Aparimitāyuḥ nāma mahāyāna
sūtra
evaṁ mayā śrutam| ekasmin samaye
bhagavān śrāvastyāṁ viharati sma jetavane anāthapiṇḍadasyārāme
mahatā bhikṣusaṁghena sārdhamardhatrayodaśabhirbhikṣuśataiḥ
saṁbahulaiśca bodhisattvairmahāsattvaiḥ|| [1]
tatra khalu bhagavān mañjuśriyaṁ
kumārabhūtamāmantrayate sma| asti
mañjuśrīrupariṣṭāyāmaparimitaguṇasaṁcayo nāma
lokadhātustatrāparimitāyu[r]jñānasuviniścitatejorāja nāma tathāgato
'rhan samyaksaṁbuddha eva hi tiṣṭhati dhriyate yāpayati sattvānāṁ ca
dharmaṁ deśayati| [2]
śṛṇu mañjuśrīḥ kumārabhūta, ime
jāmbudvīpakā manuṣyā alpāyuṣkā varṣaśatāyuṣas;teṣāṁ
bahūnyakālamaranāni nirdiṣṭāni| ye khalu mañjuśrīḥ
sattvāstasyāparimitāyuṣaḥ tathāgatasya guṇavarṇaparikīrtana nāma
dharmaparyāyaṁ likhiṣyanti likhāpayiṣyanti nāmadheyamātramapi
śroṣyanti yāvat pustakāgatāmapi kṛtvā gṛhe dhārayiṣyanti
vācayiṣyanti
puṣpa-dhūpa-gandha-mālya-vilepana-cūrṇa-cīvara-cchatra-dhvaja-ghaṇṭā-patākābhiśca
samantāt pūjābhiḥ pūjayiṣyanti te parikṣināyuṣaḥ punareva
varṣaśatāyuṣo bhaviṣyanti| ye khalu punarmañjuśriḥ
sattvāstasyāparimitāyurjñānasuviniścitatejorājasya tathāgatasya
nāmāṣṭottaraśataṁ śroṣyanti dhārayiṣyanti vācaviṣyanti, teṣāṁ
āyurvardhayiṣyati; ye parikṣiṇāyuṣaḥ sattvā nāmadheyaṁ śroṣyanti
dhārayiṣyanti vācayiṣyanti teṣāmapyāyurvivardhayiṣyati| [3]
tasmāttarhi
mañjuśrirdīrghāyuṣkatvaṁ prārthayitukāmāḥ kulaputrā vā kuladuhitaro
vā tasyāparimitāyuṣastathāgatasya nāmāṣṭottaraśataṁ śroṣyanti
likhiṣyanti likhāpayiṣyanti teṣāṁ ime guṇānusaṁsā bhaviṣyanti| [4]
om namo bhagavate
aparimitāyurjñānasuviniścitatejorājāya tathāgatāyārhate
samyaksaṁbuddhāya, tadyathā, oṁ puṇyamahāpuṇya aparimitapuṇya
aparimitāyupuṇyajñānasaṁbhāropacite, oṁ
sarvasaṁskārapariśuddhadharmate gagaṇasamudgate svabhāvapariśuddhe
mahānayaparivāre svāhā| [5]
imāṁ mañjuśrīstathāgatasya
nāmāṣṭottaraśataṁ ye kecillikhiṣyanti likhāpayiṣyanti
pustakagatāmapi kṛtvā gṛhe dhārayiṣyanti vācayiṣyanti, te
parikṣīṇāyuṣaḥ punareva varṣaśatāyuṣo bhaviṣyanti; itaścyutvā
aparimitāyuṣastathāgatasyabuddhakṣetre upapadyante, aparimitāyuṣaśca
bhaviṣyanti aparimitaguṇasaṁcaye lokadhātau| [6]
om namo bhagavate [etc., as para.
5]| tena khalu punaḥ samayena navanavatīnāṁ buddhakoṭinām
ekamatenaikasvareṇa idamaparimitāyuḥsūtraṁ bhāṣitam| [7]
om namo bhagavate [etc., as para.
5]| tena khalu punaḥ samayena caturaśītīnāṁ buddhakoṭinām
ekamatenaikasvareṇa idamaparimitāyuḥsūtraṁ bhāṣitam| [8]
om namo bhagavate [etc., as para.
5]| tena khalu punaḥ samayena saptasaptatīnāṁ buddhakoṭinām
ekamatenaikasvareṇa idamaparimitāyuḥsūtraṁ bhāṣitaṁ| [9]
om namo bhagavate [etc., as para.
