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avīciśoṣaṇaṁ nāma dvitīyaṁ prakaraṇam

avīciśoṣaṇaṁ nāma dvitīyaṁ prakaraṇam |



atha tasminneva parṣanmadhye sarvanīvaraṇaviṣkambhī nāma bodhisattvo mahāsattva utthāyāsanādekāṁsamuttarāsaṅgaṁ kṛtvā dakṣiṇaṁ jānumaṇḍalaṁ pṛthivyāṁ pratiṣṭhāpya yena bhagavāṁstenāñjaliṁ praṇamya bhagavantametadavocat–paramāścaryādbhutaprāpto'haṁ bhagavan | kuta ime raśmayaḥ samāgacchanti sma? kasyaiṣa tathāgatasya viṣayaprabhāvaḥ? iti | bhagavānāha–naiṣa tathāgataprabhāvaḥ | kulaputro'vīcau mahānarake āryāvalokiteśvaro bodhisattvo mahāsattvaḥ praviṣṭaḥ | sattvān parimocayitvā ca pretanagaraṁ praviśati | teneme raśmaya utsṛṣṭāḥ ||



atha sarvanīvaraṇaviṣkambhī bodhisattvo mahāsattvo bhagavantametadavocat–bhagavan, avīcau mahānarake kāni sattvāni saṁvidyante? yatra vīcirna prajñāyate | tatrāsya dharmaṁ deśayati–yasyāḥ kuḍyaprākāraparyantā ayomayī bhūmiḥ samanantaraprajvalitaikajvālībhūtā, visphuradratnakaraṇḍakavat saṁdṛśyate | tasminneva mahānarake ākrandatī kumbhī tiṣṭhati | tasyāmeva kumbhyāmanekāni sattvakoṭīniyutaśatasahasrāṇi prakṣiptāni | yathā bahvayudakāyāṁ sthālyāṁ mudgā vā māṣā vā cordhvaṁ gacchanto'dho gacchantaḥ svidyante pacyante, evaṁ te sattvā avīcau mahānarake kāyikaṁ duḥkhaṁ pratyanubhavanti | tatkathaṁ bhagavan avīcau mahānarake'valokiteśvaro bodhisattvo mahāsattvaḥ praviśati? bhagavānāha–yathā kulaputra rājā cakravartī divyaratnamayodyāne praviśati mahatyā cakravartirājyasamṛddhayā, evameva kulaputra avalokiteśvaro bodhisattvo mahāsattvastasminnavīcau mahānarake praviśati | na ca punastasya kāyo'nyathābhāvaṁ gacchati | yadā avīcimahānarakasamīpamupasaṁkrāmati, tadā avīcirmahānarakaḥ śītībhāvamanugacchati | tadā te yamapālapurūṣāḥ saṁvegacittāḥ paramodvignāścintāṁ samāpadyante–kimasminnavīcau mahānarake'śubhanimittaṁ prādurbhūtam ? yadāvalokiteśvaro bodhisattvo mahāsattvaḥ praviśati, tadā tasmin śakaṭacakrapramāṇamātrāṇi padmāni prādurbhūtāni | sā ca kumbhī visphuṭitā | tasminnevāgnikhadāyāṁ madhoḥ puṣkariṇī prādurbhūtā ||



atha te yamapālapurūṣā asimusalabhindipālatomaragadācakratriśūlādīnupasaṁgṛhya sarvaṁ cāvīcipariṣkāraṁ gṛhītvā yena sa yamo dharmarājastenopasaṁkrāntāḥ | upasaṁkramya yamaṁ dharmarājametadavocan–yatkhalu devo jānīyāt prathamam–sā cāsmākaṁ karmabhūmirniravaśeṣaṁ parikṣīṇā abhiramaṇīyā saṁvṛttā sarvasukhasamarpitā | yamo dharmarājastānuvāca–kiṁkāraṇaṁ yuṣmākamapi karmabhūmiḥ parikṣīṇā ?



