DIGITAL SANSKRIT BUDDHIST CANON

Source: Vaidya, Dr. P.L ed.   Buddhist Sanskrit Texts No. 4  Aṣṭasāhasrikā prajñāpāramitā. Darbhanga :The Mithila Institute, 1960

 

23 śakraparivartastrayoviṁśatitamaḥ|

 

tena khalu punaḥ samayena śakro devānāmindrastasyāmeva parṣadi saṁnipatitaḥ saṁniṣaṇṇo'bhūt| atha khalu śakro devānāmindro bhagavantametadavocat-gambhīreyaṁ bhagavan prajñāpāramitā| durddaśā duranubodhā bateyaṁ bhagavan prajñāpāramitā| evamukte bhagavān śakraṁ devānāmindrametadavocat-evametatkauśika, evametat| gambhīreyaṁ kauśika prajñāpāramitā| durdṛśā duranubodhā bateyaṁ kauśika prajñāpāramitā| ākāśagambhīratayā gambhīreyaṁ prajñāpāramitā| viviktatvāddurdṛśā| śūnyatvādduranubodheyaṁ prajñāpāramitā| evamukte śakro devānāmindro bhagavantametadavocat-na te bhagavan sattvā avarakeṇa kuśalamūlena samanvāgatā bhaviṣyanti ya imāṁ gambhīrāṁ prajñāpāramitāṁ śroṣyanti| śrutvā ca udgrahīṣyanti dhārayiṣyanti vācayiṣyanti paryavāpsyanti pravartayiṣyanti deśayiṣyantyupadekṣyantyuddekṣyanti svādhyāsyanti likhiṣyanti| evamukte bhagavān śakraṁ devānāmindrametadavocat-evametatkauśika, evametat| na te kauśika sattvā avarakeṇa kuśalamūlena samanvāgatā bhaviṣyanti, ya imāṁ gambhīrāṁ prajñāpāramitāṁ śroṣyanti| śrutvā codgrahīṣyanti dhārayiṣyanti vācayiṣyanti paryavāpsyanti pravartayiṣyanti deśayiṣyantyupadekṣyantyuddekṣyanti svādhyāsyanti likhiṣyanti| yāvantaḥ kauśika jambūdvīpe sattvāḥ, te sarve daśakuśalakarmapathasamanvāgatā bhaveyuḥ, tatkiṁ manyase kauśika api nu te sattvāstatonidānaṁ bahu puṇyaṁ prasaveyuḥ? śakra āha-bahu bhagavan, bahu sugata|

 

bhagavānāha-ataḥ khalu punaḥ sa kauśika kulaputro vā kuladuhitā vā bahutaraṁ puṇyaṁ prasavati, ya imāṁ prajñāpāramitāṁ śroṣyati| śrutvā ca udgrahīṣyati dhārayiṣyati vācayiṣyati paryavāpsyati pravartayiṣyati deśayiṣyatyupadekṣyatyuddekṣyati svādhyāsyati likhiṣyati| asya kauśika puṇyaskandhasya asau paurvakāṇāṁ jāmbūdvīpakānāṁ sarvasattvānāṁ śīlamayaḥ puṇyaskandhaḥ śatatamīmapi kalāṁ nopaiti| sahasratamīmapi śatasahasratamīmapi koṭītamīmapi koṭīśatatamīmapi koṭīsahasratamīmapi koṭīśatasahasratamīmapi koṭīniyutaśatasahasratamīmapi kalāṁ nopaiti| saṁkhyāmapi kalāmapi gaṇanāmapi upamāmapi aupamyamapi upanisāmapi upaniṣadamapi na kṣamate, yena kuśalamūlena sa kulaputro vā kuladuhitā vā samanvāgato bhavati, ya imāṁ gambhīrāṁ prajñāpāramitāṁ śroṣyati| śrutvā codgrahīṣyati dhārayiṣyati vācayiṣyati paryavāpsyati pravartayiṣyati deśayiṣyatyupadekṣatyuddekṣyati svādhyāsyati likhiṣyati||

