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||vajracchedikā||
|| namo bhagavatyā āryaprajñāpāramitāyai ||{1|| nama: sarvajñāya || ##J.##} 
evaṃ mayā śrutaṃ | ekasminsamaye bhagavāñśrāvastyāṃ viharati 
sma jetavane’nāthapiṃḍadasyārāme mahatā bhikṡusaṃghena sārdhamardhatra- 
yodaśabhirbhikṡuśatai: saṃbahulaiśca bodhisattvairmahāsattvai: | atha khalu 
bhagavānpūrvāhnakālasamaye nivāsya pātracīvaramādāya śrāvastīṃ 
mahānagarīṃ piṃḍāya prāvikṡat | atha khalu bhagavāñśrāvastīṃ mahā- 
nagarīṃ piṃḍāya caritvā krtabhaktakrtya: paścāṅgaktapiṃḍapātapratikrāṃta: 
pātracīvaraṃ pratiśāmya {2 śāpya ##Ch. T.## śāmya ##J.##} pādau prakṡalya nyaṡī {3 dadbhagavān ##Ch. T.##} datprajñapta evāsane paryeka- 
mābhujya {4 jyā r ##J. Ch.## jyā ri ##T.##} rjuṃ kāyaṃ praṇidhāya pratimukhīṃ {5 trabhumukhāṃ ##J.##} smrtimupasthāpya | atha 
khalu saṃbahulā bhikṡavo yena bhagavāṃstenopasaṃkraman upasaṃkramya {6 saṃkramanupasaṃkramya ##Ch.## saṃkramya ##T.## 
saṃkrāṃtā upasaṃkramya ##J. The augment is frequently omitted.##} 
bhagavata: pādau śirobhirabhivaṃdya bhagavaṃtaṃ triṡpradakṡiṇīkrtyaikāṃte 
nyaṡīdan ||1|| 
tena khalu puna: samayenāyuṡmānsubhūtistasyāmeva parṡadi saṃni- 
patito’bhūtsaṃniṡaṇa: | atha khalvāyuṡmānsubhūtirutthāyāsanāde- 
kāṃsamuttarāsaṃgaṃ krtvā dakṡiṇaṃ jānumaṃḍalaṃ prthivyāṃ pratiṡṭhāpya yena 
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bhagavāṃstenāṃjaliṃ {1 aṃjaliṃ ##J.## aṃjali ##Ch.## aṃjāli ##T.##} praṇamya bhagavaṃtametadavocat | āścaryaṃ bhagavanya- 
ramāścaryaṃ sugata yāvadeva tathāgatenārhatā samyaksaṃbuddhena bodhisattvā 
mahāsattvā anuparigrhītā: {2 anugrhītā: ##J.##} parameṇānugraheṇa | āścaryaṃ bhagavanyā- 
vadeva tathāgatenārhatā samyaksaṃbuddhena bodhisattvā mahāsattvā: parīṃ- 
ditā: paramayā parīṃdanayā | tatkathaṃ bhagavanbodhisattvayānasaṃprasthitena 
kulaputreṇa vā kuladuhitā vā sthātavyaṃ kathaṃ pratipattavyaṃ kathaṃ cittaṃ 
pragrahītavyaṃ {3 ##Cf. 17.##} || 
evamukte bhagavānāyuṡmaṃtaṃ subhūtimetadavocat sādhu sādhu subhūte 
evametatsubhūte evametadyathā vadasi | anuparigrhītāstathāgatena 
bodhisattvā mahāsattvā: parameṇānugraheṇa parīṃditāstathāgatena bo- 
dhisattvā mahāsattvā: paramayā parīṃdanayā | tena hi subhūte srṇu sādhu 
ca suṡṭhu ca manasikuru | bhāṡiṡye’haṃ te yathā bodhisattvayānasaṃpra- 
sthitena sthātavyaṃ yathā pratipattavyaṃ yathā cittaṃ pragrahītavyaṃ | evaṃ 
bhagavannityāyuṡmānsubhūtirbhagavata: pratyaśrauṡīt {4 pratiśrauṡīt ##T.##} ||2|| 
bhagavānasyaita{5 bhagavānetadavocat ##J. ; no MS. has## asmai tada^.}davocat | iha subhūte bodhisattvayānasaṃprasthitenaivaṃ 
cittamutpādayitavyaṃ yāvaṃta: subhūte sattvā: sattvadhātau sattvasaṃgraheṇa 
saṃgrhītā aṃḍajā vā jarāyujā vā saṃsvedajā vaupapādukā vā 
rūpiṇo vārūpiṇo vā saṃjñino vāsaṃjñino vā naiva saṃjñino 
nāsaṃjñino {6 naiva saṃjñino vo’saṃjñina ##J.## naiva saṃjñino vāsaṃjñino vā saṃjñino ##Ch.## naivāsaṃjñino vā saṃjñino vāsaṃjñino ##T.##} vā yāvānkaścitsattvadhāturprajñapyamāna: prajñapyate te ca 
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mayā sarve’nupadhiśeṡe nirvāṇadhātau parinirvāpayitavyā: | eva- 
maparimāṇānapi sattvānparinirvāpya na kaścitsattva: parinirvā- 
pito bhavati | tatkasya heto: | sacetsubhūte bodhisattvasya sattvasaṃjñā 
pravarteta na sa bodhisattva iti vaktavya: | tatkasya heto: | na sa 
subhūte bodhisattvo vaktavyo yasya {1 yasyātmasaṃjñā satvasaṃjñā ##Ch. T.##} sattvasaṃjñā pravarteta jīvasaṃjñā vā 
pudgalasaṃjñā vā pravarteta {2 ##Ch. 17.##} ||3|| 
api tu khalu puna: subhūte na bodhisattvena vastupratiṡṭhitena dānaṃ 
dātavyaṃ na kvacitpratiṡṭhitena dānaṃ dātavyaṃ na rūpapratiṡṭhitena dānaṃ 
dātavyaṃ na śabdagaṃdharasaspraṡṭavyadharmeṡu pratiṡṭhitena dānaṃ dātavyaṃ {3 ##Ch.14.##} | evaṃ 
hi subhūte bodhisattvena mahāsattvena dānaṃ dātavyaṃ yathā na nimitta- 
saṃjñāyāmapi pratitiṡṭhet | tatkasya heto: | ya: subhūte bodhisattvo 
‘pratiṡṭhito dānaṃ dadāti tasya subhūte puṇyaskaṃdhasya na sukaraṃ pramā- 
ṇamudgrhītuṃ {4 ##The texts 
always vary between## udgrhītuṃ ##and## udgrhītuṃ, ##between## grahīdgavyaṃ ##and## grhītavyaṃ.} | 
tatkiṃ manyase subhūte sukaraṃ pūrvasyāṃ diśyākāśasya 
pramāṇamudgrhītuṃ | subhūtirāha | no hīdaṃ bhagavan | bhagavānāha | evaṃ 
dakṡiṇapaścimottarāsvadha ūrdhvaṃ digvidikṡu samaṃtāddaśasu dikṡu suka- 
ramākāśasya pramāṇamudgrhītuṃ | subhūtirāha | no hīdaṃ bhagavan | 
bhagavānāha | evameva subhūte yo bodhisattvo’pratiṡṭhito dānaṃ dadāti 
tasya subhūte puṇyaskaṃdhasya na sukaraṃ pramāṇamudgrhītuṃ | evaṃ hi subhūte 
bodhisattvayānasaṃprasthitena dānaṃ dātavyaṃ yathā na nimittasaṃjñāyā- 
mapi pratitiṡṭhet ||4|| 
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tatkiṃ manyase subhūte lakṡaṇasaṃpadā tathāgatā draṡṭavya: | subhūti- 
rāha | no hīdaṃ bhagavan na lakṡaṇasaṃpadā tathāgato draṡṭavya: | tatkasya 
heto: | yā sā bhagavan lakṡaṇasaṃpattathāgatena bhāṡitā saivālakṡa- 
ṇasaṃpat | evamukte bhagavānāyuṡmaṃtaṃ subhūtimetadavocat | yāvatsubhūte 
lakṡaṇasaṃpattāvanmrṡā yāvadalakṡaṇasaṃpattāvanna mrṡeti hi lakṡaṇā- 
lakṡaṇatastathāgato draṡṭavya: {1 ##Cf. 13; 20; 25.##} ||4|| 
evamukta āyuṡmānsubhūtirbhagavaṃtametadavocat | asti bhagavanke- 
citsattvā bhaviṡyaṃtyanāgate’dhvani paścime kāle paścime samaye 
paścimāyāṃ paṃcaśatyāṃ {2 paṃcāśatvāṃ ##Ch. J. T.##} saddharmavipralopakāle vartamāne ya imeṡve{3 imeṡve^ ##Ch. J. T.##}- 
vaṃrūpeṡu sūtrāṃtapadeṡu bhāṡyamāṇeṡu bhūtasaṃjñāmutpādayiṡyaṃti | bhaga- 
