Chapter 27 - Nigama-parivarta

(Vaidya 316)

nigamaparivartaḥ saptaviṃśaḥ /

atha khalu devaputrā yaistathāgato'dhīṣṭo'bhūdasya dharmaparyāyasya saṃprakāśanāya saha maheśvaranandasunandacandanamahitaśāntapraśāntavinīteśvarapramukhā aṣṭādaśaḥ śuddhāvāsakāyikā devaputrasahasrāṇi ye tathāgatasya dharmacakrapravartane'pi saṃnipatitā abhūvan / tatra bhagavāṃstān maheśvaradevaputrapramukhān śuddhāvāsakāyikān devaputrānāmantrayate sma - ayaṃ sa mārṣā lalitavistaro nāma dharmaparyāyasūtrānto mahāvaipulyabodhisattvavikrīḍitaḥ buddhaviṣaye lalitapraveśa ātmopanāyikastathāgatena bhāṣitaḥ / taṃ yūyamudgṛhṇīdhvaṃ dhārayata vācayata ca / evamiyaṃ dharmanetrī vaistārikī bhaviṣyati / bodhisattvayānikāśca pudgalā imaṃ dharmaparyāyaṃ śrutvā dṛḍhataraṃ vīryamālapsyante / anuttarāyāṃ samyaksaṃbodhāvudārādhimuktikāśca sattvā mahādharmavarṣavegaṃ saṃjānayiṣyanti / mārapakṣaśca nigṛhīto bhaviṣyati / sarvaparapravādinaścāvatāraṃ na lapsyante / yuṣmākaṃ ca taddharmadeśanādhyeṣaṇā kuśalamūlaṃ mahārthikaṃ bhaviṣyati mahāphalaṃ mahānuśaṃsam //

yaḥ kaścinmārṣā asya lalitavistarasya dharmaparyāyasyāñjaliṃ saṃpragṛhītaṃ kariṣyati, so'ṣṭāvutkṛṣṭān dharmān pratilapsyate / katamānaṣṭau? tadyathā - utkṛṣṭa rūpaṃ pratilapsyate / utkṛṣṭabalaṃ pratilapsyate / utkṛṣṭaparivāraṃ pratilapsyate / utkṛṣṭapratibhānaṃ pratilapsyate / utkṛṣṭanaiṣkramyaṃ pratilapsyate / utkṛṣṭacittapariśuddhiṃ pratilapsyate / utkṛṣṭasamādhipadaṃ pratilapsyate / utkṛṣṭaprajñāvabhāsaṃ pratilapsyate / imānyaṣṭāvutkṛṣṭān dharmān pratilapsyate //

yaḥ kaścinmārṣā imaṃ lalitavistaraṃ dharmaparyāyaṃ bhāṣitukāmasya dharmabhāṇakasya dharmāsanaṃ prajñāpayiṣyati, tasyāṣṭāvāsanapratilambhāḥ pratikāṅkṣitavyāḥ sahaprajñapte āsane / katame'ṣṭau? tadyathā - śreṣṭhyāsanapratilambhaḥ / gṛhapatyāsanapratilambhaḥ / cakravartyāsanapratilambhaḥ / lokapālāsanapratilambhaḥ / śakrāsanapratilambhaḥ / vaśavartyāsanapratilambhaḥ / brahmāsanapratilambhaḥ / bodhimaṇḍavarāgragatasya bodhisattvabhūtasyāpratyudāvartyanihatamārapratyarthikasiṃhāsanapratilambhaḥ / anuttarāsamyaksaṃbodhimabhisaṃbuddhasya ato'nuttaradharmacakrapravartanāsanapratilambhaśca pratikāṅkṣitavyaḥ / ime'ṣṭāvāsanapratilambhāḥ pratikāṅkṣitavyāḥ //

