Chapter 4 - Meghaśrī

4 meghaśrīḥ|

atha khalu sudhanaḥ śreṣṭhidārako'nupūrveṇa yena rāmāvarānto janapadastenopajagāma| upetya rāmāvarānte janapade vicaran pūvakuśalamūlasaṃbhavo dārakarmādhiṣṭhānamanobhirucitān bhogān paribhuñjāno yena sugrīvaḥ parvatastenopasaṃkramya sugrīvaṃ parvatamadhiruhya meghaśriyaṃ bhikṣumanugaveṣamāṇaḥ pūrvāṃ diśaṃ niryayau| evaṃ dakṣiṇāṃ paścimāmuttarāmuttarapūrvāṃ pūrvadakṣiṇāṃ dakṣiṇapaścimāṃ paścimottarāmapi diśaṃ niryayau| meghaśriyaṃ bhikṣumanugaveṣamāṇaḥ ūrdhvato'pyavalokayati sma, adhastādapi| sa saptāhasyātyayānmeghaśriyaṃ bhikṣumapaśyadanyatamasmin parvataśikharotsaṅge caṃkramyamāṇam| sa yena meghaśrīrbhikṣustenopasaṃkramya meghaśriyo bhikṣoḥ pādau śirasābhivandya meghaśriyaṃ bhikṣuṃ pradakṣiṇīkṛtya purataḥ prāñjaliḥ sthitvā etadavocat-yatkhalu āryo jānīyāt-mayā anuttarāyāṃ samyaksaṃbodhau cittamutpāditam| na ca jāne kathaṃ bodhisattvena bodhisattvacaryāyāṃ śikṣitavyam, kathaṃ pratipattavyam, kathaṃ bodhisattvacaryā prārabdhavyā, kathaṃ bodhisattvacaryāyāṃ caritavyam, kathaṃ bodhisattvacaryā paripurayitavyā, kathaṃ pariśodhayitavyā, kathamavatartavyā, kathamabhinirhartavyā, kathamanusartavyā, kathamadhyālambitavyā, kathaṃ vistārayitavyā, kathaṃ bodhisattvasya paripūrṇaṃ bhavati samantabhadracaryāmaṇḍalam| śrutaṃ ca me āryo bodhisattvānāmavavādānuśāsanīṃ dadātīti| tadvadatu me āryaḥ kathaṃ bodhisattvā niryānti anuttarāyāṃ samyaksaṃbodhau| evamukte meghaśrīrbhikṣuḥ sudhanaṃ śriṣṭhidārakametadavocat-sādhu sādhu kulaputra, yastvamanuttarāyāṃ samyaksaṃbodhau cittamutpādya bodhisattvacaryāṃ paripṛcchasi| duṣkaraṃ hi etat kulaputra paramaduṣkaraṃ yaduta bodhisattvacaryāparimārgaṇaṃ bodhisattvogocaraparimārgaṇaṃ bodhisattvaniryāṇaviśuddhiparimārgaṇaṃ bodhisattvamārgaviśuddhiparimārgaṇaṃ bodhisattvacaryāvaipulyaviśuddhiparimārgaṇaṃ bodhisattvābhijñānirhāraviśuddhiparimārgaṇaṃ bodhisattvavimokṣasaṃdarśanaṃ bodhisattvalokakṛpāpracārasaṃdarśanaṃ bodhisattvayathāśayajagadanuvartanaṃ bodhisattvasaṃsāranirvāṇamukhasaṃdarśanaṃ bodhisattvānāṃ saṃskṛtāsaṃskṛtadoṣabhayānupalepavicāraparimārgaṇam| ahaṃ kulaputra adhimuktibalādhipateyatayā cakṣurmatiśraddhānayanaviśuddhayā aparāṅmukhajñānālokāvabhāsena samantābhimukhāvalokanayā samantaviṣayāpratihatena darśanena sarvāvaraṇavigatena vipaśyinā kauśalyena samantacakṣurviṣayapariśuddhayā śarīraviśuddhyā sarvadiksrotaḥprasarābhimukhapraṇatena kayapraṇāmakauśalyena sarvabuddhadharmameghasaṃdhāranena ca dhāraṇībalena sarvadikkṣetrābhimukhāṃstathāgatān paśyāmi| yaduta pūrvasyāṃ diśi ekaṃ tathāgataṃ paśyāmi| dvāvapi, daśāpi, buddhaśatamapi, buddhasahasramapi, buddhaśatasahasramapi, buddhakoṭīmapi, buddhakoṭīśatamapi, buddhakoṭīsahasramapi, buddhakoṭiśatasahasramapi, buddhakoṭīniyutaśatasahasramapi, yāvadaparimāṇānaprameyānasaṃkhyeyānacintyānatulyānasamantānasīmāprāptānamāpyānanabhilāpyānapi tathagatān paśyāmi| jambudvīpaparamāṇurajaḥsamānapi tathāgatān paśyāmi| cāturdvīpakalokadhātuparamāṇurajaḥsamānapi, sāhasradvisāhasratrisāhasramahāsāhasrabuddhakṣetraparamāṇurajaḥsamānapi tathāgatān paśyāmi| daśabuddhakṣetraparamāṇurajaḥsamānapi tathāgatān paśyāmi| śatabuddhakṣetraparamāṇurajaḥsamānapi, buddhakṣetrasahasraparamāṇurajaḥsamānapi, buddhakṣetraśatasahasraparamāṇurajaḥsamānapi, buddhakṣetrakoṭīparamāṇurajaḥsamānapi, buddhakṣetrakoṭīśataparamāṇurajaḥsamānapi, buddhākṣetrakoṭīsahasraparamāṇurajaḥsamānapi, buddhakṣetrakoṭīśatasahasraparamāṇurajaḥsamānapi, buddhakṣetrakoṭīniyutaśatasahasraparamāṇurajaḥsamānapi, yāvadanabhilāpyabuddhakṣetraparamāṇurajaḥsamānapi tathāgatān paśyāmi| yatha pūrvasyāṃ diśi, evaṃ dakṣiṇāyāṃ paścimāyāmuttarāyāmuttarapūrvāyāṃ pūrvadakṣiṇāyāṃ dakṣiṇapaścimāyāṃ paścimottarāyāmadha ūrdhvaṃ diśi ekamapi tathāgataṃ paśyāmi| yāvadanabhilāpyānabhilāpyabuddhakṣetraparamāṇurajaḥsamānapi tathāgatān paśyāmi| ekaikasyāṃ diśi anuvilokayan nānāvarṇāṃstathāgatān paśyāmi nānāsaṃsthānān nānāvikurvitān nānāvṛṣabhitāvikrīḍitān vicitraparṣanmaṇḍalavyūhān anekavarṇānanekavarṇaraśmijālāvabhāsamuktān vividhabuddhakṣetraviśuddhibhavanavyūhān nānavidhāyuḥpramāṇaviśuddhān yathāśayajagadvijñāpanān vividhābhisaṃbodhiviśuddhimukhavikurvitān buddharṣabhasiṃhanādavinarditāṃstathāgatān paśyāmi| asyā ahaṃ kulaputra samantamukhasarvārambaṇavijñaptisamavasaraṇālokāyā buddhānusmṛterlābhī| kiṃ mayā śakyaṃ bodhisattvānāmanantajñānamaṇḍalaviśuddhānāṃ caryā jñātum, guṇān vā vaktum, ye te samantāvabhāsamaṇḍalabuddhānusmṛtimukhapratilabdhāḥ sarvatathāgatamaṇḍalasarvabuddhakṣetrabhavanaviśuddhivyūhābhimukhapaśyanatayā| ye te sarvajagatsamāropitabuddhānusmṛtimukhapratilabdhā yathāśayajagadvijñaptitathāgatadarśanaviśuddhyā| ye te daśabalasamāropitabuddhānusmṛtimukhapratilabdhā daśatathāgatabalāpramāṇānusaraṇatayā| ye te dharmasamāropitabuddhānusmṛtimukhapratilabdhā dharmaśravaṇākārasarvatathāgatakāyameghāvalokanatayā| ye te digvirocanagarbhabuddhānusmṛtimukhapratilabdhāḥ sarvadiksamudreṣvasaṃbhinnabuddhasamudrāvataraṇatayā| ye te dasadikpraveśabuddhānusmṛtimukhapratilabdhāḥ sūkṣmāvalambanasarvatathāgatavikurvitavṛṣabhitāvataraṇatayā| ye te kalpasamāropitabuddhānusmṛtimukhapratilabdhā avarahitasarvakalpatathāgatadarśanavijñaptyā| ye