vānāha | mā subhūte tvamevaṃ voca: {4 vocat ##Ch. voca: ##J.## vocaha ##T.##} | asti kecitsattvā bhavi- 
vyaṃtyanāgate’dhvani paścime kāle paścime samaye paścimāyāṃ paṃca- 
śatyāṃ saddharmavipralope vartamāne ya imeṡvevaṃrūpeṡu sūtrāṃtapadeṡu 
bhāṡyamāṇeṡu bhūtasaṃjñāmutpādayiṡyaṃti | api tu khalu puna: subhūte 
bhaviṡyaṃtyanāgate’dhvani bodhisattvā mahāsattvā: paścime kāle 
paścime samaye paścimāyāṃ paṃcaśatyāṃ saddharmavipralope vartamāne 
guṇavaṃta: śīlavaṃta: prajñāvaṃtaśca bhaviṡyaṃti ya imeṡvevaṃrūpeṡu sūtrāṃ- 
tapadeṡu bhāṡyamāṇeṡu bhūtasaṃjñā{5 saṃjñā ##Ch. J. T.##}mutpādayiṡyaṃti | na khalu punaste 
subhūte bodhisattvā mahāsattvā ekabuddhaparyupāsitā bhaviṡyaṃti naika- 
buddhāvaropitakuśalamūlā bhaviṡyaṃti api tu khalu puna: subhūte 
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anekabuddhaśatasahasra{1 sāhasra ##T.##}paryupāsitā anekabuddhaśatasahasrāvaropitaku- 
śalamūlāste bodhisattvā mahāsattvā bhaviṡyaṃti ya imeṡvevaṃrūpeṡu 
sūtrāṃtapadeṡu bhāṡyamāṇeṡvekacittaprasādamapi pratilapsyaṃte | jñātāste 
subhūte tathāgatena buddhajñānena drṡṭāste subhūte tathāgatena buddhacakṡuṡā 
buddhāste subhūte tathāgatena | sarve te subhūte’prameyamasaṃkhyeyaṃ puṇya- 
skaṃdhaṃ prasa{2.prabha ##T.##}viṡyaṃti pratigrahīṡyaṃti | tatkasya heto: | na hi subhūte 
teṡāṃ bodhisattvānāṃ mahāsattvānāmātmasaṃjñā pravartate na sattvasaṃjñā 
na jīvasaṃjñā na pudgalasaṃjñā pravartate | nāpi {3 api ##Ch. T.##} teṡāṃ subhūte bodhi- 
sattvānāṃ mahāsattvānāṃ dharmasaṃjñā pravartate | evaṃ nādharmasaṃjñā | nāpi 
teṡāṃ subhūte saṃjñā nāsaṃjñā pravartate | tatkasya heto: | sacetsubhūte 
teṡāṃ bodhisattvānāṃ mahāsattvānāṃ dharmasaṃjñā pravarteta sa eva teṡāmā- 
tmagrāho bhavetsattvagrāho jīvagrāha: pudgalagrāho bhavet | sacedadha{4 ceddharma ##Ch. T.##}rma- 
saṃjñā pravarteta sa eva teṡāmātmagrāho bhavetsattvagrāho jīvagrāha: 
pudgalagrāha iti | tatkasya heto: | na khalu puna: subhūte bodhisattvena 
mahāsattvena dharma udgrhītaṡyo nādharma: | tasmādiyaṃ tathāgatena saṃdhāya 
vāgbhāṡitā {5 dirda tathāgatena anyāya bhāṡitaṃ ##J.## disaṃsanvaya tathāgatena vagbhaṡitā: ##T.## diyaṃ satvāya tathāgatena vāgbhāṡitā | ##Ch. 
Hiouen-thsang, as Mr. Kasawara informs me, translates this passage by: `Therefore 
it is spoken by the## tathāgata ##in a hidden sense. On the strength of this and a note 
of Burnouf’s {Lotus, P. 343} I have tried to restore the original text.##} | kolopamaṃ dharmaparyāyamājā{6 kolo^ yamāṇā^ ##J.## akolo^ yamanā^ ##Ch. T.##}naṅgirdharmā eva prahā- 
taṡyā: prāgevādharmā iti{7 ##The abhidharma-kosha-## vyākhyā ##{fol. 18 a} reads## dharmā api.}||6|| 
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punaraparaṃ bhagavānāyuṡmaṃtaṃ subhūtimetadavocat | tatkiṃ manyase 
subhūte asti sa kaściddharmo yastathāgatenānuttarā samyaksaṃbodhi- 
ri{1 bodhirabhi ##Ch. J. T.##}tyabhisaṃbuddha: {2 saṃbuddha # ##J.##} kaścidvā dharmastathāgatena deśita: | evamukta āyu-
ṡmānsubhūtirbhagavaṃtametadavocat | yathāhaṃ bhagavanbhagavato bhāṡita- 
syārthamājānāmi nāsti sa kaściddharmo yasta{3 dharmasta ##Ch. T.##}thāgatenānuttarā 
samyaksaṃbodhiri{4 dhirabhi ##J.##}tyabhisaṃbuddha: {5 ##Cf. $$17; 22.##} nāsti dharmo yastathāgatena deśita: {6 bhāṡita: ##Ch.## bhāṡita: ##T.##} | 
tatkasya heto: | yo’sau tathāgatena dharmo’bhisaṃbuddho deśito 
vā agrāhya: so’nabhilapya: | na sa dharmo nādharma: | tatkasya 
heto: | asaṃskrtaprabhāvitā hyāryapudgalā: ||7|| 
bhagavānāha | tatkiṃ manyase subhūte ya: kaścitkulaputro vā kula- 
duhitā vemaṃ {7 ##J. has## imāṃ, ##but otherwise## lokadhātu: ##is used throughout 
as a masculine.##} cisāhasramahāsāhasraṃ lokadhātuṃ saptaratnaparipūrṇaṃ krtvā 
tathāgatebhyo’rhadma: samyaksaṃbuddhebhyo dānaṃ dadyāt api nu sa 
kulaputro vā kuladuhitā vā tato nidānaṃ bahu {8 bahutara ##Ch. T.##} puṇyaskaṃdhaṃ 
prasunuyāt | subhūtirāha | bahu bhagavan bahu sugata sa kulaputro 
vā kuladuhitā vā tato nidānaṃ puṇyaskaṃdhaṃ prasunuyāt | tatkasya 
heto: | yo’sau bhagavanpuṇyaskaṃdhastathāgatena bhāṡita: askaṃdha: sa 
tathāgatena bhāṡita: | tasmāttathāgato bhāṡate puṇyaskaṃdha: puṇyaskaṃdha 
iti | bhagavānāha | yaśca khalu puna: subhūte kulaputro vā 
kuladuhitā vemaṃ trisāhasramahāsāhasraṃ lokadhātuṃ saptaratnaparipūrṇaṃ 
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krtvā tathāgatebhyo’rhadya: samyaksaṃbuddhebhyo dānaṃ dadyāt yaśceto 
dharmaparyāyādaṃtaśaścatuṡpādikāmapi gāthāmudgrhya parebhyo vistareṇa 
deśayetsaṃprakāśayedayameva tato nidānaṃ bahutaraṃ puṇyaskaṃdhaṃ prasunu- 
yādaprameyamasaṃkhyeyaṃ | tatkasya heto: | ato nirjātā hi subhūte 
tathāgatānāmarhatāṃ samyaksaṃbuddhānāmanuttarā samyaksaṃbodhirato 
nirjātāśca buddhā bhagavaṃta: | tatkasya heto: | buddhadharmā buddhadharmā 
iti subhūte’buddhadharmāścaiva te tathāgatena bhāṡitā: | tenocyaṃte 
buddhadharmā iti ||8|| 
tatkiṃ manyase subhūte api nu srotaāpannasyaivaṃ bhavati mayā 
srotaāpattiphalaṃ prāptamiti | subhūtirāha | no hīdaṃ bhagavan | 
na srotaāpannasyaivaṃ bhavati mayā srotaāpattiphalaṃ prāptamiti | 
tatkasya heto: | na hi sa bhagavankaṃciddharmamāpanna: | tenocyate 
srotaāpanna iti | na rūpamāpanno na śabdānna gandhānna rasānna 
spraṡṭavyāndharmānāpanna: | tenocyate srota āpanna iti | sacedbhagavan 
srotaāpannasyaivaṃ bhavenmayā srotaāpattiphalaṃ prāptamiti sa eva 
tasyātmagrāho bhavet sattvagrāho jīvagrāha: pudgalagrāho bhavediti || 
bhagavānāha | tatiṃ manyase subhūte api nu sakrdāgāmina evaṃ 
bhavati mayā sakrdāgāmiphalaṃ prāptamiti | subhūtirāha | no hīdaṃ 
