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saptamaṃ prakaraṇam |



atha bhagavān śākyamunistathāgato'rhan samyaksaṃbuddhastametadavocat–labdhalābhastvaṃ kulaputra? sa āha–yathā bhagavān jñānaṃ saṃjānīte | tataḥ saptasaptatiḥ samyaksaṃbuddhakoṭayaḥ saṃnipatitāḥ | taiścāpi tathāgatairiyaṃ dhāraṇī bhāṣitumārabdhā–



namaḥ saptānāṃ samyaksaṃbuddhakoṭīnām |



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iyaṃ saptasaptatisamyaksaṃbuddhakoṭibhirukkā nāma dhāraṇī ||



tato romavivarādavatīrya sūryaprabho nāma romavivaraḥ | tatrānekāni bodhisattvakoṭiniyutaśatasahasrāṇi prativasanti| tasmin sūryaprabhe romavivare dvādaśaśatasahasrāṇi kanakamayānāṃ parvatānāṃ prativasanti| tasmin parvate dvādaśa śṛṅgaśatāni| teṣāṃ parvatānāṃ pārśvāni padmarāgopacitāni pārśve divyamaṇiratnakhacitāni| paramaśobhamānānyudyānāni paramaśobhitāni vicitrāṇi suramaṇīyāni| divyapuṣkariṇīramaṇīyāni ca kūṭāgāraśatasahasrāṇi, divyasuvarṇaratnamayāni muktāphaladāmakalāpapralambitāni, muktāhāraśatasahasrāṇi pralambitāni| teṣāṃ kūṭāgārāṇāmadho sārado nāma cintāmaṇiratnam, yatteṣāṃ bodhisattvānāṃ sarvopakaraṇairupasthānaṃ karoti| tadā te bodhisattvāsteṣāṃ kūṭāgāreṣu praviśanti| praviṣṭāśca ṣaḍakṣarīmahāvidyāmanusmaranti| taṃ cāvalokiteśvaraṃ paśyanti| dṛṣṭvā ca tasya cittaprasādaṃ janayanti| janayitvā ca te bodhisattvāstebhyaḥ kūṭāgārebhyo niṣkrāmanti| niṣkramya keciccaṃkrameṣu caṃkramanti| kecinmaṇiratnamayeṣudyāneṣu, kecitpuṣkariṇīṣu gacchanti, kecitpadmarāgamayeṣu parvateṣu gacchanti| gatvā ca paryaṅkamābhujya ṛjukāyaṃ praṇidhāya abhimukhāṃ smṛtimupasthāpya| īdṛśāste kulaputra bodhisattvāstasmin romavivare prativasanti| tataḥ kulaputra romavivarādavatīrya indrarājo nāma romavivaraḥ| tatrānekānyavaivartikabodhisattvakoṭiniyutaśatasahasrāṇi prativasanti| tasminnindrarājaromavivare'śītisahasrāṇi parvatānāmabhūvan divyasuvarṇaratnamayāni| tatteṣāṃ parvatānāṃ madhye padmāvabhāso nāma cintāmaṇiratnam| yadā yadā te bodhisattvāścintayanti, tadā tadā teṣāmabhiprāyo'nusidhyati| athe te bodhisattvāsteṣu parvatarājeṣu viharanti| na ca teṣāṃ sāṃsārikaṃ duḥkhaṃ vidyate| na ca te saṃsārikaiḥ kleśairlipyante| sarvakālaṃ nirvāṇacintā vyavasthitā| na ca teṣāmanyā cintā śarīre saṃvidyate | tataḥ kulaputra romavivarādavatīrya mahoṣadhīrnāma romavivaraḥ| tatrānekāni prathamacittotpādikabodhisattvakoṭiniyutaśatasahasrāṇi prativasanti| tasmin kulaputra romavivare navanavatisahasrāṇi parvatānām| kecid vajramayāṃ, kecidrūpyamayāḥ, kecitsuvarṇamayāṃ, kecidindranīlamayāḥ, kecitpadmarāgamayāḥ, kecinmarakatamayāḥ, kecitsphaṭikamayāḥ, kecidrajatamayāḥ, īdṛśāste