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||vajracchedikā||
|| namo bhagavatyā āryaprajñāpāramitāyai ||{1|| nama: sarvajñāya || J.} 
evaṃ mayā śrutaṃ | ekasminsamaye bhagavāñśrāvastyāṃ viharati 
sma jetavane’nāthapiṃḍadasyārāme mahatā bhikṣusaṃghena sārdhamardhatra- 
yodaśabhirbhikṣuśatai: saṃbahulaiśca bodhisattvairmahāsattvai: | atha khalu 
bhagavānpūrvāhnakālasamaye nivāsya pātracīvaramādāya śrāvastīṃ 
mahānagarīṃ piṃḍāya prāvikṣat | atha khalu bhagavāñśrāvastīṃ mahā- 
nagarīṃ piṃḍāya caritvā kṛtabhaktakṛtya: paścāṅgaktapiṃḍapātapratikrāṃta: 
pātracīvaraṃ pratiśāmya {2 śāpya Ch. T. śāmya J.} pādau prakṣalya nyaṣī {3 dadbhagavān Ch. T.} datprajñapta evāsane paryeka- 
mābhujya {4 jyā ṛ J. Ch. jyā ri T.} ṛjuṃ kāyaṃ praṇidhāya pratimukhīṃ {5 trabhumukhāṃ J.} smṛtimupasthāpya | atha 
khalu saṃbahulā bhikṣavo yena bhagavāṃstenopasaṃkraman upasaṃkramya {6 saṃkramanupasaṃkramya Ch. saṃkramya T. 
saṃkrāṃtā upasaṃkramya J. The augment is frequently omitted.} 
bhagavata: pādau śirobhirabhivaṃdya bhagavaṃtaṃ triṣpradakṣiṇīkṛtyaikāṃte 
nyaṣīdan ||1|| 
tena khalu puna: samayenāyuṣmānsubhūtistasyāmeva parṣadi saṃni- 
patito’bhūtsaṃniṣaṇa: | atha khalvāyuṣmānsubhūtirutthāyāsanāde- 
kāṃsamuttarāsaṃgaṃ kṛtvā dakṣiṇaṃ jānumaṃḍalaṃ pṛthivyāṃ pratiṣṭhāpya yena 
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bhagavāṃstenāṃjaliṃ {1 aṃjaliṃ J. aṃjali Ch. aṃjāli T.} praṇamya bhagavaṃtametadavocat | āścaryaṃ bhagavanya- 
ramāścaryaṃ sugata yāvadeva tathāgatenārhatā samyaksaṃbuddhena bodhisattvā 
mahāsattvā anuparigṛhītā: {2 anugṛhītā: 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 bhagavānāyuṣmaṃtaṃ subhūtimetadavocat sādhu sādhu subhūte 
evametatsubhūte evametadyathā vadasi | anuparigṛhītāstathāgatena 
bodhisattvā mahāsattvā: parameṇānugraheṇa parīṃditāstathāgatena bo- 
dhisattvā mahāsattvā: paramayā parīṃdanayā | tena hi subhūte sṛṇu sādhu 
ca suṣṭhu ca manasikuru | bhāṣiṣye’haṃ te yathā bodhisattvayānasaṃpra- 
sthitena sthātavyaṃ yathā pratipattavyaṃ yathā cittaṃ pragrahītavyaṃ | evaṃ 
bhagavannityāyuṣmānsubhūtirbhagavata: pratyaśrauṣīt {4 pratiśrauṣīt T.} ||2|| 
bhagavānasyaita{5 bhagavānetadavocat J. ; no MS. has asmai tada^.}davocat | iha subhūte bodhisattvayānasaṃprasthitenaivaṃ 
cittamutpādayitavyaṃ yāvaṃta: subhūte sattvā: sattvadhātau sattvasaṃgraheṇa 
saṃgṛhītā 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’nupadhiśeṣe 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 vastupratiṣṭhitena dānaṃ 
dātavyaṃ na kvacitpratiṣṭhitena dānaṃ dātavyaṃ na rūpapratiṣṭhitena dānaṃ 
dātavyaṃ na śabdagaṃdharasaspraṣṭavyadharmeṣu pratiṣṭhitena dānaṃ dātavyaṃ {3 Ch.14.} | evaṃ 
hi subhūte bodhisattvena mahāsattvena dānaṃ dātavyaṃ yathā na nimitta- 
saṃjñāyāmapi pratitiṣṭhet | tatkasya heto: | ya: subhūte bodhisattvo 
‘pratiṣṭhito dānaṃ dadāti tasya subhūte puṇyaskaṃdhasya na sukaraṃ pramā- 
ṇamudgṛhītuṃ {4 The texts 
always vary between udgṛhītuṃ and udgṛhītuṃ, between grahīdgavyaṃ and gṛhītavyaṃ.} | 
tatkiṃ manyase subhūte sukaraṃ pūrvasyāṃ diśyākāśasya 
pramāṇamudgṛhītuṃ | subhūtirāha | no hīdaṃ bhagavan | bhagavānāha | evaṃ 
dakṣiṇapaścimottarāsvadha ūrdhvaṃ digvidikṣu samaṃtāddaśasu dikṣu suka- 
ramākāśasya pramāṇamudgṛhītuṃ | subhūtirāha | no hīdaṃ bhagavan | 
bhagavānāha | evameva subhūte yo bodhisattvo’pratiṣṭhito dānaṃ dadāti 
tasya subhūte puṇyaskaṃdhasya na sukaraṃ pramāṇamudgṛhītuṃ | evaṃ hi subhūte 
bodhisattvayānasaṃprasthitena dānaṃ dātavyaṃ yathā na nimittasaṃjñāyā- 
mapi pratitiṣṭhet ||4|| 
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tatkiṃ manyase subhūte lakṣaṇasaṃpadā tathāgatā draṣṭavya: | subhūti- 
rāha | no hīdaṃ bhagavan na lakṣaṇasaṃpadā tathāgato draṣṭavya: | tatkasya 
heto: | yā sā bhagavan lakṣaṇasaṃpattathāgatena bhāṣitā saivālakṣa- 