bhagavan na sakrdāgāmina evaṃ bhavati mayā sakrdāgāmiphalaṃ 
prāptamiti | tatkasya heto: | na hi sa kaściddharmo ya: sakrdāgāmi- 
tvamāpanna: | tenocyate sakrdāgāmīti || 
bhagavānāha | tatkiṃ manyase subhūte api nvanāgāmina evaṃ 
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bhavati mayānāgāmiphalaṃ prāptamiti | subhūtirāha | no hīdaṃ 
bhagavan nānāgāmina evaṃ bhavati mayānāgāmiphalaṃ prāptamiti | 
tatkasya heto: | na hi sa bhagavankaściddharmo yo’nāgāmitvamāpanna: | 
tenocyate’nāgāmīti || 
bhagavānāha | tatkiṃ manyase subhūte api nvarhata evaṃ bhavati 
mayārhattvaṃ prāptamiti | subhūtirāha | no hīdaṃ bhagavan nārhata evaṃ 
bhavati mayārhattvaṃ prāptamiti | tatkasya heto: | na hi sa bhagavanka- 
ściddharmo yo’rhannāma | tenocyate’rhanniti | sacedbhagavannarhata evaṃ 
bhavenmayārhattvaṃ prāptamiti sa eva tasyātmagrāho bhavet sattvagrāho 
jīvagrāha: pudgalagrāho bhavet || 
tatkasya heto: | ahamasmi bhagavaṃstathāgatenārhatā samyaksaṃ- 
buddhenāraṇāvihāriṇāmagryo nirdiṡṭa: | ahamasmi bhagavannarhanvī- 
tarāga: | na ca me bhagavannevaṃ bhavati arhannasmyahaṃ vītarāga iti | 
sacenmama bhagavannevaṃ bhavenmayārhattvaṃ prāptamiti na māṃ tathāgato 
vyākariṡyadaraṇāvihāriṇamagrya: subhūti: kulaputro na kvacidviha- 
rati tenocyate’raṇāvihāryaraṇāvihārīti ||9|| 
bhagavānāha | tatkiṃ manyase subhūte asti sa kaściddharmo yasta- 
thāgatena dīpaṃkarasya tathāgatasyārhata: samyaksaṃbuddhasyāṃtikādudgr-
hīta: | subhūtirāha | no hīdaṃ bhagavan nāsti sa kaściddharmo 
yastathāgatena dīpaṃkarasya tathāgatasyārhata: samyaksaṃbuddhasyāṃti- 
kādudgrhīta:{1##Cf.$ 17.##} 
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bhagavānāha | ya: kaścitsubhūte bodhisattva evaṃ vadedahaṃ kṡetravyū- 
hānniṡpādayiṡyāmīti{1 vyāmi ##J.## vyamati ##Ch.## vyamiti ##T.##} sa vitathaṃ vadet | tatkasya heto: kṡetravyūhā: 
kṡetravyūhā iti subhūte’vyūhāste tathāgatena bhāṡitā: | tenocyaṃte 
kṡetravyūhā iti || 
tasmāttarhi subhūte bodhisattvena mahāsattvenaivamapratiṡṭhitaṃ citta- 
mutpādayitavyaṃ yanna kvacitpratiṡṭhitaṃ cittamutpādayitavyaṃ na rūpa- 
pratiṡṭhitaṃ cittamutpādayitavyaṃ na śabdagaṃdharaspraṡṭavyadharmapratiṡṭhitaṃ 
cittamutpādayitaṡyaṃ | tadyathāpi nāma subhūte puruṡo bhavedupetakāyo 
mahākāyo yattasyaivaṃrūpa ātmabhāva: syāt {2 ##Cf. 17.##} tadyathāpi nāma sumeru: 
parvatarāja: tatkiṃ manyase subhūte api nu mahānsa ātmabhāvo 
bhavet | subhūtirāha | mahānsa bhagavanmahānsugata sa ātmabhāvo 
bhavet | tatkasya heto: | ātmabhāva ātmabhāva iti bhagavanna bhāva: 
sa tathāgatena bhāṡita: | tenocyata ātmabhāva iti | na hi bhagavansa 
bhāvo nābhāva: | tenocyata ātmabhāva iti ||10|| 
bhagavānāha | tatkiṃ manyase subhūte yāvatyo gaṃgāyāṃ mahānadyāṃ 
vālukāstāvatya eva gaṃgānadyo bhaveyu: tāsu yā vālukā api 
nu tā bahyo bhaveyu: | subhūtirāha | tā eva tāvadgagavanbahvyo 
gaṃgānadyo bhaveyu: prāgeva yāstāsu gaṃgānadīṡu vālukā: | bhaga- 
vānāha | ārocayāmi te subhūte prativedayāmi te yāvatyastāsu 
gaṃgānadīṡu vālukā bhaveyustāvato lokadhātūnkaścideva strī vā 
puruṡo vā saptaratnaparipūrṇaṃ krtvā tathāgatebhyo’rhadbhya: samyaksaṃ- 
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buddhebhyo dānaṃ dadyāt tatkiṃ manyase subhūte api nu sā strī vā 
puruṡo vā tato nidānaṃ bahu puṇyaskaṃdhaṃ prasunuyāt | subhūtirāha | 
bahu bhagavanbahu sugata strī vā puruṡo vā tato nidānaṃ puṇyaskaṃdhaṃ 
prasunuyādaprameyamasaṃkhyeyaṃ | bhagavānāha | yaśca khalu puna: subhūte strī 
vā puruṡo vā tāvato lokadhātūnsaptarānaparipūrṇaṃ krtvā tathāga- 
tebhyo’rhadma: samyaksaṃbuddhebhyo dānaṃ dadyāt yaśca kulaputro vā 
kuladuhitā veto dharmaparyāyādaṃtaśaścatuṡpādikāmapi gāthāmudgrhya 
parebhyo deśayetsaṃprakāśayedayameva tato nidānaṃ bahutaraṃ puṇyaskaṃdhaṃ 
prasunuyādaprameyamasaṃkhyeyaṃ ||11|| 
api tu khalu puna: subhūte yasminprthivīpradeśa ito dharmaparyā- 
yādaṃtaśaścatuṡpādikāmapi gāthāmudgrhya bhāṡyeta vā saṃprakāśyeta 
vā sa prthivīpradeśaścaityabhūto bhavetsadevamānuṡāsurasya lokasya ka: 
punarvādo ya imaṃ dharmaparyāyaṃ sakalasamāptaṃ dhārayiṡyaṃti vāca- 
yiṡyaṃti paryavāpsyaṃti parebhyaśca vistareṇa saṃprakāśayiṡyaṃti | para- 
meṇa te subhūta āścaryeṇa samanvāgatā bhaviṡyaṃti | tasmiṃśca subhūte 
prthivīpradeśe śāstā viharatyanyatarānyataro vā vijñagurusthā- 
nīya: {1 ##Cf. 15.##} ||12|| 
evamukta āyuṡmānsubhūtirbhagavaṃtametadavocat | ko nāmāyaṃ 
bhagavandharmaparyāya: kathaṃ cainaṃ dhārayāmi | evamukte bhagavānā- 
yuṡmaṃtaṃ subhūtimetadavocat | prajñāpāramitā nāmāyaṃ subhūte dharma- 
paryāya: | evaṃ cainaṃ dhāraya | tatkasya heto: | yaiva subhūte prajñāpā- 
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ramitā tathāgatena bhāṡitā saivāpāramitā tathāgatena bhāṡitā | 
tenocyate prajñāpāramiteti || 
tatkiṃ manyase subhūte api nvasti sa kaściddharmo yastathāgatena 
bhāṡita: | subhūtirāha | no hīdaṃ bhagavan nāsti sa kaściddharmo 
yastathāgatena bhāṡita: || 
bhagavānāha | tatkiṃ manyase subhūte yāvat trisāhasramahāsāhasre 
lokadhātau prthivīraja: kaccittadvahu bhavet | subhūtirāha | bahu 
bhagavanbahu sugata prthivīrajo bhavet | tatkasya heto: | yattaṅga- 
gavanprthivīrajastathāgatena bhāṡitamarajastaṅgagavaṃstathāgatena bhā- 
ṡitaṃ | tenocyate prthivīraja iti || yo’pyasau lokadhātustathā- 
gatena bhāṡito’dhātu: sa tathāgatena bhāṡita: | tenocyate loka- 
dhāturiti || 
bhagavānāha | tatkiṃ manyase subhūte dvātriṃśanmahāpuruṡalakṡaṇaista- 
yāgato’rhansamyaksaṃbuddho draṡṭavya: | subhūtirāha | no hīdaṃ bhagavan 
