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12 pūrvayogaḥ saddharmaparīndanā ca



atha bhagavantaṃ śakro devānāmindra etadavocat-"purā, bhagavan, tathāgatānmaṃjuśrīkumārabhūtācca dharmaparyāyānāṃ bahuśatasahasrāṇyaśrauṣam, paraṃ tu yathā'smāddharmaparyāyādīdṛśācintyavikurvaṇanayapraveśanirdeśaḥ purā na kadācidaśrauṣam |



"ye sattvāḥ, bhagavan, imaṃ dharmaparyāyamudgrahīṣyanti dhārayiṣyanti vācayiṣyanti paryavāpsyanti, te'pi niḥsaṃśayametādṛśadharmabhājanaṃ bhaveyuḥ | kaḥ punarvādo ye bhāvanā'dhigamanānuyuktā ( bhaviṣyanti ) ? te chetsyanti sarvadurgati-(mārgam ), tebhyaḥ sarvasugatimārgo vivṛtaḥ; sarvabuddhaiste dṛṣṭā bhaviṣyanti; te sarvaparapravādighnā bhaviṣyanti; sarvamārāstaiḥ suparājitā bhaviṣyanti; te viśodhitabodhisattvamārgā bhaviṣyanti, bodhimaṇḍasamāśritāstathāgatagocare samavasaranti |

"kulaputro vā kuladuhitā vā, bhagavan yau dhārayiṣyata imaṃ dharmaparyāyaṃ, tābhyāṃ sarvaparivāreṇa saha satkāraṃ paryupāsanaṃ kariṣyāmi | ( teṣu ) grāmanagaranigamajanapadarāṣṭrarājadhānīṣu, yeṣvayaṃ dharmaparyāyaścaryate nirdiśyate prakāśyate, tena dharmaśravaṇāya saparivāro gamiṣyāmi | aśraddheṣu kulaputreṣu śraddhāmutpādayiṣyāmi, śrāddhānāṃ dhārmikena rakṣāvaraṇa gupti kariṣyāmi" |



evamukte, bhagavāṃśakraṃ devānāmindrametadāmantrayate sma-"sādhu, devendra, sādhu | ( yat ) tvayā subhāṣitam, tasmiṃstathāgato'pyanumodate |(yā), devendra, atītānāgatapratyutpannānāṃ bhagavatāṃ buddhānāṃ bodhiḥ, sā'smāddharmaparyāyānnirdiṣṭā | ato devendra, ye kecit kulaputrā vā kuladuhitaro vemaṃ dharmaparyāyamudgrahīṣyanti, antaśaḥ pustake likhiṣyanti, udgrahīṣyanti vācayiṣyanti paryavāpsyanti, te hyatītānāgatapratyutpannān bhagavato buddhān pūjayiṣyanti |



"ayaṃ, devendra, trisāhasramahāsāhasralokadhātustathāgataiḥ paripūrṇaḥ (syāt, paripūrṇas ) tadyathāpi nāmekṣuvanairvā naḍavanairvā veṇuvanairvā tilavanairvā khadiravanairvā; ( yairayaṃ lokadhātuḥ ) paripūrṇastāṃstathāgatān, klpaṃ vā kalpādhikaṃ vā, kulaputroo vā kuladuhitā vā mānayedgurukuryāt satkuryāt pūjayet sarvapūjāsukhopadhānaiḥ | teṣāṃ parinirvṛtānāmapi tathāgatānāmekaikasya tathāgatasya pūjanā'rtha sarvaratnamayaṃ vistareṇa caturmahādvīpakalokapramāṇamārohe brahmalokasamprāptamucchritacchatrapatākayaṣṭisūpaśobhitam ekāntakaṭhorākuthitaśārīrikadhāstūpaṃ ( kuryāt ) | sa evameva sarvatathāgatānāṃ pratyekaṃ stūpaṃ kṛtvā, tat kalpaṃ vā kalpādhikaṃ vā sarvapuṣpagandhadhvajapatākaiḥ pūjayedghaṭṭiyadundubhitūryaiśca |



