Kinh A-di-đà (Sukhāvatīvyūha)

iyatāḥ samyaktve
yāvan nirvāṇāt. tat kasya hetoḥ. nāsti tatra dvayo
rāśyor vyavasthānaṃ prajñaptir vā, yad idam : aniyatyasya
vā mithyātvaniyatasya vā. tad anenāpy ānanda paryāyeṇa
sā lokadhātuḥ sukhāvatīty ucyate saṃkṣiptena, na vistareṇa.
kalpo 'py ānanda parikṣayet, sukhāvatyāṃ lokadhātau
sukhakāraṇeṣu parikīrtayamāneṣu ; na ca teṣāṃ sukhakāraṇānāṃ
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śakyaṃ paryanto 'dhigantum.
atha khalu bhagavāṃs tasyāṃ velāyām imā gāthā
abhāṣata :
sarve pi sattvāḥ sugatā bhaveyuḥ,
viśuddhajñānāḥ paramārthakovidā.
te kalpakoṭīm atha vāpi uttarim,
sukhāvatīvarṇa prakāśayeyuḥ.(1)
kṣaye kalpakoṭīya vrajeyu tāś ca,
sukhāvatīye na ca varṇa antaḥ.
kṣayaṃ na gacchet pratibhā teṣāṃ
prakāśayantāna tha varṇamālā.(2)
ye lokadhātūṃ paramāṇusadṛśāṃ
cchindeya bhindeya rajāṃś ca kuryāt,
ato bahū uttari lokadhātū
pūretva dānaṃ ratanehi dadyāt.(3)
na tā kalāṃ pi upamā pi tasya
puṇyasya bhontī pṛthulokadhātavaḥ,
yal lokadhātūya sukhāvatīye
śrutvaiva nāma bhavatīha puṇyaṃ (4)
tato bahū puṇya bhaveta teṣāṃ,
ye śraddhaṇeya jinavacanasaṃjñā.
śraddhā hi mūlaṃ jagatasya prāptaye,
tasmād dhi śrutvā vimatiṃ vinodayed, iti.(5)
evam aprameyaguṇavarṇā ānanda sukhāvatī lokadhātuḥ.
tasya khalu punar ānanda bhagavato 'mitābhasya tathāgatasya
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daśasu dikṣv ekaikasyāṃ diśi gaṅgānadīvālukāsameṣu
buddhakṣetreṣu gaṅgānadīvālukāsamā buddhā bhagavanto
nāmadheyaṃ parikīrtayante, varṇaṃ bhāṣante, yaśaḥ
prakāśayanti, guṇam udīrayanti. tat kasya hetoḥ. ye
kecit sattvās tasya 'mitābhasya tathāgatasya nāmadheyaṃ
śṛṇvanti, śrutvā cāntaśa ekacittotpādam apy adhyāśayena
prasādasahagatam utpādayanti, sarve te 'vaivarttikatāyāṃ
saṃtiṣṭhante 'nuttarāyāḥ samyaksaṃbodheḥ.
ye cānanda kecit sattvās taṃ tathāgataṃ punaḥ punar
ākārato manasīkariṣyanti, bahuparimitaṃ ca kuśalamūlam
avaropayiṣyanti, bodhāya cittaṃ pariṇāmya tatra ca lokadhātāv
upapattaye praṇidhāsyanti, teṣāṃ so 'mitābhas
tathāgato 'rhan samyaksaṃbuddho maraṇakālasamaye pratyupasthite
'nekabhikṣugaṇaparivṛtaḥ puraskṛtaḥ sthāsyati. tatas
te taṃ bhagavantaṃ dṛṣṭvā prasannacittāḥ santi, tatraiva
sukhāvatyāṃ lokadhātāv upapadyate. ya ānandākāṃkṣata,
kulaputro vā kuladuhitā vā, kim ity ahaṃ dṛṣṭa eva dharme
tam amitābhaṃ tathāgataṃ paśyeyam iti, tenānuttarāyāṃ
samyaksaṃbodhau cittam utpādyādhyāśayapatitayā saṃtatyā
tasmin buddhakṣetre cittaṃ saṃpreṣyopapattaye kuśalamūlāni
ca pariṇāmayitavyāni.
ye punas taṃ tathāgataṃ na bhūyo manasīkariṣyanti, na
ca bahuparimitaṃ kuśalamūlam abhīkṣṇam avaropayiṣyanti,
tatra ca buddhakṣetre cittaṃ saṃpreṣayiṣyanti, teṣāṃ
tādṛśenaiva so 'mitābhas tathāgato 'rhan samyaksaṃbuddho
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varṇasaṃsthānārohapariṇāhena bhikṣusaṃghaparivāreṇa, tādṛśa
eva buddhanirmito maraṇakāle purataḥ sthāsyati, te tenaiva
tathagatadarśanaprasādālambanena samādhināpramuṣitayā
smṛtyā cyutās, tatraiva buddhakṣetre pratyājaniṣyanti.
ye punar ānanda sattvās taṃ tathāgataṃ daśacittotpādāṃ
samanusmariṣyanti ; spṛhāṃś ca tasmin buddhakṣetre utpādayiṣyanti ;
gambhīreṣu ca dharmeṣu bhāṣyamāṇeṣu tuṣṭiṃ
pratilapsyante, na vipatsyante, na viṣādam āpatsyante, na
saṃsīdam āpatsyante ; 'ntaśa ekacittotpādenāpi taṃ tathāgataṃ
manasikariṣyanti, spṛhāṃ cotpādayiṣyanti tasmin buddhakṣetre,
te 'pi svapnāntaragatās tam amitābhaṃ tathāgataṃ drakṣyanti ;
sukhāvatyāṃ lokadhātāv upapatsyante ; 'vaivarttikāś
ca bhaviṣyanty anuttarāyāḥ samyaksaṃbodheḥ.
imaṃ khalv ānandārthavasaṃ saṃpaśyantas, te tathāgatā
daśasu dikṣv aprameyāsaṃkhyeyāsu lokadhātusu tasyāmitābhasya
tathāgatasya nāmadheyaṃ parikīrtayanto, varṇān
ghoṣayantaḥ, praśaṃsām abhyudīrayanti. tasmin khalu
punar ānanda buddhakṣetre daśabhyo digbhya ekaikasyāṃ
diśi gaṅgānadīvālukopamā bodhisattvās tam amitābhaṃ
tathāgatam upasaṃkrāmanti darśanāya, vandanāya, paryupāsanāya,
paripraśnīkaraṇāya ; taṃ ca bodhisattvagaṇaṃ tāṃś
ca buddhakṣetraguṇālaṃkāravyūhasaṃpadaviśeṣān draṣṭum.
atha khalu bhagavāṃs tasyāṃ velāyām imam evārthaṃ
bhūyasyā mātrayā paridīpayann imā gāthā abhāṣata :
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yathaiva gaṅgāya nadīya vālikā,
buddhāna kṣetrā purimena tāttakāḥ.