dvātriṃśanmahāpuruṡalakṡaṇaistathāgato’rhansamyaksaṃbuddho draṡṭavya: | 
tatkasya heto: | yāni hi tāni bhagavan dvātriṃśanmahāpuruṡalakṡa- 
ṇāni tathāgatena bhāṡitānyalakṡaṇāni tāni bhagavaṃstathāgatena 
bhāṡitāni | tenocyaṃte dvātriṃśanmahāpuruṡalakṡaṇānīti {1 ##Cf. 5; 20; 25.##} || 
bhagavānāha | yaśca khalu puna: subhūte strī vā puruṡo vā dine 
dine gaṃgānadīvālukāsamānātmabhāvānparityajet | evaṃ paritya- 
jangaṃgānadīvālukāsamānkalpāṃstānātmabhāvānparityajet yaśceto 
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dharmaparyāyādaṃtaśaścatuṡpādikāmapi gāthāmudgrhya parebhyo deśayetsaṃpra- 
kāśayedayameva tato nidānaṃ bahutaraṃ puṇyaskaṃdhaṃ prasunuyādaprameya- 
masaṃkhyeyaṃ ||13|| 
atha khalvāyuṡmānsubhūtirdharmavegenāśrūṇi prāmuṃcat so’śrūṇi 
pramrjya bhagavaṃtametadavocat | āścaryaṃ bhagavanparamāścaryaṃ sugata 
yāvadayaṃ dharmaparyāyastathāgatena bhāṡito’grayānasaṃprasthitānāṃ 
sattvānāmarthāya śreṡṭhayānasaṃprasthitānāmarthāya {1 ##Cf. 15.##} yato me bhaga- 
vañjñānamutpannaṃ | na mayā bhagavañjātvevaṃrūpo dharmaparyāya: śrutapūrva: | 
parameṇa te bhagavannāścaryeṇa samanvāgatā bodhisattvā bhaviṡyaṃti ya iha 
sūtre bhāṡyamāṇe śrutvā bhūtasaṃjñāmutpādayiṡyaṃti | tatkasya heto: | 
yā caiṡā bhagavanbhūtasaṃjñā saivābhūtasaṃjñā | tasmāttathāgato bhāṡate 
bhūtasaṃjñā bhūtasaṃjñeti || 
na mama bhagavannāścaryaṃ {2 ##After## āścaryaṃ ##J. has## bhavet.} yadāhamimaṃ dharmaparyāyaṃ bhāṡyamāṇamava- 
kalpayāmyadhimucye | ye’pi te bhagavansattvā bhaviṡyaṃtyanāgate’dhvani 
paścime kāle paścime samaye paścimāyāṃ paṃcaśatyāṃ saddharmavipra- 
lope vartamāne ya imaṃ bhagavandharmaparyāyamudgrhīṡyaṃti dhārayiṡyaṃti 
vācayiṡyaṃti paryavāpsyaṃti parebhyaśca vistareṇa saṃprakāśayiṡyaṃti 
te paramāścaryeṇa samanvāgatā bhaviṡyaṃti || 
api tu khalu punarbhagavanna teṡāmātmasaṃjñā pravartiṡyate{3 pravartate ##Ch. T.##} na 
sattvasaṃjñā na jīvasaṃjñā na pudgalasaṃjñā pravartiṡyate nāpi teṡāṃ 
kācitsaṃjñā nāsaṃjñā pravartate | tatkasya heto: | yā sā bhagavannātma- 
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saṃjñā saivāsaṃjñā | yā sattvasaṃjñā jīvasaṃjñā pudgalasaṃjñā saivāsaṃjñā | 
tatkasya heto: | sarvasaṃjñāpagatā hi buddhā bhagavaṃta: || 
evamukte bhagavānāyuṡmaṃtaṃ subhūtimetadavocat | evametat subhūte 
evametat | paramāścaryasamanvāgatāste sattvā bhaviṡyaṃti ya iha subhūte 
sūtre bhāṡyamāṇe nottrasiṡyaṃti na saṃtrasiṡyaṃti na saṃtrāsamāpatsyaṃte | 
tatkasya heto: | paramapāramiteyaṃ subhūte tathāgatena bhāṡitā yadutāpā- 
ramitā | yāṃ ca subhūte tathāgata: paramapāramitāṃ bhāṡate {1 bhāvita: yāṃ ca tathāgata: paramapāramitana bhāṡite ##J.##} tāmapari- 
māṇā api buddhā bhagavaṃto bhāṡaṃte | tenocyate paramapāramiteti || 
api tu khalu puna: subhūte yā tathāgatasya kṡāṃtipāramitā 
saivāpāramitā | tatkasya heto: | yadā me subhūte kaliṃgarājāṃgaṃ{2 ##Eitel, Handbook of Chinese Buddhism, pp. 49 and 55, gives## kālirāja, ##and this, as Mr. Nanjio informs me, is the 
reading presupposed by the Chinese translations. One Chinese transliteration, how- 
ever, points to## kaliṅga-rāgā kaliṃga ##Ch. J. T.##}- 
pratyaṃgamāṃsānyacchaitsīttasminsamaya ātmasaṃjñā vā sattvasaṃjñā vā 
jīvasaṃjñā vā pudgalasaṃjñā vā nāpi me kāccitsaṃjñā vā- 
saṃjñā vā babhūva | tatkasya heto: | sacenme subhūte tasminsamaya 
ātmasaṃjñābhaviṡyadvyāpādasaṃjñāpi me tasminsamaye’bhaviṡyat | 
sacetsattvasaṃjñā jīvasaṃjñā pudgalasaṃjñābhaviṡyadvyāpādasaṃjñāpi me 
tasminsamaye’bhaviṡyat | tatkasya heto: | abhijānāmyahaṃ subhūte 
'tīte’dhvani paṃca jātiśatāni yadahaṃ kṡāṃtivādī rṡirabhūvaṃ | 
tathāpi me nātmasaṃjñā babhūva na sattvasaṃjñā na jīvasaṃjñā na pudgala- 
saṃjñā babhūva | tasmāttarhi subhūte bodhisattvena mahāsattvena sarvasaṃjñā 
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vivarjayitvānuttarāyāṃ samyaksaṃbodhau cittamutpādayitavyaṃ | na rūpa- 
pratiṡṭhitaṃ cittamutpādayitavyaṃ na śabdagaṃdharasaspraṡṭavyadharmapratiṡṭhitaṃ 
cittamutpādayitavyaṃ na dharmapratiṡṭhitaṃ cittamutpādayitavyaṃ nādharma- 
pratiṡṭhitaṃ cittamutpādayitavyaṃ na kvacitpratiṡṭhitaṃ cittamutpādayi- 
tavyaṃ | tatkasya heto: | yatpratiṡṭhitaṃ tadevāpratiṡṭhitaṃ | tasmādeva 
tathāgato bhāṡate apratiṡṭhitena bodhisattvena dānaṃ dātavyaṃ | na 
rūpaśabdagaṃdharasasparśadharmapratiṡṭhitena dānaṃ dātavyaṃ {1 ##Cf. 4.##} || 
api tu khalu puna: subhūtebodhisattvenaivaṃrūpo dānaparityāga: 
kartavya: sarvasattvānāmarthāya | tatkasya heto: | yā caiṡā subhūte sattva- 
saṃjñā saivāsaṃjñā | ya evaṃ te sarvasattvāstathāgatena bhāṡitāsta 
evāsattvā: | tatkasya heto: {2 tatkasya heto: ##left out here in Ch. T.##} | bhūtavādī subhūte tathāgata: satyavādī 
tathāvādyananyathāvādī tathāgata: | na vitathavādī tathāgata: || 
api tu khalu puna: subhūte yastathāgatena dharmo’bhisaṃbuddho 
deśito nidhyāto na tatra satyaṃ na mrṡā | tadyathāpi nāma subhūte 
puruṡo’ṃdhakārapraviṡṭo na kiṃcidapi paśyet evaṃ vastupatito 
bodhisattvo draṡṭavyo yo vastupatito dānaṃ parityajati | tadyathāpi 
nāma subhūte cakṡuṡmānpuruṡa: prabhātāyāṃ rātrau sūrye’bhyudgate nānā- 
vidhāni rūpāṇi paśyet evamavastupatito bodhisattvo draṡṭavyo 
yo’vastupatito dānaṃ parityajati || 
api tu khalu puna: subhūte ye kulaputrā vā kuladuhitaro vemaṃ 
dharmaparyāyamudgrhīṡyaṃti dhārayiṡyaṃti vācayiṡyaṃti paryavāpsyaṃti
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parebhyaśca vistareṇa saṃprakāśayiṡyaṃti jñātāste subhūte tathāgatena 