ṇasaṃpat | evamukte bhagavānāyuṣmaṃtaṃ subhūtimetadavocat | yāvatsubhūte 
lakṣaṇasaṃpattāvanmṛṣā yāvadalakṣaṇasaṃpattāvanna mṛṣeti hi lakṣaṇā- 
lakṣaṇatastathāgato draṣṭavya: {1 Cf. 13; 20; 25.} ||4|| 
evamukta āyuṣmānsubhūtirbhagavaṃtametadavocat | asti bhagavanke- 
citsattvā bhaviṣyaṃtyanāgate’dhvani paścime kāle paścime samaye 
paścimāyāṃ paṃcaśatyāṃ {2 paṃcāśatvāṃ Ch. J. T.} saddharmavipralopakāle vartamāne ya imeṣve{3 imeṣve^ Ch. J. T.}- 
vaṃrūpeṣu sūtrāṃtapadeṣu bhāṣyamāṇeṣu bhūtasaṃjñāmutpādayiṣyaṃti | 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 imeṣvevaṃrūpeṣu sūtrāṃtapadeṣu 
bhāṣyamāṇeṣu bhūtasaṃjñāmutpādayiṣyaṃti | api tu khalu puna: subhūte 
bhaviṣyaṃtyanāgate’dhvani bodhisattvā mahāsattvā: paścime kāle 
paścime samaye paścimāyāṃ paṃcaśatyāṃ saddharmavipralope vartamāne 
guṇavaṃta: śīlavaṃta: prajñāvaṃtaśca bhaviṣyaṃti ya imeṣvevaṃrūpeṣu sūtrāṃ- 
tapadeṣu bhāṣyamāṇeṣu bhūtasaṃjñā{5 saṃjñā Ch. J. T.}mutpādayiṣyaṃti | na khalu punaste 
subhūte bodhisattvā mahāsattvā ekabuddhaparyupāsitā bhaviṣyaṃti naika- 
buddhāvaropitakuśalamūlā bhaviṣyaṃti api tu khalu puna: subhūte 
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anekabuddhaśatasahasra{1 sāhasra T.}paryupāsitā anekabuddhaśatasahasrāvaropitaku- 
śalamūlāste bodhisattvā mahāsattvā bhaviṣyaṃti ya imeṣvevaṃrūpeṣu 
sūtrāṃtapadeṣu bhāṣyamāṇeṣvekacittaprasādamapi pratilapsyaṃte | jñātāste 
subhūte tathāgatena buddhajñānena dṛṣṭāste subhūte tathāgatena buddhacakṣuṣā 
buddhāste subhūte tathāgatena | sarve te subhūte’prameyamasaṃkhyeyaṃ puṇya- 
skaṃdhaṃ prasa{2.prabha T.}viṣyaṃti pratigrahīṣyaṃti | tatkasya heto: | na hi subhūte 
teṣāṃ bodhisattvānāṃ mahāsattvānāmātmasaṃjñā pravartate na sattvasaṃjñā 
na jīvasaṃjñā na pudgalasaṃjñā pravartate | nāpi {3 api Ch. T.} teṣāṃ subhūte bodhi- 
sattvānāṃ mahāsattvānāṃ dharmasaṃjñā pravartate | evaṃ nādharmasaṃjñā | nāpi 
teṣāṃ subhūte saṃjñā nāsaṃjñā pravartate | tatkasya heto: | sacetsubhūte 
teṣāṃ bodhisattvānāṃ mahāsattvānāṃ dharmasaṃjñā pravarteta sa eva teṣāmā- 
tmagrāho bhavetsattvagrāho jīvagrāha: pudgalagrāho bhavet | sacedadha{4 ceddharma Ch. T.}rma- 
saṃjñā pravarteta sa eva teṣāmātmagrāho bhavetsattvagrāho jīvagrāha: 
pudgalagrāha iti | tatkasya heto: | na khalu puna: subhūte bodhisattvena 
mahāsattvena dharma udgṛhītaṣyo nādharma: | tasmādiyaṃ tathāgatena saṃdhāya 
vāgbhāṣitā {5 dirda tathāgatena anyāya bhāṣitaṃ J. disaṃsanvaya tathāgatena vagbhaṣitā: T. diyaṃ satvāya tathāgatena vāgbhāṣitā | 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- 
taṣyā: prāgevādharmā iti{7 The abhidharma-kosha- vyākhyā {fol. 18 a} reads dharmā api.}||6|| 
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punaraparaṃ bhagavānāyuṣmaṃtaṃ subhūtimetadavocat | tatkiṃ manyase 
subhūte asti sa kaściddharmo yastathāgatenānuttarā samyaksaṃbodhi- 
ri{1 bodhirabhi Ch. J. T.}tyabhisaṃbuddha: {2 saṃbuddha # J.} kaścidvā dharmastathāgatena deśita: | evamukta āyu-
ṣmānsubhūtirbhagavaṃtametadavocat | yathāhaṃ bhagavanbhagavato bhāṣita- 
syārthamājānāmi nāsti sa kaściddharmo yasta{3 dharmasta Ch. T.}thāgatenānuttarā 
samyaksaṃbodhiri{4 dhirabhi J.}tyabhisaṃbuddha: {5 Cf. $$17; 22.} nāsti dharmo yastathāgatena deśita: {6 bhāṣita: Ch. bhāṣita: T.} | 
tatkasya heto: | yo’sau tathāgatena dharmo’bhisaṃbuddho deśito 
vā agrāhya: so’nabhilapya: | na sa dharmo nādharma: | tatkasya 
heto: | asaṃskṛtaprabhāvitā 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 kṛtvā 
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 bhāṣita: askaṃdha: sa 
tathāgatena bhāṣita: | tasmāttathāgato bhāṣate puṇyaskaṃdha: puṇyaskaṃdha 
iti | bhagavānāha | yaśca khalu puna: subhūte kulaputro vā 
kuladuhitā vemaṃ trisāhasramahāsāhasraṃ lokadhātuṃ saptaratnaparipūrṇaṃ 