"tat ki manyase, devendra, api nu sa kulaputro vā kuladuhitā vā tato nidānaṃ bahu puṇyaṃ prasavet ?" āha--"bahu bhagavan, bahu sugata | kalpakoṭiśatasahasrairapi tasya puṇyaskandhasya paryantamanuprāptumaśakyam" |

bhagavānāmantrayate sma--"adhimucyasva., devendra, tvayā'nugantavyam yaḥ kulaputro vā kuladuhitā vemamacintyavimokṣanirdeśasya dharmaparyāyamudgṛhṇīyādvācayet paryavāpnuyāt, ( so'smād- ) bahu(taraṃ) puṇyaṃ prasavet | tat kasya hetoḥ ? bhagavatāṃ buddhānāṃ hi bodhiḥ, devendra, dharmasambhavā; sā ca dharmapūjāyai śakyā, na paraṃ tvāmiṣeṇa ( pūjyā ) | anene paryāyeṇa, devendra, tvayaivaṃ veditavyam" |

"bhūtapūrva, devendra, atīte'dhvanyasaṃkhyeyaiḥ kalpairasaṃkhyeyataraivipulairaprameyairacintyaistebhyaḥ pareṇa paratareṇa yadāsīt tena kālena tena samayena bhaiṣajyarājo nāma tathāgato'rhan samyaksambuddho loka udapādi vidyācaraṇasampannaḥ sugato lokavidanuttaraḥ puruṣadamyasārathiḥ śāstā devānāṃ ca manuṣyāṇāṃ ca buddhobhagavān vicāraṇe kalpe mahāvyūhāyāṃ lokadhātau | tasya bhaiṣajyarājasya tathāgatasyārhataḥ samyaksambuddhasya viśatyantarakalapānāyuṣpramāṇamabhūt | tasya ṣaṭtriśatkoṭinayutāḥ śrāvaka( saṃnipāto )'bhūt dvādaśakoṭinayutā bodhisattva( saṃnipāto ) 'bhūt |



"tena khalu punaḥ samayena ratnacchattro nāma rājodapādi cakravartī cāturdvīpaḥ saptaratnasamanvāgataḥ | purṇa cāsyābhūt sahasraṃ putrāṇāṃ śūrāṇāṃ vīrāṇāṃ varāṅgarupiṇāṃ parasainyapramardakānām |



"sa ratnacchattro rājā pañcāntarakalpān sarvasukhopadhānairbhagavantaṃ bhaiṣajyarājaṃ tathāgataṃ saparivāraṃ mānayati sma | teṣu pañcāntarakalpeṣvatīteṣu, devendra, ratnacchattro rājā sahasraṃ putrānetasavocat-'he, vitta | ahaṃ tathāgatamapūjayam | ata idānīṃ yūpamapi pūjayata tathāgatam' | tataste rājakumārāḥ pitre ratnacchattrāya rājñe sādhukāraṃ dattvā, tasmai pratyaśrauṣuḥ | te ca saha gaṇena tathāgataṃ bhaiṣajyarājaṃ pañcāntarakalpān sarvasukhopadhānaiḥ satkaronti sma |



"teṣu candracchattrasya nāma rājaputrasya rahogatasyaivaṃ bhavati sma- 'tasyāḥ pūjāyā anyā viśiṣṭatarodārā pūjā nanu bhavatī' ti | buddhādhiṣṭhānenāntarīkṣāddevā etadāhuḥ-'dharmapūjā hi, satpuruṣa, sarvapūjāsūttamā' | sa āha-'sā dharmapūjā kimasti ?' devā āhuḥ-'tasya, satpuruṣa, tathāgatasya bhaiṣajyarājasya samīpaṃ gatvā, sā dharmapūjā kimastīti pṛccha | bhagavāṃste vyākariṣyati' |



"atha, devendra, candracchattro rājakumāro yena bhagavān bhaiṣajyarājastathāgato'rhan samyaksaṃbuddhastenopasaṃkrāntaḥ | upasaṃkramya, bhagavatpādau śirasā vanditvā, ekānte'sthāt | ekāntasthitaścandracchattro rājaputro bhagavantaṃ bhaiṣajyarājaṃ tathāgatametadavocat-'dharmapūjā nāma, bhagavan, sā kimasti ?'



"sa bhagavānāmantrayate sma-'kulaputra, dharmapūjā hi tathāgatabhāṣitā gambhīrasūtrāntāḥ gambhīrāvabhāsāḥ sarvalokavipratyanīkā durvigāhyā durdṛśā duravabodhāḥ sūkṣmā nipuṇā atarkāvacarāḥ | ( te sūtrāntā) bodhisattvapiṭakāntarbhūtā dhāraṇīsūtrāntarājamudrāmudritā avaivartika(dharma-) cakrasaṃdarśakāḥ ṣaṭpāramitāsambhūtāḥ sarvagrāhāparigṛhītāḥ |

" '( te sūtrāntā ) bodhipakṣyadharmadsamanvāgatā bodhyaṅganiṣpādanāparyāpannāḥ sattvamahākaruṇā'vatāraṇā mahāmaitrīsaṃdarśakāḥ sarvamāradṛṣṭigatāpagatāḥ pratītyasamutpādasaṃdarśakāḥ |



" '(dharmeṣu te sūtrāntā) anātmakā niḥsattvā nirjīvā niṣpudgalāḥ śūnyatā''nimittāpraṇihitānabhisaṃskārānutpādāsambhavasamprayuktāḥ | ( te ) bodhimaṇḍaṃ samudāgacchanti dharmacakrapravartakāḥ | praśaṃsitās-( te ) varṇitā devanāgayakṣagandharvāsuragaruḍakinnaramahoragādhipatibhiḥ | (sūtrāntāste) saddharmavaṃśāsraṃsanā dharmakośagrāhakā dharmapūjāvarā'pannāḥ | sarvā'ryajanaiḥ parigṛhītās ( te ) sarvabodhisattvacaryāḥ samprakāśayanti bhūtārthadharmapratisaṃvidāpannāḥ | dharmasūtrāntā anityatāduḥkhanairātmyaśānti ( -nirdeśa-) nairyānikāḥ |



" 'mātsaryadauḥśīlyavyāpādakausīdyamuṣitasmṛtiduṣprajñā'vasāda parapravādikudṛṣṭisarvā'lambanābhiniveśāṃ jahati (te) sarvabuddhastomitāḥ, saṃsārapakṣapratipakṣā nirvāṇasukhaṃ samprakāśayanti | ye tādṛśasūtrāntāḥ samprakāśanadhāraṇapratyavekṣaṇasaddharmasaṃgrahāḥ, sā hi dharmapūjā nāma |



" 'punaraparaṃ, kulaputra, dharmapūjā hi dharmā-( nu- ) dharmanidhyaptirdharmā-( nu- ) dharmapratipattiḥ pratītyasamutpādasamādānaṃ; (sā) sarvāntagrāhadṛṣṭirahitā, anutpādānopapattikṣāntiḥ, nairātmyaniḥsattvapraveśaḥ, hetupratyayo ravirodho'vivādo'kalahaḥ, ahaṃkāramama( kārā- )pagatā |



" '( dharmapūjā ) hyarthapratisaraṇanna vyañcanapratisaraṇam, jñānapratisaraṇanna vijñānapratisaraṇam, nītārtha sūtrapratisaraṇanna neyārthasaṃvṛtyabhiniveśaḥ, dharmatāpratisaraṇanna pudgaladṛṣṭyupalabdhigrahaṇābhiniveśaḥ; yathābuddhadharmamavabodhaḥ, anālayapraveśaḥ, alayasamuddhātaḥ; pratītyasamutpādasya dvādaśāṃge(ṣu) tadyathā-avidyānirodhād yāvajjarāmaraṇaśokaparidevaduḥkhadaurmanasyopāyāsā nirudhyanta ityakṣayasattvadṛṣṭyabhinirhāreṇābhisampannaṃ sarvadṛṣṭyadarśanaṃ ca-sā hi, kulaputra, anuttarā dharmapūjā nāma' |