buddhajñānena drṡṭāste subhūte tathāgatena buddhacakṡuṡā buddhāste tathā- 
gatena | sarve te subhūte sattvā aprameyamasaṃkhyeyaṃ puṇyaskaṃdhaṃ prasaviṡyaṃti 
pratigrahīṡyaṃti ||14|| 
yaśca khalu puna: subhūte strī vā puruṡo vā pūrvāhṇkālasamaye 
gaṃgānadīvālukāsamānātmabhāvānparityajet evaṃ madhyāhnakāla- 
samaye gaṃgānadīvālukāsamānātmabhāvānparityajet sāyāhnakā- 
lasamaye gaṃgānadīvālukāsamānātmabhāvānyaparityajet{1 ##From## sāyāhna ##to## parityajet ##left out in Ch. and T. The Chinese and Tibetan texts 
write## vālukopama ##instead of## vālikāsana, ##and the same variation occurs in other Buddhist 
texts##}anena 
paryāyeṇa bahūni kalpakoṭiniyutaśatasahasrāṇyātmabhāvānyaritya- 
jet yaścemaṃ dharmaparyāyaṃ śrutvā na pratikṡipet ayameva tato nidānaṃ 
bahutaraṃ puṇyaskaṃdhaṃ prasunuyādaprameyamasaṃkhyeyaṃ | ka: punarvādo yo 
likhitvodgrhṇīyāṅkārayedvācayetparyavāpnuyātparebhyaśca vistareṇa saṃ- 
prakāśayet || 
api tu khalu puna: subhūte aciṃtyo’tulyo’yaṃ dharmaparyāya: | 
ayaṃ ca subhūte dharmaparyāyastathāgatena bhāṡito’grayānasaṃprasthitānāṃ 
sattvānāmarthāya śreṡṭhayānasaṃprasthitānāṃ sattvānāmarthāya {2 ##Cf. 14.##} | ya {3 ya ##deest in J. Ch. T.##) imaṃ 
dharmaparyāyamudgrahīṡyaṃti dhārayiṡyaṃti vācayiṡyaṃti paryavāpsyaṃti 
parebhyaśca vistareṇa saṃprakāśayiṡyaṃti jñātāste subhūte tathāgatena buddha- 
jñānena drṡṭāste subhūte tathāgatena buddhacakṡuṡā buddhāste tathāgatena | 
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sarve te subhūte sattvā aprameyeṇa puṇyaskaṃdhena samanvāgatā bhaviṡyaṃti | 
aciṃtyenātulyenāmāpyenāparimāṇena puṇyaskaṃdhena samanvāgatā 
bhaviṡyaṃti | sarve te subhūte sattvā: samāṃśena bodhiṃ dhārayiṡyaṃti 
vācayiṡyaṃti paryavāpsyaṃti | tatkasya heto: | na hi śakyaṃ subhūte'yaṃ 
dharmaparyāyo hīnādhimuktikai: sattvai: śrotuṃ nātmadrṡṭikairna sattvadrṡṭi- 
kairna jīvadrṡṭikairna pudgaladrṡṭikai: | nābodhisattvapratijñai: sattvai:
śakyamayaṃ dharmaparyāya: śrotuṃ vodgrahītuṃ vā dhārayituṃ vā vācayituṃ 
vā paryavāptuṃ vā | nedaṃ sthānaṃ vidyate || 
api tu khalu puna: subhūte yatra prthivīpradeśa idaṃ sūtraṃ prakāśa- 
yiṡyate pūjanīya: sa prthivīpradeśo bhaviṡyati sadevamānuṡāsurasya 
lokasya vaṃdanīya: pradakṡiṇīyaśca sa prthivīpradeśo bhaviṡyati 
caityabhūta: sa prthivīpradeśo bhaviṡyati {1 ##Cf.$ 12.##} ||15|| 
api tu ye te subhūte kulaputrā vā kuladuhitaro vemānevaṃrū- 
pānsūtrāṃtānudgrahīṡyaṃti dhārayiṡyaṃti vācayiṡyaṃti paryavāpsyaṃti 
yoniśaśca manasikariṡyaṃti parebhyaśca vistareṇa saṃprakāśayiṡyaṃti 
te paribhūtā bhaviṡyaṃti suparibhūtāśca bhaviṡyaṃti | tatkasya heto: | 
yāni ca teṡāṃ subhūte sattvānāṃ paurvajanmikānyaśubhāni karmāṇi 
krtānyapāyasaṃvartanīyāni drṡṭa eva dharma paribhūtatayā tāni paurvaja- 
nmikānyaśubhāni karmāṇi kṡapayiṡyaṃti buddhabodhiṃ cānuprāpsyaṃti || 
{2 tatkasya heto: ##Ch. T. before## abhijñānāmyahaṃ.)abhijānāmyahaṃ subhūte atīte’dhvanyasaṃkhyeyai: kalpairasaṃkhye- 
yatarairdīpaṃkarasya tathāgatasyārhata: samyaksaṃbuddhasya pareṇa para- 
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tareṇa caturaśītibuddhakoṭiniyutaśatasahasrāṇyabhūvanye mayārāgitā 
ārāgya {1 ##Instead of## ārāgitā ārāgya ##etc. J. has## ārādhitā ārādhya ## etc., but##  virāgitā:.) na virāgitā: | yacca mayā subhūte te buddhā bhagavaṃta 
ārāgitā ārāgya na virāgitā yacca paścime kāle paścime 
samaye paścimāyāṃ saddharmavipralopakāle vartamāna {2 na imān ##deest in J.## ne ya imān ##Ch. T.##) 
imānevaṃrūpānsūcāṃtānudgrahīṡyaṃti dhārayiṡyaṃti vācayiṡyaṃti vācayiṡyaṃti parya- 
vāpsyaṃti parebhyaśca vistareṇa saṃprakāśayiṡyaṃti asya khalu puna: 
subhūte puṇyaskaṃdhasyāṃtikādasau paurvaka: puṇyaskaṃdha: śatatamīmapi 
kalāṃ nopaiti sahasratamīmapi śatasahasratamīmapi koṭitamīmapi 
koṭiśatatamīmapi koṭiśatasahasratamīmapi koṭiniyutaśatasaha- 
sratamīmapi saṃkhyāmapi kalāmapi gaṇanāmapyupamāmapyupaniṡada- 
mapi {3 niṡadamapi ##Ch. T.## niśāmapi ##J.##) yāvadaupamyamapi na kṡamate || 
sacetpuna: subhūte teṡāṃ kulapuṡāṇāṃ kuladuhitr#ṇāṃ vāhaṃ puṇya- 
skaṃdhaṃ bhāṡeyaṃ yāvatte kulaputrā vā kuladuhitaro vā tasminsamaye 
puṇyaskaṃdhaṃ prasaviṡyaṃti pratigrahīṡyaṃti unmādaṃ sattvā anuprāpruyu- 
ścittavikṡepaṃ vā gaccheyu: | api tu khalu puna: subhūte aciṃ- 
tyo’tulyo’yaṃ dharmaparyāyastathāgatena bhāṡita: | asyāciṃtya eva 
vipāka: pratikāṃkṡitavya: ||16|| 
atha khalvāyuṡmānsubhūtirbhagavaṃtametadavocat | kathaṃ bhagavanbo- 
dhisattvayānasaṃprasthitena sthātavyaṃ kathaṃ pratipattavyaṃ kathaṃ cittaṃ 
pragrahītavyaṃ {4 ##Cf. 2.##) | bhagavānāha | iha subhūte bodhisattvayānasaṃprasthitenaivaṃ 
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cittamutpādayitavyaṃ sarve sattvā mayānupadhiśeṡe nirvāṇadhātau 
parinirvāpayitavyā: | evaṃ ca sattvānparinirvāpya na kaścitsattva: 
parinirvāpito bhavati | tatkasya heto: sacetsubhūte bodhisattvasya 
sattvasaṃjñā pravarteta na sa bodhisattva iti vaktavya: | jīvasaṃjñā vā 
yāvatpudgalasaṃjñā vā pravarteta na sa bodhisattva iti vaktavya:{1 ##Cf. 3.##} | 
tatkasya heto: | nāsti subhūte sa kaściddharmo yo bodhisattvayāna- 
saṃprasthito nāma || 
tatkiṃ manyase subhūte asti sa kaściddharmo yastathāgatena dīpaṃ- 
karasya tathāgatasyāṃtikādanuttarāṃ samyaksaṃbodhimabhisaṃbuddha: | 
evamukta āyuṡmānsubhūtirbhagavaṃtametadavocat | yathāhaṃ bhagavan 
bhagavato bhāṡitasyārthamājānāmi nāsti sa bhagavankaściddharmo 
yastathāgatena dīpaṃkarasya tathāgatasyārhata: samyaksaṃbuddhasyāṃti- 
kādanuttarāṃ samyaksaṃbodhimabhisaṃbuddha: | evamukte bhagavānāyuṡmaṃtaṃ 
