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23 śakraparivartastrayoviṃśatitamaḥ|



tena khalu punaḥ samayena śakro devānāmindrastasyāmeva parṣadi saṃnipatitaḥ saṃniṣaṇṇo'bhūt| atha khalu śakro devānāmindro bhagavantametadavocat-gambhīreyaṃ bhagavan prajñāpāramitā| durddaśā duranubodhā bateyaṃ bhagavan prajñāpāramitā| evamukte bhagavān śakraṃ devānāmindrametadavocat-evametatkauśika, evametat| gambhīreyaṃ kauśika prajñāpāramitā| durdṛśā duranubodhā bateyaṃ kauśika prajñāpāramitā| ākāśagambhīratayā gambhīreyaṃ prajñāpāramitā| viviktatvāddurdṛśā| śūnyatvādduranubodheyaṃ prajñāpāramitā| evamukte śakro devānāmindro bhagavantametadavocat-na te bhagavan sattvā avarakeṇa kuśalamūlena samanvāgatā bhaviṣyanti ya imāṃ gambhīrāṃ prajñāpāramitāṃ śroṣyanti| śrutvā ca udgrahīṣyanti dhārayiṣyanti vācayiṣyanti paryavāpsyanti pravartayiṣyanti deśayiṣyantyupadekṣyantyuddekṣyanti svādhyāsyanti likhiṣyanti| evamukte bhagavān śakraṃ devānāmindrametadavocat-evametatkauśika, evametat| na te kauśika sattvā avarakeṇa kuśalamūlena samanvāgatā bhaviṣyanti, ya imāṃ gambhīrāṃ prajñāpāramitāṃ śroṣyanti| śrutvā codgrahīṣyanti dhārayiṣyanti vācayiṣyanti paryavāpsyanti pravartayiṣyanti deśayiṣyantyupadekṣyantyuddekṣyanti svādhyāsyanti likhiṣyanti| yāvantaḥ kauśika jambūdvīpe sattvāḥ, te sarve daśakuśalakarmapathasamanvāgatā bhaveyuḥ, tatkiṃ manyase kauśika api nu te sattvāstatonidānaṃ bahu puṇyaṃ prasaveyuḥ? śakra āha-bahu bhagavan, bahu sugata|



bhagavānāha-ataḥ khalu punaḥ sa kauśika kulaputro vā kuladuhitā vā bahutaraṃ puṇyaṃ prasavati, ya imāṃ prajñāpāramitāṃ śroṣyati| śrutvā ca udgrahīṣyati dhārayiṣyati vācayiṣyati paryavāpsyati pravartayiṣyati deśayiṣyatyupadekṣyatyuddekṣyati svādhyāsyati likhiṣyati| asya kauśika puṇyaskandhasya asau paurvakāṇāṃ jāmbūdvīpakānāṃ sarvasattvānāṃ śīlamayaḥ puṇyaskandhaḥ śatatamīmapi kalāṃ nopaiti| sahasratamīmapi śatasahasratamīmapi koṭītamīmapi koṭīśatatamīmapi koṭīsahasratamīmapi koṭīśatasahasratamīmapi koṭīniyutaśatasahasratamīmapi kalāṃ nopaiti| saṃkhyāmapi kalāmapi gaṇanāmapi upamāmapi aupamyamapi upanisāmapi upaniṣadamapi na kṣamate, yena kuśalamūlena sa kulaputro vā kuladuhitā vā samanvāgato bhavati, ya imāṃ gambhīrāṃ prajñāpāramitāṃ śroṣyati| śrutvā codgrahīṣyati dhārayiṣyati vācayiṣyati paryavāpsyati pravartayiṣyati deśayiṣyatyupadekṣatyuddekṣyati svādhyāsyati likhiṣyati||



