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Svalpākṣarā prajñāpāramitā

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svalpākṣarā prajñāpāramitā|

namaḥ sarvabuddhabodhisattvebhyaḥ||

evaṃ mayā śrutam| ekasmin samaye bhagavān rājagṛhe viharati sma gṛdhrakūṭe parvate mahatā bhikṣusaṃghena sārdhaṃ dvādaśasāhasrapañcaśatairbodhisattvakoṭiniyutaśatasahasraiḥ sārdhaṃ viharati sma, lokapālādidevakoṭiniyutasahasraiḥ parivṛtaḥ puraskṛtaḥ śrīsiṃhāsane viharati sma||



atha khalu bodhisattvo mahāsattvo āryāvalokiteśvaro utthāya āsanādekamaṃsamuttarāsaṅgaṃ kṛtvā dakṣiṇaṃ jānumaṇḍalaṃ pṛthivyāṃ pratiṣṭhāpya yena bhagavāṃstenāñjaliṃ praṇamya prahasitavadano bhūtvā bhagavantametadavocat-deśayatu bhagavān prajñāpāramitāṃ svalpākṣarāṃ mahāpuṇyām, yasyāḥ śravaṇamātreṇa sarvasattvāḥ sarvakarmāvaraṇāni kṣapayiṣyanti, niyataṃ ca bodhiparāyaṇā bhaviṣyanti| ye ca sattvā mantrasādhane udyuktāsteṣāṃ cāvighnena mantrāḥ sidhyanti||



atha khalu bhagavān āryāvalokiteśvarāya bodhisattvāya mahāsattvāya mahākaruṇikāya sādhukāramadāt-sādhu sādhu kulaputra, yastvaṃ sarvasattvānāmarthāya hitāya sukhāya pradhānāya ca dīrgharātraṃ niyuktaḥ| tena hi tvaṃ kulaputra śṛṇu, sādhu ca suṣṭhu ca manasi kuru| bhāṣiṣye'haṃ te prajñāpāramitāṃ svalpākṣarāṃ mahāpuṇyām, yasyāḥ śravaṇamātreṇa sarvasattvāḥ sarvakarmāvaraṇāni kṣapayiṣyanti, niyataṃ ca bodhiparāyaṇā bhaviṣyanti| ye ca sattvā mantrasādhane udyuktāsteṣāṃ cāvighnenaḥ mantrāḥ sidhyanti||



atha khalu āryāvalokiteśvaro bodhisattvo mahāsattvo bhagavantametadavocat-tena hi sugata bhāṣatu sarvasattvānāmarthāya hitāya sukhāya ca||



atha khalu bhagavāṃstasyāṃ velāyāṃ sarvaduḥkhapramocano nāma samādhiṃ samāpadyate sma, yasya ca samādhiṃ samāpannasya bhagavata ūrṇākośavivarāllavādanekāni raśmikoṭiniyutaśatasahasrāṇi niścaranti sma| taiśca raśmibhiḥ sarvabuddhakṣetrāṇi parisphuṭānyabhūvan| ye ca sattvāstayā prabhayā spṛṣṭāḥ, te sarve niyatā abhūvannanuttarāya samyaksaṃbodhau| yāvannārakāḥ sattvāḥ * * * sarve ca buddhakṣetrāṇi ṣaḍvikāraṃ praviceluḥ| divyāni ca candanacūrṇavarṣāṇi tathāgatapādamūlaṃ vavarṣuḥ||



atha khalu bhagavāṃstasyāṃ velāyāṃ prajñāpāramitāṃ bhāṣate sma| tadyathā-bodhisattvena mahāsattvena samacittena bhavitavyam| sarvasattveṣu maitracittena bhavitavyam| kṛtajñena bhavitavyam| kṛtavedinā ca bhavitavyam| sarvapāpaviratacittena bhavitavyam| idaṃ ca prajñāpāramitāhṛdayamāgrahītavyam-namo ratnatrayāya| namaḥ śākyamunaye tathāgatāya arhate samyaksaṃbuddhāya| tadyathā-oṃ mune mune mahāmunaye svāhā|| asyāḥ prajñāpāramitāyā lābhāt mayā anuttarā samyaksaṃbodhiranuprāptā| sarvabuddhāśca ato niryātāḥ|| mayā api iyameva prajñāpāramitā śrutā mahāśākyamunestathāgatasya sākṣāt| tena hi tvaṃ sarvabodhisattvānāmagrato buddhatve ca vyākṛtaḥ-bhaviṣyasi tvaṃ māṇava anāgate'dhvani sa(mantaraśmisamu)dgataḥ śrīkūṭarājā nāma tathāgato'rhan samyaksaṃbuddho vidyācaraṇasaṃpannaḥ sugato lokavid anuttaraḥ puruṣadamyasārathiḥ śāstā devānāṃ ca manuṣyāṇāṃ ca buddho bhagavān| [badiyamapi ?] ye idaṃ nāmadheyaṃ śroṣyanti dhārayiṣyanti vācayiṣyanti likhayayiṣyanti, parebhyaśca vistareṇa saṃprakāśayiṣyanti, pustakalikhitamapi kṛtvā gṛhe dhārayiṣyanti pūjayiṣyanti, te sarve alpopāyena alpaśravaṇena ca tathāgatā bhaviṣyanti| tadyathā-oṃ jeya jeya padmābhe avame avame sarasaraṇi dhiridhiri devatā anupālani yuddhottāriṇi paracakranivāriṇi pūraya pūraya bhagavati sarva āśā mama ca sarvasattvānāṃ ca| sarvakarmāvaraṇāni viśodhaya, buddhādhiṣṭhite svāhā|| iyaṃ sā kulaputra paramārthaprajñāpāramitā sarvabuddhānāṃ jananī bodhisattvamātā (bodhidātrī) pāpahārakā| sarvabuddhairapi na śaknoti asyānuśaṃsā vaktuṃ yāvatkalpakoṭiśatairapi| anayā paṭhitamātreṇa sarvaparṣanmaṇḍalābhiṣiktā bhavanti, sarve ca mantrāḥ abhimukhā bhavanti||



atha āryāvalokiteśvaro bodhisattvo mahāsattvo bhagavantametadavocat- kena kāraṇena bhagavan iyaṃ svalpākṣarā prajñāpāramitā ? bhagavānāha-alpopāyatvāt| ye'pi sattvā mandāsvādāḥ, te'pi imāṃ prajñāpāramitāṃ svalpākṣarāṃ dhārayiṣyanti vācayiṣyanti likhiṣyanti likhayiṣyanti, te sarve alpopāyena bodhiparāyaṇā bhaviṣyanti| anena kāraṇena kulaputra iyaṃ saṃkṣiptā svalpākṣarā prajñāpāramitā||



evamukte āryāvalokiteśvaro bodhisattvo mahāsattvo bhagavantametadavocat- āścaryaṃ bhagavan, paramāścaryaṃ sugata, yāvadeva bhagavān sarvasattvahitāya ayaṃ dharmaparyāyo bhāṣito mandapudgalānāmeva arthāya hitāya sukhāya ceti||



idamavocadbhagavān| āttamanā āryāvalokiteśvaro bodhisattvo mahāsattvaḥ, te ca bhikṣavaste ca bodhisattvāḥ sā ca sarvāvatī parṣat sadevamānuṣāsuragandharvaśca loko bhagavato bhāṣitamabhyanandanniti||



svalpākṣarā prajñāpāramitā samāptā||