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kṛtvā tathāgatebhyo’rhadya: samyaksaṃbuddhebhyo dānaṃ dadyāt yaśceto 
dharmaparyāyādaṃtaśaścatuṣpādikāmapi gāthāmudgṛhya 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 bhāṣitā: | 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 
spraṣṭavyāndharmānāpanna: | tenocyate srota āpanna iti | sacedbhagavan 
srotaāpannasyaivaṃ bhavenmayā srotaāpattiphalaṃ prāptamiti sa eva 
tasyātmagrāho bhavet sattvagrāho jīvagrāha: pudgalagrāho bhavediti || 
bhagavānāha | tatiṃ manyase subhūte api nu sakṛdāgāmina evaṃ 
bhavati mayā sakṛdāgāmiphalaṃ prāptamiti | subhūtirāha | no hīdaṃ 
bhagavan na sakṛdāgāmina evaṃ bhavati mayā sakṛdāgāmiphalaṃ 
prāptamiti | tatkasya heto: | na hi sa kaściddharmo ya: sakṛdāgāmi- 
tvamāpanna: | tenocyate sakṛdāgāmīti || 
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 nirdiṣṭa: | ahamasmi bhagavannarhanvī- 
tarāga: | na ca me bhagavannevaṃ bhavati arhannasmyahaṃ vītarāga iti | 
sacenmama bhagavannevaṃ bhavenmayārhattvaṃ prāptamiti na māṃ tathāgato 
vyākariṣyadaraṇāvihāriṇamagrya: subhūti: kulaputro na kvacidviha- 
rati tenocyate’raṇāvihāryaraṇāvihārīti ||9|| 
bhagavānāha | tatkiṃ manyase subhūte asti sa kaściddharmo yasta- 
thāgatena dīpaṃkarasya tathāgatasyārhata: samyaksaṃbuddhasyāṃtikādudgṛ-
hīta: | subhūtirāha | no hīdaṃ bhagavan nāsti sa kaściddharmo 
yastathāgatena dīpaṃkarasya tathāgatasyārhata: samyaksaṃbuddhasyāṃti- 
kādudgṛhīta:{1Cf.$ 17.} 
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bhagavānāha | ya: kaścitsubhūte bodhisattva evaṃ vadedahaṃ kṣetravyū- 
hānniṣpādayiṣyāmīti{1 vyāmi J. vyamati Ch. vyamiti T.} sa vitathaṃ vadet | tatkasya heto: kṣetravyūhā: 
kṣetravyūhā iti subhūte’vyūhāste tathāgatena bhāṣitā: | tenocyaṃte 
kṣetravyūhā iti || 
tasmāttarhi subhūte bodhisattvena mahāsattvenaivamapratiṣṭhitaṃ citta- 
mutpādayitavyaṃ yanna kvacitpratiṣṭhitaṃ cittamutpādayitavyaṃ na rūpa- 
pratiṣṭhitaṃ cittamutpādayitavyaṃ na śabdagaṃdharaspraṣṭavyadharmapratiṣṭhitaṃ 
cittamutpādayitaṣyaṃ | tadyathāpi nāma subhūte puruṣo 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 bhāṣita: | 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 gaṃgānadīṣu vālukā: | bhaga- 
vānāha | ārocayāmi te subhūte prativedayāmi te yāvatyastāsu 
gaṃgānadīṣu vālukā bhaveyustāvato lokadhātūnkaścideva strī vā 
puruṣo vā saptaratnaparipūrṇaṃ kṛtvā tathāgatebhyo’rhadbhya: samyaksaṃ- 
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buddhebhyo dānaṃ dadyāt tatkiṃ manyase subhūte api nu sā strī vā 
puruṣo vā tato nidānaṃ bahu puṇyaskaṃdhaṃ prasunuyāt | subhūtirāha | 
bahu bhagavanbahu sugata strī vā puruṣo vā tato nidānaṃ puṇyaskaṃdhaṃ 
prasunuyādaprameyamasaṃkhyeyaṃ | bhagavānāha | yaśca khalu puna: subhūte strī 
vā puruṣo vā tāvato lokadhātūnsaptarānaparipūrṇaṃ kṛtvā tathāga- 
tebhyo’rhadma: samyaksaṃbuddhebhyo dānaṃ dadyāt yaśca kulaputro vā 
kuladuhitā veto dharmaparyāyādaṃtaśaścatuṣpādikāmapi gāthāmudgṛhya 
parebhyo deśayetsaṃprakāśayedayameva tato nidānaṃ bahutaraṃ puṇyaskaṃdhaṃ 
prasunuyādaprameyamasaṃkhyeyaṃ ||11|| 
api tu khalu puna: subhūte yasminpṛthivīpradeśa ito dharmaparyā- 
yādaṃtaśaścatuṣpādikāmapi gāthāmudgṛhya bhāṣyeta vā saṃprakāśyeta 
vā sa pṛthivīpradeśaścaityabhūto bhavetsadevamānuṣāsurasya lokasya ka: 
punarvādo ya imaṃ dharmaparyāyaṃ sakalasamāptaṃ dhārayiṣyaṃti vāca- 
yiṣyaṃti paryavāpsyaṃti parebhyaśca vistareṇa saṃprakāśayiṣyaṃti | para- 
meṇa te subhūta āścaryeṇa samanvāgatā bhaviṣyaṃti | tasmiṃśca subhūte 
pṛthivīpradeśe śāstā viharatyanyatarānyataro vā vijñagurusthā- 
nīya: {1 Cf. 15.} ||12|| 
evamukta āyuṣmānsubhūtirbhagavaṃtametadavocat | ko nāmāyaṃ 
bhagavandharmaparyāya: kathaṃ cainaṃ dhārayāmi | evamukte bhagavānā- 
yuṣmaṃtaṃ subhūtimetadavocat | prajñāpāramitā nāmāyaṃ subhūte dharma- 
