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evaṃ mayā śrutam | ekasmin samaye bhagavāṃllaṅkāpure samudramalayaśikhare viharati sma nānāratnagotrapuṣpapratimaṇḍite mahatā bhikṣusaṃghena sārdhaṃ mahatā ca bodhisattvagaṇena nānābuddhakṣetrasaṃnipatitairbodhisattvairmahāsattvaiḥ anekasamādhivaśitābalābhijñāvikrīḍitairmahāmatibodhisattvapūrvaṃgamaiḥ sarvabuddhapāṇyabhiṣekābhiṣiktaiḥ svacittadṛśyagocaraparijñānārthakuśalairnānāsattvacittacaritrarūpanayavinayadhāribhiḥ pañcadharmasvabhāvavijñānanairātmyādvayagatiṃgataiḥ ||
tena khalu punaḥ samayena bhagavān sāgaranāgarājabhavanāt saptāhenottīrṇa'bhūt | anekaśakrabrahmanāgakanyākoṭibhiḥ pratyudgamyamāno laṅkāmalayamavalokya smitamakarot-pūrvakairapi tathāgatairarhadbhiḥ samyaksaṃbuddhairasmiṃllaṅkāpurīmalayaśikhare svapratyātmāryajñānatarkadṛṣṭitīrthyaśrāvakapratyekabuddhāryaviṣaye tadbhāvito dharmo deśitaḥ | yannvahamapi atraiva rāvaṇaṃ yakṣādhipatimadhikṛtya etadevodbhāvayan dharmaṃ deśayeyam ||
aśrauṣīdrāvaṇo rākṣasādhipatistathāgatādhiṣṭhānāt-bhagavān kila sāgaranāgarājabhavanāduttīrya anekaśakrabrahmanāgakanyākoṭibhiḥ parivṛtaḥ puraskṛtaḥ samudrataraṃgānavalokya ālayavijñānodadhipravṛttivijñānapavanaviṣaye preritāṃstebhyaḥ saṃnipatitebhyaścittānyavalokya tasminneva sthitaḥ udānamudānayati sma-yannvahaṃ gatvā bhagavantamadhyeṣya laṅkāṃ praveśayeyam | tanme syāddīrgharātramarthāya hitāya sukhāya devānāṃ ca manuṣyāṇāṃ ca ||
atha rāvaṇo rākṣasādhipatiḥ saparivāraḥ pauṣpakaṃ vimānamadhiruhya yena bhagavāṃstenopajagāma | upetya vimānādavatīrya saparivāro bhagavantaṃ triṣkṛtvaḥ pradakṣiṇīkṛtya tūryatālāvacaraiḥ pravādyadbhirindranīlamayena daṇḍena vaiḍūryamusāra(galva)pratyuptāṃ vīṇāṃ priyaṅgupāṇḍunā anardhyeṇa vastreṇa pārśvāvalambitāṃ kṛtvā ṣaḍjarṣabhagāndhāradhaivataniṣādamadhyamakaiśikagītasvaragrāmamūrchanādiyuktenānusārya salīlaṃ vīṇāmanupraviśya gāthābhigītairanugāyati sma -
cittasvabhāvanayadharmavidhiṃ nairātmyaṃ dṛṣṭivigataṃ hyamalam |
pratyātmavedyagatisūcanakaṃ deśehi nāyaka iha dharmanayam || 1 ||
śubhadharmasaṃcitatanuṃ sugataṃ nirmāṇanirmitapradarśanakam |
pratyātmavedyagatidharmarataṃ laṅkāṃ hi gantu samayo'dya mune || 2 ||
laṅkāmimāṃ pūrvajinādhyuṣitāṃ putraiśca teṣāṃ bahurūpadharaiḥ |
deśehi nātha iha dharmavaraṃ śroṣyanti yakṣa bahurūpadharāḥ || 3 ||
atha rāvaṇo laṅkādhipatiḥ toṭakavṛttenānugāyya punarapi gāthābhigītenānugāyati sma -
saptarātreṇa bhagavān sāgarānmakarālayāt |
sāgarendrasya bhavanāt samuttīrya taṭe sthitaḥ || 4 ||
sthitamātrasya buddhasya rāvaṇo hyapsaraiḥ saha |
yakṣaiśca nānāvividhaiḥ śukasāraṇapaṇḍitaiḥ || 5 ||
ṛddhyā gatvā tamadhvānaṃ yatra tiṣṭhati nāyakaḥ |
avatīrya pauṣpakādyānādvandya pūjya tathāgatam |
nāma saṃśrāvayaṃstasmai jinendreṇa adhiṣṭhitaḥ || 6 ||
rāvaṇo'haṃ daśagrīvo rākṣasendra ihāgataḥ |
anugṛhṇāhi me laṅkāṃ ye cāsmin puravāsinaḥ || 7 ||
pūrvairapi hi saṃbuddhaiḥ pratyātmagatigocaram |
śikhare ratnakhacite puramadhye prakāśitam || 8 ||
bhagavānapi tatraiva śikhare ratnamaṇḍite |
deśetu dharma virajaṃ jinaputraiḥ parīvṛtaḥ |
śrotukāmā vayaṃ cādya ye ca laṅkānivāsinaḥ || 9 ||
deśanānayanirmuktaṃ pratyātmagatigocaram |
laṅkāvatārasūtraṃ vai pūrvabuddhānuvarṇitam || 10 ||
smarāmi pūrvakairbuddhairjinaputrapuraskṛtaiḥ |
sūtrametannigadyate bhagavānapi bhāṣatām || 11 ||
bhaviṣyantyanāgate kāle buddhā buddhasutāśca ye |
etameva nayaṃ divyaṃ śikhare ratnabhūṣite |
deśayiṣyanti yakṣāṇāmanukampāya nāyakāḥ || 12 ||
divyalaṅkāpurīramyāṃ nānāratnairvibhūṣitām |
prāgbhāraiḥ śītalaiḥ ramyai ratnajālavitānakaiḥ || 13 ||
rāgadoṣavinirmuktāḥ pratyātmagaticintakāḥ |
santyatra bhagavan yakṣāḥ pūrvabuddhaiḥ kṛtārthinaḥ |
mahāyānanaye śraddhā niviṣṭānyonyayojakāḥ || 14 ||
yakṣiṇyo yakṣaputrāśca mahāyānabubhutsavaḥ |
āyātu bhagavān śāstā laṅkāmalayaparvatam || 15 ||
kumbhakarṇapuroigāśca rākṣasāḥ puravāsinaḥ |
śroṣyanti pratyātmagatiṃ mahāyānaparāyaṇāḥ || 16 ||
kṛtādhikārā buddheṣu kariṣyantyadhunā ca vai |
anukampārthaṃ mahyaṃ vai yāhi laṅkāṃ sutaiḥ saha || 17 ||
gṛhamapsaravargāśca hārāṇi vividhāni ca |
ramyāṃ cāśokavanikāṃ pratigṛhṇa mahāmune || 18 ||
ājñākaro'haṃ buddhānāṃ ye ca teṣāṃ jinātmajāḥ |
nāsti tadyanna deyaṃ me anukampa mahāmune || 19 ||
tasya tadvacanaṃ śrutvā uvāca tribhaveśvaraḥ |
atītairapi yakṣendra nāyakai ratnaparvate || 20 ||
pratyātmadharmo nirdiṣṭaḥ tvaṃ caivāpyanukampitaḥ |
anāgatāśca vakṣyanti girau ratnavibhūṣite || 21 ||
yogināṃ nilayo hyeṣa dṛṣṭadharmavihāriṇām |
anukampyo'si yakṣendra sugatānāṃ mamāpi ca || 22 ||
adhivāsya bhagavāṃstūṣṇīṃ śamabuddhyā vyavasthitaḥ |
ārūḍhaḥ puṣpake yāne rāvaṇenopanāmite || 23 ||
tatraiva rāvaṇo'nye ca jinaputrā viśāradāḥ |
apsarairhāsyalāsādyaiḥ pūjyamānāḥ purīṃ gatāḥ || 24 ||