5]| tena khalu punaḥ samayena pañcaṣaṣṭīnāṁ buddhakoṭīnāṁ
ekamatenaikasvareṇa idamaparimitāyuḥsūtraṁ bhāṣītam| [10]
om namo bhagavate [etc., as para.
5]| tena khalu punaḥ samayena pañcapañcaśatīnāṁ buddhakoṭīnāṁ
ekamatenaikasvareṇa idamaparimitāyuḥsūtraṁ bhāṣitaṁ| [11]
om namo bhagavate [etc., as para.
5]| tena khalu punaḥ samayena pañcacatvāriṁśatīnāṁ buddhakoṭīnāṁ
ekamatenaikasvareṇa idamaparimitāyuḥsūtraṁ bhāṣitaṁ| [12]
om namo bhagavate [etc., as para.
5]| tena khalu punaḥ samayena ṣattriṁśatīnāṁ buddhakoṭīnām
ekamatenaikasvareṇa idamaparimitāyuḥsūtraṁ bhāṣitaṁ| [13]
om namo bhagavate [etc., as para.
5]| tena khalu punaḥ samayena pañcaviṁśatīnāṁ buddhakoṭīnām
ekamatenaikasvareṇa idamaparimitāyuḥsūtraṁ bhāṣitaṁ| [14]
om namo bhagavate [etc., as para.
5]| tena khalu punaḥ samayena gaṅgānadīvālukopamānāṁ buddhakoṭīnām
ekamatenaikasvareṇa idamaparimitāyuḥsūtraṁ bhāṣitaṁ| [15]
om namo bhagavate [etc., as para.
5] yaidamaparimitāyuḥ sūtraṁ likhiṣyati likhāpayiṣyati| sā
gatāyurapi varṣaśatāyurbhaviṣyati punarvāyurvivardhayiṣyati| [16]
om namo bhagavate [etc., as para.
5]| yaidamaparimitāyuḥ sūtraṁ likhiṣyati likhāpayiṣyati sa na
kadācin narakeṣupapadyate na tiryagyonau na yamaloke na akṣaṇeṣu ca
kadācidapi upapatsyate| yatra yatra janmanyupapadyate, tatra tatra
sarvatra jātau jātau jātismaro bhaviṣyati| [17]
om namo bhagavate [etc., as para.
5]| yaidamaparimitāyuḥ sūtraṁ likhiṣyati likhāpayiṣyati tena
caturaśītidharmaskandhasahasrāṇi likhāpitāni bhaviṣyanti| [18]
om namo bhagavate [etc., as para.
5]| yaidamaparimitāyuḥ sūtraṁ likhiṣyati likhāpayiṣyati tena
caturaśītidharmarājikāsahasrāṇi kārāpitāni pratiṣṭhāpitāni
bhaviṣyanti| [19]
om namo bhagavate [etc., as para
5]| yaidamaparimitāyuḥ sūtraṁ likhiṣyati likhāpayiṣyati tasya
pañcānantaryāṇi karmāvaraṇāni parikṣayaṁ gacchanti| [20]
[Para. 21 is missing in the
Sanskrit text.]
om namo bhagavate [etc., as para.
5]| yaidam aparimitāyuḥ sūtraṁ likhiṣyati likhāpayiṣyati, tasya na
māro na mārakāyikā na yakṣā na rākṣasā nākālmṛtyuravataraṁ
lapsyante| [22]
om namo bhagavate [etc., as para.
5] yaidamaparimitāyuḥ sūtraṁ likhiṣyati likhāpayiṣyati, tasya
maraṇakālasamaye navanavatayo buddhakoṭyaḥ saṁmukhaṁ darśanaṁ
dāsyanti, buddhasahasraṁ hastena hastaṁ tasyopanāmayanti,
buddhakṣetrād buddhakṣetraṁ saṁkrāmanti; nātm kāṅkṣā na vicikitsā na
vimātirutpādayitavyā| [23]
om namo bhagavate [etc., as para.
5]| yaidamaparimitāyuḥ sūtraṁ likhiṣyati likhāpayiṣyati, tasya
catvāro mahārājānaḥ pṛṣṭhataḥ pṛṣṭhataḥ samanubaddhā
rakṣāvaraṇāguptiṁ kariṣyanti| [24]
om namo bhagavate [etc., as para.
5]| yaidamaparimitāyuḥsūtraṁ likhiṣyati likhāpayiṣyati sa
sukhāvatyāṁ lokadhātav amitābhasya tathāgatasya buddhakṣetre
upapadyate| [25]
om namo bhagavate [etc., as para.