ya kaścinmārṣā imaṃ lalitavistaraṃ dharmaparyāyaṃ bhāṣamāṇāya sādhukāraṃ dāsyati, so'ṣṭau vākpariśuddhīḥ pratilapsyate / katamā aṣṭau? tadyathā - yathāvāditathākāritāṃ satyānuparivartivākkarmapariśuddhyā / ādeyavacanatāṃ parṣadabhibhavanatayā / grāhyavacanatāṃ anuddhuratayā / ślakṣṇamadhuravacanatāṃ apāruṣyasattvasaṃgrahaṇatayā / kalaviṅkarutasvaratāṃ kāyacittodbilyakaraṇatayā / taduktavacanatāṃ sarvasattvairanabhibhavanatayā / brahmasvaratāṃ sarvasvarābhibhavanatayā / siṃhaghoṣābhigarjitasvaratāṃ sarvaparapravādibhiranabhibhavanatayā /
(Vaidya 317) buddhasvaratāṃ sarvasattvendriyaparitoṣaṇatayā / imā aṣṭau vākkarmapariśuddhīḥ pratilapsyate //

yaḥ kaścinmārṣā imaṃ lalitavistaraṃ dharmaparyāyaṃ pustakalikhitaṃ kṛtvā dhārayiṣyati satkariṣyati gurukariṣyati mānayiṣyati pūjayiṣyati, amātsaryacittatayā caturdiśamasya dharmaparyāyasya varṇanāṃ bhāṣiṣyate varṇanāṃ coccārayiṣyati - āgacchatemaṃ dharmaparyāyaṃ likhitaṃ dhārayata vācayata cintayata svādhyāyateti, so aṣṭau mahānidhānāni pratilapsyate / katamānyaṣṭau mahānidhānāni? yaduta smṛtinidhānaṃ asaṃmoṣaṇatayā / matinidhānaṃ buddhiprabhedanatayā / gatinidhānaṃ sarvasūtrāntārthagatyanurāgatayā / dhāraṇīnidhānaṃ sarvaśrutādhāraṇatayā / pratibhānanidhānaṃ pratilabhate sarvasattvasubhāṣitasaṃbhāṣaṇatayā / dharmanidhānaṃ pratilabhate saddharmapratilakṣaṇatayā / bodhicittanidhānaṃ triratnavaṃśānupacchedanatayā / pratipattinidhānaṃ cānutpattikadharmakṣāntipratilambhatayā / imānyaṣṭau nidhānāni pratilapsyate //

yaḥ kaścinmārṣā imaṃ lalitavistaraṃ dharmaparyāyaṃ supravartitaṃ kṛtvā dhārayiṣyati, so'ṣṭau saṃbhārān paripurayiṣyati / katamānaṣṭau? tadyathā - yaduta dānasaṃbhāraṃ paripūrayiṣyati amātsaryacittatayā / śīlasaṃbhāraṃ paripūrayiṣyati sarvakalyāṇābhiprāyaparipūraṇatayā / śrutasaṃbhāraṃ paripūrayiṣyati asaṅgaprajñāsamudānayanatayā / śamathasaṃbhāraṃ paripūrayiṣyati sarvasamādhisamāpattyāmukhīkaraṇatayā / vidarśanāsaṃbhāraṃ paripūrayiṣyati traividyavidyāpratipūryā / puṇyasaṃbhāraṃ paripūrayiṣyati lakṣaṇānuvyañjanabuddhakṣetrālaṃkāraviśuddhyā / jñānasaṃbhāraṃ paripūrayiṣyati sarvasattvayathādhimuktisaṃtoṣaṇatayā / mahākaruṇā saṃbhāraṃ paripūrayiṣyati sarvasattvaparipācanāparikhedatayā / imānaṣṭau saṃbhārān paripūrayiṣyati //

yaḥ kaścinmārṣā imaṃ lalitavistaraṃ dharmaparyāyaṃ parebhyaśca vistareṇa saṃprakāśayiṣyati, evaṃcitto yaduta kathamamī sattvā eṣāmevarūpāṇāṃ dharmāṇāṃ lābhino bhaveyuriti, sa tena kuśalamūlenāṣṭau mahāpuṇyatāḥ pratilapsyate / katamā aṣṭau? tadyathā - rājā bhavati cakravartī, iyaṃ prathamā mahāpuṇyatā / caturmahārājakāyikānāṃ devānāmādhipatyaṃ kārayiṣyati, iyaṃ dvitīyā mahāpuṇyatā / śakro bhaviṣyati devendraḥ iyaṃ tṛtīyā mahāpuṇyatā / suyāmo bhaviṣyati devaputraḥ, iyaṃ caturthī mahāpuṇyatā saṃtuṣito bhaviṣyati, iyaṃ pañcamī mahāpuṇyatā / sunirmito bhaviṣyati, iyaṃ ṣaṣṭhī mahāpuṇyatā / vaśavartī bhaviṣyati devarājaḥ, iyaṃ saptamī mahāpuṇyatā / brahmā bhaviṣyati mahābrahmā, iyaṃ aṣṭamī mahāpuṇyatā / ante ca tathāgato bhaviṣyati arhan samyaksaṃbuddhaḥ sarvākuśaladharmaprahīnaḥ sarvakuśaladharmasamanvāgataḥ / imā aṣṭau mahāpuṇyatāḥ pratilapsyate //