yato hi te āgami buddha vanditum
saṃbodhisattvā amitāyu nāyakaṃ.(1)
bahupuṣpapuṭān gṛhītvā
nānāvarṇa surabhī manoramān,
okiranti naranāyakottamam
amita-āyu naradevapūjitam.(2)
tatha dakṣiṇapaścimottarāsu
buddhāna kṣetrā diśatāsu tattakāḥ,
yato yato āgami buddha vanditum
saṃbodhisattvā amitāyu nāyakaṃ.(3)
bahugandhapuṭān gṛhītvā
nānāvarṇa surabhī manoramān,
okiranti naranāyakottamaṃ
amita-āyu naradevapūjitam.(4)
pūjitva ca te bahubodhisattvān,
vanditva pādām amitaprabhasya,
pradakṣiṇīkṛtya vadanti caivaṃ :
aho 'dbhutaṃ śobhati buddhakṣetraṃ.(5)
te puṣpapuṭāhi samokiranti
udagracittā atulāya prītaye,
vācaṃ prabhāṣanti punas tu : nāyake,
asmāpi kṣetraṃ siya evarūpaṃ.(6)
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taiḥ puṣpapuṭā iti kṣipta tatra
cchatraṃ tadā saṃsthihi yojanāśatāṃ,
svalaṃkṛtaṃ śobhati citradaṇḍaṃ,
cchādeti buddhasya samantakāyaṃ.(7)
te bodhisattvās tatha satkaritvā,
kathā kathentī iti tatra tuṣṭaḥ :
sulabdha lābhāḥ khalu tehi sattvaiḥ,
yehī śrutaṃ nāma narottamasya.(8)
asmehi pī lābha sulabdha pūrvā
yad āgatasya ima buddhakṣetraṃ.
paśyātha svapnopama kṣetra kīdṛśaṃ,
yat kalpitaṃ kalpasahasra śāstunā.(9)
paśyatha, buddho varapuṇyarāśiḥ,
parīvṛtu śobhati bodhisattvaiḥ.
amitābhasya ābhā amitaṃ ca tejaḥ,
amitā ca āyur, amitaś ca saṃghaḥ.(10)
smitaṃ karontī amitāyu nāthaḥ
ṣaṭtriṃśatkoṭīnayutāni arciṣāṃ,
ye niścaritvā mukhamaṇḍalābhaḥ
sphuranti kṣetrāṇi sahasrakoṭīḥ.(11)
tāḥ sarva arcīḥ punaretya tatra,
mūrdhne ca astaṃgami nāyakasya.
devamanuṣyā janayanti prītim,
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arcis tadā astam itā viditvā.(12)
uttiṣṭhate buddhasuto mahāyaśā
nāmnātha so hi avalokiteśvaraḥ :
ko hetur atra bhagavan, ko pratyayaḥ,
yena smitaṃ kurvasi lokanātha.(13)
taṃ vyākarohī paramārthakovidā
hitānukampī bahusattvamocakaḥ.
śrutvā ti vācaṃ paramāṃ manoramāṃ,
udagracittā bhaviṣyanti sattvāḥ.(14)
ye bodhisattvā bahulokadhātuṣu
sukhāvatīṃ prasthita buddhapaśyanā,
te śrutva prītiṃ vipulāṃ janetvā,
kṣipraṃ imaṃ kṣetra vilokayeyuḥ.(15)
āgatya ca kṣetram idaṃ udāraṃ,
ṛddhībalaṃ prāpuṇi kṣipram eva,
divyaṃ ca cakṣus, tatha śrotra divyaṃ,
jātismaraḥ paramatakovidāś ca.(16)
amitāyu buddhas tada vyākaroti :
mama hy ayaṃ praṇidhir abhūṣi pūrva.
kathaṃ pi sattvāḥ śruṇiyāna nāmaṃ,
vrajeyu kṣetraṃ mama nityam eva.(17)
sa me aya praṇidhi prapūrṇa śobhanā,
sattvāś ca enti bahulokadhātutaḥ.
āgatya kṣipraṃ mama te 'ntikasmin
avivarttikā bhontiha ekajātiyā.(18)
tasmād ya icchatiha bodhisattvaḥ :
mamāpi kṣetraṃ siya evarūpaṃ.
ahaṃ pi sattvā bahu mocayeyaṃ,
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nāmena ghoṣena tha darśanena.(19)
sa śīghraśīghraṃ tvaramāṇarūpaḥ,
sukhāvatīṃ gacchatu lokadhātuṃ.
gatvā ca pūrvam amitaprabhasya,
pūjetu buddhāna sahasrakoṭī.(20)
buddhāna koṭīṃ bahu pūjayitvā,
ṛddhībalena bahu kṣetra gatvā,
kṛtvāna pūjāṃ sugatāna santike,
bhaktāgram eṣyanti sukhāvatī ta, iti.(21)
tasya khalu punar ānanda bhagavato 'mitāyuṣas tathāgatasyārhataḥ
samyaksaṃbuddhasya bodhivṛkṣaḥ ṣoḍasayojanaśatāny
uccaitvenāṣṭau yojanaśatāny abhipralambitaśākhāpattrapalāśaḥ
pañcayojanaśatamūlārohapariṇāhaḥ, sadāpattraḥ
sadāpuṣpaḥ sadāphalo, nānāvarṇo 'nekaśatasahasravarṇo,
nānāpattro nānāpuṣpo nānāphalo, nānāvicitrarūpena samalaṃkṛtaś,
candrabhāsamaṇiratnaparisphuṭaḥ, śakrābhilagnamaṇiratnavicitritaś,
cintāmaṇiratnakīrṇaḥ, sāgaravaramaṇiratnasuvicitrito,
divyasamatikrāntaḥ, suvarṇasūtrābhipralambito, rūcakahāro
ratnahāro vajrāhāraḥ kaṭakahāro lohitamuktāhāro
nīlamuktāhāraḥ, siṃhalatāmekhalākalāparatnasūtrasarva-
ratnakañcukaśatābhivicitritaḥ, suvarṇajālamuktājālasarvaratna-
jālakaṅkaṇījālāvanato, makarasvastikanandyāvartyardhacandra-
samalaṃkṛtaḥ, kiṅkiṇīmaṇisauvarṇasarvaratnālaṃkāravibhūṣito,
yathāśayasattvavijñaptisamalaṃkṛtaś ca.
tasya khalu punar ānanda bodhivṛkṣasya vātasamīritasya
yaḥ śabdaghoṣo niścarati, so 'parimāṇān lokadhātūn abhivijñāpayati.
tatrānanda yeṣāṃ sattvānāṃ bodhivṛkṣaśabdaḥ
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śrotrāvabhāsam āgacchati, teṣāṃ śrotrarogo na pratikāṃkṣitavyo,
yāvad bodhiparyantam. yeṣāṃ cāprameyāsaṃkhyeyā-
cintyāmāpyāparimāṇānabhilāpyānāṃ sattvānāṃ bodhivṛkṣaś
cakṣuṣābhāsam āgacchati, teṣāṃ cakṣūrogo na pratikāṃkṣitavyo,
yāvad bodhiparyantam. ye khalu punar ānanda
sattvās tato bodhivṛkṣād gandhaṃ jighranti, teṣāṃ yāvad
bodhiparyantaṃ na jātu ghrāṇarogaḥ pratikāṃkṣitavyaḥ. ye
sattvās tato bodhivṛkṣāt phalāny āsvādayanti, teṣāṃ yāvad
bodhiparyantaṃ na jātu jihvārogaḥ pratikāṃkṣitavyaḥ.
