṛhe kasyacitsthānasya devī, teṣāṃ bodhisattvānām mahāsattvānāmimāṃ dharmadeśanāṃ śrutvā, hṛṣṭodagrā cāttamanāḥ, audārikamātmabhāvamabhisaṃdṛśya, divyapuṣpaistān bodhisattvān mahāsattvāṃśca mahāśrāvakānabhikirati sma | yāni ca bodhisattvānāṃ kāye'bhyavakīrṇāni puṣpāni, tāni bhūmau prapatanti sma | yāni mahāśrāvakānāṃ kāya āpannāni puṣpāni, tāni tatraiva prasaktāni bhūmau na prapatanti sma | tataste mahāśrāvakā ṛddhividhiprātihāryeṇa puṣpānyādhunanti sma, api kho pana tāni na prapatanti sma |



atha sā devayāyuṣmantaṃ śāriputrametadavocat-"bhadanta śāriputra, imāni puṣpānyādhūya kiṃ kariṣyasi ?" āha-"devi, imāni puṣpāni na yujyante; tasmādimāni puṣpāni riṃcāmi" | devyabravīt - " bhadanta śāriputra, evammā vādīḥ | tat kasya hetoḥ ? yujyanta imāni puṣpāni | tat kasya hetoḥ ? yatastāni puṣpāni nirvikalpāni | nirvikalpeṣu śāriputraḥ sthavira eva kalpayati ca vikalpayati | bhadanta śāriputra, yat svākhyāte dharmavinaye pravrajitāḥ kalpayanti ca vikalpayanti, tadhi na yujyate |

sthavīre kalpayati ca vikalpayati, yannirvikalpaṃ tadhi yujyate |



"paśya, bhadanta śāriputra-tathā hi kalpavikalpaprahāṇakāraṇād bodhisattvānāṃ mahāsattvānāṃ kāye puṣpāni na sajjanti | tadyathāpi nāma bhayajātīyamanuṣye'manuṣyairavatāro labhyate, evameva saṃsārabhayabhīteṣu rūpaśabda gandharasaspraṣṭavyebhyo'vatāraḥ pratilabhyaḥ | ye sarvasaṃskārakleśabhayāpagatāḥ, tebhyo rūpaśabdagandharasaspraṣṭavyāni ki kariṣyanti ? yeṣu vāsanā'prahīṇā, teṣu puṣpa (anya ) pi sajjanti; yeṣāṃ tu vāsanā prahīṇā, teṣāṃ kāye puṣpa( ani ) na sajjanti | tasmāt sarvavāsanāvighātakānāṃ kāye puṣpānya saktāni" |



tata āyuṣmāṃśāriputrastāṃ devīmetadavocat-"devi, tvamimaṃ gehaṃ praviśya kiyacciracaritam ?" devyāha-"sthaviro vimokṣaṃ praviṣṭo yāvat, ( tac-)ciram" | abravīt- "devi, tvamasmin gehe sthitvā, aciraṃ dṛṣṭā" | āha-"sthaviro vimokṣaṃ praviṣṭaḥ kiyacciram ?"-atha sthavirastūṣṇībhūto'bhūt | āha-"mahāprajñāvatāmagryaḥ sthaviraḥ kasmānmaunī cedānīṃ sahasā praśnanna pariharasi ?" abravīt- "devi, vimokṣa'nabhilāpyaśca sa yathā vaktavyaḥ, ( tan ) na jānāmi" | āha- "yāni svavireṇākṣarāṇyuktāni, sarvāṇi tāni vimokṣalakṣaṇāni | tat kasya hetoḥ ? yo vimokṣaḥ, sa hyanantaragataśca na bahirdhā nobhayaścānupalabdhaḥ | evameva tānyakṣarāṇyanantaragatāni na ca bahirdhā nobhayāni cānupalabdhāni | tasmāt, bhadanta śāriputra, akṣarāpakarṣaṇena vimokṣammāprativedayasva | tat kasya hetoḥ ? yataḥ sarvadharmasama( tā )''ryavimokṣaḥ" | abravīt - "devi, rāgadveṣamohāpagateṣu vimokṣa nanu nāsti ?" devyāha- " 'rāgadveṣamohāpagateṣu vimokṣa' iti sa hyabhimānikebhya upadeśaḥ | ye'nabhimānikāḥ, tebhyo hi rāgadveṣamohasvabhāvatā vimokṣaḥ" |



athā'yuṣmāṃśāriputrastāṃ devimetadavocat-"sādhu, devi; ki prāpya, ki sākṣātkṛtya tvamevaṃpratibhānavatī ?" | āha- "bhadanta śāriputra, mayā na kiñcit prāptaṃ vā sākṣātkṛtaṃ vā | ato me pratibhāna īdṛśaḥ| yeṣāmevam 'asmābhi prāptañca sākṣātkṛtam' iti, te hi svākhyātadharmavinaye ''timānikā' ucyante" |

abravīt-"devi, tvaṃ ki śrāvakayānīyā pratyekabuddhayānīyā vā mahāyānīyā vā ?" āha- "śrāvakayānaṃ darśayatī, ahaṃ śrāvakayāninī | dvādaśa(aṃga) pratītyasamutpādeadvāreṇāvatāraṇen-āhaṃ pratyekabuddhayāninī | anutsṛṣṭāyāmmahākaruṇāyām ahammahāyānīyā |