yaḥ kaścinmārṣā imaṃ lalitavistaraṃ dharmaparyāyaṃ bhāṣyamāṇamavahitaśrotaḥ śroṣyati, so'ṣṭau cittanirmalatāḥ pratilapsyate / katamā aṣṭau? tadyathā - yaduta maitrīṃ pratilapsyate sarvadoṣanirghātāya / karuṇāṃ pratilapsyate sarvavihiṃsotsargāya / muditāṃ pratilapsyate sarvāratyapakarṣaṇatāyai / upekṣāṃ pratilapsyate anunayapratighotsargāya / catvāri dhyānāni pratilapsyate sarvarūpadhātuvaśavartitāyai / catasra (Vaidya 318) ārūpyasamāpattīḥ pratilapsyate cittavaśavartitāyai / pañcābhijñāḥ pratilapsyate anyabuddhakṣetragamanatāyai / sarvavāsanānusaṃdhisamuddhāraṃ pratilapsyate śūraṃgamasamādhipratilambhāya / imā aṣṭau cittanirmalatāḥ pratilapsyate //

yasmiṃśca mārṣā grāme vā nagare vā nigame vā janapade vā janapadapradeśe vā caṃkrame vā vihāre vā ayaṃ lalitavistaro dharmaparyāyaḥ pracariṣyati, tatrāṣṭau bhayāni na prabhaviṣyanti sthāpayitvā pūrvakarmavipākam / katamānyaṣṭau? tadyathā - yaduta rājasaṃkṣobhabhayaṃ na bhaviṣyati / caurasaṃkṣobhabhayaṃ na bhaviṣyati / vyālasaṃkṣobhabhayaṃ na bhaviṣyati / durbhikṣakāntārasaṃkṣobhabhayaṃ na bhaviṣyati / anyonyakalahavivādavigrahasaṃkṣobhabhayaṃ na bhaviṣyati / devasaṃkṣobhabhayaṃ na bhaviṣyati / nāgasaṃkṣobhabhayaṃ na bhaviṣyati / yakṣasaṃkṣobhabhayaṃ na bhaviṣyati / sarvopadravasaṃkṣobhabhayaṃ na bhaviṣyati / imāni mārṣāstatrāṣṭau bhayāni na bhaviṣyanti (sthāpayitvā pūrvakarmavipākam) //

saṃkṣepānmārṣā yadi tathāgataḥ kalpasthitikenāyuṣpramāṇena rātriṃdivamadhiṣṭhamāno'sya dharmaparyāyasya varṇaṃ bhāṣate, naivāsya dharmaparyāyasya varṇaparyanto bhavenna ca tathāgatapratibhānasya kṣayo bhavet / api tu khalu punarmārṣā yathaiva tathāgatasya śīlasamādhiprajñāvimuktijñānadarśanamapramāṇamaparyantam, evameva mārṣā ya imaṃ dharmaparyāyamudgrahīṣyati dhārayiṣyati vācayiṣyati likhiṣyati lekhayiṣyati paryavāpsyati pravartayiṣyati, parṣanmadhye ca vistareṇa saṃprakāśayiṣyati - anena cittena kathamamī sattvā evamudārasya dharmasya lābhinaḥ syuriti, teṣāmapi nāsti puṇyaparyantaḥ //