ye sattvās tasya bodhivṛkṣasyābhayā sphuṭā bhavanti,
teṣāṃ yāvad bodhimaṇḍaparyantaṃ na jātu kāyarogaḥ
pratikāṃkṣitavyaḥ. ye khalu punar ānanda sattvās taṃ
bodhivṛkṣaṃ dharmato nidhyāyanti, teṣāṃ tatropādāya yāvad
bodhiparyantaṃ na jātu cittavikṣepaḥ pratikāṃkṣitavyaḥ. sarve
ca te sattvāḥ sahadarśanāt tasya bodhivṛkṣasyāvaivarttikāḥ
saṃtiṣṭhante ; yad utānuttarāyāḥ samyaksaṃbodhes tisraś ca
kṣāntīḥ pratilabhante, yad idaṃ : ghoṣānugām anulomikāṃ
anutpattikadharmakṣāntiṃ ca ; tasyaivāmitāyuṣas tathāgatasya
pūrvapraṇidhānādhiṣṭhānena, pūrvajinakṛtādhikāratayā,
pūrvapraṇidhānaparicaryayoś ca susamāptayā, subhāvitayānū-
nāvikalatayā.
tatra khalu punar ānanda ye bodhisattvāḥ pratyājātāḥ
pratyājāyante pratyājaniṣyante vā, sarve ta ekajātipratibaddhās
tata evānuttarāṃ samyaksaṃbodhim abhisaṃbhotsyante ;
sthāpayitvā praṇidhānavaśena ye te bodhisattvā mahāsiṃhanādanāditā,
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udārasaṃnāhasamnaddhāḥ, sarvasattvaparinirvāṇābhiyuktāś
ca.
tasmin khalu punar ānanda buddhakṣetre ye śrāvakās
te vyomaprabhā, ye bodhisattvās te yojanakoṭīśatasahasraprabhāḥ ;
sthāpayitvā dvau bodhisattvau, yayoḥ prabhayā
sā lokadhātuḥ satatasamitaṃ nityāvabhāsasphuṭā.
atha khalv āyuṣmān ānando bhagavantam etad avocat :
kiṃ nāmadheyau bhagavan tau satpuruṣau bodhisattvau
mahāsattvau. bhagavān āha : ekas tayor ānandāvalokiteśvara
bodhisattvo mahāsattvo, dvitīyaḥ sthāmaprāpto nāma. ita
evānanda buddhakṣetrāc cyutvā tatropapannau.
tatra cānanda buddhakṣetre ye bodhisattvāḥ pratyājātāḥ,
sarve te dvātriṃśatā mahāpuruṣalakṣaṇaiḥ samanvāgatāḥ,
paripūrṇagātrā, dhyānābhijñākovidāḥ, prajñāprabhedakovidāḥ,
kuśalās, tīkṣṇendriyāḥ, susaṃvṛtendriyā, ājñātendriyā, adīnācalendriyāḥ,
pratilabdhakṣāntikā anantāparyantaguṇāḥ.
tasmin khalu punar ānanda buddhakṣetre ye bodhisattvāḥ
pratyājātāḥ, sarve te 'virahitā buddhadarśanena dharmaśravaṇenāvinipāta-
dharmāṇo, yāvad bodhiparyantaṃ. sarve ca
te tatropādāya na jātv ajātismarā bhaviṣyanti, sthāpayitvā
tathārūpeṣu kalpasaṃkṣobheṣu ye pūrvasthānapraṇihitāḥ
pañcasu kaṣāyeṣu vartamāneṣu, yadā buddhānāṃ bhagavatāṃ
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loke prādurbhāvo bhavati, tad yathāpi nāma mamaitarhi.
tasmin khalu punar ānanda buddhakṣetre ye bodhisattvāḥ
pratyājātāḥ, sarve ta ekapurobhaktenānyalokadhātūṃ gatvānekani
buddhakoṭīnayutaśatasahasrāṇy upatiṣṭhanti, yāvac
cākāṃkṣanti buddhānubhāvena te yathā cittam utpādayanty :
evaṃrūpaiḥ puṣpadīpadhūpagandhamālyavilepanacūrṇa-
cīvaracchatradhvajapatākāvaijayantītūryasaṃgītivādyaiḥ pūjāṃ
kuryāma iti, teṣāṃ sahacittotpādāt tathārūpāṇy eva sarvapūjāvidhānāni
pāṇau prādurbhavanti. te taiḥ puṣpair yāvad
vādyais teṣu buddheṣu bhagavatsu pūjāṃ kurvanto bahvapa-
rimāṇāsaṃkhyeyaṃ kuśalamūlam upacinvanti. sacet punar
ākāṃkṣanty : evaṃrūpāḥ puṣpapuṭāḥ pāṇau prādurbhavanti,
teṣāṃ sahacittotpādān nānāvarṇā anekavarṇā nānāgandhā divyāḥ
puṣpapuṭāḥ pāṇau prādurbhavanti. te tais tathārūpaiḥ
puṣpapuṭaiḥ tān buddhān bhagavato 'vakiranti sma, abhyavakiranty,
abhiprakiranti. teṣāṃ ca yaḥ sarvaparīttaḥ puṣpapuṭa
utsṛṣṭo, daśayojanavistāram puṣpacchatraṃ prādurbhavanti.
upary antarīkṣe dvitīye cānutsṛṣṭe, na prathamo
dharaṇyāṃ prapatati. santi tatra puṣpapuṭā ya utsṛṣṭāḥ santo
viṃśatiyojanavistārāṇi puṣpacchatrāṇy upary antarīkṣe
prādurbhavanti. santi triṃśatcatvāriṃśatpañcāśat, santi yojana-
śatasahasravistārāṇi puṣpacchatrāṇy upary antarīkṣe prādurbhavanti.
tatra ya udāraṃ prītiprāmodyaṃ saṃjanayanty ;
udāraṃ ca cittaudbilyaṃ pratilabhyante ; te bahv aparimitam
asaṃkhyeyaṃ ca kuśalamūlam avaropya, bahūni
buddhakoṭīnayutaśatasahasrāṇy upasthāyaikapūrvāhnena punar
api sukhāvatyāṃ lokadhātau pratiṣṭhante, tasyaivāmitāyuṣas
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tathāgatasya pūrvapraṇidhānādhiṣṭhānaparigraheṇa, pūrvapraṇidhāna-
samṛddhiparipūryānūnayā suvibhaktābhāvitayā.