tatra gatvā purīṃ ramyāṃ punaḥ pūjāṃ pralabdhavān |
rāvaṇādyairyakṣavargairyakṣiṇībhiśca pūjitaḥ |
yakṣaputrairyakṣakanyābhī ratnajālaiśca pūjitaḥ || 25 ||
rāvaṇenāpi buddhasya hārā ratnavibhūṣitāḥ |
jinasya jinaputrāṇāmuttamāṅgeṣu sthāpitāḥ || 26 ||
pragṛhya pūjāṃ bhagavān jinaputraiśca paṇḍitaiḥ |
dharmaṃ vibhāvayāmāsa pratyātmagatigocaram || 27 ||
rāvaṇo yakṣavargāśca saṃpūjya vadatāṃ varam |
mahāmatiṃ pūjayanti adhyeṣanti punaḥ punaḥ |
tvaṃ praṣṭā sarvabuddhānāṃ pratyātmagatigocaram || 28 ||
ahaṃ hi śrotā yakṣāśca jinaputrāśca sanniha |
adhyeṣayāmi tvāṃ yakṣā jinaputrāśca paṇḍitāḥ || 29 ||
vādināṃ tvaṃ mahāvādī yogināṃ yogavāhakaḥ |
adhyeṣayāmi tvāṃ bhaktyā nayaṃ pṛccha viśārada || 30 ||
tīrthyadoṣairvinirmuktaṃ pratyekajinaśrāvakaiḥ |
pratyātmadharmatāśuddhaṃ buddhabhūmiprabhāvakam || 31 ||
nirmāya bhagavāṃstatra śikharān ratnabhūṣitān |
anyāni caiva divyāni ratnakoṭīralaṃkṛtāḥ || 32 ||
ekaikasmin girivare ātmabhāvaṃ vidarśayan |
tatraiva rāvaṇo yakṣa ekaikasmin vyavasthitaḥ || 33 ||
atra tāḥ parṣadaḥ sarvā ekaikasmin hi dṛśyate |
sarvakṣetrāṇi tatraiva ye ca teṣu vināyakāḥ || 34 ||
rākṣasendraśca tatraiva ye ca laṅkānivāsinaḥ |
tatpratispardhinī laṅkā jinena abhinirmitā |
anyāścāśokavanikā vanaśobhāśca tatra yāḥ || 35 ||
ekaikasmin girau nātho mahāmatipracoditaḥ |
dharmaṃ dideśa yakṣāya pratyātmagatisūcakam |
dideśa nikhilaṃ sūtraṃ śatasāhasrikaṃ girau || 36 ||
śāstā ca jinaputrāśca tatraivāntarhitāstataḥ |
adrākṣīdrāvaṇo yakṣa ātmabhāvaṃ gṛhe sthitam || 37 ||
cinteti kimidaṃ ko'yaṃ deśitaṃ kena vā śrutam |
kiṃ dṛṣṭaṃ kena vā dṛṣṭaṃ nagaro vā kva saugataḥ || 38 ||
tāni kṣetrāṇi te buddhā ratnaśobhāḥ kva saugatāḥ |
svapno'yamatha vā māyā nagaraṃ gandharvaśabditam || 39 ||
timiro mṛgatṛṣṇā vā svapno vandhyāprasūyatam |
alātacakradhūmo vā yadahaṃ dṛṣṭavāniha || 40 ||
atha vā dharmatā hyeṣā dharmāṇāṃ cittagocare |
na ca bālāvabudhyante mohitā viśvakalpanaiḥ || 41 ||
na draṣṭā na ca draṣṭavyaṃ na vācyo nāpi vācakaḥ |
anyatra hi vikalpo'yaṃ buddhadharmākṛtisthitiḥ |
ye paśyanti yathādṛṣṭaṃ na te paśyanti nāyakam || 42 ||
apravṛttivikalpaśca yadā buddhaṃ na paśyati |
apravṛttibhave buddhaḥ saṃbuddho yadi paśyati || 43 ||