subhūtimetadavocat | evametatsubhūte evametat nāsti subhūte sa 
kaściddharmo yastathāgatena dīpaṃkarasya tathāgatasyārhata: samyaksaṃ- 
buddhasyāṃtikādanuttarāṃ samyaksaṃbodhimabhisaṃbuddha: {2 ##Cf. Io.##) | sacetpuna: subhūte 
kaściddharmastathāgatenābhisaṃbuddho’bhaviṡyat {3 vyāt ##Ch. j.##) vyet ##j.##) na māṃ dīpaṃkarastathā- 
gato vyākariṡyamṅgaviṡyasitvaṃ māṇavā{4 mānavā ##j. Deest in Ch.T.##}nāgate’dhvani śākyamunirnāma 
tathāgato’rhansamyaksaṃbuddha iti | yasmāttarhi subhūte tathāgatenārhatā 
samyaksaṃbuddhena nāsti sa kaściddharmo yo'nuttarāṃ samyaksaṃbodhi- 
mabhisaṃbuddhastasmādahaṃ dīpaṃkareṇa tathāgatena vyākrto bhaviṡyasi 
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tvaṃ māṇavānāgate’dhvani śākyamunirnāma tathāgato’rhansamyaksaṃ- 
buddha: || 
tatkasya hetostathāgata iti subhūte | bhūtatathatāyā {1 tathāgatāyā ##J.##} etadadhivacanaṃ | 
tathāgata iti subhūte | anutpādadharmatāyā etadadhivacanaṃ | tathāgata 
iti {2 bhagavāniti ##Ch.##} subhūte | dharmoccheda{3 dharmopaccheda ##T.##)syaitadadhivacanaṃ | tathāgata iti subhūte | atyaṃ-
tānutpannasyaitadadhivacanaṃ || 
tatkasya heto: | eṡa subhūte’nutpādo ya: paramārtha: | ya: kaścitsubhūta 
evaṃ vadettathāgatenārhatā samyaksaṃbuddhenānuttarā samyaksaṃbodhi- 
rabhisaṃbuddheti sa vitathaṃ vadet abhyācakṡīta māṃ sa subhūte asa- 
todgrhītena | tatkasya heto: | nāsti subhūte sa kaściddharmo yastathā- 
gatenānuttarāṃ samyaksaṃbodhimabhisaṃbuddha: {4 ##Cf. 7: 22.##} | yaśca subhūte tathāgatena 
dharmo’bhisaṃbuddho deśito vā tatra na satyaṃ na mrṡā | tasmāttathāgato 
bhāṡate sarvadharmā buddhadharmā iti {5 sarvadharmā iti ##Ch.## sarvadharma iti ##T.## sarvadharma buddhadharma iti ##J##.) | tatkasya heto: | sarvadharmā iti subhūte 
adharmāstathāgatena bhāṡitā: | tasmāducyaṃte sarvadharmā buddharmā iti || 
tadyathāpi nāma subhūte puruṡo bhavedupetakāyo mahākāya: | 
āyuṡmānsubhūtirāha | yo'sau bhagavaṃstathāgatena puruṡo bhāṡita 
upetakāyo mahākāya iti akāya: sa bhagavaṃstathāgatena bhāṡita: | 
tenocyata upetakāyo mahākāya iti {6 ##Cf. 10##.} || 
bhagavānāha | evametatsubhūte | yo bodhisattva evaṃ vadedahaṃ 
sattvānparinirvāpayiṡyāmīti na sa bodhisattva iti vaktavya: |
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tatkasya heto: | asti subhūte sa kaściddharmo yo bodhisattvo nāma | 
subhūtirāha | no hīdaṃ bhagavan nāsti sa kaściddharmo yo bodhisattvo 
nāma | bhagavānāha | sattvā: sattvā iti subhūte asattvāste tathāgatena 
bhāṡitāstenocyaṃte sattvā iti | tasmāttathāgato bhāṡate nirātmāna: 
sarvadharmā {1 nissattva sarvadharma: ##J.##} nirjīvā niṡpoṡā {2 niṡpoṡā ##deest in J.: translated by## kumāragiva. ##See Childers s. v. poriso.##} niṡpudgalā: sarvadharmā iti || 
ya: subhūte bodhisattva evaṃ vadedahaṃ kṡetravyūhānniṡpādayiṡyāmīti 
sa vitathaṃ vadet {3 so’pi tathaiva vaktavya: ##J.##} | tatkasya heto: | kṡetravyūhā kṡetravyūhā iti subhūte 
avyūhāste tathāgatena bhāṡitā: | tenocyaṃte kṡetravyūhā iti || 
ya: subhūte bodhisattvo nirātmāno dharmā nirātmāno dharmā 
ityadhimucyate sa tathāgatenārhatā samyaksaṃbuddhena bodhisattvo 
mahāsattva ityākhyāta: ||17|| 
bhagavānāha | tatkiṃ manyase subhūte saṃvidyate tathāgatasya māṃsa- 
cakṡu: | subhūtirāha | evametadbhagavan saṃvidyate tathāgatasya māṃsa- 
cakṡu: | bhagavānāha | tatkiṃ manyase subhūte saṃvidyate tathāgatasya 
divyaṃ cakṡu: | subhūtirāha | evametadbhagavan saṃvidyate tathāgatasya 
divyaṃ cakṡu: | bhagavānāha | tatkiṃ manyase subhūte saṃvidyate tathā- 
gatasya prajñācakṡu: | subhūtirāha | evametadbhagavan saṃvidyate 
tathāgatasya prajñācakṡu: | bhagavānāha | tatkiṃ manyase subhūte saṃvidyate 
tathāgatasya dharmacakṡu: | subhūtirāha | evametadbhagavan saṃvidyate 
tathāgatasya dharmacakṡu: | bhagavānāha | tatkiṃ manyase subhūte 
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saṃvidyate tathāgatasya buddhacakṡu: | subhūtirāha | evametadbhagavansaṃvidyate 
tathāgatasya buddhacakṡu: || 
bhagavānāha {1 ##T. inserts## tatkiṃ manyase subhūte yāvatyo gaṃgāyāṃ mahānadyāṃ vālukāstathāgatena bhāṡitā: | 
subhūtirāha | evametadbhagavaṃ | evametatsugata bhāṡitāstathāgatena bālukā: | bhagavānāha | sādhu sādhu 
subhūte | ##Ch. has only## sādhu sādhu subhūte ##after## bhagavānāha | ##J. gives a shorter text:## yāvatyo 
gaṃgānakhāṃ bālikāstāvanayo gaṃgānadyo bhaveyu: iti tāsu yā bālikāstāvaṃtaśca lokadhātavo bhaveyu:.##} | tatkiṃ manyase subhūte yāvatyo gaṃgāyāṃ mahānadyāṃ 
vālukā api nu tā vālukāstathāgatena bhāṡitā: | subhūtirāha | 
evametaṅgagavannevametatsugata bhāṡitāstathāgatena vālukā: | bhaga- 
vānāha | tatkiṃ manyase subhūte yāvatyo gaṃgāyāṃ mahānadyāṃ vālu- 
kāstāvatya eva gaṃgānadyo bhaveyu: tāsu yā vālukāstāvaṃtaśca 
lokadhātavo bhaveyu: kaccidvahavaste lokadhātavo bhaveyu: | 
subhūtirāha | evametadbhagavannevametatsugata bahavaste lokadhātavo 
bhaveyu: | bhagavānāha | yāvaṃta: subhūte teṡu lokadhātuṡu sattvāsteṡāmahaṃ 
nānābhāvāṃ cittadhārāṃ prajānāmi {2 prajānīyāt ##Ch.## prajānīya: ##J.##} | tatkasya heto: cittadhārā 
cittadhāreti subhūte adhāraiṡā tathāgatena bhāṡitā | tenocyate 
cittadhāreti | tatkasya heto: | atītaṃ subhūte cittaṃ nopalabhyate | 
anāgataṃ cittaṃ nopalabhyate {3 ##T. has## vopalabhyate ##three times, Ch. has## no^, vo^, ##and## no^,} | pratyutpannaṃ cittaṃ nopalabhyate ||18|| 
tatkiṃ manyase subhūte ya: kaścitkulaputro vā kuladuhitā vemaṃ 
trisāhasramahāsāhasraṃ lokadhātuṃ saptaratnaparipūrṇaṃ krtvā tathāgatebhyo 