"tatassa rājaputraścandracchattraḥ, devendra, bhagavato bhaiṣajyarājāttathāgatāddharmapūjāmevaṃ śrutvā, anulomikīṃ dharmakṣānti prāpnoti sma | sarvavastravibhūṣaṇeṣu tasmai bhagavata upanāmiteṣu, etadvacanamavocat-'bhagavati tathāgate parinirvṛte, saddharmaparigrahapūjanārtha saddharma parigrahītum utsahe | adhitiṣṭhatu māmevaṃ bhagavān, yathā'haṃ māraparapravādino nihatya, saddharma parigṛhṇīyām' |

"tathāgatastasyādhyāśayaṃ buddhvā, 'paścimakāle pāścimasamaye saddharmanagaraṃ pālayiṣyase rakṣiṣyasi parigrahīṣyasī'-(ti) vyākaroti sma |

"atha sa rājaputraścandracchattrastathā tathāgatapratiṣṭhitaśraddhayā''gāradanāgārikāṃ pravrajitaḥ kuśale(ṣu) dharme(ṣū) vīryamārabhate sma | ārabdhivīryaḥ sthitvā, kuśaleṣu dharmeṣu supratiṣṭhitaḥ so'cireṇa dhāraṇīgatigataḥ pañcabhijñā utpādayati sma | so'nācchedyapratibhānapratilābhī, bhagavati bhaiṣajyarāje tathāgate parinirvṛte, abhijñādhāraṇīivaśena dharmacakraṃ pravartayati sma | sa bhagavān bhaiṣajyarājastathāgato yathā, tathā daśāntarakalpān ( dharmacakram ) anupravartayati sma |

"tathā hi, devendra, candracchattrasya bhikṣoḥ saddharmaparigrahābhiyogena koṭidaśaśataṃ sattvā anuttarasamyaksaṃbodhi( mārg- ) āvaivartikā abhūvan | prāṇināṃ catvāriśannayutāni śrāvakapratyekabuddhayāne vinītāny ( abhūvan ) | apramāṇasattvāḥ svargeṣūtpadyante sma |

"manyethāḥ, devendra, anyaḥ sa tena kālena tena samayena ratnacchattro nābhābhudrājā cakravartī | na khalu punastvayaivaṃ draṣṭavyam | tat kasya hetoḥ ? ayameva sa ratnārcistathāgatastena kālena tena samayena ratnacchattro nāma rājā cakravartyabhūt | ( ye ) tasya ratnacchattrasya rājñaḥ putrāḥ sahasramabhūvan, te santīme vartamānasya bhadrakalpasya bodhisattvāḥ | asmin bhadrakalpe pūrṇabuddhānāṃ sahasramutpadyante | teṣāṃ catvāro hi-krakucchandādaya utpannapūrvāḥ | avaśiṣṭā api prādurbhaviṣyanti-kakutsundādayo yāvadrocaṃ | ante roco nāma tathāgata utpadyate |

"manyethāḥ, devendra, anyaḥ sa tena kālena ten samayena candracchattro nāma rājaputro'bhūt tasya bhagavato bhaiṣajyarājasya tathāgatasya saddharmaparigrāhakaḥ | na khalu punastvayaivaṃ draṣṭavyam | tat kasya hetoḥ ? ahameva sa, devendra, tena kālena tena samayena candracchattro nāma rājaputro'bhūvam |



