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Yakṣādisamāśvāsanaṃ dvādaśaṃ prakaraṇam

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yakṣādisamāśvāsanaṃ dvādaśaṃ prakaraṇam |



tato'valokiteśvareṇa bodhisattvena mahāsattvena raśmaya utsṛṣṭāḥ | anekāni nānāvarṇāni nīlapītalohitāvadātāni māñjiṣṭhasphaṭikarajatavarṇāni | gatvā ca viśvabhūvastathāgatasya purato vyavasthitāni | tadā te devā nāgā yakṣā rākṣasā asurā garuḍāḥ kinnarā mahoragā manuṣyāḥ saṃnipatitāḥ | anekāni bodhisattvaśatāni saṃnipatitāni ||



atha teṣāṃ bodhisattvenāṃ madhye gaganagañjo nāma bodhisattva utthāyāsanādekāṃsamuttarāsaṅgaṃ kṛtvā dakṣiṇaṃ jānumaṇḍalaṃ pṛthivyāṃ pratiṣṭhāpya yena bhagavāṃstenāñjaliṃ praṇamya bhagavantametadavocat–kuto bhagavan raśmaya āgacchanti ? bhagavānāha–eṣa kulaputra avalokiteśvaro bodhisattvo mahāsattvo balerasurendrasya bhavane viharati, tena tasmānniṣkrāmitvā amī raśmayaḥ pramuktāḥ | tato'mī raśmaya āgacchanti, punastasyaiva sakāśaṃ gatāḥ ||



atha gaganagañjo bodhisattvo mahāsattvo bhagavantametadavocat–kenopāyena paśyeyamahamavalokiteśvaraṃ bodhisattvaṃ mahāsattvam? bhagavānāha–eṣa kulaputra ihaivāgacchatyavalokiteśvaraḥ | yadā avalokiteśvaro bodhisattvo mahāsattvo balerasurendrasya bhavanānniṣkrāntaḥ, tadā jetavane mahāvihāre divyāni puṣpavarṣāṇi patanti, divyāni kalpavṛkṣaśatāni paramaśobhanīyāni, ratnālaṃkāraśatasahasrāṇi pralambitāni, muktāhāraśatasahasrāṇi pralambitāni, kāśikavastrasaccīvarāṇi pralambitāni, lohitadaṇḍāni suvarṇarūpyapatrāṇi anekāni puṣpavṛkṣaśatāni anekāni puṣkariṇīśatāni puṣpaparipūrṇāni paramaśobhanīyāni prādurbhūtāni ||



atha gaganagañjo bodhisattvo mahāsattvo bhagavantametadavocat–nāgacchati bhagavannavalokiteśvaro bodhisattvo mahāsattvaḥ ? bhagavānāha–eṣa kulaputra tato balerasurendrasya bhavanānniṣkamya paramabhīṣaṇīyaṃ tamondhakāraṃ nāma pṛthivīpradeśaṃ yakṣarākṣasānāṃ bhūmiṃ amanuṣyāvacaramapṛthivīpradeśaṃ tatra gacchati | yatra kulaputra candrādityau na jñāyete, tatra ca pṛthivīpradeśe varado nāma cintāmaṇiratnarājo'sti | sa ca tatrāvabhāsaṃ kurute | anekāni yakṣarākṣasaśatasahasrāṇi tasmin dvīpe prativasanti | yadāvalokiteśvaro bodhisattvo mahāsattvaḥ prativasati, tadā darśanamātrātsarvayakṣarākṣasāḥ paramahṛṣṭatuṣṭāḥ pramuditahṛdayā bhavanti | atha te'valokiteśvarasya purastāddhāvanti, nirdhāvanti, dhāvitvā pādayoḥ praṇipatya saṃbhāṣayanti–mā tvaṃ bhagavan śrāntaklānto yastvaṃ cirakālena dṛṣṭaḥ, yastvamasyāṃ tamondhakārāyāṃ bhumau viharasi | sa kathayati–anekāni kartavyāni me | na ca mayaikasattvasyārthe ātmabhāvaḥ pariniṣpāditaḥ | api tu sarvasattvānāmantike mayā mahākaruṇācittatotpādayitavyā ||