 

atha khalvanyataro bhikṣuḥ śakraṁ devānāmindrametadavocat-abhibhūto'si kauśika tena kulaputreṇa vā kuladuhitrā vā ya imāṁ gambhīrāṁ prajñāpāramitāṁ śroṣyati| śrutvā codgrahīṣyati dhārayiṣyati vācayiṣyati paryavāpsyati pravartayiṣyati deśayiṣyatyupadekṣyatyuddekṣyati svādhyāsyati likhiṣyati| evamukte śakro devānāmindrastaṁ bhikṣumetadavocat-ekacittotpādenaiva ahamārya tena kulaputreṇa vā kuladuhitrā vā abhibhūtaḥ| kaḥ punarvādo ya imāṁ gambhīrāṁ prajñāpāramitāṁ 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 sadevamānuṣāsuraṁ lokamabhibhavanto gamiṣyanti bodhisattvā mahāsattvāḥ| na kevalaṁ te sadevamānuṣāsuraṁ lokamabhibhavanto gamiṣyanti, ye'pi te srotaāpannāḥ sakṛdāgāmino'nāgāmino'rhantaḥ samyaksaṁbuddhāḥ, tānapi te sarvānabhibhavanto gamiṣyanti bodhisattvā mahāsattvāḥ| na kevalaṁ srotaāpannān sakṛdāgāmino'nāgāmino'rhataḥ pratyekabuddhānabhibhavanto gamiṣyanti, ye'pi te bodhisattvā mahāsattvā mahādānapatayaḥ prajñāpāramitopāyakauśalyavirahitāḥ, tānapi te sarvānabhibhavanto gamiṣyanti bodhisattvā mahāsattvāḥ| na kevalaṁ 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 kṣāntisaṁpannā upaśamasaṁpannā apratihatacittā antato dagdhasthūṇāyāmapyāghātacittaṁ notpādayanti prajñāpāramitopāyakauśalyavirahitāḥ, tānapi te sarvānabhibhavanto gamiṣyanti bodhisattvā mahāsattvāḥ|

 

na kevalaṁ kṣāntisaṁpannānupaśamasaṁpannānapratihatacittān 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| yathānirdiṣṭāyāṁ hi prajñāpāramitāyāṁ caran bodhisattvo mahāsattvaḥ sadevamānuṣāsuralokaṁ sarvān śrāvakapratyekabuddhayānikānanupāyakuśalāṁśca bodhisattvān mahāsattvānabhibhavati, teṣāṁ cānabhibhūto bhavati| tatkasya hetoḥ? yo hi bodhisattvo mahāsattvo yathānirdiṣṭāyāṁ prajñāpāramitāyāṁ carati, prajñāpāramitāmanuvartate, ayaṁ bodhisattvo mahāsattvaḥ sarvajñavaṁśasyānupacchedāya sthito bhavati| ayaṁ bodhisattvo mahāsattvastathāgatān na dūrīkariṣyati| ayaṁ bodhisattvo mahāsattva evaṁ pratipadyamāno nacirādgamiṣyati bodhimaṇḍam| ayaṁ bodhisattvo mahāsattva evaṁ śikṣamāṇaḥ sattvān kleśapaṅke saṁsīdamānānuddhariṣyati|

 

ayaṁ bodhisattvo mahāsattva evaṁ śikṣamāṇo bodhisattvaśikṣāyāṁ śikṣate, na śrāvakaśikṣāyāṁ śikṣate, na pratyekabuddhaśikṣāyāṁ śikṣate| evaṁ śikṣamāṇaṁ ca prajñāpāramitāyāṁ bodhisattvaṁ mahāsattvaṁ catvāro lokapālā mahārājāna upasaṁkramyaivaṁ vakṣyanti-kṣipraṁ tvaṁ kulaputra asyāṁ bodhisattvacaryāyāṁ śikṣasva, laghu śikṣasva| imāni te catvāri pātrāṇi yāni tvayā bodhimaṇḍe niṣadya anuttarāṁ samyaksaṁbodhimabhisaṁbuddhena pratigrahītavyānīti| evaṁ śikṣamāṇaṁ bodhisattvaṁ mahāsattvaṁ yathānirdiṣṭāyāṁ prajñāpāramitāyāṁ na kevalaṁ catvāro lokapālā mahārājāna upasaṁkramitavyaṁ maṁsyante, ahamapi bhagavaṁstaṁ bodhisattvaṁ mahāsattvamupasaṁkramiṣyāmi, kaḥ punarvādastadanye devaputrāḥ| tathāgatairapi so'rhadbhiḥ samyaksaṁbuddhairnityameva samanvāhṛto bhaviṣyati bodhisattvo mahāsattvaḥ| evaṁ prajñāpāramitāyāṁ carato bodhisattvasya mahāsattvasya yāni kānicillaukikāni duḥkhāni paropakramikāṇi vā anyāni vā utpadyeran, tānyasya sarveṇa sarvaṁ sarvathā sarvaṁ notpatsyante| ayamapi bhagavan dṛṣṭadhārmiko guṇastasya bodhisattvasya mahāsattvasya prajñāpāramitāyāṁ carato bhavati||

 

atha khalvāyuṣmata ānantasyaitadabhavat-kimayaṁ 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||

 

āryāṣṭasāhasrikāyāṁ prajñāpāramitāyāṁ śakraparivarto nāma trayoviṁśatitamaḥ||



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