atha khalvanyataro bhikṣuḥ śakraṃ devānāmindrametadavocat-abhibhūto'si kauśika tena kulaputreṇa vā kuladuhitrā vā ya imāṃ gambhīrāṃ prajñāpāramitāṃ śroṣyati| śrutvā codgrahīṣyati dhārayiṣyati vācayiṣyati paryavāpsyati pravartayiṣyati deśayiṣyatyupadekṣyatyuddekṣyati svādhyāsyati likhiṣyati| evamukte śakro devānāmindrastaṃ bhikṣumetadavocat-ekacittotpādenaiva ahamārya tena kulaputreṇa vā kuladuhitrā vā abhibhūtaḥ| kaḥ punarvādo ya imāṃ gambhīrāṃ prajñāpāramitāṃ śroṣyati| śrutvā ca udgrahīṣyati dhārayiṣyati vācayiṣyati paryavāpsyati pravartayiṣyati deśayiṣyatyupadekṣyatyuddekṣyati svādhyāsyati likhiṣyati| kaḥ punarvādo ye śrutvā udgṛhya dhārayitvā vācayitvā paryavāpya pravartya deśayitvopadiśyoddiśya svādhyāyya likhitvā tathatvāya śikṣiṣyante, tathatvāya pratipatsyante, tathatvāya yogamāpatsyante| te sadevamānuṣāsuraṃ lokamabhibhavanto gamiṣyanti bodhisattvā mahāsattvāḥ| na kevalaṃ te sadevamānuṣāsuraṃ lokamabhibhavanto gamiṣyanti, ye'pi te srotaāpannāḥ sakṛdāgāmino'nāgāmino'rhantaḥ samyaksaṃbuddhāḥ, tānapi te sarvānabhibhavanto gamiṣyanti bodhisattvā mahāsattvāḥ| na kevalaṃ srotaāpannān sakṛdāgāmino'nāgāmino'rhataḥ pratyekabuddhānabhibhavanto gamiṣyanti, ye'pi te bodhisattvā mahāsattvā mahādānapatayaḥ prajñāpāramitopāyakauśalyavirahitāḥ, tānapi te sarvānabhibhavanto gamiṣyanti bodhisattvā mahāsattvāḥ| na kevalaṃ tān mahādānapatīn bodhisattvānabhibhavanto gamiṣyanti, ye'pi te bodhisattvā mahāsattvā pariśuddhaśīlā akhaṇḍena śīlaskandhenācchidreṇākalmaṣeṇa paripūrṇena pariśuddhena aśabalena śīlaskandhena samanvāgatāḥ prajñāpāramitopāyakauśalyavirahitāḥ, tānapi te sarvānabhibhavanto gamiṣyanti bodhisattvā mahāsattvāḥ| na kevalamakhaṇḍenācchidreṇākalmaṣeṇa paripūrṇena pariśuddhena aśabalena śīlaskandhena samanvāgatān bodhisattvān mahāsattvānabhibhavanto gamiṣyanti, ye'pi te bodhisattvā mahāsattvāḥ kṣāntisaṃpannā upaśamasaṃpannā apratihatacittā antato dagdhasthūṇāyāmapyāghātacittaṃ notpādayanti prajñāpāramitopāyakauśalyavirahitāḥ, tānapi te sarvānabhibhavanto gamiṣyanti bodhisattvā mahāsattvāḥ|



na kevalaṃ kṣāntisaṃpannānupaśamasaṃpannānapratihatacittān bodhisattvān mahāsattvānabhibhavanto gamiṣyanti, ye'pi te bodhisattvā mahāsattvā ārabdhavīryā anikṣiptadhurā akusīdā anavalīnakāyavāṅmanaḥkarmāntāḥ prajñāpāramitopāyakauśalyavirahitāḥ, tānapi te sarvānabhibhavanto gamiṣyanti bodhisattvā mahāsattvāḥ| na kevalamārabdhavīryānanikṣiptadhurānakusīdānanavalīnakāyavāṅmanaḥkarmāntān bodhisattvān mahāsattvānabhibhavanto gamiṣyanti, ye'pi te bodhisattvā mahāsattvā dhyānārāmā dhyānaratā dhyānabalino dhyānabalavanto dhyānapratiṣṭhitā dhyānavaśinaḥ prajñāpāramitopāyakauśalyavirahitāḥ, tānapi te sarvānabhibhavanto gamiṣyanti bodhisattvā mahāsattvāḥ| yathānirdiṣṭāyāṃ hi prajñāpāramitāyāṃ caran bodhisattvo mahāsattvaḥ sadevamānuṣāsuralokaṃ sarvān śrāvakapratyekabuddhayānikānanupāyakuśalāṃśca bodhisattvān mahāsattvānabhibhavati, teṣāṃ cānabhibhūto bhavati| tatkasya hetoḥ? yo hi bodhisattvo mahāsattvo yathānirdiṣṭāyāṃ prajñāpāramitāyāṃ carati, prajñāpāramitāmanuvartate, ayaṃ bodhisattvo mahāsattvaḥ sarvajñavaṃśasyānupacchedāya sthito bhavati| ayaṃ bodhisattvo mahāsattvastathāgatān na dūrīkariṣyati| ayaṃ bodhisattvo mahāsattva evaṃ pratipadyamāno nacirādgamiṣyati bodhimaṇḍam| ayaṃ bodhisattvo mahāsattva evaṃ śikṣamāṇaḥ sattvān kleśapaṅke saṃsīdamānānuddhariṣyati|