parvatarājānaḥ| ekaikasmin parvate'śītiśṛṅgasahasrāṇi vividharatnakhacitāni paramaśobhanīyāni vividhacitrāṇi ramaṇīyāni| teṣu śṛṅgeṣu gandharvāḥ prativasanti| satatakālaṃ romavivarānnināditaṃ tūryaṃ dhārayanti| ye te prathamacittotpādikā bodhisattvaste śūnyatānimittaṃ cintayanti| aho duḥkham, jarā duḥkham, maraṇaṃ duḥkham, iṣṭapriyasaṃprayogaviyogo duḥkham, avīcyupapannānāṃ duḥkham, pretanagaropapannānāṃ sattvānāṃ duḥkham| idaṃ kāye saṃvegamanuvicintya tadā te paryaṅkamābhujya ṛjukāyaṃ praṇidhāya pratimukhāṃ smṛtimupasthāpya teṣuparvatarājeṣu viharanti| tataḥ kulaputra romavivarādavatīrya cittarājo nama romavivaraḥ| tatrānekāni pratyekabuddhakoṭiniyutaśatasahasrāṇi prativasanti, ye jvalanatapanavidyotanavarṣaṇaprātihāryāṇi kurvanti| tasmin romavivare śatasahasrāṇi parvatānām| te sarve parvatarājāḥ saptaratnamayāḥ| teṣu parvatarājeṣu vividhāni kalpavṛkṣāṇi sauvarṇadaṇḍāni rūpyapatrāṇyanekaratnakhacitāni vividhālaṃkārapralambitāni maulīkuṇḍalasragdāmapralambitāni keyūrahārārdhahārapralambitāni kāśikavastrapralambitāni sauvarṇarūpyaghaṇṭāruṇarūṇāyamānāni| tādṛśaiḥ kalpavṛkṣaiḥ parvatarājeṣu pratyekabuddhā viharanti| anekāni sūtrageyavyākaraṇagāthodānetivṛttakajātakavaipulyāṅgāt dharmopadeśaṃ parasparamīdṛśaṃ sāṃkathyaṃ kurvanti| tadā sarvanīvaraṇaviṣkambhī tato romavivarādavatīrya sarvapaścimo'yaṃ romavivaraḥ dhvajāgro nāma romavivaraḥ| sa romavivaro'śītiyojanasahasrāṇi| tasmin romavivare'śītiparvatasahasrāṇyabhūvan, vividharatnaparikhacitavicitrāṇi| teṣu parvatarājeṣu anekāḥ kalpavṛkṣāḥ, anekāścandanavṛkṣāḥ śatasahasrāḥ, aguruvṛkṣāḥ śatasahasrāḥ| tasmin romavivare vajramayī bhūmiḥ| tasmin romavivare navanavatikūṭāgāraśatasahasrāṇi divyasauvarṇamayāni muktāhārapaṭadāmakalāpapralambitāni ghaṇṭāmālāpralambitāni candrakāntiratnāvabhāsitāni | tatteṣu kūṭāgāreṣu tathāgatavigrahā niṣaṇṇāḥ| te jāmbūdvīpakānāṃ manuṣyāṇāṃ ca dharmaṃ deśayanti| yaduta ṣaṭpāramitānirdeśaṃ nirdiśanti| dānapāramitānirdeśaṃ nirdiśanti| śīlapāramitānirdeśaṃ nirdiśanti| kṣāntipāramitānirdeśaṃ nirdiśanti| vīryapāramitānirdeśaṃ nirdiśanti | dhyānapāramitānirdeśaṃ nirdiśanti | prajñāpāramitānirdeśaṃ nirdiśanti| evaṃ vividhāṃ dharmadeśanāṃ kṛtvā jāmbudvīpakānāṃ manuṣyāṇāṃ kālena kālaṃ dharma deśayanti| evaṃ te kulaputra avalokiteśvarasya bodhisattvasya mahāsattvasya romavivarāṇi yāvatpaśyanti| tasminneva jetavanavihāre devanāgayakṣagandharvāsuragarūḍakinnaramahoragamanuṣyāmanuṣyamaheśvaranārāyaṇapūrvaṃgamāni devaputrāṇi saṃnipatitāni| anekāni bodhisattvakoṭiniyutaśatasahasrāṇi saṃnipatitāni ||