te kālasamāropitabuddhānusmṛtimukhapratilabdhāḥ sarvakālatathāgatakāladarśanasaṃvāsāvijahanatayā| ye te kṣetrasamāropitabuddhānusmṛtimukhapratilabdhāḥ sarvabuddhakṣetrābhyudgatānabhibhūtabuddhakāyadarśanavijñaptyā| ye te tryadhvasamāropitabuddhānusmṛtimukhapratilabdhāstryadhvatathāgatamaṇḍalasvacittāśayasamavasaraṇatayā| ye te ārambaṇasamāropitabuddhānusmṛtimukhapratilabdhāḥ sarvārambaṇatathāgataparaṃparāsamudāgamadarśanavijñaptyā| ye te śāntasamāropitabuddhānusmṛtimukhapratilabdhā ekakṣaṇasarvalokadhātuṣu sarvatathāgataparinirvāṇavijñaptyā| ye te vigamasamāropitabuddhānusmṛtimukhapratilabdhā ekadivase sarvāvāseṣu sarvatathāgataprakramaṇavijñaptyā| ye te vipulasamāropitabuddhānusmṛtimukhapratilabdhā ekaikatathāgatadharmadhātuparyaṅkaparisphuṭabuddhaśarīravijñaptyā| ye te sūkṣmasamāropitabuddhānusmṛtimukhapratilabdhā ekavālapathena anabhilāpyabuddhotpādārāgaṇāvataraṇatayā| ye te vyūhasamāropitabuddhānusmṛtimukhapratilabdhā ekakṣaṇe sarvalokadhātuṣu abhisaṃbodhivikurvitasaṃdarśanavijñaptyā| ye te kārya samāropitabuddhānusmṛtimukhapratilabdhāḥ sarvabuddhotpādadharmacakravikurvitajñānāvabhāsapratilābhatayā| ye te samāropitabuddhānusmṛtimukhapratilabdhāḥ svacittāśayadarśanasarvatathāgatapratibhāsaprāptyā| ye te karmasamāropitabuddhānusmṛtimukhapratilabdhāḥ sarvajagadyathopacitakarmapratibimbasaṃdarśanatayā| ye te vikurvitasamāropitabuddhānusmṛtimukhapratilabdhā aśeṣasarvadharmadhātunalinīpadmaparisphuṭavipulabuddhavikurvitadarśanasamantadigabhimukhavijñaptyā| ye te gaganasamāropitabuddhānusmṛtimukhapratilabdhāstathāgatabimbamegharacitadharmadhātugaganālokanatayā|

gaccha kulaputra, ayamihaiva dakṣiṇāpathe sāgaramukho nāma dikpratyuddeśaḥ| tatra sāgaramegho nāma bhikṣuḥ prativasati| tamupasaṃkramya paripṛccha, kathaṃ bodhisattvena bodhisattvacaryāyāṃ śikṣitavyam, kathaṃ pratipattavyam| sa te kulaputra kalyāṇamitraṃ paridīpayiṣyati| kuśalamūlasaṃbhārahetuṃ samavatārayiṣyati | vipulāṃ saṃbhārabhūmiṃ saṃjanayiṣyati| vipulaṃ kuśalamūlavegabalaṃ saṃvarṇayiṣyati| vipulaṃ bodhicittasaṃbhārahetuṃ janayiṣyati| vipulaṃ mahāyānāvabhāsahetumupastambhayiṣyati| vipulaṃ pāramitāsaṃbhārabalaṃ prabhāvayiṣyati| vipulaṃ caryāsāgarāvatāranayaṃ pariśodhayiṣyati| vipulaṃ praṇidhānamaṇḍalaṃ viśodhayiṣyati| vipulaṃ samantamukhaniryāṇavyūhaṃ saṃvardhayiṣyati| vipulaṃ mahākaruṇābalaṃ pravardhayiṣyati||

atha khalu sudhanaḥ śreṣṭhidārako meghaśriyo bhikṣoḥ pādau śirasābhivandya meghaśriyaṃ bhikṣumanekaśatasahasrakṛtvaḥ pradakṣiṇīkṛty avalokya ca meghaśriyo bhikṣorantikāt prakrāntaḥ||2||