atha te sarve yakṣarākṣasā divyasuvarṇaratnamayaṃ siṃhāsanaṃ prasamayanti tasyāvalokiteśvarasyārthe vicitraiḥ puṣpamayaiḥ saṃchāditam, yatra ca bhagavānniṣadya dharmaṃ deśayati | sa tairyakṣarākṣasairnītvā tatra divyasuvarṇaratnamaye siṃhāsane viśrāmitaḥ | tataḥ avalokiteśvarasteṣāṃ yakṣarākṣasānāṃ dharma deśayati–śṛṇvattu bhavantaḥ | āryakāraṇḍavyūhasya mahāyānasūtraratnarājasya catuṣpādikāmapi gāthāṃ ye śroṣyanti, śrutvā ca dhārayiṣyanti paryavāpsyanti pravartayiṣyanti, yoniśaṃ ca manasi kariṣyanti, teṣāmidaṃ puṇyaskandhasaṃcodano bhaviṣyati | tadyathāpi nāma kulaputrāḥ śakyaṃ mayā paramāṇurajasāṃ pramāṇamudgrahītum, na tu kulaputrāḥ śakyaṃ mayā kāraṇḍavyūhasya mahāyānasūtraratnarājasya puṇyaskandhaṃ gaṇayitum | tadyathāpi nāma kulaputrāḥ śakyaṃ mayā mahāsamudrasyaikamudakabinduṃ gaṇayitum, na tu kulaputrāḥ śakyaṃ mayā kāraṇḍavyūhasya mahāyānasūtraratnarājasya catuṣpādikāyā api gāthāyāḥ puṇyaskandhaṃ gaṇayitum | tadyathāpi nāma kulaputrāḥ dvādaśagaṅgānadīvālukopamāstathāgatā arhantaḥ samyaksaṃbuddhādvādaśakalpānekasthāne dhārayeyuḥ, cīvarapiṇḍapātraśayanāsanaglānapratyayabhaiṣajyapariṣkāraiḥ puṣpadhūpagandhamālyavilepanacūrṇacīvaracchatradhvajaghaṇṭāpatākābhiḥ, te'pi tathāgatāḥ sarve sahitā bhūtvā kāraṇḍavyūhasya mahāyānasūtraratnarājasya catuṣpādikāyā api gāthāyāḥ puṇyaskandhaṃ gaṇayituṃ na śaknuvanti sma, prāgevāhamekākī tamondhakārabhūmau viharāmi ||



tadyathāpi nāma kulaputrāścaturmahādvīpeṣvekaikadvīpapramāṇaṃ gṛhaṃ vihāraṃ vā kārayeddivyasuvarṇaratnamayam, tatra gṛhe vihāre vā stūpasahasraṃ kuryāt, teṣāṃ caikadine dhātvāvaropaṇaṃ kuryāt, yacca teṣāṃ dhātvāvaropaṇeṣu pūjāyāṃ puṇyaskandham, tato bahutaraṃ kāraṇḍavyūhasya mahāyānasūtraratnarājasya catuṣpādikāyā api gāthāyāḥ puṇyaskandham | tadyathāpi nāma kulaputrāḥ pañca mahānadyo sahasranadīparivārā mahāsamudramupasaṃkrāmanti, evameva kulaputrā asya kāraṇḍavyūhamahāyānasūtraratnarājasya catuṣpādikāmapi gāthāṃ śṛṇvatāṃ puṇyaughapravāhamupapravahati ||