atha sarvanīvaraṇaviṣkambhī bhagavantametadavocat–kiṃ bhagavan| yāni romavivarāṇi, saṃvidyante vāḥ? bhagavānāha–tataḥ kulaputra romavivarādatikramya avalokiteśvarasya dakṣiṇaṃ pādāṅguṣṭhaṃ yatra te catvāro mahāsamudrāḥ paribhramanti, na ca jānantyavagāhayanti| yadā dakṣiṇapādāṅguṣṭhādudakaṃ niṣkrāmati, tadā vaḍavāmukhe patanti| tadā bhasmarāśimanugacchanti| evameva kulaputra avalokiteśvarasya bodhisattvasyādhiṣṭhānaṃ saṃvidyate| atha sarvanīvaraṇaviṣkambhī bhagavantametadavocat–tadapi bhagavan romavivaraṃ saṃvidyate? bhagavānāha– tadapi kulaputra na saṃvidyate ||



atha sarvanīvaraṇaviṣkambhī bhagavantametadavocat–nāgacchati bhagavannavalokiteśvaraḥ ? bhagavānāha–āgacchati kulaputra avalokiteśvaraḥ | asminneva jetavanamahāvihāre mama darśanāya vandanāya paryupāsanāya, maheśvarasya devaputrasya sahāyā lokadhātau vyākaraṇamuddeśāya ca||



athāvalokiteśvareṇa bodhisattvena mahāsattvena raśmaya utsṛṣṭā nīlapītalohitāvadātamāñjiṣṭhasphaṭikarajatavarṇāḥ| te ca raśmayo jetavanamāgacchanti| āgatya bhagavantaṃ triḥ pradakṣiṇīkṛtya punareva jetavanādvihārānniṣkramya avīciṃ mahānarakaṃ gacchanti| tatra gatvā avīcimahānarakaṃ śītibhāvamupanayanti| atha sarvanīvaraṇaviṣkambhī bhagavantametadavocat–kuto bhagavan raśmaya āgacchanti kutra gacchanti? bhagavānāha–evaṃ kulaputra avalokiteśvareṇa nānāvidhā raśmaya utsṛṣṭāḥ| te cāsmin jetavane vihāramāgacchanti| āgatya ca māṃ triḥ pradakṣiṇīkṛtya avīciṃ mahānarakaṃ gacchanti| gatvā cāvīcimahānarakaṃ śītibhāvaṃ kurvanti| tasmin jetavane vihāre śubhanimittāni prādurbhūtāni| divyāni campakavṛkṣāṇi prādurbhūtāni| divyāḥ puṣkariṇyaḥ prādurbhūtāḥ| tatra jetavanavihāre divyasauvarṇanirbhāsā dṛśyante| īdṛśo jetavanavihāro dṛśyate ||



athāvalokiteśvaraḥ sukhāvatīlokadhātorniṣkramya yena jetavanavihārastena saṃprasthitaḥ| anupūrveṇa jetavanavihāraṃ saṃprāptaḥ| atha tasmin jetavanavihāre praviṣṭo bhagavataḥ pādau śirasābhivandya ekānte sthitaḥ | tadā kalaviṅkarutasvarābhinirghoṣeṇa bhagavānārocayati– āgatastvaṃ kulaputra? kṛtaste sattvaparīpākaḥ ? athāvalokiteśvaro bodhisattvo mahāsattvo bhagavantametadavocat–yathājñapto bhagavatā| evaṃ ca mayā karmabhūmirniṣpāditā| atha bhagavān sādhukāramadāt–sādhu sādhu kulaputra, yastvayā īdṛśā karmabhūmirniṣpāditā| athāvalokiteśvaro bhagavantaṃ padmānyupanāmayati–imāni te bhagavannamitābhena tathāgatena prahitāni | pṛcchatyalpābādhatāṃ ca alpātaṅkatāṃ ca laghūtthānatāṃ ca sukhasparśavihāratāṃ ca| tato bhagavatā gṛhītvā vāmapārśve sthāpitāni ||