tasmin khalu punar ānanda buddhakṣetre ye bodhisattvāḥ
pratyājātāḥ, sarve te sarvajñatāsahagatām eva dharmakathāṃ
kathyanti. na ca tatra buddhakṣetre sattvānāṃ kācit
parigrahasaṃjñāsti, sarvaṃ tad-buddhakṣetraṃ samanucaṃkramamāṇā,
anuvicaranto na ratiṃ nāratim utpādayanti.
prakrāmantas tāś cānupekṣā evaṃ prakrāmanti, na sāpekṣāḥ
sarvaśas caiṣām evaṃ cittam nāsti.
tatra khalu punar ānanda sukhāvatyāṃ lokadhātau ye
sattvāḥ pratyājātā, nāsti teṣām anyātakasaṃjñā, nāsti svakasaṃjñā,
nāsti mamasaṃjñā, nāsti vigraho, nāsti vivādo, nāsti
virodho, nāsti asamacittaḥ ; samacittās te, hitacittā, maitracittā,
mṛducittāḥ, snigdhacittāḥ, karmaṇyacittāḥ, prasannacittāḥ,
sthiracittā, vinīvaraṇacittā, akṣubhitacittā, aluḍitacittāḥ,
prajñāpāramitācaryācaraṇacittāś, cittādhārabuddhipraviṣṭāḥ,
sāgarasamāḥ prajñayā, merusamā buddhyānekaguṇasaṃnicayā,
bodhyaṅgasaṃgītyā vikrīḍitā, buddhasaṃgītyābhiyuktā ;
māṃsacakṣuḥ praticinvanti. divyaṃ cakṣur abhinirharanti.
prajñācakṣurgatiṃgatāḥ, dharmacakṣuḥpāraṃgatāḥ ;
buddhacakṣur niṣpādayanto, deśayanto, dyotayanto, vistāreṇa
prakāśayanto ; 'saṅgajñānam abhinirharantas, traidhātukasamatayābhiyuktā,
dāntacittāḥ, śāntacittāḥ, sarvadharmānupalabdhi-
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samanvāgatāḥ, samudayaniruktikuśalā, dharmaniruktisamanvāgatā,
hārāhārakuśalā, nayānayasthānakuśalā ; lokikīṣu
kathāsv anapekṣā viharanti. lokottarābhiḥ kathābhiḥ sāraṃ
pratyayanti. sarvadharmaparyeṣṭikusalāḥ, sarvadharmaprakṛtivyupasamajñāna-
vihārino, 'nupalambhagocarā, niṣkiñcanā,
nirupādānā, niścintā, nirupāyāsā, anupādāya suvimuktā,
anaṅgaṇā, aparyantasthāyino, 'bhijñāsv amūlasthāyino,
'saṅgacittā, anavalīnā, gambhīreṣu dharmeṣv abhiyuktā na
saṃsīdanti. duranubodhabuddhajñānapraveśodgatā, ekāyatanamārgānuprāptā,
nirvicikitsās, tīrṇakathaṃkathā, aparapratyayajñānā,
anadhimāninaḥ ; sumerusamā jñāne 'bhyudgatāḥ ; sāgarasamā
buddhyākṣobhyā ; candrasūryaprabhātikrāntāḥ prajñayā,
pāṇḍarasuśuklaśubhacittayā ca ; uttaptahemavrṇasadṛaśāvabhāsa-
nirbhāsaguṇapradhānatayā ca ; vasuṃdharāsadṛśāḥ sarvasattva-
śubhāśubhakṣapanatayā ; apsadṛśāḥ sarvakleśamalanidhāvana-
pravāhanatayā ; agnirājasadṛśāḥ sarvadharmamanyanākleśanirdahanatayā ;
vāyusadṛśāḥ sarvalokāsaṃjanatayā ; ākāśasadṛśāḥ
sarvadharmanairvedhikatayā, sarvaśo niṣkiṃcanatayā ca.
padmasadṛśāḥ sarvalokānupaliptayā ; kālānusārimahāmeghasadṛśā
dharmābhigarjanatayā ; mahāvṛṣṭisadṛśā dharmasalilābhivarṣaṇatayā ;
ṛṣabhasadṛśā mahāgaṇābhibhavanatayā ;
mahānāgasadṛśāḥ paramasudāntacittatayā ; bhadrāśvājāneyasadṛśāḥ
suvinītatayā ; siṃhamṛgarājasadṛśā vikramavaiśāradyāsaṃtrastatayā ;
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nyagrodhadrumarājasadṛśāḥ sarvasattvaparitrāṇatayā ;
sumeruparvatarājasadṛśāḥ sarvaparavādyakampanatayā ;
gaganasadṛśā aparimāṇamaitrībhāvanatayā ; mahābrahmasamāḥ
sarvakuśalamūladharmādhipatyapūrvaṃgamanatayā ;
pakṣisadṛśāḥ saṃnicayasthānatayā ; garuḍadvijarājasadṛśāḥ
parapravādividhvaṃsanatayā ; udumbarapuṣpasadṛśā
durlabhotpattyarthitayā ; nāgavat susamāhitā, avikṣiptā, ajihmendriyā ;
viniścayakuśalāḥ, kṣāntisaurabhyabahulā ; anīrṣyakāḥ
parasaṃpattyaprārthatayā. viśāradā dharmakathāsv ;
atṛptā dharmaparyeṣṭau ; vaiḍūryasadṛśāḥ śīlena ; ratnākarāḥ
śrutena ; mañjusvarā mahādharmadundubhighoṣena ; mahādharmabherīṃ
parāghnanto ; mahādharmaśaṅkham āpūrayanto ;
mahādharmadhvajām ucchrāpayanato ; mahādharmolkāṃ
prajvālayantaḥ ; prajñāvilokino, 'saṃmūḍhā, nirdoṣāḥ,
śāntākhilāḥ, śuddhā, nirāmagandhā, alubdhāḥ, saṃvibhāgaratā,
muktatyāgāḥ, prasṛtapāṇayo, dānasaṃvibhāgaratā dharmāmiṣābhyām,
dāne 'matsariṇo, 'saṃsṛṣṭā, anuttrastamānasā,
viraktā, dhīrā, vīrā, dhaureyā, dhṛtimanto, hrīmanto, 'sādṛśyā,
nirargaḍā, prāptābhijñāḥ, suratāḥ sukhasaṃvāsā, arthakarā,
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lokapradyotā, nāyakā, nandīrāgānunayapratighāḥ, prahīṇāḥ,
śuddhāḥ, śokāpagatā, nirmalās, trimalaprahīṇā, vikrīḍitābhijñā,
hetubalikāḥ, praṇidhānabalikā, ajihmā, akuṭilāḥ.
ye te bahubuddhakoṭīnayutaśatasahasrāvaropitakuśalamūlā,
utpāṭitamānaśalyā, apagatarāgadveṣamohāḥ, śuddhāḥ, śuddhādhimuktā,
jinavarapraśastā, lokapaṇḍitā, uttaptajñānasamudgatā,
jinastutās, cittaudbilyasamanvāgatāḥ, śūrā, dṛḍhā, asamā,
akhilā, atulā, arajasaḥ, sahitā, udārā, ṛṣabhā, hrīmanto,
dhṛtimantaḥ, smṛtimanto, matimanto, gatimantaḥ, prajñāśastrapraharaṇāḥ,
puṇyavanto, dyutimanto, vyapagatakhilamalaprahīṇā,
abhiyuktāḥ sātatyeṣu dharmeṣu.