samanantaraprativibuddhe parāvṛttāśraye svacittadṛśyamātrādhigame'vikalpapracārasthitasya laṅkādhipateḥ pūrvakuśalamūlasaṃcoditasya sarvaśāstravidagdhabuddheryathātathyadarśanasya aparapraṇeyasya svabuddhivicālanakuśalasya tarkadṛṣṭivyapetadarśanasya aparapraṇeyasya mahāyogayogino mahāviśvarūpadhāriṇaḥ upāyakauśalyagatiṃgatasya sarvabhūmyuttarottarasvalakṣaṇādhigamanakuśalasya cittamagomanovijñānasvabhāvavivekaratasya trisaṃtativyavacchinnadarśanasya sarvakāraṇatīrthyavyapetabuddheḥ tathāgatagarbhabuddhabhūmyadhyātmasamāpannasya sthitabuddhabuddhergaganādadhyātmavedyaśabdamaśrauṣīt-sādhu sādhu laṅkādhipate, sādhu khalu punastvaṃ laṅkādhipate | evaṃ śikṣitavyaṃ yoginā yathā tvaṃ śikṣase | evaṃ ca tathāgatā draṣṭavyāḥ dharmāśca, yathā tvayā dṛṣṭāḥ | anyathā dṛśyamāne ucchedamāśrayaḥ | cittamanomanovijñānavigatena tvayā sarvadharmā vibhāvayitavyāḥ | antaścāriṇā na bāhyārthadṛṣṭyabhiniviṣṭena | na ca tvayā śrāvakapratyekabuddhatīrthādhigamapadārthagocarapatitadṛṣṭisamādhinā bhavitavyam | nākhyāyiketihāsaratena bhavitavyam | na svabhāvadṛṣṭinā, na rājādhipatyamadapatitena, ṣaḍdhyānādidhyāyinā | eṣa laṅkādhipate abhisamayo mahāyogināṃ parapravādamathanānāmakuśaladṛṣṭidālanānāmātmadṛṣṭivyāvartanakuśalānāṃ sūkṣmamabhivijñānaparāvṛttikuśalānāṃ jinaputrāṇāṃ mahāyānacaritānām | tathāgatasvapratyātmabhūmipraveśādhigamāya tvayā yogaḥ karaṇīyaḥ | evaṃ kriyamāṇe bhūyo'pyuttarottaraviśodhako'yaṃ laṅkādhipate mārgo yastvayā parigṛhītaḥ samādhikauśalasamāpattyā | na ca śrāvakapratyekabuddhatīrthyānupraveśasukhagocaro yathā bālatīrthayogayogibhiḥ kalpyate ātmagrāhadṛśyalakṣaṇābhiniviṣṭairbhūtaguṇadravyānucāribhiravidyāpratyayadṛṣṭyabhiniveśābhiniviṣṭaiḥ śūnyatotpādavikṣiptairvikalpābhiniviṣṭairlakṣyalakṣaṇapatitāśayaiḥ | viśvarūpagatiprāpako'yaṃ laṅkādhipate svapratyātmagatibodhako'yaṃ mahāyānādhigamaḥ | viśeṣabhavopapattipratilambhāya ca pravartate | paṭalakośavividhavijñānataraṃgavyāvartako'yaṃ laṅkādhipate mahāyānayogapraveśo na tīrthyayogāśrayapatanam | tīrthyayogo hi laṅkādhipate tīrthyānāmātmābhiniveśātpravartate | vijñānasvabhāvadvayārthānāmabhiniveśadarśanādasaumyayogastīrthakarāṇām | tatsādhu laṅkādhipate etamevārthamanuvicintayeḥ | yathā vicintitavāṃstathāgatadarśanāt | etadeva tathāgatadarśanam ||