5]| yasmin pṛthivīpradeśe idamaparimitāyuḥsūtraṁ likhiṣyanti
likhāpayiṣyanti, sa pṛthivīpradeśaḥ caityabhūto vandanīyaśca
bhaviṣyati| yeṣāṁ tiryagyonigatānāṁ mṛgapakṣiṇāṁ karṇāpuṭe
nipatiṣyati te sarve anuttarāyāṁ
samyaksaṁbodhāvabhisaṁbodhimabhisambhotsyante| [26]
om namo bhagavate [etc., as para.
5]| yaidamaparimitāyuḥsūtraṁ likhiṣyati likhāpayiṣyati tasya
strībhāvo na kadācidapi bhaviṣyati| [27]
om namo bhagavate [etc., as para.
5]| yaidamaparimitāyuḥ sūtraṁ dharmaparyāyam uddiśya ekam api
kārṣāpanāṁ dānaṁdāsyati, tena trisāhasramahāsāhasralokadhātuṁ
saptaratnaparipūrṇaṁ kṛtvā dānaṁ dattaṁ bhavati| [28]
om namo bhagavate [etc., as para
5]| yaidaṁ dharmabhāṇakaṁ pūjāyiṣyati, tena sakalasamāptaḥ
saddharmaḥ pūjito bhavati| [29]
om namo bhagavate [etc., as para
5]| yathā
vipaśvi-śikhi-viśvabhu-krakucchanda-kanakamuni-kāśyapa-śākyamuni-prabhṛtīnaṁ
tathāgatānāṁ saptaratnamayāḥ pūjāḥ kṛtvā tasya puṇyaskadhasya
pramāṇaṁ śakyaṁ gaṇayituṁ, na tvaparimitāyuḥ sūtrasya
puṇyaskandhasya pramāṇaṁ śakyaṁ gaṇayitum| [30]
om namo bhagavate [etc., as para.
5]| yathā sūmeroḥ parvatarājasya samānaṁ ratnarāśiṁ kṛtvā dānaṁ
dadyāt, tasya puṇyaskandhasya pramāṇaṁ śakyaṁ gaṇayituṁ, na
tvaparimitāyuḥsūtrasya puṇyaskandhasya pramāṇāṁ gaṇayitum| [31]
om namo bhagavate [etc., as para.
5]| yathā catvāro mahāsamudrā udakaparipūrṇṇā bhaveyuḥ, tatra
ekaikavinduṁ śakyaṁ gaṇayituṁ, na tvaparimitāyuḥsūtrasya
puṇyaskandhasya pramāṇāṁ gaṇayitum| [32]
om namo bhagavate [etc., as para.
5]| yaidamaparimitāyuḥsūtraṁ likhiṣyati likhāpayiṣyati saṁskṛtya
pūjayiṣyati tena daśasu dikṣu sarvabuddhakṣetreṣu sarvatathāgatā
vanditāḥ pūjitāśca bhaviṣyanti| [33]
om namo bhagavate [etc., as para.
5]
dānabalena samudgata buddho
dānabalādhigatā narasiṁhāḥ|
dānabalasya ca śrūyati śabdaḥ
kāruṇikasya pure praviśāntam || [34]
śīlabalena samudgata buddhaḥ
śīlabalādhigatā narasiṁhāḥ|
śīlabalasya ca śrūyati śabdaḥ
kāruṇikasya pure praviśantam ||[35]
kṣāntibalena samudgata buddhaḥ
kṣāntibalādhigatā narasiṁhāḥ|
kṣāntibalasya ca śrūyati śabdaḥ
kāruṇikasya pure praviśāntam ||[36]
viryabalena samudgata buddho
vīryabalādhigatā narasiṁhāḥ|
vīryabalasya ca śrūyati śabdaḥ
kāruṇikasya pure praviśāntam ||[37]
dhyānabalena samudgata buddho
dhyānabalādhigatā narasiṁhāḥ|
dhyānabalasya ca śrūyati śabdaḥ
kāruṇikasya pure praviśāntam||[38]
prajñābalena samudgata buddhaḥ
prajñābalādhigatā narasiṁhāḥ|
prajñābalasya ca śrūyati śabdaḥ
kāruṇikasya pure praviśāntam ||[39]
om namo bhagavate [etc., as para.
5]| idamavocad bhagavānāttamanāste ca bhikṣavaste ca bodhisattvā
mahāsattvāḥ sā ca sarvāvatī parṣat sadevamānuṣāsuragandharvaśca loko
bhagavato bhāṣitamabhyanandamiti| [40]