īdṛśā ānanda tasmin buddhakṣetre bodhisattvā mahāsattvāḥ
saṃkṣiptena. vistareṇa punaḥ sacet kalpakoṭīnayutaśatasahasrasthitikenāpy
āyuṣpramāṇena tathāgato nirdiśed, na tv eva
śakyaṃ teṣāṃ satpuruṣāṇāṃ guṇaparyanto 'dhigantum. na ca
tathāgatasya vaiśāradyopacchedo bhavet. tat kasya hetoḥ. ubhayam
apy etad ānandācintyam atulyam, yad idam : teṣāṃ
ca bodhisattvānāṃ guṇās tathāgatasya cānuttaraṃ prajñāpratibhānam.
api cānanda uttiṣṭha paścānmukho bhūtvā, puṣpāṇy avakīryāñjaliṃ
pragṛhya, praṇipata. eṣāsau dig, yatra sa bhagavān
amitābhas tathāgato 'rhan samyaksaṃbuddhas tiṣṭhati dhriyate
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yāpayati, dharmaṃ ca deśayati ; virajo viśuddho, yasya
taṃ nāmadheyam anāvaraṇaṃ daśadiśi loke vighuṣṭam ekaikasyāṃ
diśi gaṅgānadīvālikāsamā buddhā bhagavanto varṇayanti,
stuvanti, praśaṃsanty, asakṛd asakṛd asaṅgavācāprativākyāḥ.
evam ukta, āyusmān ānando bhagavantam
etad avocat : icchāmy ahaṃ bhagavantaṃ tam amitābham
amitaprabham amitāyuṣaṃ tathāgatam arhantaṃ samyaksaṃbuddhaṃ
draṣṭum, tāṃś ca bodhisattvān mahāsattvān
bahubuddhakoṭīnayutaśatasahasrāvaropitakuśalamūlān. samanantarābhāṣitā
cāyuṣmatānandeneyaṃ vāk, atha tāvad eva
so 'mitābhas tathāgato 'rhan samyaksaṃbuddhaḥ svapāṇitalāt
tathārūpāṃ prabhāṃ prāmuñcat, yayedaṃ koṭīśatasahasratamaṃ
buddhakṣetraṃ mahatāvabhāsena sphuṭam abhūt.
tena khalv api samayena sarvatra koṭīśatasahasrabuddhakṣetrāṇāṃ,
ye kecit kālaparvatā vā, ratnaparvatā vā,
merumahāmerumucilindamahāmucilindacakravāḍamahācakravāḍā
vā, bhittayo vā, stambhā vā, vṛkṣagahanodyānavimānāni
vā divyamānuṣyakāni, tāni sarvāṇi tasya tathāgatasya tayā
prabhayābhinirbhinnāny abhūvan, samabhibhūtāni.
tad yathāpi nāma puruṣo vyāmamātrake sthito dvitīyaṃ
puruṣaṃ pratyavekṣata āditye 'bhyudgata ; evam evāsmin
buddhakṣetre bhikṣubhikṣuṇyupāsakopāsikā devanāgayakṣa-
gandharvāsuragaruḍakinnaramahoragāś ca tasyāṃ velāyām
adrākṣus tam amitābhaṃ tathāgatam arhantaṃ samyaksaṃbuddhaṃ,
sumerum iva parvatarājānaṃ sarvakṣetrābhyudgatam,
sarvadiso 'bhibhūya, bhāsamānaṃ tapantaṃ virocamānaṃ
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bibhrājamānaṃ, taṃ ca mahāntaṃ bodhisattvagaṇaṃ, taṃ ca
bhikṣusaṃghaṃ, yad idaṃ buddhānubhāvena tasyāḥ prabhayāḥ
pariśuddhatvāt.
tad yatheyaṃ mahāpṛthivy ekodakajātā bhavet, tatra na
vṛkṣā, na parvatā, na dvīpā, na tṛṇagulmauṣadhivanaspatayo,
na nadīśvabhraprapātāḥ prajñāyeran, anyatraikārṇavībhūtamahāpṛthivy
aikā syāt ; evam eva tasmin buddhakṣetre nāsty
anyat kiṃcil liṅgaṃ vā, nimittaṃ vānyatraiva vyāmaprabhāḥ
śrāvakās, te ca yojanakoṭīśatasahasraprabhā bodhisattvāḥ, sa
ca bhagavān amitābhas tathāgato 'rhan samyaksaṃbuddhas,
taṃ ca śrāvakagaṇaṃ taṃ ca bodhisattvagaṇam abhibhūya,
sarvā diśaḥ prabhāsayan saṃdṛśyate.
tena khalv api samayena tasyāṃ sukhāvatyāṃ lokadhātau
bodhisattvāḥ śrāvākadevamanuṣyāś ca sarve ta imāṃ lokadhātuṃ,
śākyamuniṃ ca tathāgataṃ mahatā bhikṣusaṃghena
parivṛtaṃ paśyanti sma, dharmaṃ ca deśayantam.
tatra khalu bhagavān ajitaṃ bodhisattvaṃ mahāsattvam
āmantrayate sma : paśyasi tvam ajitāmuṣmin buddhakṣetre
guṇālaṃkāravyūhasaṃpadam ; upariṣṭāś cāntarīkṣa ārāmaramaṇīyāni,
vanaramaṇīyāny, udyānaramaṇīyāni, nadīpuṣkiriṇīramaṇīyāni,
nānāratnamayotpalapadmakumudapuṇḍaṛīkākīrṇāni ;
adhastāc ca dharaṇitalam upādāya, yāvad akaniṣṭhabhavanād,
gaganatalaṃ puṣpābhikīrṇaṃ, puṣpāvalisamupaśobhitaṃ,
nānāstambhapaṅktiparisphuṭaṃ tathāgatābhinirmita-
nānādvijasaṃghaniṣevitam. āha : paśyāmi bhagavan, bhagavān
āha : paśyasi punas tvam ajitaitān aparān dvijasaṃghān
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sarvabuddhakṣetrān buddasvareṇābhijijñāpayanti, yenaite
bodhisattvā nityam avirahitā buddhānusmṛtyā. āha : paśyāmi
bhagavan. bhagavān āha : paśyasi tvam ajitātra buddhakṣetre
amūn sattvān yojanaśatasahasrakeṣu vimāneṣv abhirūḍhān,
antarīkṣe 'saktān krāmataḥ. āha : paśyāmi bhagavan.