atha tasminnantare rāvaṇasyaitadabhavat-yannvahaṃ punarapi bhagavantaṃ sarvayogavaśavartinaṃ tīrthyayogavyāvartakaṃ pratyātmagatigocarodbhāvakaṃ nairmitanairmāṇikavyapetamadhigamabuddhiryadyogināṃ yogābhisamayakāle samādhimukhe samāptānāmadhigamo bhavati | tasya ca adhigamādyogināṃ yogaśabdo nipātyate adhigamaneneti | tadahaṃ kāruṇikaṃ kleśendhanavikalpakṣayakaraṃ taṃ jinaputraiḥ parivṛtaṃ sarvasattvacittāśayānupraviṣṭaṃ sarvagataṃ sarvajñaṃ kriyālakṣaṇavinivṛttaṃ tayaivamṛddhyā paśyeyam, taddarśanānnādhigatamadhigaccheyam, adhigataṃ ca me nirvikalpācāraḥ sukhasamādhisamāpattivihārastathāgatagatibhūmiprāpako vivṛddhiṃ yāyāt ||
atha bhagavāṃstasyāṃ velāyāṃ laṅkādhipateranutpattikadharmakṣāntyadhigataṃ viditvā tayaiva śobhayā daśagrīvasyānukampayā punarapyātmānaṃ śikhare subahuratnakhacite ratnajālavitate darśayati sma | adrākṣīddaśagrīvo laṅkādhipatiḥ punarapi dṛṣṭānubhūtāṃ śobhāṃ śikhare tathāgatamarhantaṃ samyaksaṃbuddhaṃ dvātriṃśadvaralakṣaṇavibhūṣitatanum | svātmabhāvaṃ caikekasmin girau tathāgatānāṃ purataḥ samyaksaṃbuddhānāṃ mahāmatinā sārdhaṃ tathāgatapratyātmagatigocarakathāṃ prakurvantaṃ yakṣaiḥ parivṛtaṃ tāṃ deśanāpāṭhakathāṃ kathayantam | te ca kṣetrāḥ sanāyakāḥ ||
atha bhagavān punarapi tasyāṃ velāyāṃ parṣadamavalokya buddhyā na māṃsacakṣuṣā siṃharājavadvijṛmbhya mahāhāsamahasat | ūrṇākośācca raśmiṃ niścāryamāṇaḥ pārśvorukaṭikāyācca śrīvatsātsarvaromakūpebhyo yugāntāgniriva dīpyamānaḥ tejasendradhanurudayabhāskaropamena prabhāmaṇḍalena dedīpyamānaḥ śakrabrahmalokapālairgaganatale nirīkṣyamāṇaḥ sumeruśṛṅgapratispardhini śikhare niṣaṇṇo mahāhāsamahasat | atha tasyā bodhisattvaparṣadaḥ teṣāṃ ca śakrabrahmādīnāmetadabhavat-ko nu khalvatra hetuḥ, ka ḥ pratyayo yadbhagavān sarvadharmavaśavartī mahāhāsaṃ smitapūrvakaṃ hasati ? raśmīṃśca svavigrahebhyo niścārayati ? niścārya tūṣṇīmabhavat svapratyātmāryajñānagocarasamādhimukhe patitāśayo'vismitaḥ siṃhāvalokanatayā diśo'valokya rāvaṇasyaiva yogagatipracāramanuvicintayamānaḥ ||
atha khalu mahāmatirbodhisattvo mahāsattvaḥ pūrvamevādhyeṣito rāvaṇasyānukampāmupādāya tasyā bodhisattvaparṣadaścittāśayavicāramājñāya anāgatāṃ janatāṃ cāvalokya deśanāpāṭhābhiratānāṃ sattvānāṃ cittavibhramo bhaviṣyatīti yathārutārthābhiniviṣṭānāṃ sarvaśrāvakapratyekabuddhatīrthyayogabalābhiniviṣṭānāṃ tathāgatā api bhagavanto vinivṛttavijñānaviṣayā mahāhāsaṃ hasanti | teṣāṃ kautūhalavinivṛttyarthaṃ bhagavantaṃ paripṛcchati sma-kaḥ khalvatra hetuḥ, kaḥ pratyayaḥ smitasya pravṛttaye ? bhagavānāha-sādhu sādhu mahāmate, sādhu khalu punastvaṃ mahāmate, lokasvabhāvamavalokya