ayaṃ bodhisattvo mahāsattva evaṃ śikṣamāṇo bodhisattvaśikṣāyāṃ śikṣate, na śrāvakaśikṣāyāṃ śikṣate, na pratyekabuddhaśikṣāyāṃ śikṣate| evaṃ śikṣamāṇaṃ ca prajñāpāramitāyāṃ bodhisattvaṃ mahāsattvaṃ catvāro lokapālā mahārājāna upasaṃkramyaivaṃ vakṣyanti-kṣipraṃ tvaṃ kulaputra asyāṃ bodhisattvacaryāyāṃ śikṣasva, laghu śikṣasva| imāni te catvāri pātrāṇi yāni tvayā bodhimaṇḍe niṣadya anuttarāṃ samyaksaṃbodhimabhisaṃbuddhena pratigrahītavyānīti| evaṃ śikṣamāṇaṃ bodhisattvaṃ mahāsattvaṃ yathānirdiṣṭāyāṃ prajñāpāramitāyāṃ na kevalaṃ catvāro lokapālā mahārājāna upasaṃkramitavyaṃ maṃsyante, ahamapi bhagavaṃstaṃ bodhisattvaṃ mahāsattvamupasaṃkramiṣyāmi, kaḥ punarvādastadanye devaputrāḥ| tathāgatairapi so'rhadbhiḥ samyaksaṃbuddhairnityameva samanvāhṛto bhaviṣyati bodhisattvo mahāsattvaḥ| evaṃ prajñāpāramitāyāṃ carato bodhisattvasya mahāsattvasya yāni kānicillaukikāni duḥkhāni paropakramikāṇi vā anyāni vā utpadyeran, tānyasya sarveṇa sarvaṃ sarvathā sarvaṃ notpatsyante| ayamapi bhagavan dṛṣṭadhārmiko guṇastasya bodhisattvasya mahāsattvasya prajñāpāramitāyāṃ carato bhavati||



atha khalvāyuṣmata ānantasyaitadabhavat-kimayaṃ śakro devānāmindraḥ svakena pratibhānena bhāṣate, utāho buddhānubhāveneti? atha khalu buddhānubhāvena śakro devānāmindra āyuṣmata ānandasya cetasaiva cetaḥparivitarkamājñāya āyuṣmantamānandametadavocat-buddhānubhāvo'yamāryānanda veditavyaḥ, buddhādhiṣṭhānamidamapi āryānanda veditavyam, apratibalo hyahamāryānanda bodhisattvān mahāsattvānārabhya vyāhartum| atha khalu bhagavānāyuṣmantamānandamāmantrayate sma-evametadānanda, evametat yathā śakreṇa devānāmindreṇa bhāṣitam| tathāgatasyaiṣo'nubhāvaḥ, tathāgatasyaitadadhiṣṭhānam, yacchakreṇa devānāmindreṇa bhāṣitamiti||



āryāṣṭasāhasrikāyāṃ prajñāpāramitāyāṃ śakraparivarto nāma trayoviṃśatitamaḥ||