"anena paryāyeṇa, devendra, vedyam-yāvattathāgatapūjāḥ, ( tāsu) dharmapūjā hyuttamā nāma, varā paramā varāgrā praṇītottarānuttareti | tasmāttarhi, devendra, nāmiṣeṇa dharmapūjayā pūjā me kartavyā | nāmiṣeṇa satkāro me kartavyaḥ, dharmasatkātreṇa mānayitavyam" |



atha bhagavān maitreyaṃ bodhisattvammahāsattvamāmantrayate sma-"imāmahaṃ maitreyāsaṃkhyeyakalpakoṭisamudānītāmanuttarāṃ samyaksaṃbodhi tvayi parīndāmi, yathā paścime kāle paścime samaye'yamevaṃrūpo dharmaparyāyastvadadhiṣṭhānena parigṛhīto jambudvīpe vardheta na cāntardhīyeta, tat kasya hetoḥ ? anāgate'dhvani, maitreya, (ye)'varipitakuśalamūlāḥ kulaputrakuladuhitṛdeva nāgayakṣagandharvāsurā anuttarasamyaksaṃbodhisamprasthitāḥ, ta imaṃ dharmaparyāyanna śrutvā, dhvaṃsiṣyante | evaṃrupaṃ sūtrāntaṃ śrutvā, prahṛṣṭāḥ śraddhāṃ pratilapsyante śirasā cā- ( bhivandya, taṃ ) grahīṣyanti | teṣāṃ kulaputrakuladuhitṝṇāṃ rakṣaṇārthāya, maitreya, tena kālena tvayā'yamīdṛśaḥ sūtrāntaḥ sfaraṇīyaḥ |



"ime hi, maitreya, bodhisattvānāṃ dve mudre | katame dve ? nānāpadavyañjanaprasannasya mudrā gambhīreṇa dharmanayenātrastasya yathābhūtaṃ pratipannakasya mudrā ca | te, maitreya, bodhisattvānāṃ dve mudre | tato ye bodhisattvā nānāpadavyañjanaprasannāstatparāḥ, te hyādikarmikā acirabrahmacāriṇo veditavyāḥ | ye, maitreya, bodhisattvā asya gambhīrasyānupaliptasya sūtrāntasya yamakavyatyastāhārasya granthaṃ vā paṭalaṃ vā paṭhanti śṛṇavantyadhimucyante deśayanti, ( te ) hi cirabrahmacāriṇo veditavyāḥ |



"ādikarmikāstataḥ, maitreya, bodhisattvā dvābhyāṃ kāraṇābhyāmātmānaṃ vraṇayanti gambhīre ca dharme na nidhyāyanti | katame dve ? aśrutapūrva gambhīraṃ sūtrāntaṃ śrutvā, trastāśca saṃśayitā nānumodante | sa evamasmābhiraśrutapūrvaḥ kuta āgata iti ( pṛcchantastaṃ ) tyajanti | ye kulaputrā gambhīraṃ sūtrāntamudgṛhṇanti gambhīradharmabhājanabhūtāśca gambhīraṃ dharma deśayanti, tebhyo na sevanti cāsamāgamā na paryupāsate tāṃ ca na satkurvanti | antatasteṣvavarṇamapi niścārayanti | tābhyāṃ kāraṇābhyāmādikarmikabodhisattvā ātmānaṃ vraṇayanti gambhīre ca dharme nāvakalpayanti |



"tābhyāṃ dvābhyāṃ kāraṇābhyāṃ gambhīrādhimuktika bodhisattvā ātmānaṃ vraṇayanti cānutpattikadharmakṣāntinna labhante | katame dve ? ādikarmikānaciracaritān bodhisattvān avamanyante vimānayanti, na ( samā- ) dāpayanti na ( vi- ) varanti na deśayanti | gambhīre ( dharme )'lpaśraddhāḥ śikṣānna mānayanti, lokasya cāmiṣadānena na tu dharmadānena sattvānupakurvanti |