kudṛṣṭipatitānāṃ ca lokānāṃ traikālyacittāvabodhāya māṃ praṣṭumārabdhaḥ | evaṃ paṇḍitaiḥ paripṛcchanajātīyairbhavitavyaṃ svaparobhayārtham | eṣa mahāmate rāvaṇo laṅkādhipatiḥ pūrvakānapi tathāgatānarhataḥ samyaksaṃbuddhān praśnadvayaṃ pṛṣṭavān | māmapyetarhi praṣṭukāmo yadanālīḍhaṃ sarvaśrāvakapratyekabuddhatīrthyayogayogināṃ praśnadvayaprabhedagatilakṣaṇaṃ vibhāvayitum | ya eṣa praṣṭukāmo daśagrīvo'nāgatānapi jinān prakṣyati ||
jānanneva bhagavāllaṅkādhiupatimetadavocat-pṛccha tvaṃ laṅkādhipate | kṛtaste tathāgatenāvakāśaḥ | mā vilamba pracalitamaulin | yadyadevākāṅkṣasi, ahaṃ te tasta tasyaiva praśnasyavyākaraṇena cittamārādhayiṣyāmi | yathā tvaṃ parāvṛttavikalpāśraye bhūmivipakṣakauśalena pravicayabuddhyā vicārayamāṇaḥ pratyātmanayalakṣaṇasamādhisukhavihāraṃ samādhibuddhaiḥ parigṛhītaḥ śamathasukhavyavasthitaḥ śrāvakapratyekabuddhasamādhipakṣānatikramya acalāsādhumatīdharmameghābhūmivyavasthito dharmanairātmyayathātathākuśalo mahāratnapadmavimāne samādhijinābhiṣekatāṃ pratilapsyase | tadanurūpaiḥ padmaiḥ svakāyavicitrādhiṣṭhānādhiṣṭhitaistaiḥ padmaiḥ svakāyaṃ niṣaṇṇaṃ drakṣyasi, anyonyavakramukhanirīkṣaṇaṃ ca kariṣyasi | evamacintyo'sau viṣayaḥ yadekenābhinirhārakauśalenābhinirhṛtaścaryābhūmau sthitaḥ | upāyakauśalaparigrahābhinirhārābhinirhṛte tamacintyaviṣayamanuprāpsyasi, bahurūpavikāratāṃ ca tathāgatabhūmim | yadadṛṣṭapūrvaṃ śrāvakapratyekabuddhatīrthyabrahmendropendrādibhistaṃ prāpsyasi ||
atha khalu laṅkādhipatirbhagavatā kṛtāvakāśa utthāya tasmādraśmivimalaprabhādratnapadmasadṛśādratnaśikharāt sāpsarogaṇaparivṛto vividhairanekavidhairnānāprakāraiḥ puṣpamālyagandhadhūpavilepanacchatradhvajapatākāhārārdhahārakirīṭamukuṭairanyaiśca adṛṣṭaśrutapūrvairābharaṇaviśeṣairviśiṣṭaistūryatālāvacarairdevanāgayakṣarākṣasagandharvakinnaramahoragamanuṣyātikrāntaiḥ sarvakāmadhātuparyāpannān vādyabhāṇḍānabhinirmāya ye cānyeṣu buddhakṣetreṣu tūryaviśeṣā dṛṣṭāḥ, tānabhinirmāya bhagavantaṃ bodhisattvāṃśca ratnajālenāvaṣṭabhya nānāvastrocchritapatākaṃ kṛtvā sapta tālān gagane'bhyudgamya mahāpūjāmeghānabhipravṛṣya tūryatālāvacarāṇi nirnādya tasmādgaganādavatīrya sūryavidyutprabhe dvitīye mahāratnapadmālaṃkṛtau ratnaśikhare niṣasāda | niṣadya upacārātsmitapūrvaṃ bhagavatā kṛtāvakāśo bhagavanta praśnadvayaṃ pṛcchati sma-pṛṣṭā mayā pūrvakāstathāgatā arhantaḥ samyaksaṃbuddhāḥ | taiścāpi visarjitam | bhagavantamapyetarhi pṛcchāmi | deśanāpāṭhe cāyaṃ buddhaistvayā cāvaśyamanuvarṇitaṃ bhaviṣyati | nirmitanirmāṇabhāṣitamidaṃ bhagavan dharmadvayam | na maunaistathāgatairbhāṣitam | maunā hi bhagavaṃstathāgatāḥ samādhisukhagocaramevodbhāvayanti | na ca gocaraṃ vikalpayanti | taṃ deśayanti | tatsādhu me bhagavān svayameva dharmavaśavartī dharmadvayaṃ tathāgato'rhan samyaksaṃbuddho deśayatu | śroṣyantīme jinaputrā ahaṃ ca ||
bhagavānāha-brūhi laṅkādhipate dharmadvayam | rākṣasendra āha-kirīṭāṅgadahāravajrasūtrāvabaddhābharaṇanuśobhāśobhita, dharmā eva prahātavyāḥ prāgevādharmāḥ | tatkathaṃ bhagavan dharmadvayaṃ prahāṇaṃ bhavati? ke cādharmā dharmāḥ ? kathaṃ sati dvitvaṃ prahāṇadharmāṇāṃ vikalpalakṣaṇapatitānāṃ vikalpasvabhāvābhāvānāmabhautikabhautikānāmālayavijñānāparijñānādaviśeṣalakṣaṇānāṃ keśoṇḍukasvabhāvāvasthitānāmaśuddhakṣayajñānaviṣayiṇām | tatkathaṃ teṣāṃ prahāṇamevaṃbhāvinām ?
bhagavānāha-nanu laṅkādhipate, dṛṣṭo ghaṭādīnāṃ bhedanātmakānāṃ vināśadharmiṇāṃ bālavikalpagocaraiḥ prativibhāgaḥ | evamihāpi kiṃ na gṛhyate ? asti dharmādharmayoḥ prativibhāgo bālaprativikalpamupādāya, na tvāryajñānādhigamaṃ prati darśanena | tiṣṭhantu tāvallaṅkādhipate ghaṭādayo bhāvā vicitralakṣaṇapatitā bālānāṃ na tvāryāṇām | ekasvābhāvikānāmekajvālodbhavaprajvālitānāṃ gṛhabhavanodyānaprāsādapratiṣṭhāpitānāṃ dṛṣṭaḥ prativibhāgaḥ indhanavaśāddīrghahrasvaprabhālpamahāviśeṣāśca | evamihāpi kiṃ na gṛhyate ? asti dharmādharmayoḥ prativibhāgaḥ | na kevalamagnijvālāyā ekasaṃtānapatitāyā dṛṣṭo'rciṣaśca prativibhāgaḥ | ekabījaprasūtānāṃ yatsaṃtānānāmapi laṅkādhipate nālāṅkuragaṇḍaparvapatrapalāśapuṣpaphalaśākhāviśeṣāḥ | evaṃ sarvadharmaprarohadharmiṇāṃ bāhyānāmādhyātmikānāmapyavidyāniryātānāṃ skandhadhātvāyatanopagānāṃ sarvadharmāṇāṃ traidhātukopapannānāṃ dṛṣṭasukhasaṃsthānāmabhilāpyagativiśeṣāḥ | vijñānānāmekalakṣaṇānāṃ viṣayābhigrahaṇapravṛttānāṃ dṛṣṭo hīnotkṛṣṭamadhyamaviśeṣo vyavadānāvyavadānataśca kuśalākuśalataśca | na kevalameṣāṃ laṅkādhipate dharmāṇāṃ prativibhāgaviśeṣaḥ, yogināmapi yogamabhyasyatāṃ yogamārge pratyātmagatilakṣaṇaviśeṣo dṛṣṭaḥ | kimaṅga punardharmādharmayoḥ prativikalpapravṛttayorviśeṣo na bhavati ? bhavatyeva ||
