buddho bhagavān satkṛto gurukṛto mānitaḥ pūjito rājabhī rājamātrair dhanibhiḥ pauraiḥ śreṣṭhibhiḥ sārthavāhair devair nāgair yakṣair asurair garuḍaiḥ kinnarair mahoragair iti deva­nāgayakṣāsuragaruḍakinna­ramahoragābhyarcito buddho bhagavān jñāto mahāpuṇyo lābhī cīvarapiṇḍapātaśayanāsanaglānapratyayabhaiṣajya­pari­ṣkārāṇāṃ saśrāvakasaṃghaḥ śrāvastyāṃ viharati jetavane ’nāthapiṇḍadasyārāme | tena khalu samayena śrāvastyāṃ pañcamātrāṇi vaṇikśatāni kāntāramārgapratipannāni | te mārgāt paribhraṣṭā vālukāsthalam anuprāptāḥ | te dharmaśramaparipīḍitāḥ kṣīṇapathyādanāś ca madhyāhnasamaye tīkṣṇakararaśmisaṃtāpitā jaloddhṛtā iva matsyāḥ pṛthivyām āvartante duḥkhāṃ tīvrāṃ kharāṃ kaṭukām amanāpāṃ vedanāṃ vedayamānāḥ | tāni devatāsahasrāṇy āyācante: tadyathā śivavaruṇakuberavāsavādīni | na cainān kaścit paritrātuṃ samarthaḥ ||

tatra cānyatara upāsako buddhaśāsanābhijñaḥ | sa tān vaṇija āha: bhavanto buddhaṃ śaraṇaṃ gacchantv iti | tata ekaraveṇa sarva eva buddhaṃ śaraṇaṃ gatāḥ ||

atrāntare nāsti kiṃcid buddhānāṃ bhagavatām ajñātam adṛṣṭam aviditam avijñātam* | dharmatā khalu buddhānāṃ bhagavatāṃ mahākāruṇikānāṃ lokānugrahapravṛttakānām ekārakṣāṇāṃ śamathavipaśyanāvihāriṇāṃ tridamathavastukuśalānāṃ caturoghottīrṇānāṃ caturṛddhi­pād­acaraṇatalasupratiṣṭhitānāṃ caturṣu saṃgrahavastuṣu dīrgharātrakṛta­pari­cayānāṃ pañcāṅgaviprahīṇānāṃ pañcagatisamatikrāntānāṃ ṣaḍaṅgasamanvāgatānāṃ ṣaṭpāramitāparipūrṇānāṃ sapta­bodhyaṅ­gakusumāḍhyānām aṣṭāṅgamārgadeśikānāṃ navānupūrvavihārasamā­patti­kuśalānāṃ daśabalabalināṃ daśadiksamāpūrṇayaśasāṃ daśa­śata­vaśavartiprativiśiṣṭānāṃ trī rātres trir divasasya ca buddhacakṣuṣā lokaṃ vyavalokya jñānadarśanaṃ pravartate: ko hīyate ko vardhate kaḥ kṛcchraprāptaḥ kaḥ saṃkaṭaprāptaḥ kaḥ saṃbādhaprāptaḥ kaḥ kṛcchra­saṃ­kaṭa­saṃ­bādhaprāptaḥ ko ’pāyanimnaḥ ko ’pāyapravaṇaḥ ko ’pāyaprāgbhāraḥ | kam aham apāyād uddhṛtya svarge mokṣe ca pratiṣṭhāpayeyam*, kasya kāmapaṅkanimagnasya hastoddhāram anupradadyām*, kam āryadhanavirahitam āryadhanaiśvaryādhipatye pratiṣṭhāpayeyam*, kasyāj­ñāna­timirapaṭala­parya­vanaddhanetrasya jñānāñjanaśalākayā cakṣur viśodhayāmi | kasyānavaropitāni kuśalamulāny avaropayeyam*, kasyāvaropitāni paripācayeyam*, kasya paripakvāni vimocayeyam* | āha ca:

apy evātikramed velāṃ sāgaro makarālayaḥ
na tu vaineyavatsānāṃ buddho velām atikramet ||

yāvat paśyati bhagavān saṃbahulān vaṇijo vyasana­saṃ­kaṭa­saṃ­bādhaprāptān* | tataś cakṣuḥsaṃpreṣaṇamātreṇa jetavane ’ntarhito bhikṣugaṇaparivṛtas taṃ pradeśam anuprāptaḥ | dadṛśus te vaṇijo bhagavataṃ sabhikṣusaṃgham* | dṛṣṭvā ca uccair nādaṃ muktavantaḥ | tato bhagavatā laukikaṃ cittam utpāditam*: aho bata śakro devendro māhendraṃ varṣam utsṛjatu, śītalāś ca vāyavo vāntv iti | sahacittotpādād bhagavataḥ śakreṇa māhendraṃ varṣam utsṛṣṭam*, śītalāś ca vāyavaḥ preṣitāḥ, yatas teṣāṃ vaṇijāṃ tṛṣā vigatā, dāhaś ca praśāntaḥ | tatas tair vaṇigbhiḥ saṃjñā pratilabdhā | bhagavatā caiṣāṃ mārga ākhyāto yena śrāvastīm anuprāptāḥ ||

te mārgaśramaṃ prativinodya tato bhagavatsakāśam upasaṃkrāntāḥ | teṣāṃ bhagavatā tādṛśī caturāryasatya­saṃ­prativedhikī dharmadeśanā kṛtā, yāṃ śrutvā kaiścit srotaāpattiphalam adhigatam*, kaiścit sakṛdāgāmiphalam*, kaiścid anāgāmiphalam*, kaiścit pravrajya sarvakleśaprahāṇād arhatvaṃ sākṣātkṛtam*, kaiścic chrāvakabodhau cittāny utpāditāni, kaiścit pratyekāyāṃ bodhau, kaiścid anuttarāyāṃ samyaksaṃbodhau | yadbhūyasā ca sā parṣad buddhanimnā dharmapravaṇā saṃghaprāgbhārā vyavasthitā ||