atha maheśvaro devaputro yena bhagavāṃstenopasaṃkrāntaḥ, upasaṃkramya bhagavataḥ pādau śirasābhivandya bhagavantametadavocat–labheyāhaṃ bhagavan vyākaraṇanirdeśasya samuddeśam? bhagavānāha–

gaccha kulaputra avalokiteśvaro bodhisattvo mahāsattvaste vyākaraṇaṃ dāsyati| atha maheśvaro devaputro'valokiteśvarasya pādayornipatya stotraviśeṣaṃ kartumārabdhaḥ–



namostvalokiteśvarāya maheśvarāya padmadharāya padmāsanāya padmapriyāya śubhapadmahastāya padmaśriye parivṛtāya jagadāsvādanakarāya pṛthivīvaralocanakarāya prahlādanakarāya||



evaṃ maheśvaro devaputro gatvā avalokiteśvarasya stotraviśeṣaṃ kṛtvā tūṣṇīṃbhāvena vyavasthitaḥ| atha avalokiteśvarastametadavocat–kiṃ kāraṇaṃ tvaṃ kulaputra tūṣṇīṃbhāvena vyavasthitaḥ? atha maheśvaro devaputrastametadavocat–dadasva me vyākaraṇamanuttarāyāṃ samyaksaṃbodhau| avalokiteśvarastametadavocat–bhaviṣyasi tvaṃ kulaputra vivṛtāyāṃ lokadhātau bhasmeśvaro nāma tathāgato'rhan samyaksaṃbuddho vidyācaraṇasaṃpannaḥ sugato lokavidanuttaraḥ puruṣadamyasārathiḥ śāstā devānāṃ ca manuṣyāṇāṃ ca buddho bhagavān| atha sā umādevyupasaṃkramyāvalokiteśvarasya pādau śirasā vanditvā avalokiteśvarasya stotrābhidhānaṃ kartumārabdhāḥ–



namo'stvalokiteśvarāya meheśvarāya prāṇaṃdadāya pṛthivīvaralocanakarāya śubhapadmaśriye parivṛtāya nirvāṇabhūmisaṃprasthitāya sucetanakarāya dharmadharāya||



evaṃ sā umādevī stotrābhidhānaṃ kṛtvā avalokiteśvarasya pratyāhāraṃ kartumārabdhā-parimocaya me strībhāvājjugupsanīyāt | kalimalaparipūrṇagarbhāvāsaduḥkhāt satataparigrahasaṃgṛhītāt parimokṣaya mām| athāvalokiteśvarastāmetadavocat–bhaviṣyasi tvaṃ bhagini umeśvaro nāma tathāgato'rhan samyaksaṃbuddho vidyācaraṇasaṃpannaḥ sugato lokavidanuttaraḥ puruṣadamyasārathiḥ śāstā devānāṃ ca manuṣyāṇāṃ ca buddho bhagavān| himavataḥ parvatarājasya dakṣiṇe pārśve tava lokadhāturbhaviṣyati| atha sā umādevī vyākaraṇamanuprāptā||



bhagavānāha–paśya sarvanīvaraṇaviṣkambhin| vyākṛtā umādevī avalokiteśveraṇa bodhisattvena mahāsattvena sarve te'nuttarāyāṃ samyaksaṃbodhau ||



ayaṃ kulaputra maheśvaranirvyūho nāma khyāta iti ||