paryāya: | evaṃ cainaṃ dhāraya | tatkasya heto: | yaiva subhūte prajñāpā- 
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ramitā tathāgatena bhāṣitā saivāpāramitā tathāgatena bhāṣitā | 
tenocyate prajñāpāramiteti || 
tatkiṃ manyase subhūte api nvasti sa kaściddharmo yastathāgatena 
bhāṣita: | subhūtirāha | no hīdaṃ bhagavan nāsti sa kaściddharmo 
yastathāgatena bhāṣita: || 
bhagavānāha | tatkiṃ manyase subhūte yāvat trisāhasramahāsāhasre 
lokadhātau pṛthivīraja: kaccittadvahu bhavet | subhūtirāha | bahu 
bhagavanbahu sugata pṛthivīrajo bhavet | tatkasya heto: | yattaṅga- 
gavanpṛthivīrajastathāgatena bhāṣitamarajastaṅgagavaṃstathāgatena bhā- 
ṣitaṃ | tenocyate pṛthivīraja iti || yo’pyasau lokadhātustathā- 
gatena bhāṣito’dhātu: sa tathāgatena bhāṣita: | tenocyate loka- 
dhāturiti || 
bhagavānāha | tatkiṃ manyase subhūte dvātriṃśanmahāpuruṣalakṣaṇaista- 
yāgato’rhansamyaksaṃbuddho draṣṭavya: | subhūtirāha | no hīdaṃ bhagavan 
dvātriṃśanmahāpuruṣalakṣaṇaistathāgato’rhansamyaksaṃbuddho draṣṭavya: | 
tatkasya heto: | yāni hi tāni bhagavan dvātriṃśanmahāpuruṣalakṣa- 
ṇāni tathāgatena bhāṣitānyalakṣaṇāni tāni bhagavaṃstathāgatena 
bhāṣitāni | tenocyaṃte dvātriṃśanmahāpuruṣalakṣaṇānīti {1 Cf. 5; 20; 25.} || 
bhagavānāha | yaśca khalu puna: subhūte strī vā puruṣo vā dine 
dine gaṃgānadīvālukāsamānātmabhāvānparityajet | evaṃ paritya- 
jangaṃgānadīvālukāsamānkalpāṃstānātmabhāvānparityajet yaśceto 
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dharmaparyāyādaṃtaśaścatuṣpādikāmapi gāthāmudgṛhya parebhyo deśayetsaṃpra- 
kāśayedayameva tato nidānaṃ bahutaraṃ puṇyaskaṃdhaṃ prasunuyādaprameya- 
masaṃkhyeyaṃ ||13|| 
atha khalvāyuṣmānsubhūtirdharmavegenāśrūṇi prāmuṃcat so’śrūṇi 
pramṛjya bhagavaṃtametadavocat | āścaryaṃ bhagavanparamāścaryaṃ sugata 
yāvadayaṃ dharmaparyāyastathāgatena bhāṣito’grayānasaṃprasthitānāṃ 
sattvānāmarthāya śreṣṭhayānasaṃprasthitānāmarthāya {1 Cf. 15.} yato me bhaga- 
vañjñānamutpannaṃ | na mayā bhagavañjātvevaṃrūpo dharmaparyāya: śrutapūrva: | 
parameṇa te bhagavannāścaryeṇa samanvāgatā bodhisattvā bhaviṣyaṃti ya iha 
sūtre bhāṣyamāṇe śrutvā bhūtasaṃjñāmutpādayiṣyaṃti | tatkasya heto: | 
yā caiṣā bhagavanbhūtasaṃjñā saivābhūtasaṃjñā | tasmāttathāgato bhāṣate 
bhūtasaṃjñā bhūtasaṃjñeti || 
na mama bhagavannāścaryaṃ {2 After āścaryaṃ J. has bhavet.} yadāhamimaṃ dharmaparyāyaṃ bhāṣyamāṇamava- 
kalpayāmyadhimucye | ye’pi te bhagavansattvā bhaviṣyaṃtyanāgate’dhvani 
paścime kāle paścime samaye paścimāyāṃ paṃcaśatyāṃ saddharmavipra- 
lope vartamāne ya imaṃ bhagavandharmaparyāyamudgṛhīṣyaṃti dhārayiṣyaṃti 
vācayiṣyaṃti paryavāpsyaṃti parebhyaśca vistareṇa saṃprakāśayiṣyaṃti 
te paramāścaryeṇa samanvāgatā bhaviṣyaṃti || 
api tu khalu punarbhagavanna teṣāmātmasaṃjñā pravartiṣyate{3 pravartate Ch. T.} na 
sattvasaṃjñā na jīvasaṃjñā na pudgalasaṃjñā pravartiṣyate nāpi teṣāṃ 
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 bhagavānāyuṣmaṃtaṃ subhūtimetadavocat | evametat subhūte 
evametat | paramāścaryasamanvāgatāste sattvā bhaviṣyaṃti ya iha subhūte 
sūtre bhāṣyamāṇe nottrasiṣyaṃti na saṃtrasiṣyaṃti na saṃtrāsamāpatsyaṃte | 
tatkasya heto: | paramapāramiteyaṃ subhūte tathāgatena bhāṣitā yadutāpā- 
ramitā | yāṃ ca subhūte tathāgata: paramapāramitāṃ bhāṣate {1 bhāvita: yāṃ ca tathāgata: paramapāramitana bhāṣite J.} tāmapari- 
māṇā api buddhā bhagavaṃto bhāṣaṃte | tenocyate paramapāramiteti || 
api tu khalu puna: subhūte yā tathāgatasya kṣāṃtipāramitā 
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 
ātmasaṃjñābhaviṣyadvyāpādasaṃjñāpi me tasminsamaye’bhaviṣyat | 
sacetsattvasaṃjñā jīvasaṃjñā pudgalasaṃjñābhaviṣyadvyāpādasaṃjñāpi me 
tasminsamaye’bhaviṣyat | tatkasya heto: | abhijānāmyahaṃ subhūte 
