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 278-280
siṃhagandhastvāha -
"anāgate ya adhvāne bhadrake kleśamārake /
yaśaḥ kīrtiṃ tvamāpnoṣi sattva mocayi duḥkhitān" //
samantabhadro bodhisattva āha -
"janmakāntāra udyuktā mithyāmāśraya saṅkaṭā /
gṛhītā dagdhasantānā māṃsarudhirabhojanā" //
akṣobhya āha -
"avidyāṇḍakaprakṣiptā kleśapaṅke samutthitāḥ / gṛhītā dagdhasantānā (KpSū 279) ānantaryakārakāḥ" //
gandhahasto'pyāha -
"tvamanāgatabhayaṃ dṛṣṭvā yathā ādarśamaṇḍale /
gṛhītā dagdhasantānāḥ saddharmapratikṣepakāḥ" //
ratnaketurapyāha -
"jñānaśīlasamādhānaḥ kṛpākaruṇabhūṣitaḥ /
gṛhītā dagdhasantānā āryāṇāmapavādakāḥ" //
"anāgate ya adhvāne bhadrake kleśamārake /
yaśaḥ kīrtiṃ tvamāpnoṣi sattva mocayi duḥkhitān" //
samantabhadro bodhisattva āha -
"janmakāntāra udyuktā mithyāmāśraya saṅkaṭā /
gṛhītā dagdhasantānā māṃsarudhirabhojanā" //
akṣobhya āha -
"avidyāṇḍakaprakṣiptā kleśapaṅke samutthitāḥ / gṛhītā dagdhasantānā (KpSū 279) ānantaryakārakāḥ" //
gandhahasto'pyāha -
"tvamanāgatabhayaṃ dṛṣṭvā yathā ādarśamaṇḍale /
gṛhītā dagdhasantānāḥ saddharmapratikṣepakāḥ" //
ratnaketurapyāha -
"jñānaśīlasamādhānaḥ kṛpākaruṇabhūṣitaḥ /
gṛhītā dagdhasantānā āryāṇāmapavādakāḥ" //