"bhadanta śāriputra, api tu khalu punaryathā campakavane praviṣṭe, eraṇḍagandho na ghrāyate, campakavane praviṣṭe'pi kho pana campakagandho ghrāyate; evameva, bhadanta śāriputra, asmin buddhadharmaguṇagandhopete gehe vihāriṇā śrāvakapratyekabuddhagandho na ghrāyate |

"bhadanta śāriputra, ye śakrabrahmalokapāladevanāgayakṣagandharvāsuagaruḍakiṃnaramahoragā asmin gehe niviṣṭāḥ, tepayasya satpuruṣasya dharma śrutvā, buddhadharmaguṇagandhena bodhicittamutpādya prakrāntāḥ |

"bhadanta śāriputra, asmin gehe dvādaśa varṣāṇi mahāmaitrīmahākaruṇā samarpitāṃ cācintyabuddhadharmasamprapuktāṃ ( kathāṃ ) sthāpayitvā, śrāvakapratyekabuddhasahagatāṃ kathāṃ purā nāśrauṣam | bhadanta śāriputra, asmin gṛhe'ṣṭavidhā āścaryadbhutaprāptā dharmāḥ satatasamitamābhāsaṃ gacchanti |

katame'ṣṭau ?



"asmin gṛhe satatasamitaṃ suvarṇavarṇaprabhā | ato rātrīdivanna prajñāyate | asmin gṛhe candrasūryau na ca dṛśyete | ayaṃ prathama āścaryādbhuto dharmaḥ |



"punaraparaṃ, bhadanta śāriputra, ye praviśanti idaṃ gṛhaṃ, teṣāṃ samanantarapraviṣṭānāṃ sarvakleśā na bādhante | ayaṃ dvitīya āścaryādbhūto dharmaḥ |



"punaraparaṃ, bhadanta śāriputra, asmin gṛhe sadā śakrabrahmalokapālāśca sarvabuddhakṣetrāgatā bodhisattvā avirahitāḥ | ayaṃ tṛtīya āścaryādbhūto dharmaḥ |



"punaraparaṃ, bhadanta śāriputra, asmin gṛhe satatasamitaṃ dharmāvadhoṣaṇañca ṣaṭpāramitāpratisaṃyuktā kathā cāvaivartikadharmacakrakathā 'virahitāḥ | ayaṃ caturtha āścaryādbhuto dharmaḥ |



"punaraparaṃ, bhadanta śāriputra, asmin gṛhe sadā divyamānuṣyadundubhisaṅgītavādyaṃ krīyate; tebhyo dundubhibhyo buddhadharma( sya ) āprameyabidhighoṣaḥ sarvakāleṣūtpadyate | āyaṃ pañcama āścaryādbhūto dharmaḥ |



"punaraparaṃ, bhadanta śāriputra, asmin gṛhe sarvaratnasampūrṇāścaturakṣayamahānidhayo vidyante | tadanubhāvena sarvairdaridraiśca vyasanibhiḥ prapannam, ( mahānidhi-) kuṇḍamapi tvakṣayam | ayaṃ ṣaṣṭha āścaryādbhuto dharmaḥ |



"punaraparaṃ, bhadanta śāriputra, asmin gṛhe tathāgatāḥ śākyamuniścāmitābhaścākṣobhyaśca ratnaśrīśca ratnārciśca ratnacandraśca ratnavyūhaśca duṣpahaśca sarvārthasiddhaśca mahāratnaśca sihaprasiddhiśa sihasvaraścā'dayo daśadikṣvaparimāṇatathāgatā asya satpuruṣasya sahacittamātreṇa samāgacchanti cāgatāstathāgataguhyannāma dharmamukhapraveśaṃ nidarśya pratigacchanti | ayaṃ saptama āścaryādbhūto dharmaḥ |

"punaraparaṃ, bhadanta śāriputra, asmin gṛhe sarvadevaveśmavyūhāścasarvabuddhakṣetraguṇālaṅkārā ābhāsaṃ gacchanti | ayamaṣṭama āścaryādbhūto dharmaḥ |

" bhadanta śāriputra, asmin gṛhe teṣvaṣṭāsvāścaryādbhuteṣu dharmeṣvābhāsaṃ gacchatsu cedṛśācintyadharme dṛśyamāne, kaḥ śrāvakadharmamicchet ?"