'tīte’dhvani paṃca jātiśatāni yadahaṃ kṣāṃtivādī ṛṣirabhūvaṃ | 
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- 
pratiṣṭhitaṃ cittamutpādayitavyaṃ na śabdagaṃdharasaspraṣṭavyadharmapratiṣṭhitaṃ 
cittamutpādayitavyaṃ na dharmapratiṣṭhitaṃ cittamutpādayitavyaṃ nādharma- 
pratiṣṭhitaṃ cittamutpādayitavyaṃ na kvacitpratiṣṭhitaṃ cittamutpādayi- 
tavyaṃ | tatkasya heto: | yatpratiṣṭhitaṃ tadevāpratiṣṭhitaṃ | tasmādeva 
tathāgato bhāṣate apratiṣṭhitena bodhisattvena dānaṃ dātavyaṃ | na 
rūpaśabdagaṃdharasasparśadharmapratiṣṭhitena dānaṃ dātavyaṃ {1 Cf. 4.} || 
api tu khalu puna: subhūtebodhisattvenaivaṃrūpo dānaparityāga: 
kartavya: sarvasattvānāmarthāya | tatkasya heto: | yā caiṣā subhūte sattva- 
saṃjñā saivāsaṃjñā | ya evaṃ te sarvasattvāstathāgatena bhāṣitāsta 
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 mṛṣā | tadyathāpi nāma subhūte 
puruṣo’ṃdhakārapraviṣṭo na kiṃcidapi paśyet evaṃ vastupatito 
bodhisattvo draṣṭavyo yo vastupatito dānaṃ parityajati | tadyathāpi 
nāma subhūte cakṣuṣmānpuruṣa: prabhātāyāṃ rātrau sūrye’bhyudgate nānā- 
vidhāni rūpāṇi paśyet evamavastupatito bodhisattvo draṣṭavyo 
yo’vastupatito dānaṃ parityajati || 
api tu khalu puna: subhūte ye kulaputrā vā kuladuhitaro vemaṃ 
dharmaparyāyamudgṛhīṣyaṃti dhārayiṣyaṃti vācayiṣyaṃti paryavāpsyaṃti
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parebhyaśca vistareṇa saṃprakāśayiṣyaṃti jñātāste subhūte tathāgatena 
buddhajñānena dṛṣṭāste subhūte tathāgatena buddhacakṣuṣā buddhāste tathā- 
gatena | sarve te subhūte sattvā aprameyamasaṃkhyeyaṃ puṇyaskaṃdhaṃ prasaviṣyaṃti 
pratigrahīṣyaṃti ||14|| 
yaśca khalu puna: subhūte strī vā puruṣo 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 pratikṣipet ayameva tato nidānaṃ 
bahutaraṃ puṇyaskaṃdhaṃ prasunuyādaprameyamasaṃkhyeyaṃ | ka: punarvādo yo 
likhitvodgṛhṇīyāṅkārayedvācayetparyavāpnuyātparebhyaśca vistareṇa saṃ- 
prakāśayet || 
api tu khalu puna: subhūte aciṃtyo’tulyo’yaṃ dharmaparyāya: | 
ayaṃ ca subhūte dharmaparyāyastathāgatena bhāṣito’grayānasaṃprasthitānāṃ 
sattvānāmarthāya śreṣṭhayānasaṃprasthitānāṃ sattvānāmarthāya {2 Cf. 14.} | ya {3 ya deest in J. Ch. T.) imaṃ 
dharmaparyāyamudgrahīṣyaṃti dhārayiṣyaṃti vācayiṣyaṃti paryavāpsyaṃti 
parebhyaśca vistareṇa saṃprakāśayiṣyaṃti jñātāste subhūte tathāgatena buddha- 
jñānena dṛṣṭāste subhūte tathāgatena buddhacakṣuṣā buddhāste tathāgatena | 
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sarve te subhūte sattvā aprameyeṇa puṇyaskaṃdhena samanvāgatā bhaviṣyaṃti | 
aciṃtyenātulyenāmāpyenāparimāṇena puṇyaskaṃdhena samanvāgatā 
bhaviṣyaṃti | sarve te subhūte sattvā: samāṃśena bodhiṃ dhārayiṣyaṃti 
vācayiṣyaṃti paryavāpsyaṃti | tatkasya heto: | na hi śakyaṃ subhūte'yaṃ 
dharmaparyāyo hīnādhimuktikai: sattvai: śrotuṃ nātmadṛṣṭikairna sattvadṛṣṭi- 
kairna jīvadṛṣṭikairna pudgaladṛṣṭikai: | nābodhisattvapratijñai: sattvai:
śakyamayaṃ dharmaparyāya: śrotuṃ vodgrahītuṃ vā dhārayituṃ vā vācayituṃ 
vā paryavāptuṃ vā | nedaṃ sthānaṃ vidyate || 
api tu khalu puna: subhūte yatra pṛthivīpradeśa idaṃ sūtraṃ prakāśa- 
yiṣyate pūjanīya: sa pṛthivīpradeśo bhaviṣyati sadevamānuṣāsurasya 
lokasya vaṃdanīya: pradakṣiṇīyaśca sa pṛthivīpradeśo bhaviṣyati 
caityabhūta: sa pṛthivīpradeśo bhaviṣyati {1 Cf.$ 12.} ||15|| 
api tu ye te subhūte kulaputrā vā kuladuhitaro vemānevaṃrū- 
pānsūtrāṃtānudgrahīṣyaṃti dhārayiṣyaṃti vācayiṣyaṃti paryavāpsyaṃti 
yoniśaśca manasikariṣyaṃti parebhyaśca vistareṇa saṃprakāśayiṣyaṃti 
te paribhūtā bhaviṣyaṃti suparibhūtāśca bhaviṣyaṃti | tatkasya heto: | 
yāni ca teṣāṃ subhūte sattvānāṃ paurvajanmikānyaśubhāni karmāṇi 
kṛtānyapāyasaṃvartanīyāni dṛṣṭa eva dharma paribhūtatayā tāni paurvaja- 
nmikānyaśubhāni karmāṇi kṣapayiṣyaṃti 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.) 
