Karunapundarika-sutra [sanskrit]
31,638 words
The Sanskrit edition of the ### (lit. “the sutra of the lotus of compassion”) is an ancient Mahayana scripture devoted to Buddha Padmottara, possibly dated to as early as the 3rd century A.D. The Karunapundarika-sutra praises Shakyamuni’s compassionate activities in the Kaliyuga (the degenerate period). Alternative titles: Karuṇāpuṇḍarīkasūtra (करुणापुण्डरीकसूत्र), Karuṇāpuṇḍarīka sūtra (करुणापुण्डरीक सूत्र, Karunapundarika-sutra).
Section 275-277
svayaṃ ca rājā amṛtaśuddhaḥ prarudamāno brāhmaṇasya pañcamaṇḍalena pādau vanditvāha /
"aho paramagambhīra sukheṣu tvamanāsritaḥ /
sattveṣu tvaṃ dayāpannaḥ asmākaṃ tvaṃ nidarśakaḥ" //
peyālaṃ, avalokiteśvara āha -
"sattveṣu sakteṣu bhavānasakta atīndriyārtheṣu atīndriyāśca /
karoṣi caiśvaryamihendriyāṇāṃ bhāṣiṣyase dhāraṇi jñānakośaṃ" //
peyālaṃ, mahāsthāmaprāptastvāha - KpSū 27624196723353061823493
"bahukoṭīsahasrasattvānāṃ kuśalārthaṃ samāgatāḥ /
rudante tvayi kāruṇya mahāparamaduṣkaraṃ" //
mañjuśrīrbodhisattva āha -
"dṛḍhavīryasamādhāna varaprajñāvicakṣaṇa /
tvamasmān arhase pūjāṃ mālyagandhavilepanaiḥ" //
gaganamudro bodhisattva āha -
"evaṃ dattaṃ tvayā dānaṃ sattvebhyo mahatī kṛpā /
kṣīṇakāle'smiṃ tvaṃ nātha bheṣyase varalakṣaṇaḥ" //
"aho paramagambhīra sukheṣu tvamanāsritaḥ /
sattveṣu tvaṃ dayāpannaḥ asmākaṃ tvaṃ nidarśakaḥ" //
peyālaṃ, avalokiteśvara āha -
"sattveṣu sakteṣu bhavānasakta atīndriyārtheṣu atīndriyāśca /
karoṣi caiśvaryamihendriyāṇāṃ bhāṣiṣyase dhāraṇi jñānakośaṃ" //
peyālaṃ, mahāsthāmaprāptastvāha - KpSū 27624196723353061823493
"bahukoṭīsahasrasattvānāṃ kuśalārthaṃ samāgatāḥ /
rudante tvayi kāruṇya mahāparamaduṣkaraṃ" //
mañjuśrīrbodhisattva āha -
"dṛḍhavīryasamādhāna varaprajñāvicakṣaṇa /
tvamasmān arhase pūjāṃ mālyagandhavilepanaiḥ" //
gaganamudro bodhisattva āha -
"evaṃ dattaṃ tvayā dānaṃ sattvebhyo mahatī kṛpā /
kṣīṇakāle'smiṃ tvaṃ nātha bheṣyase varalakṣaṇaḥ" //