asti laṅkādhipate dharmādharmayoḥ prativibhāgo vikalpalakṣaṇatvāt | tatra laṅkādhipate dharmāḥ katame ? yaduta ete tīrthyaśrāvakapratyekabuddhabālavikalpakalpitāḥ | kāraṇato guṇadravyapūrvakā dharmā ityupadiśyante, te prahātavyāḥ | na lakṣaṇataḥ prativikalpayitavyāḥ | svacittadṛśyadharmatābhiniveśānna santi ghaṭādayo dharmā bālaparikalpitā alabdhaśarīrāḥ | evaṃ vidarśanayā prativipaśyataḥ prahīṇā bhavanti ||
tatra adharmāḥ katame ? ye'labdhātmakā lakṣaṇavikalpāpracārā dharmā ahetukāḥ teṣāmapravṛttirdṛṣṭā bhūtābhūtataḥ | atha dharmasya prahāṇaṃ bhavati | punarapyalabdhātmakā dharmāḥ katame ? yaduta śaśakharoṣṭravājiviṣāṇavandhyāputraprabhṛtayo dharmāḥ | alabdhātmakatvānna lakṣaṇataḥ kalpyāḥ | te'nyatra saṃvyavahārārthā abhidhīyante, nābhiniveśato yathā ghaṭādayaḥ | yathā te praheyā agrahaṇato vijñānena, tathā vikalpabhāvā api praheyāḥ | ato dharmādharmayoḥ prahāṇaṃ bhavati | yaduktavānasi laṅkādhipate dharmādharmāḥ kathaṃ praheyā iti, tadetaduktam ||
yadapyuktavānasi laṅkādhipate-pūrvakā api tathāgatā arhantaḥ samyaksaṃbuddhā mayā pṛṣṭāḥ, taiśca visarjitaṃ pūrvam | iti laṅkādhipate vikalpasyaitadadhivacanam | atīto'pyevaṃ vikalpyate atītaḥ | evamanāgato'dhunāpi dharmatayā | nirvikalpāstathāgatāḥ sarvavikalpaprapañcātītāḥ | na yathā rūpasvabhāvo vikalpyate | anyatrājñānādhigamataḥ sukhārthaṃ vibhāvyate | prajñayā animittacāriṇaḥ | ato jñānātmakāstathāgatā jñānaśarīrāḥ | na kalpante na kalpyante | kena na kalpante ? manasā ātmato jīvataḥ pudgalataḥ | kathaṃ na vikalpante ? manovijñānena viṣayārthahetukena yathā rūpalakṣaṇasaṃsthānākārataśca | ato vikalpāvikalpāgatena bhavitavyam ||
api ca laṅkādhipate bhittikhacitavigrahasamaḥ sattvapracāraḥ | niśceṣṭo laṅkādhipate lokasaṃniveśaḥ karmakriyārahito'sattvātsarvadharmāṇām | na cātra kaścicchṛṇoti śrūyate vā | nirmitapratimo hi laṅkādhipate lokasaṃniveśaḥ | na ca tīrthyabālayogino vibhāvayanti | ya evaṃ paśyati laṅkādhipate, sa samyakpaśyati | anyathā paśyanto vikalpe carantīti | svavikalpā dvidhā gṛhṇanti | tadyathā darpaṇāntargataṃ svabimbapratibimbaṃ jale vā svāṅgacchāyā vā jyotsnādīpapradīpite vā gṛhe vā aṅgacchāyā pratiśrutkāni | atha svavikalpagrahaṇaṃ pratigṛhya dharmādharmaṃ prativikalpayanti | na ca dharmādharmayoḥ prahāṇena caranti | vikalpayanti puṣṇanti, na praśamaṃ pratilabhante | ekāgrasyaitadadhivacanam-tathāgatagarbhasvapratyātmāryajñānagocarasyaitatpraveśo yatsamādhiḥ paramo jāyata iti ||
rāvaṇādhyeṣaṇāparivarto nāma prathamaḥ ||