imānevaṃrūpānsūcāṃtānudgrahīṣyaṃti dhārayiṣyaṃti vācayiṣyaṃti vācayiṣyaṃti parya- 
vāpsyaṃti parebhyaśca vistareṇa saṃprakāśayiṣyaṃti asya khalu puna: 
subhūte puṇyaskaṃdhasyāṃtikādasau paurvaka: puṇyaskaṃdha: śatatamīmapi 
kalāṃ nopaiti sahasratamīmapi śatasahasratamīmapi koṭitamīmapi 
koṭiśatatamīmapi koṭiśatasahasratamīmapi koṭiniyutaśatasaha- 
sratamīmapi saṃkhyāmapi kalāmapi gaṇanāmapyupamāmapyupaniṣada- 
mapi {3 niṣadamapi Ch. T. niśāmapi J.) yāvadaupamyamapi na kṣamate || 
sacetpuna: subhūte teṣāṃ kulapuṣāṇāṃ kuladuhitṝṇāṃ vāhaṃ puṇya- 
skaṃdhaṃ bhāṣeyaṃ yāvatte kulaputrā vā kuladuhitaro vā tasminsamaye 
puṇyaskaṃdhaṃ prasaviṣyaṃti pratigrahīṣyaṃti unmādaṃ sattvā anuprāpruyu- 
ścittavikṣepaṃ vā gaccheyu: | api tu khalu puna: subhūte aciṃ- 
tyo’tulyo’yaṃ dharmaparyāyastathāgatena bhāṣita: | asyāciṃtya eva 
vipāka: pratikāṃkṣitavya: ||16|| 
atha khalvāyuṣmānsubhūtirbhagavaṃtametadavocat | kathaṃ bhagavanbo- 
dhisattvayānasaṃprasthitena sthātavyaṃ kathaṃ pratipattavyaṃ kathaṃ cittaṃ 
pragrahītavyaṃ {4 Cf. 2.) | bhagavānāha | iha subhūte bodhisattvayānasaṃprasthitenaivaṃ 
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cittamutpādayitavyaṃ sarve sattvā mayānupadhiśeṣe 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 āyuṣmānsubhūtirbhagavaṃtametadavocat | yathāhaṃ bhagavan 
bhagavato bhāṣitasyārthamājānāmi nāsti sa bhagavankaściddharmo 
yastathāgatena dīpaṃkarasya tathāgatasyārhata: samyaksaṃbuddhasyāṃti- 
kādanuttarāṃ samyaksaṃbodhimabhisaṃbuddha: | evamukte bhagavānāyuṣmaṃtaṃ 
subhūtimetadavocat | evametatsubhūte evametat nāsti subhūte sa 
kaściddharmo yastathāgatena dīpaṃkarasya tathāgatasyārhata: samyaksaṃ- 
buddhasyāṃtikādanuttarāṃ samyaksaṃbodhimabhisaṃbuddha: {2 Cf. Io.) | sacetpuna: subhūte 
kaściddharmastathāgatenābhisaṃbuddho’bhaviṣyat {3 vyāt Ch. j.) vyet j.) na māṃ dīpaṃkarastathā- 
gato vyākariṣyamṅgaviṣyasitvaṃ 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 vyākṛto bhaviṣyasi 
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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: | eṣa subhūte’nutpādo ya: paramārtha: | ya: kaścitsubhūta 
evaṃ vadettathāgatenārhatā samyaksaṃbuddhenānuttarā samyaksaṃbodhi- 
rabhisaṃbuddheti sa vitathaṃ vadet abhyācakṣīta māṃ sa subhūte asa- 
todgṛhītena | tatkasya heto: | nāsti subhūte sa kaściddharmo yastathā- 
gatenānuttarāṃ samyaksaṃbodhimabhisaṃbuddha: {4 Cf. 7: 22.} | yaśca subhūte tathāgatena 
dharmo’bhisaṃbuddho deśito vā tatra na satyaṃ na mṛṣā | tasmāttathāgato 
bhāṣate sarvadharmā buddhadharmā iti {5 sarvadharmā iti Ch. sarvadharma iti T. sarvadharma buddhadharma iti J.) | tatkasya heto: | sarvadharmā iti subhūte 
adharmāstathāgatena bhāṣitā: | tasmāducyaṃte sarvadharmā buddharmā iti || 
tadyathāpi nāma subhūte puruṣo bhavedupetakāyo mahākāya: | 
āyuṣmānsubhūtirāha | yo'sau bhagavaṃstathāgatena puruṣo bhāṣita 
upetakāyo mahākāya iti akāya: sa bhagavaṃstathāgatena bhāṣita: | 
tenocyata upetakāyo mahākāya iti {6 Cf. 10.} || 
bhagavānāha | evametatsubhūte | yo bodhisattva evaṃ vadedahaṃ 
sattvānparinirvāpayiṣyāmīti 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 
bhāṣitāstenocyaṃte sattvā iti | tasmāttathāgato bhāṣate nirātmāna: 
sarvadharmā {1 nissattva sarvadharma: J.} nirjīvā niṣpoṣā {2 niṣpoṣā deest in J.: translated by kumāragiva. See Childers s. v. poriso.} niṣpudgalā: sarvadharmā iti || 
ya: subhūte bodhisattva evaṃ vadedahaṃ kṣetravyūhānniṣpādayiṣyāmīti 
sa vitathaṃ vadet {3 so’pi tathaiva vaktavya: J.} | tatkasya heto: | kṣetravyūhā kṣetravyūhā iti subhūte 
avyūhāste tathāgatena bhāṣitā: | tenocyaṃte kṣetravyūhā iti || 
ya: subhūte bodhisattvo nirātmāno dharmā nirātmāno dharmā 
ityadhimucyate sa tathāgatenārhatā samyaksaṃbuddhena bodhisattvo 
mahāsattva ityākhyāta: ||17|| 
bhagavānāha | tatkiṃ manyase subhūte saṃvidyate tathāgatasya māṃsa- 
cakṣu: | subhūtirāha | evametadbhagavan saṃvidyate tathāgatasya māṃsa- 
cakṣu: | bhagavānāha | tatkiṃ manyase subhūte saṃvidyate tathāgatasya 
divyaṃ cakṣu: | subhūtirāha | evametadbhagavan saṃvidyate tathāgatasya 
divyaṃ cakṣu: | bhagavānāha | tatkiṃ manyase subhūte saṃvidyate tathā- 
gatasya prajñācakṣu: | subhūtirāha | evametadbhagavan saṃvidyate 
tathāgatasya prajñācakṣu: | bhagavānāha | tatkiṃ manyase subhūte saṃvidyate 
tathāgatasya dharmacakṣu: | subhūtirāha | evametadbhagavan saṃvidyate 
tathāgatasya dharmacakṣu: | bhagavānāha | tatkiṃ manyase subhūte 