abravīt-"devi, yadi te strībhāvāt syādvikāraḥ, kimaparādhaḥ ?" āha-"yāvad dvādaśa varṣāṇi strībhāvamme mṛgyamāṇā, ( so )- 'dyāpi (mayā) nopalabhyate | bhadanta śāriputra, tasyai māyākāreṇa nirmitāyai striyai evaṃ 'yadi te strībhāvāt syādvikāraḥ, kimaparādha ?' ityukte, tat ki kathayeta ?" abravīt-"tatra kicitsaṃpariniṣpannannāsti" | āha-"bhadanta śāriputra, evameva sarvadharmeṣvapariniṣpanneṣu ca māyānirmāṇasvabhāveṣu, tvaṃ 'yadi strībhāvāt syādvikāraḥ, kimaparādha ?' iti ( pṛcchan )-tat ki manyase ?"

atha sā devyetādṛśādhiṣṭhānādhiṣṭhitā'bhūt, yathā śāriputraḥ sthaviro yādṛśa sā devī tādṛśā dṛśyate sma; sā devyapi yādṛśaḥ śāriputraḥ, sthavirastādṛśo dṛśyate sma |

tataḥ sā śāriputrasya rūpamāpannā devī taṃ devīrūpāpannaṃ śāriputramevam-"bhadanta śāriputra, yadi strībhāvāt syādvikāraḥ, kimaparādha ?" iti pṛcchati sma | devīrūpāpannaḥ śāriputra etadavocat-"mama puruṣarūpasyāntarhitasya, strīkāyāpanno yo vikārastanna jānāmi" |

āha-"yadi sthaviraḥ strīrūpāt prativikārasya samarthaḥ syāt , sarvāḥ striyaḥ strībhāvāt parivarteran | yathā sthaviraḥ strī-( rūpe ) dṛśyate, tathā sarvāḥ striyo'pi strīrūpeṣu dṛśyamānāḥ stryabhāvāt strīrūpeṣu dṛśyante | tato bhagavatā 'sarve dharmāḥ strīpuruṣābhāvā' iti saṃghāya bhāṣītam" |



atha sā devī tadadhiṣṭhānamutsṛjati sma, āyuṣmāṃśca śāriputraḥ punaḥ svarūpopasaṃhito'bhūt | atha sā devī śāriputrametadavocat-"bhadanta śāriputra, kva te strīputtalī ?" abravīt-"( sā ) mayā na ca kṛtā na cāpi vikṛtā | āha-"evameva sarvadharmā apyakṛtāścāvikṛtāḥ | yadakṛtaṃcāvikṛtaṃca-tadhi buddhavacam" |

abravīt-"devī, itaścyutvā kutropapatsyase ?" āha-"yatra tathāgatanirmāṇānyutpadyante, tatrāhamapyupapatsye" | abravīt-"tathāgatanirmāṇeṣu na bhavataścyutpattī" | āha-"sarve dharmāśca tathaiva cyutyupattyapagatāḥ" |



abravīt-"devi, keva cireṇa tvaṃ bodhimabhisaṃbhotsyase ?" āha- "yadā, sthavira, pṛthagjanadharmasaṃpanno bhaviṣyasi, tadā'pi bodhimabhisambuddhāmi" | abravīt-"devi, ( yad-) ahaṃ pṛthagjanadharmasaṃpanno bhaveyam, tadasthānam" | āha-"bhadanta śāriputra, evameva( yad- ) ahamapi bodhimabhisaṃbudhyāmi, tadasthānam | tat kasya hetoḥ ? bodhirasthāne pratiṣṭhitā; ato'sthāne na kaścidabhisaṃbuddhati" |



śāriputraḥ sthaviro'vocat-"tathāgatenā'khyātam-'gaṃgānadīvālukāsamāstathāgatā abhisaṃbuddhāḥ, abhisaṃbudhyantyabhisaṃbhotsyanta' iti" | devyāha- "bhadanta śāriputra, 'atītānāgatapratyutpannā buddhā' iti tadhyakṣaragaṇanāsaṃketādhivacanam | atītānāgatapratyutpanneṣu buddheṣvabhūteṣu, bodhistryadhvasamatikrāntā | sthaviraḥ kim arhattvalābhī?" abravīt- "aprāptihetorlābhī" | āha- "evamevābhisaṃbodhyabhāvahetorabhisaṃbodhiḥ" |

tato licchavirvimalakīrtirāyuṣmantaṃ śāriputraṃ sthavirametadavocat-"bhadanta śāriputra, iyaṃ devī buddhānāṃ dvinavatikoṭinayutāni paryupāsya, abhijñājñānavikrīḍitā praṇidhānasaṃbhūtā kṣāntilābhinī, avaivartika- saṃprasthitā sattvaparipācanārthāya praṇidhānavaśena yatheṣṭaṃ tathā'vasthitā" |