bhagavān āha : tat kiṃ manyase 'jita ; asti kiṃcin
nānātvaṃ devānāṃ vā paranirmitavaśavartināṃ sukhāvatyām
lokadhātau manuṣyaṇāṃ vā. āha : ekam apy ahaṃ bhagavan
nānātvaṃ na samanupaśyāmi. yāvad maharddhikā atra
sukhāvatyāṃ lokadhātau manuṣyāḥ. bhagavān āha : paśyasi
punas tvam ajita tatra sukhāvatyāṃ lokadhātāv ekeṣāṃ
manuṣyāṇām udāreṣu padmeṣu garbhāvāsam. āha ; tad yathāpi
nāma bhagavan trayaśtriṃśā devā yāmā devā vā, pañcāśadyojanakeṣu
vā, yojanaśatikeṣu vā, pañcayojanaśatikeṣu
vimāneṣu praviṣṭāḥ krīḍanti, ramanti, paricārayanti ; evam
evāhaṃ bhagavan atra sukhāvatyāṃ lokadhātāv ekeṣāṃ
manuṣyāṇām udārapadmeṣu garbhāvāsaṃ paśyāmi.
santi khalu punar atra bhagavan sattvā ya upapādukāḥ
padmeṣu paryaṅkaiḥ prādurbhavanti. tat ko 'tra bhagavan
hetuḥ, kaḥ pratyayo, yad anye punar garbhāvāse prativasanti ;
anye punar upapādukāḥ paryaṅkaiḥ padmeṣu prādurbhavanti.
bhagavān āha : ye te 'jita bodhisattvā anyeṣu buddhakṣetreṣu
sthitāḥ sukhāvatyāṃ lokadhātāv upapattaye vicikitsām
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utpādayanti, tena cittena kuśalamūlāny avaropayanti,
teṣām atra garbhāvāso bhavati. ye punar nirvicikitsāś cchinnakāṃkṣāḥ
sukhāvatyāṃ lokadhātāv upapattaye kuśalamūlāny
avaropayanti, buddhānāṃ bhagavatām asaṅgajñānam avakalpayanty
abhiśraddhadhaty adhimucyante ; tatropapādukāḥ
padmeṣu paryaṅkaiḥ prādurbhavanti. ye te 'jita bodhisattvā
mahāsattvā anyatrabuddhakṣetrasthāś cittam utpādayanty
amitābhasya tathāgatasyārhataḥ samyaksaṃbuddhasya darśanāya,
na vicikitsām utpādayanti, na kāṃkṣanty asaṅgabuddhajñānaṃ,
svakucalamūlaṃ cābhiśraddhadhati, teṣām
aupapādukānāṃ paryaṅkaiḥ padmeṣu prādurbhūtānāṃ
muhūrtamātreṇaivaivaṃrūpaḥ kāyo bhavati, tad yathānyeṣāṃ
ciropapannānāṃ sattvānām.
paśyājita prajñādaurbalyaṃ prajñāvaimātraṃ prajñāparihāṇiṃ
prajñāparīttatāṃ, yatra hi nāma pañcavarṣaśatāni parihīṇā
bhavanti buddhadarśanād, bodhisattvadarśanāt, saddharmadarśanād,
dhārmasaṃkathyāt ; kuśalamūlacaryāyāḥ parihīṇā
bhavanti sarvakuśalamūlasaṃpatter, yad idaṃ vicikitsāpatitaiḥ
saṃjñāmanasikāraiḥ.
tad yathājita rājñaḥ kṣatriyasya mūrdhānābhiṣiktasya
bandhanāgāraṃ bhavet, sarvasauvarṇavaiḍūryapratyuptam,
avasaktapaṭṭamālyadāmakalāpaṃ, nānāraṅgavitatavitānaṃ,
dūṣyapaṭṭasaṃcchannaṃ, nānāmuktakusumābhikīrṇam, udāraṃ,
dhūpanirdhūpitaṃ, prāsādaharmyagavākṣavedikātoraṇavicitra-
sarvaratnapratimaṇḍitaṃ, hemaratnakaṃkaṇījālasaṃcchannaṃ,
caturasraṃ, catuḥsthūṇaṃ caturdvāraṃ, catuḥsopānakam.
tatra tasya rājñaḥ putraḥ kenacid eva kṛtyena prakṣipto
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jāmbūnadasuvarṇamayair nigaḍair baddho bhavati. tasya
ca tatra paryaṅkaḥ prajñaptaḥ syād, anekagoṇikāstīrṇas,
tūlikāpalālikāstīrṇaḥ, kācilindikasukhasaṃsparśaḥ, kāliṅga-
prāvaraṇasottarapaṭacchadana, ubhayāntalohitopadhānaś, citro,
darśanīyaḥ. sa tatrābhiniṣaṇṇo vābhinipanno vā bhavet. bahu
cāsyānekavidhaṃ śucipraṇītaṃ pānabhojanaṃ tatropanāmyet.
tat kiṃ manyase 'jita ; udāras tasya rājaputrasya sa paribhogo
bhavet. āha : udāro bhagavan. bhagavān āha : tat kiṃ
manyase 'jita ; api tv āsvādayet, sa tan nigamayed vā,
tena vā tuṣṭiṃ vidyāt. āha : no hīdaṃ bhagavan. api tu
khalu punar yena vyapanītena rājñā tatra bandhanāgāre
prakṣipto bhavet, sa tato mokṣam evākāṃkṣayet. abhijātān
kumārān amātyān stryāgārān śreṣṭhino gṛhapatīn koṭṭarājño
vā paryeṣed, ya enaṃ tato bandhanāgārāt parimocayeyuḥ.
kiṃ cāpi bhagavaṃs tasya kumārasya tatra bandhanāgāre
nābhiratiḥ. nātra parimucyate, yāvan na rājā prasādam upadarśayati.
bhagavān āha : evam evājita, ye te bodhisattvāḥ
vicikitsāpatitāḥ kuśalamūlāny avaropayanti, kāṃkṣanti
buddhajñānam asamasamajñānaṃ, kiṃ cāpi te buddhanāmaśravaṇena,
tena ca cittaprasādamātreṇātra sukhāvatyāṃ
lokadhātāv upapadyante. na tu khalv aupapādukāḥ padmeṣu
paryaṅkaiḥ prādurbhavanti. api tu padmeṣu garbhāvāse
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prativasanti. kiṃ cāpi teṣāṃ tatrodyānavimānasaṃjñāḥ
saṃtiṣṭhante. nāsty uccāraprasrāvaṃ, nāsti kheṭasiṃhānakaṃ,
na pratikūlaṃ manasaḥ pravartate. api tu khalu punaḥ
pañca varṣaśatāni virahitā bhavanti buddhadarśanena,
dharmaśravaṇena, bodhisattvadarśanena, dharmasāṃkathyaviniścayena,
sarvakuśaladharmacaryābhiś ca. kiṃ cāpi te
tatra nābhiramante, na tuṣṭiṃ vidanti. api tu khalu punaḥ
pūrvāparādhaṃ kṣapayitvā, te bhūyas tataḥ paścān niṣkrāmanti.
na caiṣāṃ tato niṣkrāmatāṃ niṣkramaḥ prajñāyata, ūrdhvam
adhas tiryag vā.