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saṃvidyate tathāgatasya buddhacakṣu: | subhūtirāha | evametadbhagavansaṃvidyate 
tathāgatasya buddhacakṣu: || 
bhagavānāha {1 T. inserts tatkiṃ manyase subhūte yāvatyo gaṃgāyāṃ mahānadyāṃ vālukāstathāgatena bhāṣitā: | 
subhūtirāha | evametadbhagavaṃ | evametatsugata bhāṣitāstathāgatena 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 bhāṣitā: | subhūtirāha | 
evametaṅgagavannevametatsugata bhāṣitāstathāgatena 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 teṣu lokadhātuṣu sattvāsteṣāmahaṃ 
nānābhāvāṃ cittadhārāṃ prajānāmi {2 prajānīyāt Ch. prajānīya: J.} | tatkasya heto: cittadhārā 
cittadhāreti subhūte adhāraiṣā tathāgatena bhāṣitā | 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 kṛtvā 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 bhāṣita: |  
tenocyate puṇyaskaṃdha iti | sacetpuna: subhūte puṇyaskaṃdho’bhaviṣyanna{4 bhaviṣyati T. Ch. bhaviṣyet J.}
tathāgato’bhāṣiṣyat {5 bhāviṣyat T. Ch. bhāviṣyet J.} puṇyaskaṃdha: puṇyaskaṃdha iti ||19|| 
tatkiṃ manyase subhūte rūpakāyapariniṣpattyā tathāgato draṣṭavya: | 
subhūtirāha | no hīdaṃ bhagavan na rūpakāyapariniṣpattyā tathāgato 
draṣṭavya: | tatkasya heto: | rūpakāyapariniṣpattī rūpakāyaparini- 
ṣpattiriti bhagavan apariniṣpattireṣā tathāgatena bhāṣitā | 
tenocyate rūpakāyapariniṣpattiriti || 
bhagavānāha | tatkiṃ manyase subhūte lakṣaṇasaṃpadā tathāgato draṣṭa- 
ṣya: | subhūtirāha| no hīdaṃ bhagavan na lakṣaṇasaṃpadā tathāgato draṣṭavya: | 
tatkasya heto: | yaiṣā bhagavaṃ^llakṣaṇasaṃpattathāgatena bhāṣitā alakṣaṇa- 
saṃpadeṣā tathāgatena bhāṣitā | tenocyate lakṣaṇasaṃpaditi {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 draṣṭavyaṃ 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 abhyācakṣīta 
māṃ sa subhūte’satodgṛhītena | tatkasya heto: dharmadeśanā dharmadeśaneti 
subhūte nāsti sa kaściddharmo yo dharmadeśanā nāmopalabhyate || 
evamukta āyuṣmānsubhūtirbhagavaṃtametadavocat | asti bhagavanke- 
citsattvā bhaviṣyaṃtyanāgate’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 bhāṣitā: | tenocyaṃte sattvā iti ||21|| 
tatkiṃ manyase subhūte api nvasti sa kaściddharmo yastathāgatenā- 
nuttarāṃ samyaksaṃbodhimabhisaṃbuddha: {1 Cf. 7; 17.} | āyuṣmānsubhūtirāha | 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 kaścidviṣama: | 
tenocyate’nuttarā samyaksaṃbodhiriti | nirātmatvena ni:sattvatvena 
nirjīvatvena niṣpudgalatvena samā sānuttarā samyaksaṃbodhi: sarvai: 
kuśalairdharmairabhisaṃbudhyate | tatkasya heto: | kuśalā dharmā: kuśalā 
dharmā iti subhūte adharmāścaiva te tathāgatena bhāṣitā: | tenocyaṃte 
kuśalā dharmā iti ||23|| 
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yaśca khalu puna: subhūte strī vā puruṣo vā yāvaṃtastrisāhasra- 
mahāsāhasre lokadhātau sumerava: parvatarājānastāvato rāśīnsa- 
prānāṃ ratnānāmabhisaṃhṛtya tathāgatebhyo’rhadma: samyaksaṃbuddhebhyo 
dānaṃ dadyāt yaśca kulaputro vā kuladuhitā veta: prajñāpāramitāyā 
dharmaparyāyādaṃtaśaścatuṣpādikāmapi gāthāmudgṛhya parebhyo deśayedasya 
subhūte puṇyaskaṃdhasyāsau paurvaka: puṇyaskaṃdha: śatatamīmapi kalāṃ 
nopaiti yāvadupaniṣadamapi na kṣamate {1 Cf. 16.} ||24|| 
tatkiṃ manyase subhūte api nu tathāgatasyaivaṃ bhavati mayā sattvā: 
parimocitā iti | na khalu puna: subhūta evaṃ draṣṭavyaṃ | tatkasya heto: | 
nāsti subhūte kaścitsattvo yastathāgatena parimocita: | yadi puna: 
subhūte kaścitsattvo’bhaviṣyadyastathāgatena parimocita: syāt sa 
eva tathāgatasyātmagrāho’bhaviṣyāsattvagrāho jīvagrāha: pudgalayā- 
ho’bhaviṣyat | ātmagrāha iti subhūte agrāha eva tathāgatena 
bhāṣita: | sa ca vālapṛthagjanairudgṛhīta: | bālapṛthagjanā iti 
subhūte ajanā eva te tathāgatena bhāṣitā: | tenocyaṃte bāla- 
pṛthagjanā iti ||25|| 
tatkiṃ manyase subhūte lakṣaṇasaṃpadā tathāgato draṣṭavya: | subhūti- 
rāha | no hīdaṃ bhagavan | yathāhaṃ bhagavato bhāṣitasyārthamājānāmi 
na lakṣaṇasaṃpadā tathāgato draṣṭavya: {2 Cf. 5; 13; 20.} | bhagavānāha | sādhu sādhu 
subhūte evametatsubhūte evametadyathā vadasi | na lakṣaṇasaṃpadā 
tathāgato draṣṭavya: | tatkasya heto: | sacetpuna: subhūte lakṣaṇasaṃpadā 
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tathāgato draṣṭavyo’bhaviṣyadrājāpi cakravartī tathāgato’bhaviṣyat | 
tasmānna lakṣaṇasaṃpadā tathāgato draṣṭavya: | āyuṣmānsubhūtirbhaga- 
vaṃtametadavocat | yathāhaṃ bhagavato bhāṣitasyārthamājānāmi na 