yamapālapurūṣā ūcuḥ–api ca | yatkhalu devo jānīyāt prathamam–tasminnavīcimahānarake'śubhanimittaṁ prādurbhūtam | sarvaṁ praśāntaṁ śītībhāvamupagatam | kāmarūpī ca tatra puruṣaḥ praviṣṭo jaṭāmukuṭadharo divyālaṁkārabhūṣitaśarīraḥ paramamaitramānasaḥ suvarṇabimbamiva dṛśyate | sa ca tādṛśaḥ puruṣastatra praviṣṭaḥ | tasya ca praviṣṭamātrācchakaṭacakramātrāṇi padmāni prādurbhūtāni | sā ca kumbhī visphuṭitā | tasminnevāgnikhadāyāṁ madhoḥ puṣkariṇī prādurbhūtā ||



atha sa yamo dharmarājaścintāmāpede–kasya punardevasyāyaṁ prabhāvaḥ ? atha maheśvarasya maharddhikasya, athavā nārāyaṇasya pañcamahāsamudranamaskṛtasya, athavā anyeṣāṁ maharddhikadevaputrāṇāmapi varapradānenedṛśaṁ phalaviśeṣaṁ saṁvṛttam ? te ceha bhūmāvanuprāptāḥ ? athavā rākṣasa utpannaḥ eṣa mahārāvaṇapratidvandvī ? evaṁ sa tataḥ sthitaścintayāmāsa | sa ca divyena cakṣuṣā vyavalokya tacca devanikāyena paśyati sma–īdṛśaṁ varaṁ kasyānyasya ? atha sa punarevāvīcau mahānarake vyavalokayati sma | vyavalokya tasminnevāvīcau mahānarake'valokiteśvaraṁ bodhisattvaṁ mahāsattvameva paśyati sma ||



atha sa yamo dharmarājo yenāvalokiteśvaro bodhisattvo mahāsattvastenopasaṁkrāntaḥ | upasaṁkramya bhagavataḥ pādau śirasābhivandya stotraviśeṣaṁ kartumārabdhaḥ | namo'stvavalokiteśvarāya, maheśvarāya, padmaśriye, varadāya, vaśaṁkarāya, pṛthivīvaralocanakarāya, jagadāśvāsanakarāya, śatasahasrabhujāya, koṭīśatasahasranetrāya, ekādaśaśīrṣāya, vaḍavāmukhaparyantāya, dharmapriyāya, sarvasattvaparimokṣaṇakarāya, kūrmamakaramatsyāśvāsanakarāya, jñānarāśyuttamakarāya, priyaṁdadāya, ratnaśriye, uttamāya, avīcisaṁśoṣaṇakarāya, jñānalakṣmyalaṁkṛtāya, jñānapriyāya, sarvadevapūjitanamaskṛtāya, vanditāya, abhayaṁdadāya, dharmadīpaṁkarāya, kāmarūpāya, gandharvarūpayā, kāñcanaparvatasamārūḍhāya, sāgarakukṣigambhīradharmāya, paramārthayogamanuprāptāya, saṁmukhasaṁdarśanakarāya, anekasamādhiśatasahasrāvakīrṇāya, abhiratikarāya, vicchuritagātrāya, ṛṣipuṁgavakarāya, haḍinigaḍabandhanabhayatrastamārgaparimokṣaṇakarāya, sarvasattvābhāvasaṁyuktāya, bahuparivārasaṁvartanīyāya, upacitakarāya, cintāmaṇiratnāya, nirvāṇamārgopadarśanakarāya, pretanagarasamucchoṣaṇakarāya, chatrabhūtajagatkarāya, vyādhiparimocanakarāya, nandopanandanāgarājakṛtayajñopavītāya, amoghapāśasaṁdarśanakarāya, anekamantraśatāvakīrṇāya vajrapāṇividrāvaṇakarāya, trilokabhayaṁkarāya, yakṣarākṣasabhūtapretavetālaḍākinīkūṣmāṇḍāpasmārasaṁtrāsanakarāya, nīlotpalacārunetrāya, gambhīradhīrāya, vidyādhipataye, sarvakleśavimokṣaṇakarāya, vividhabodhimārgopacitāya, samārūḍhamokṣamārgapravarāya, āśrayacittabodhimārgopacitāya, pretagatiparimokṣaṇakarāya, paramāṇurajopamasamādhiśatasahasrākīrṇāya | evaṁ yamo dharmarājo viśeṣataraṁ srotāvadhānaṁ kṛtvā punarapi yamo dharmarājaḥ triḥ pradakṣiṇīkṛtya tatraiva prakrānto'bhūt ||



iti avīciśoṣaṇaṁ nāma dvitīyaṁ prakaraṇam ||