tataḥ khalu bhagavānāyuṣmantaṃ mahākāśyapamāmantrayate sma āyuṣmantaṃ cānandaṃ maitreyaṃ ca bodhisattvaṃ mahāsattvam - imāmahaṃ mārṣā asaṃkhyeyakalpakoṭinayutaśatasahasrasamudānītāmanuttarāṃ samyaksaṃbodhiṃ yuṣmākaṃ haste paridāmyanuparindāmi paramayā parindanayā, svayaṃ caivamimaṃ dharmaparyāyaṃ dhārayata, parebhyaśca vistareṇa saṃprakāśayata //

ityuktvā ca bhagavānasyaiva dharmaparyāyasya bhūyasyā mātrayānuparindanārthaṃ tasyāṃ velāyāmimāṃ gāthāmabhāṣata -

sattvā dṛṣṭā ye mayā buddhadṛṣṭyā syuste'rhantaḥ śariputreṇa tulyāḥ /
tāṃścetkaścitpūjayetkalpakoṭī tulyāṃ gaṅgāvālikābhiyathaiva // Verse 27.1 //
pratyekabuddhāya tu yaśca pūjāṃ kuyādahorātramapi prahṛṣṭaḥ /
mālyaiḥ prakāraiśca tathāparaiśca tasmādayaṃ puṇyakṛto viśiṣyate // Verse 27.2 //
(Vaidya 319)
syuḥ sarvasattvā yadi pratyayairjinā tāṃ pūjayetkaścidihāpramattaḥ /
puṣpaiśca gandhaiśca vilepanaiśca kalpānanekāṃ satataṃ hi tatparam // Verse 27.3 //
ekasya yaścaiva tathāgatasya kuryātpraṇāmaṃ api caikaśo'pi /
prasannācitto'tha vadennamo'rhate tasmādidaṃ śreṣṭhataraṃ ca puṇyam // Verse 27.4 //
buddhā bhaveyuryadi sarvasattvā tāṃ pūjayedyaśca yathaiva pūrvam /
divyaiśca puṣpairatha mānurṣairvaraiḥ kalpānanekāṃ bahubhiḥ prakāraiḥ // Verse 27.5 //
yaścaiva saddharmavilopakātle tyaktvā svakāye ca tathaiva jīvitam /
vadyādahorātramidaṃ hi sūtraṃ viśiṣyate puṇyamidaṃ hi tasmāt // Verse 27.6 //
yasyepsitaṃ pūjayituṃ vināyakāṃ pratyekabuddhāṃśca tathaiva śrāvakāṃ /
dṛḍhaṃ samutpādya sa bodhicitta idaṃ sadā sūtravaraṃ dadhātu // Verse 27.7 //
rājā hyayaṃ sarvasubhāṣitānāṃ yo'bhyudgataḥ sarvatathāgatānām /
gṛhe sthitastasya tathāgataḥ sadā tiṣṭhedidaṃ yatra hi sūtraratnam // Verse 27.8 //
pratibhāṃ sa prāpnoti śubhāmanantāṃ ekaṃ padaṃ vakṣyati kalpakoṭī /
na vyañjanā bhraśyati nāpi cārthā dadyācca yaḥ sūtramida parebhyaḥ // Verse 27.9 //
anuttaro'sau naranāyakānāṃ sattvo na kaścitsadṛśo'sya vidyate /
(Vaidya 320)
bhavetsamudreṇa samaśca so'kṣayaḥ śrutvā hi yo dharmamimaṃ prapadyate // Verse 27.10 //
iti //

idamavocadbhagavānāttamanāḥ / te maheśvaradevaputrapūrvaṃgamāḥ śuddhāvāsakāyikā devaputrā maitreyapūrvaṃgamāśca sarvabodhisattvā mahāsattvā mahākāśyapapūrvaṃgamāśca sarvamahāśrāvakāḥ sadevamānuṣāsuragandharvaśca loko bhagavato bhāṣitamabhyanandan //
iti //

// iti śrīlalitavistare nigamaparivarto nāma saptaviṃśatitamo'dhyāyaḥ //

samāptaṃ cedaṃ sarvabodhisattvacaryāprasthānam //

// śrīlalitavistaro nāma mahāyānasūtraṃ ratnarājaṃ parisamāptam //

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ye dharma hetuprabhavā hetuṃ teṣāṃ tathāgato hyavadat /
teṣāṃ ca yo nirodha evaṃ vādī mahāśramaṇaḥ //