‘rhadbhya: samyaksaṃbuddhebhyo dānaṃ dadyāt {4 ##T. repeats## tatkiṃ manyase subhūte.} api nu sa kulaputro vā 
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kuladuhitā vā tato nidānaṃ bahu {1 ##Ch. and T. use## bahutaraṃ ##instead of## bahu.##} puṇyaskaṃdhaṃ prasunuyāt | subhū- 
tirāha | bahu bhagavanbahu sugata {2 ##Ch. and T. insert## sa kulaputro vā kuladuhitā vā tato nidānaṃ bahutaraṃ puṇyaskaṃdhaṃ prasunuyāt ##as in 8.##} | bhagavānāha | evametatsubhūte 
evametat bahu sa kulaputro vā kuladuhitā vā tato nidānaṃ 
{3 ##Ch. and T. insert## bahutaraṃ.}puṇyaskaṃdhaṃ prasunuyādaprameyamasaṃkhyeyaṃ | tatkasya heto: | puṇya- 
skaṃdha: puṇyaskaṃdha iti subhūte askaṃdha: sa tathāgatena bhāṡita: |  
tenocyate puṇyaskaṃdha iti | sacetpuna: subhūte puṇyaskaṃdho’bhaviṡyanna{4 bhaviṡyati ##T. Ch.## bhaviṡyet ##J.##}
tathāgato’bhāṡiṡyat {5 bhāviṡyat ##T. Ch.## bhāviṡyet ##J.##} puṇyaskaṃdha: puṇyaskaṃdha iti ||19|| 
tatkiṃ manyase subhūte rūpakāyapariniṡpattyā tathāgato draṡṭavya: | 
subhūtirāha | no hīdaṃ bhagavan na rūpakāyapariniṡpattyā tathāgato 
draṡṭavya: | tatkasya heto: | rūpakāyapariniṡpattī rūpakāyaparini- 
ṡpattiriti bhagavan apariniṡpattireṡā tathāgatena bhāṡitā | 
tenocyate rūpakāyapariniṡpattiriti || 
bhagavānāha | tatkiṃ manyase subhūte lakṡaṇasaṃpadā tathāgato draṡṭa- 
ṡya: | subhūtirāha| no hīdaṃ bhagavan na lakṡaṇasaṃpadā tathāgato draṡṭavya: | 
tatkasya heto: | yaiṡā bhagavaṃ^llakṡaṇasaṃpattathāgatena bhāṡitā alakṡaṇa- 
saṃpadeṡā tathāgatena bhāṡitā | tenocyate lakṡaṇasaṃpaditi {6 ##Cf. 5; 13; 25.##} ||20|| 
bhagavānāha | tatkiṃ manyase subhūte api nu tathāgatasyaivaṃ bhavati 
mayā dharmo deśita iti | {7 ##Instead of## subhūtirāha ##to## ya: subhūte, ##J. has## na khalu puna evaṃ draṡṭavyaṃ yo māṃ subhūte.}subhūtirāha | no hīdaṃ bhagavan tathā- 
gatasyaivaṃ bhavati mayā dharmo deśita iti | bhagavānāha | ya: subhūte 
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evaṃ vadettathāgatena dharmo deśita iti sa vitathaṃ vadet abhyācakṡīta 
māṃ sa subhūte’satodgrhītena | tatkasya heto: dharmadeśanā dharmadeśaneti 
subhūte nāsti sa kaściddharmo yo dharmadeśanā nāmopalabhyate || 
evamukta āyuṡmānsubhūtirbhagavaṃtametadavocat | asti bhagavanke- 
citsattvā bhaviṡyaṃtyanāgate’dhvani paścime kāle paścime samaye 
paścimāyāṃ paṃcaśatyāṃ saddharmavipralope vartamāne ya imānevaṃrū- 
pāndharmāñśrutvābhiśraddhāsyaṃti | bhagavānāha | na te subhūte sattvā 
nāsattvā: | tatkasya heto: | sattvā: sattvā iti subhūte sarve te subhūte 
asattvāstathāgatena bhāṡitā: | tenocyaṃte sattvā iti ||21|| 
tatkiṃ manyase subhūte api nvasti sa kaściddharmo yastathāgatenā- 
nuttarāṃ samyaksaṃbodhimabhisaṃbuddha: {1 ##Cf. 7; 17.##} | āyuṡmānsubhūtirāha | no hīdaṃ 
bhagavan nāsti sa bhagavankaściddharmo yastathāgatenānuttarāṃ samyaksaṃ- 
bodhimabhisaṃbuddha: | bhagavānāha | evametatsubhūte evametat aṇurapi 
tatra dharmo na saṃvidyate nopalabhyate | tenocyate'nuttarā samyaksaṃ- 
bodhiriti ||22|| 
api tu khalu puna: subhūte sama: sa dharmo na tatra kaścidviṡama: | 
tenocyate’nuttarā samyaksaṃbodhiriti | nirātmatvena ni:sattvatvena 
nirjīvatvena niṡpudgalatvena samā sānuttarā samyaksaṃbodhi: sarvai: 
kuśalairdharmairabhisaṃbudhyate | tatkasya heto: | kuśalā dharmā: kuśalā 
dharmā iti subhūte adharmāścaiva te tathāgatena bhāṡitā: | tenocyaṃte 
kuśalā dharmā iti ||23|| 
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yaśca khalu puna: subhūte strī vā puruṡo vā yāvaṃtastrisāhasra- 
mahāsāhasre lokadhātau sumerava: parvatarājānastāvato rāśīnsa- 
prānāṃ ratnānāmabhisaṃhrtya tathāgatebhyo’rhadma: samyaksaṃbuddhebhyo 
dānaṃ dadyāt yaśca kulaputro vā kuladuhitā veta: prajñāpāramitāyā 
dharmaparyāyādaṃtaśaścatuṡpādikāmapi gāthāmudgrhya parebhyo deśayedasya 
subhūte puṇyaskaṃdhasyāsau paurvaka: puṇyaskaṃdha: śatatamīmapi kalāṃ 
nopaiti yāvadupaniṡadamapi na kṡamate {1 ##Cf. 16.##} ||24|| 
tatkiṃ manyase subhūte api nu tathāgatasyaivaṃ bhavati mayā sattvā: 
parimocitā iti | na khalu puna: subhūta evaṃ draṡṭavyaṃ | tatkasya heto: | 
nāsti subhūte kaścitsattvo yastathāgatena parimocita: | yadi puna: 
subhūte kaścitsattvo’bhaviṡyadyastathāgatena parimocita: syāt sa 
eva tathāgatasyātmagrāho’bhaviṡyāsattvagrāho jīvagrāha: pudgalayā- 
ho’bhaviṡyat | ātmagrāha iti subhūte agrāha eva tathāgatena 
bhāṡita: | sa ca vālaprthagjanairudgrhīta: | bālaprthagjanā iti 
subhūte ajanā eva te tathāgatena bhāṡitā: | tenocyaṃte bāla- 
prthagjanā iti ||25|| 
tatkiṃ manyase subhūte lakṡaṇasaṃpadā tathāgato draṡṭavya: | subhūti- 
rāha | no hīdaṃ bhagavan | yathāhaṃ bhagavato bhāṡitasyārthamājānāmi 
na lakṡaṇasaṃpadā tathāgato draṡṭavya: {2 ##Cf. 5; 13; 20.##} | bhagavānāha | sādhu sādhu 
subhūte evametatsubhūte evametadyathā vadasi | na lakṡaṇasaṃpadā 
tathāgato draṡṭavya: | tatkasya heto: | sacetpuna: subhūte lakṡaṇasaṃpadā 
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tathāgato draṡṭavyo’bhaviṡyadrājāpi cakravartī tathāgato’bhaviṡyat | 
tasmānna lakṡaṇasaṃpadā tathāgato draṡṭavya: | āyuṡmānsubhūtirbhaga- 
vaṃtametadavocat | yathāhaṃ bhagavato bhāṡitasyārthamājānāmi na 
lakṡaṇasaṃpadā tathāgato draṡṭavya: | atha khalu bhagavāṃstasyāṃ velā- 
yāmime gāthe abhāṡata | 
ye māṃ rūpeṇa cādrākṡurye māṃ ghoṡeṇa cānvagu: {1 canvayu: ##J.## cānvayo ##Ch.## cānvayot ##T.##} | 
mithyāprahāṇaprasrtā na māṃ drakṡyaṃti te janā: ||1|| 
dharmato buddho draṡṭavyo dharmakāyā hi nāyakā: | 