lakṣaṇasaṃpadā tathāgato draṣṭavya: | atha khalu bhagavāṃstasyāṃ velā- 
yāmime gāthe abhāṣata | 
ye māṃ rūpeṇa cādrākṣurye māṃ ghoṣeṇa cānvagu: {1 canvayu: J. cānvayo Ch. cānvayot T.} | 
mithyāprahāṇaprasṛtā na māṃ drakṣyaṃti te janā: ||1|| 
dharmato buddho draṣṭavyo 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 lakṣaṇasaṃpadā tathāgatenānuttarā samyaksaṃ- 
bodhirabhisaṃbuddhā | na khalu punaste subhūta evaṃ draṣṭavyaṃ | tatkasya 
heto: | na hi subhūte lakṣaṇasaṃpadā tathāgatenānuttarā samyaksaṃbo- 
dhirabhisaṃbuddhā syāt | na khalu punaste subhūte kaścidevaṃ vadet 
bodhisattvayānasaṃprasthitai: kasyaciddharmasya vināśa: prajñapta ucchedo 
veti | na khalu punaste subhūta evaṃ draṣṭavyaṃ | tatkasya heto: | 
na bodhisattvayānasaṃprasthitai: kasyaciddharmasya vināśa: prajñapto 
noccheda: ||27|| 
yaśca khalu puna: subhūte kulaputro vā kuladuhitā vā gaṃgānadī- 
vālukāsamāṃ^llokadhātūnsaptaratnaparipūrṇaṃ kṛtvā tathāgatebhyo’rhadma: 
samyaksaṃbuddhebhyo dānaṃ dadyādyaśca bodhisattvo nirātmakeṣvanutpatti- 
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keṣu dharmeṣu kṣāṃtiṃ pratilabhate ayameva tato nidānaṃ bahutaraṃ 
puṇyaskaṃdhaṃ prasavedaprameyamasaṃkhyeyaṃ | na khalu puna: subhūte bodhisattvena 
mahāsattvena puṇyaskaṃdha: parigrahītavya: | āyuṣmānsubhūtirāha | 
nanu bhagavan {1 bhagavanna T. bhagavaṃ Ch. na nu bhagavaṃ J.} bodhisattvena puṇyaskaṃdha: parigrahītavya: | bhagavānāha | 
parigrahītavya: subhūte no grahītavya: {2 todgṛhītavya: J. nodgṛhītavya: Ch. no gṛhītavya: T.} | tenocyate parigrahītavya 
iti ||28|| 
api tu khalu puna: subhūte ya: kaścidevaṃ vadettathāgato gacchati 
vāgacchati vā tiṣṭhati vā niṣīdati vā śayyāṃ vā kalpayati na 
me subhūte bhāṣitasyārthamājānāti | 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 pṛthivīrajāṃsi tāvatāṃ lokadhā- 
tūnāmevaṃrūpaṃ maṣiṃ {4 evaṃrūpamapi bhāga kuryat T. Ch. evaṃrūpaṃ maṣīṃ 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’bhaviṣyat na bhagavānavakṣyatparamāṇusaṃcaya iti | 
tatkasya heto: | yo’sau bhagavanparamāṇusaṃcayastathāgatena bhāṣita: 
asaṃcaya: sa tathāgatena bhāṣita: | tenocyate paramāṇusaṃcaya iti || 
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yaśca tathāgatena bhāṣitastrisāhasramahāsāhasro lokadhāturiti 
adhātu: sa tathāgatena bhāṣita: | tenocyate trisāhasramahāsāhasro 
lokadhāturiti | tatkasya heto: | sacedbhagavan lokadhāturabhaviṣyat 
sa eva piṃḍagrāho’bhaviṣyat yaścaiva piṃḍagrāhastathāgatena bhāṣita: 
agrāha: sa tathāgatena bhāṣita: | tenocyate piṃḍagrāha iti | 
bhagavānāha | piṃḍagrāhaścaiva subhūte avyavahāro’nabhilapya: | na sa 
dharmo nādharma: | sa ca bālapṛthagjanairudgṛhīta: ||30|| 
tatkasya heto: | {1 tatkasya heto: before yo hi deest in J.} yo hi kaścitsubhūta evaṃ vadedātmadṛṣṭistathāgatena 
bhāṣitā sattvadṛṣṭirjīvadṛṣṭi: pudgaladṛṣṭistathāgatena bhāṣitā api 
nu sa subhūte samyagvadamāno vadet | subhūtirāha | no hīdaṃ bhagavanno 
hīdaṃ sugata na samyagvadamāno vadet | tatkasya heto: | yā sā bhaga- 
vannātmadṛṣṭistathāgatena bhāṣitā adṛṣṭi: sā tathāgatena bhāṣitā | 
tenocyata ātmadṛṣṭiriti ||
bhagavānāha | evaṃ hi subhūte bodhisattvayānasaṃprasthitena sarvadharmā 
jñātavyā draṣṭavyā adhimoktavyā: | tathā ca jñātavyā draṣṭavyā adhi-
moktavyā yathā na dharmasaṃjñāyāmapi pratyupatiṣṭhennādharmasaṃjñāyāṃ | 
tatkasya heto: | dharmasaṃjñā dharmasaṃjñeti subhūte asaṃjñaiṣā tathāgatena 
bhāṣitā | tenocyate dharmasaṃjñeti ||31|| 
yaśca khalu puna: subhūte bodhisattvo mahāsattvo’prameyānasaṃkhye- 
yāṃ^llokadhātūnsaptaratnaparipūrṇaṃ kṛtvā tathāgatebhyo’rhadma: samyaksaṃ- 
buddhebhyo dānaṃ dadyādyaśca kulaputro vā kuladuhitā veta: prajñāpāra- 
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mitāyā dharmaparyāyādaṃtaśaścatuṣpādikāmapi gāthāmudgṛhya 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 saṃskṛta iti ||}| tadyathākāśe {2 yathākāśe Ch.} 
tārakā timiraṃ{3 rimiraṃ Ch. T.} dīpo māyāvaśyā{4 māyāvaśyaya Ch. T.}yaṃbudbudaṃ | 
svapnaṃ ca vidyudabhraṃ ca evaṃ draṣṭavyaṃ saṃskṛtaṃ {5 It would be easy to 
restore the metre by reading paśyedevaṃ hi saṃskṛtaṃ, 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 bhikṣubhi- 
kṣuṇyupāsakopāsikāste ca bodhisattvā: {6 te ca bodhisattvā deest in J.} sadevamānuṣāsuragaṃdharvaśca 
loko bhagavato bhāṣitamabhyanaṃdanniti ||32|| 
|| āryavajracchedikā bhagavatī prajñāpāramitā samāptā || {7 vajracchedikāprajñāvāramitā (su) traṃ : samāptaṃ J.}