paśyājita ; yatra hi nāma pañcabhir varṣaśatair bahūni
buddhakoṭīnayutaśatasahasrāṇy upasthātavyāni, bahvasaṃkhyeyāprameyāni
ca kuśalamūlāny avaropayitavyāni ca syuḥ.
buddhadharmāś ca parigṛhītavyāḥ. tat sarvaṃ vicikitsādoṣeṇa
virāgayanti. paśyājita kiyan mahate 'narthāya
bodhisattvānāṃ vicikitsā saṃvartata iti.
tasmāt tarhy ajita ; bodhisattvair nirvicikitsair bodhāya
cittam utpādya, kṣipraṃ sarvasattvahitasukhādhānāya
sāmarthāpratilambhārthaṃ, sukhāvatyāṃ lokadhātāv
upapattaye kuśalamūlāni pariṇāmayitavyāni, yatra bhagavān
amitāyus tathāgato 'rhan samyaksaṃbuddhaḥ.
evam ukte, 'jito bodhisattvo bhagavantam etad avocat :
kiyantaḥ punar bhagavan bodhisattvā ito buddhakṣetrāt
pariniṣpannā, anyeṣāṃ vā buddhānāṃ bhagavatām antikād
ye sukhāvatyāṃ lokadhātāv upapatsyante. bhagavān āha :
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ito hy ajita buddhakṣetrād dvāsaptatikoṭīnayutāni bodhisattvānāṃ
pariniṣpannāni, yāni sukhāvatyāṃ lokadhātāv upapatsyante,
pariniṣpannānām avaivarttikānāṃ bahubuddhakoṭī-
śatasahasrāvaropitaiḥ kuśalamūlaiḥ. kaḥ punar vādas, tataḥ
parīttataraiḥ kuśalamūlaiḥ.
duṣprasahasya tathāgatasyāntikād aṣṭādaśakoṭīnayutāni
bodhisattvānāṃ sukhāvatyāṃ lokadhātāv upapatsyante ;
pūrvāntare digbhāge ratnākaro nāma tathāgato viharati.
tasyāntikān navatibodhisattvakoṭyaḥ sukhāvatyām lokadhātāv
upapatsyante ;
jyotiṣprabhasya tathāgatasyāntikād dvāviṃśatibodhisattvakoṭyaḥ
sukhāvatyāṃ lokadhātāv upapatsyante ;
amitaprabhasya tathāgatasyāntikāt pañcaviṃśatibodhisattvakoṭyaḥ
sukhāvatyāṃ lokadhātāv upapatsyante ;
lokapradīpasya tathāgatasyāntikāt ṣaṣṭibodhisattvakoṭyaḥ
sukhāvatyāṃ lokadhātāv upapatsyante ;
nāgābhibhuvas tathāgatasyāntikāt catuḥṣaṣtibodhisattvakoṭyaḥ
sukhāvatyām lokadhātāv upapatsyante ;
virajaprabhasya tathāgatasyāntikāt pañcaviṃśatibodhisattvakoṭyaḥ
sukhāvatyāṃ lokadhātāv upapatsyante ;
siṃhasya tathāgatasyāntikād aṣṭādaśabodhisattvasahasrāṇi
sukhāvatyāṃ lokadhātāv upapatsyante ;
śrīkūṭasya tathāgatasyāntikād ekāśītibodhisattvakoṭīnayutāni
sukhāvatyāṃ lokadhātāv upapatsyante ;
narendrarājasya tathāgatasyāntikād daśabodhisattvakoṭīnayutāni
sukhāvatyāṃ lokadhātāv upapatsyante ;
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balābhijñasya tathāgatasyāntikād dvādaśabodhisattvasahasrāṇi
sukhāvatyāṃ lokadhātāv upapatsyante ;
puṣpadhvajasya tathāgatasyāntikāt pañcaviṃśatir vīryaprāptā
bodhisattvakoṭya ekaprasthānasaṃsthitā ekenāṣṭāhena
navanavatikalpakoṭīnayutaśatasahasrāṇi paścānmukhīkṛtya
yāḥ sukhāvatyāṃ lokadhātāv upapatsyante ;
jvalanādhipates tathāgatasyāntikād dvādaśabodhisattvakoṭyaḥ
sukhāvatyāṃ lokadhātāv upapatsyante ;
vaiśāradyaprāptasya tathāgatasyāntikād ekonasaptatir
bodhisattvakoṭyo yāḥ sukhāvatyāṃ lokadhātāv upapatsyante ;
amitābhasya tathāgatasya darśanāya, vandanāya,
paryupāsanāya paripṛcchanāyai paripraśnīkaraṇāya.
etenājita paryāyeṇa paripūṛṇakalpakoṭīnayutaṃ nāmadheyāni
parikīrtayeyaṃ teṣāṃ tathāgatānām, yebhyas te bodhisattvā
upasaṃkrāmanti sukhāvatīṃ lokadhātuṃ tam amitābhaṃ
tathāgataṃ draṣṭuṃ vandituṃ paryupāsituṃ, na ca śakyaḥ
paryanto 'dhigantum.
paśyājita kiyat sulabdhalābhās te sattvā ye 'mitābhasya
tathāgatasyārhataḥ samyaksaṃbuddhasya nāmadheyaṃ
śroṣyanti, napi te sattvā hīnādhimuktikā bhaviṣyanti,
ye 'ntaśa ekacittaprasādam api tasmin tathāgate pratilapsyante,
'smiṃś ca dharmaparyāye.
tasmāt tarhy ajita ; ārocayāmi vaḥ, prativedayāmi vaḥ,
sadevakasya lokasya purato 'sya dharmaparyāyasya sravaṇāya,
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trisāhasramahāsāhasram api lokadhātum agniparipūṛṇām
avagāhyātikramyaikacittotpādam api vipratisāro na kartavyaḥ.
tat kasya hetoḥ. bodhisattvakoṭyo hy ajitāśravaṇād eṣām
evaṃrūpāṇāṃ dharmaparyāyāṇāṃ vivartante 'nuttarāyāḥ
samyaksaṃbodheḥ. tasmād asya dharmaparyāyasyādhyāśayena
śravaṇodgrahaṇadhāraṇārthāṃ, paryavāptaye,
vistareṇa saṃprakāśanārthāya, bhāvanārthaṃ ca, sumahadvīryam
ārabdhavyam. antaśa ekarātrim divasam apy, eka-
godohamātram apy antaśaḥ, pustakagatāvaropitam api kṛtvā
sulikhito dhārayitavyaḥ, śastṛsaṃjñā ca tatrotpādāya kartavyā,
icchadbhiḥ kṣipram aparimitān sattvān avaivarttikāṃś
cānuttarāyāṃ samyaksaṃbodhau pratiṣṭhāpayituṃ, taṃ ca
tasya bhagavato 'mitābhasya tathāgatasya buddhakṣetraṃ
draṣṭum. ātmanaś ca visiṣṭāṃ buddhakṣetraguṇālaṃkāravyūhasaṃpadaṃ
parigṛhītum iti.