dharmatā ca na {2 ca na ##J.## cāsya ##Ch. T.##} vijñeyā na sā {3 sā ##J.## sa ##Ch. T.##} śakyā {4 śakyaṃ ##J.## śakyā ##Ch. T.##} vijānituṃ {5 kñanihuṃ ##J. T. See Childers s.v.ganati.##} ||2||26|| 
tatkiṃ manyase subhūte lakṡaṇasaṃpadā tathāgatenānuttarā samyaksaṃ- 
bodhirabhisaṃbuddhā | na khalu punaste subhūta evaṃ draṡṭavyaṃ | tatkasya 
heto: | na hi subhūte lakṡaṇasaṃpadā tathāgatenānuttarā samyaksaṃbo- 
dhirabhisaṃbuddhā syāt | na khalu punaste subhūte kaścidevaṃ vadet 
bodhisattvayānasaṃprasthitai: kasyaciddharmasya vināśa: prajñapta ucchedo 
veti | na khalu punaste subhūta evaṃ draṡṭavyaṃ | tatkasya heto: | 
na bodhisattvayānasaṃprasthitai: kasyaciddharmasya vināśa: prajñapto 
noccheda: ||27|| 
yaśca khalu puna: subhūte kulaputro vā kuladuhitā vā gaṃgānadī- 
vālukāsamāṃ^llokadhātūnsaptaratnaparipūrṇaṃ krtvā tathāgatebhyo’rhadma: 
samyaksaṃbuddhebhyo dānaṃ dadyādyaśca bodhisattvo nirātmakeṡvanutpatti- 
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keṡu dharmeṡu kṡāṃtiṃ pratilabhate ayameva tato nidānaṃ bahutaraṃ 
puṇyaskaṃdhaṃ prasavedaprameyamasaṃkhyeyaṃ | na khalu puna: subhūte bodhisattvena 
mahāsattvena puṇyaskaṃdha: parigrahītavya: | āyuṡmānsubhūtirāha | 
nanu bhagavan {1 bhagavanna ##T.## bhagavaṃ ##Ch.## na nu bhagavaṃ ##J.##} bodhisattvena puṇyaskaṃdha: parigrahītavya: | bhagavānāha | 
parigrahītavya: subhūte no grahītavya: {2 todgrhītavya: ##J.## nodgrhītavya: ##Ch.## no grhītavya: ##T.##} | tenocyate parigrahītavya 
iti ||28|| 
api tu khalu puna: subhūte ya: kaścidevaṃ vadettathāgato gacchati 
vāgacchati vā tiṡṭhati vā niṡīdati vā śayyāṃ vā kalpayati na 
me subhūte bhāṡitasyārthamājānāti | tatkasya heto: | tathāgata 
iti subhūta ucyate na kvacidgato na kutaści{3 na kvaciccidā ##T.##}dāṃgata: | tenocyate 
tathāgato’rhansamyaksaṃbuddha iti ||29|| 
yaśca khalu puna: subhūte kulaputro vā kuladuhitā vā yāvaṃti 
trisāhasramahāsāhasre lokadhātau prthivīrajāṃsi tāvatāṃ lokadhā- 
tūnāmevaṃrūpaṃ maṡiṃ {4 evaṃrūpamapi bhāga kuryat ##T. Ch.## evaṃrūpaṃ maṡīṃ kuryat ##J.##} kuryāt yāvadevamasaṃkhyeyena vīryeṇa tadyathāpi 
nāma paramāṇusaṃcaya: tatkiṃ manyase subhūte api nu bahu: sa 
paramāṇusaṃcayo bhavet | subhūtirāha | evametadbhagavannevametatsugata | 
bahu: sa paramāṇusaṃcayo bhavet | tatkasya heto: | sacedbhagavanbahu: 
paramāṇusaṃcayo’bhaviṡyat na bhagavānavakṡyatparamāṇusaṃcaya iti | 
tatkasya heto: | yo’sau bhagavanparamāṇusaṃcayastathāgatena bhāṡita: 
asaṃcaya: sa tathāgatena bhāṡita: | tenocyate paramāṇusaṃcaya iti || 
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yaśca tathāgatena bhāṡitastrisāhasramahāsāhasro lokadhāturiti 
adhātu: sa tathāgatena bhāṡita: | tenocyate trisāhasramahāsāhasro 
lokadhāturiti | tatkasya heto: | sacedbhagavan lokadhāturabhaviṡyat 
sa eva piṃḍagrāho’bhaviṡyat yaścaiva piṃḍagrāhastathāgatena bhāṡita: 
agrāha: sa tathāgatena bhāṡita: | tenocyate piṃḍagrāha iti | 
bhagavānāha | piṃḍagrāhaścaiva subhūte avyavahāro’nabhilapya: | na sa 
dharmo nādharma: | sa ca bālaprthagjanairudgrhīta: ||30|| 
tatkasya heto: | {1 tatkasya heto: ##before## yo hi ##deest in J.##} yo hi kaścitsubhūta evaṃ vadedātmadrṡṭistathāgatena 
bhāṡitā sattvadrṡṭirjīvadrṡṭi: pudgaladrṡṭistathāgatena bhāṡitā api 
nu sa subhūte samyagvadamāno vadet | subhūtirāha | no hīdaṃ bhagavanno 
hīdaṃ sugata na samyagvadamāno vadet | tatkasya heto: | yā sā bhaga- 
vannātmadrṡṭistathāgatena bhāṡitā adrṡṭi: sā tathāgatena bhāṡitā | 
tenocyata ātmadrṡṭiriti ||
bhagavānāha | evaṃ hi subhūte bodhisattvayānasaṃprasthitena sarvadharmā 
jñātavyā draṡṭavyā adhimoktavyā: | tathā ca jñātavyā draṡṭavyā adhi-
moktavyā yathā na dharmasaṃjñāyāmapi pratyupatiṡṭhennādharmasaṃjñāyāṃ | 
tatkasya heto: | dharmasaṃjñā dharmasaṃjñeti subhūte asaṃjñaiṡā tathāgatena 
bhāṡitā | tenocyate dharmasaṃjñeti ||31|| 
yaśca khalu puna: subhūte bodhisattvo mahāsattvo’prameyānasaṃkhye- 
yāṃ^llokadhātūnsaptaratnaparipūrṇaṃ krtvā tathāgatebhyo’rhadma: samyaksaṃ- 
buddhebhyo dānaṃ dadyādyaśca kulaputro vā kuladuhitā veta: prajñāpāra- 
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mitāyā dharmaparyāyādaṃtaśaścatuṡpādikāmapi gāthāmudgrhya dhārayedde- 
śayedvācayetparyavāpnuyātparebhyaśca vistareṇa saṃprakāśayedayameva tato 
nidānaṃ bahutaraṃ puṇyaskaṃdhaṃ prasunuyādaprameyamasaṃkhyeyaṃ | kathaṃ ca 
saṃprakāśayet  {1 saṃprakāśa tadyathākāśe  ##T. The Japanese text varies considerably, but it may represent 
the original reading, vis.## kathaṃ ca saṃprakāśayet yathā na prakāśayet tenocyate saṃprakāśayet | tarakā 
timiraṃ dīpo māyāvasyāyabudbudā supinaṃ vidyadabhraṃ ca pasyedevaṃ hi saṃskrta iti ||}| tadyathākāśe {2 yathākāśe ##Ch.##} 
tārakā timiraṃ{3 rimiraṃ ##Ch. T.##} dīpo māyāvaśyā{4 māyāvaśyaya ##Ch. T.##}yaṃbudbudaṃ | 
svapnaṃ ca vidyudabhraṃ ca evaṃ draṡṭavyaṃ saṃskrtaṃ {5 ##It would be easy to 
restore the metre by reading## paśyedevaṃ hi saṃskrtaṃ, ##but Buddhist poets do not obey the 
ordinary rules of metre, of rather their rules of quantity in pronunciation differ from 
those of later grammarians. Svapna, `dream,’ is used as a neuter, like the Pali supinam.##} || 
tathā prakāśayet tenocyate saṃprakāśayediti || 
idamavocadbhagavānāttamanā: | sthavirasubhūtiste ca bhikṡubhi- 
kṡuṇyupāsakopāsikāste ca bodhisattvā: {6 te ca bodhisattvā ##deest in J.##} sadevamānuṡāsuragaṃdharvaśca 
loko bhagavato bhāṡitamabhyanaṃdanniti ||32|| 
|| āryavajracchedikā bhagavatī prajñāpāramitā samāptā || {7 vajracchedikāprajñāvāramitā (su) traṃ : samāptaṃ ##J.##} 

 