"maitreya, gambhīradhimuktikabodhisattvā ābhyāṃ kāraṇābhyāmātmānaṃ vraṇayanti cānutpattikadharmakṣānti śīghranna labhante" | evamāmantrayate sma |

bhagavantaṃ bodhisattvo maitreya etadavocat-"bhagavatā yathā subhāṣitam, bhagavan, ( tad ) āścaryam | sādhu, bhagavan | adyāgreṇa, bhagavan, imānatyayān ( vi- ) varjayeyam | ( yā ) tathāgatenāsaṃkhyeyakoṭinayutaśatasahasrebhyaḥ kalpebhyo'nuttarasamyaksaṃbodhiḥ samudānītā, imāmārakṣiṣyāmi dhārayiṣyāmi |

"( ye )'nāgate ( 'dhvani ) kulaputrā vā kuladuhitaro vā bhājanabhūtāḥ, tebhya īdṛśaṃ sūtrāntaṃ hastagataṃ kariṣyāmi | ( teṣāṃ ) smṛtimupasaṃhariṣyāmi yayemamevaṃrūpaṃ sutrāntam | adhimucyodgrahīṣyanti dhārayiṣyanti parpavāpsyanti viveśayanti likhiṣyanti parebhyaśca vistareṇa samprakāśayiṣyanti | tānahaṃ, bhagavan, prasthāpayiṣyāmi | (ye) bhagavan, tena samayenāsminevaṃrūpe sūtrānte'dhimucyante'bhiniviśanti ca, te hi, bhagavan, maitreyasya bodhisattvasyādhiṣṭhānenādhiṣṭhitā veditavyāḥ" |



atha bhagavān maitreyāya bodhisattvāya sādhukāramadāt-"sādhu, maitreya, sādhu | subhāṣitaṃ tatte vākyam | tathāgato'pi tatte subhāṣitamanumodayati" |



tatas (sarve) te bodhisattvā ekanirghoṣiṇaitadvākyamavocan-"vayamapi, bhagavan, tathāgate parinirvṛte, nānābuddhakṣetrebhya āgatāstathāgatasya buddhasyemāṃ bodhimupabṛṃhayiṣyāmaḥ | te'pi kulaputrā adhimokṣayiṣyanti" |



atha bhagavantaṃ caturmahārājikā (devā) apyetadavocan-"yeṣu yeṣu, bhagavan, grāmanagaramigamarāṣṭrarājadhānīṣvevaṃrupo dharmaparyāyaścarito deśitaḥ samprakāśitaḥ, teṣu teṣu, bhagavan, vayamapi caturmahārājikā ( devāḥ ) sabalavāhanaparivārā dharmaśravaṇārtham eṣyāmaḥ | teṣāṃ dharmabhāṇakānām ā yojanāparisāmantakādrakṣāṃ kariṣyāmo yathā na kaścitteṣāṃ dharmabhāṇakānāmavatāraprekṣyavatāragaveṣyavatāraṃ lapsyate" |



atha bhagavānāyuṣmantamānandametadavocat-"udgṛhṇīṣva tvam, ānanda, imaṃ dharmaparyāyaṃ, dhāraya pareṣāṃ ca vistareṇa samprakāśaya" | āha-"asmin dharmaparyāya udgṛhīte, ko nāmayaṃ bhagavan dharmaparyāyaḥ , kathaṃ cainaṃ dhārayāmi ?"

bhagavānāmantrayate sma-"tasmādānanda, imaṃ dharmaparyāyaṃ 'vimalakīrtinirdeśaṃ' vā 'yamakavyatyastābhinirhāraṃ' vā'py-'acintyavimokṣaparivartannāma' dharmaparyāyaṃ dhāraya" |

idamavocad bhagavān | āttamanā licchavirvimalakīrtirmajuśrīśca kumārabhūtaḥ sa cāyuṣmānānandaste ca bodhisattvāte ca mahāśrāvakāḥ sā ca sarvāvatī parṣatsadevamānuṣāsura gandharvaśca loko bhagavato bhāṣitamabhyanandanniti |

pūrvayogasya saddharmaparīnandanāyāśca parivartonāma dvādaśaḥ |



vimalakīrtinirdeśo nāma mahāyānasūtraṃ samāptam |