atha te yakṣarākṣasā avalokiteśvarametadavocan–ye sattvāḥ kāraṇḍavyūhaṃ mahāyānasūtraratnarājaṃ likhāpayiṣyanti, teṣāṃ kidṛśaṃ puṇyaskandhaṃ bhavati? sa āha–aprameyaṃ teṣāṃ kulaputrāḥ puṇyaskandhaṃ prabhavati | ye kāraṇḍavyūhaṃ mahāyānasūtraratnarājaṃ likhāpayanti, taiścaturaśītidharmaskandhasahasrāṇi likhāpiutāni bhavanti | te rājāno bhavanti, cakravartinaścaturdvīpeśvarā bhavanti | te sahasraṃ putrāṇāṃ śūrāṇāṃ vīrāṇāṃ varāṅgarūpiṇāṃ parasainyapramardakānāṃ janayanti | ye satataparigrahaṃ kāraṇḍavyūhasya mahāyānasūtraratnarājasya nāmamanusmaranti, mucyante te īdṛśātsaṃsārikādduḥkhāt | jātijarāvyādhimaraṇaśokaparidevanāduḥkhadaurmanasyopāyāsaparimukta bhavanti | yatra yatropapadyante, tatra tatra jātau jātau jātismarā bhavanti | teṣāṃ ca kāyāt gośīrṣacandanagandho vāsyati | nīlotpalagandhino mukhā bhavanti | paripūrṇagātrāśca bhavanti | mahānagnā aparimāṇapuṇyabalasamanvāgatāśca te satpurūṣā bhaviṣyanti | na kadācit yakṣatvaṃ na rākṣasatvaṃ na pretatvaṃ na piśācatvaṃ na pūtanātvaṃ na kaṭapūtanātvaṃ na manuṣyadāridryaṃ pratyanubhaviṣyanti | gaṅgānadīvālukāsamānāṃ buddhānāṃ bhagavatāṃ sevāpuṇyaskandhena samanvāgatā bhaviṣyanti | ye'pi kecit kulaputrāḥ sattvā asmāt kāraṇḍavyūhamahāyānasūtraratnarājādekākṣaramapi nāmadheyamapi catuṣpādikāmapi gāthāṃ likhāpayiṣyanti, teṣāṃ pañcānantaryāṇi karmāṇi niravaśeṣaṃ parikṣayaṃ gamiṣyanti | te cābhirūpā bhaviṣyanti | prāsādikā bhaviṣyanti | darśanīyāśca bhaviṣyanti | bahujanapriyamanāpadarśanena ca bhaviṣyanti | teṣāṃ na kaścit kāye vyādhiḥ prabhaviṣyati | na cakṣurogaṃ na śrotrarogaṃ na ghrāṇarogaṃ na jihvārogaṃ na kāyarogam | na hīnāṅgāni bhaviṣyanti | na pratyantikeṣu janapadeṣu pratyājāyante | na mleccheṣu na pāpakuleṣu norabhrikeṣu na kaukkuṭikeṣu na jatyeṣu(?) pratyājāyante | supariśuddhakāyāśca te satpuruṣā bhaviṣyanti ||



atha āryāvalokiteśvaro bodhisattvo mahāsattva evaṃ teṣāṃ yakṣarākṣasānāṃ tamondhakāravāsināṃ sarveṣāṃ cānulomikāṃ dharmadeśanāṃ kṛtavān | te yakṣarākṣasāstāṃ dharmadeśanāṃ śubhāṃ śrutvā kecit srotaāpattiphale pratiṣṭhitāḥ | kecit sakṛdāgāmiphale, kecidanāgamiphale, kecidarhattve, kecit prabhutvabodhau pratiṣṭhitāḥ ||



ato yenāryāvalokiteśvaro bodhisattvo mahāsattvaḥ tenopasaṃkramya pādayoḥ praṇipatya evaṃ kathayanti–ihaiva bhagavan viharasva, mānyatra sthāne kvacidgaccha, vayaṃ te upasthānaparicaryāṃ kariṣyāmaḥ, vayaṃ ca tavāntike asminneva tamondhakārabhūmau tavārthāya divyāni sauvarṇamayāni caṃkramaṇāni kariṣyāmaḥ | mā bhagavannanyatra pradeśaṃ gacchasva, vayaṃ tavādarśanāt kathaṃ tiṣṭhāmaḥ? atha āryāvalokiteśvaro bodhisattvo mahāsattvastāṃśca yakṣarākṣasānetadavocat–anekāni ca mayā kulaputrāḥ sattvāni bodhimārge niyojayitavyāni | atha te sarve yakṣarākṣasāḥ kare kapolaṃ dattvā cintāparā vyavasthitāḥ | te parasparamevamāhuḥ–gamiṣyati ayamasmākamavalokiteśvaro bodhisattvo mahāsattvo'nyataraṃ pṛthivīpradeśam, tadvayaṃ dharmasāṃkathyaviprahīṇā bhaviṣyāmaḥ | kimasmābhiḥ kartavyam? atha āryāvalokiteśvaro bodhisattvo mahāsattvastasyāstamondhakārāyā bhūmyāḥ saṃprasthitaḥ | atha te tamondhakāraprativāsino yakṣarākṣasāstasya bhagavato'valokiteśvarasya bodhisattvasya mahāsattvasya pṛṣṭhataḥ pṛṣṭhataḥ samanubaddhā gacchanti sma | atha avalokiteśvaro bodhisattvo mahāsattvastānetadavocat–pratinivartayadhvam | dūratamevamāha(?) ||



te yakṣarākṣasāḥ pādau śirasā vanditvā triḥpradakṣiṇīkṛtya tatraiva ca prakrāntāḥ ||



iti yakṣādisamāśvāsanaṃ nāma dvādaśaṃ prakaraṇam ||