api tu khalv ajita ; atyarthaṃ sulabdhalābhās te sattvā
avaropitakuśalamūlāḥ, pūrvajinakṛtādhikārā, buddhādhiṣṭhānādhiṣṭhitāś
ca bhaviṣyanti, yeṣām anāgate 'dhvani, yāvat
saddharmapralope vartamāna ima evaṃrūpā udārā dharmaparyāyāḥ
sarvabuddhasaṃvarṇitāḥ, sarvabuddhapraśastāḥ
sarvabuddhānujñātā, mahataḥ, sarvajñajñānasya kṣipram āhārakāḥ
śrotāvabhāsam āgacchanti. śrutvā codāraṃ prītiprāmodyaṃ
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pratilapsyanta, udgrahīṣyanti, dhārayiṣyanti,
vācayiṣyanti, paryavāpsyanti, parebhyaś ca vistareṇa saṃprakāśayiṣyanti,
bhāvanābhiratāś ca bhaviṣyanty, antaśo likhitvā
pūjayiṣyanti, bahu ca te puṇyaṃ prasaviṣyanti, yasya na
sukarā saṃkhyā kartum.
iti hy ajita yat tathāgatena kṛtyaṃ kṛtaṃ tan mayā.
yūṣmābhir idānīṃ nirvicikitsair yogaḥ karaṇīyaḥ. mā saṃśaya
tam asaṅgam anāvaraṇaṃ buddhajñānam. mā bhūt sarvākārāvaropeta-
ratnamayapadmabandhanāgārapraveśaḥ. durlabho
hy ajita buddhotpādaḥ, durlabhā dharmadeśanā, durlabhā
kṣaṇasaṃpat. ākhyātājita mayā pūrvakuśalamūlapāramiprāptiḥ.
yūyam idānīm abhiyujyata pratipadya vai.
asya khalu punar ajita dharmaparyāyasya mahatīṃ
parīndanāṃ karomy avipranāśāya. mā buddhadharmāṇām
antardhānāya parākramiṣyatha. mā tathāgatājñāṃ ksobha-
yiṣyatha.
atha khalu bhagavāṃs tasyāṃ velāyām imā gāthā abhā-
ṣata :
neme akṛtapuṇyānāṃ śravā bheṣyanti īdṛśāḥ,
ye tu te śūra siddhārthāḥ te śroṣyanti imāṃ girāṃ.(1)
dṛṣṭo yaiś ca hi saṃbuddho
lokanātha prabhaṃkaraḥ,
sa gauravaiḥ śruto dharmaḥ
prītiṃ prāpsyanti te parāṃ.(2)
na śakta hīnebhi kuśīdadṛṣtibhiḥ
buddhāna dharmeṣu prasāda vinditum.
ye pūrvabuddheṣu akārṣu pūjāṃ,
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te lokanāthān caryāsu śikṣiṣu.(3)
yathāndhakāre puruṣo hy acakṣuḥ
mārgaṃ na jāne kutu saṃprakāśayet.
sarve tathā śrāvaka buddhajñāne
ajānakāḥ kiṃ punar anyasattvāḥ.(4)
buddho hi buddhasya guṇā prajānate.
na devanāgāsurayakṣaśrāvakāḥ.
pratyekabuddhāna pi ko gatī yatho,
buddhasya jñāne hi prakāśyamāne.(5)
yadi sarvasattvāḥ sugatā bhaveyuḥ
viśuddhajñānā paramakovidā,
te kalpakoṭīr atha vāpi uttare
ekasya buddhasya guṇān katheyuḥ.(6)
atrāntare nirvṛta te bhaveyuḥ
prakāśyamānā bahukalpakoṭīḥ,
na ca buddhajñānasya pramāṇu labhyate,
tathā hi jñānāś cariyaṃ jinānāṃ.(7)
tasmān naraḥ paṇḍita vijñajātiyaḥ,
yo mahya vākyam abhiśraddhadheyuḥ,
kṛtsnāṃ sa sākṣī jinajñānarāśiṃ.
buddha prajānāti girām udīrayet.(8)
kadāci labhyāti manuṣyalābhaḥ,
kadāci buddhāna pi prādurbhāvaḥ.
śraddhā tha prajñā sucireṇa lapsyate,
tasyārthaprajñair janayātha vīryaṃ.(9)
ya īdṛśāṃ dharma śruṇitvā śreṣṭhāṃ
labhyanti prītiṃ sugataṃ smarantaḥ,
te mitram asmākam atītam adhvani,
ye buddhā bodhāya janenti cchandam, iti.(10)
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asmin khalu punar dharmaparyāye bhagavatā bhāṣyamāne
dvādaśānāṃ sattvanayutakoṭīnāṃ virajo vigatamalaṃ dharmeṣu
dharmacakṣur viśuddhaṃ, caturviṃśatyā koṭībhir anāgāmiphalaṃ
prāptam. aṣṭānāṃ bhikṣuśatānām anutpādāyāsravebhyaś
cittāni vimuktāni. pañcaviṃśatyā bodhisattvakoṭībhir
anutpattikadharmakṣāntipratilabdhāḥ. devamānuṣikāyāś
ca prajāyāś catvāriṃśatkoṭīnayutaśatasahasrāṇām anutpattipūrvāṇy
anuttarāyāṃ samyaksaṃbodhau cittāny utpannāni
sukhāvatyupapattaye ca kuśalamūlāny avaropitāni, bhagavato
'mitābhasya darśanakāmatayā.
sarve te tatrotpādyānupūrveṇa mañjusvarā nāma tathāgatā
anyeṣu lokadhātuṣūpapatsyante. aśītiś ca nayutakoṭyo dīpaṅkareṇa
tathāgatena labdhakṣāntikā avaivartyā anuttarāyāḥ
samyaksaṃbodher, amitāyuṣaiva tathāgatena paripācitāḥ
pūrvabodhisattvacaryāś carantās, tāś ca sukhāvatyāṃ
lokadhātāv upapadya pūrvapraṇidhānacaryāḥ paripūrayiṣyanti.
tasyāṃ ca velāyām ayaṃ trisāhasramahāsāhasro lokadhātuḥ
ṣaḍvikāraṃ prakampitaḥ. vividhāni ca prātihāryāṇi
saṃdṛśyanti, jānumātraṃ ca mandaravapuṣpaiḥ pṛthivyāṃ
saṃstṛtam abhūt. divyamānuṣikāni ca tūryāṇi saṃvāditāny
abhūvan. anumodakāśabdena ca yāvad akaniṣṭhabhavanaṃ
vijñaptam abhūt.
idam avocad bhagavān āttamanā, ajito bodhisattvo mahāsattva
āyuṣmāṃś cānandaḥ, sā ca sarvāvatī parṣat
sadevamānuṣyāsuragandharvaś ca loko bhagavato bhāṣitam
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abhyanandann iti.
bhagavato 'mitābhasya guṇaparikīrtanaṃ bodhisattvānām
avaivarttikabhūmipraveśaḥ. amitābhasya sukhāvatī-vyūha-
parivartaḥ samāptaḥ.