bhikṣavaḥ saṃśayajātāḥ sarvasaṃśayacchettāraṃ buddhaṃ bhagavantaṃ papracchuḥ: āścaryaṃ bhagavān*, yāvad ime vaṇijo bhagavatā kāntāramārgāt paritrātāḥ | sahacittotpādāc ca māhendravarṣaṃ vṛṣṭam* | śītalāś ca vāyavaḥ pravātā iti | bhagavān āha: tathāgatenaiva bhikṣavaḥ pūrvam anyāsu jātiṣu karmāṇi kṛtāny upacitāni labdhasaṃbhārāṇi pariṇatapratyayāni oghavat pratyupasthitāny avaśyaṃbhāvīni | mayaitāni karmāṇi kṛtāny upacitāni | ko ’nyaḥ pratyanubhaviṣyati? na bhikṣavaḥ karmāṇi kṛtāny upacitāni bāhye pṛthivīdhātau vipacyante, nābdhātau, na tejodhātau, na vāyudhātau, api tūpātteṣv eva skandhadhātvāyataneṣu karmāṇi kṛtāni vipacyante śubhāny aśubhāni ca;

na praṇaśyanti karmāṇy api kalpaśatair api
sāmagrīṃ prāpya kālaṃ ca phalanti khalu dehinām* ||

bhūtapūrvaṃ bhikṣavo ’tīte ’dhvani candano nāma samyaksaṃbuddho loka udapādi tathāgato ’rhan samyaksaṃbuddho vidyācaraṇasaṃpannaḥ sugato lokavid anuttaraḥ puruṣadamyasārathiḥ śāstā devamanuṣyāṇāṃ buddho bhagavān* | atha candanaḥ samyaksaṃbuddho janapadacārikāṃ carann anyatamāṃ rājadhānīm anuprāptaḥ | atha rājā kṣatriyo mūrdhābhiṣikto yena candanaḥ samyaksaṃbuddas tenopasaṃkrāntaḥ | upasaṃkramya candanasya samyaksaṃbuddhasya pādau śirasā vanditvaikānte nyaṣīdat* | ekānte niṣaṇṇaṃ rājānaṃ kṣatriyaṃ mūrdhābhiṣiktaṃ candanaṃ samyaksaṃbuddo bodhikarakair dharmaiḥ samādāpayati | atha rājā kṣatriyo mūrdhābhiṣikto utthāyāsanād ekāṃsam uttarāsaṅgaṃ kṛtvā dakṣiṇaṃ jānumaṇḍalaṃ pṛthivyāṃ pratiṣṭhāpya yena candanaḥ samyaksaṃbuddas tenāñjaliṃ praṇamya candanaṃ samyaksaṃbuddham idam avocat*: adhivāsayatu me bhagavān asyāṃ rājadhānyāṃ traimāsyavāsāya sārdhaṃ bhikṣusaṃgheneti | adhivāsayati candanaḥ samyaksaṃbuddho rājñas tūṣṇībhāvena | tatra ca samayena mahatī anāvṛṣṭiḥ prādurbhūtā, yayā nadyudapānāny alpasalilāni saṃvṛttāni, puṣpaphalaviyuktāś ca pādapāḥ || tato rājā candanaṃ samyaksaṃbuddham adhyeṣituṃ pravṛttaḥ | bhagavann asmin nagaramadhye puṣkariṇīṃ gandhodakaparipūrṇāṃ karayiṣyāmi, yatra bhagavān saśrāvakasaṃghaḥ snāsyati | apy eva nāma bhagavataḥ snānād asmin me vijite devo varṣed iti | adhivāsayati bhagavāṃś candanaḥ samyaksaṃbuddho rajñas tuṣṇībhāvena |

tato rajñā kṣatriyeṇa mūrdhābhiṣiktenāmātyebhya ājñā dattā: gandhodakaṃ sajjīkurvantu bhavantaḥ, ratnamayāṃś ca kumbhān*, yena vayaṃ bhagavantaṃ saśrāvakasaṃghaṃ snāpayiṣyāma iti | tato rājñā āmātyagaṇaparivṛtena tan nagaram apagata­pāṣāṇa­śarkarakaṭhallaṃ vyavasthāpitum ucchritadhvajapatākaṃ nānāpuṣpāvakīrṇaṃ gandhodakapariṣiktaṃ vicitradhūpadhūpitam* | puṣkariṇī cāsya kāritā | tato bhagavāṃś candanaḥ samyaksaṃbuddaḥ sarvānugrahārtham ekacīvarakaḥ puṣkariṇyāṃ sthitaḥ | tato rājñāmātyagaṇaparivṛtena candanaḥ samyaksaṃbuddhaḥ saśrāvakasaṃgho nānā­gandha­pari­bhāvitenodakena snāpitaḥ | sahasnānād eva candanasya samyaksaṃbuddhasya śakreṇa devendreṇa tathāvidhaṃ māhendraṃ varṣam utsṛṣṭaṃ yena sarvasasyāni niṣpannāni | taddhaitukaṃ ca mahājanakāyena buddhe bhagavati śraddhā pratilabdhā | aneke ca gandhastūpāḥ pratiṣṭhāpitāḥ | ye ca tatra candanaṃ samyaksaṃbuddhaṃ śaraṇaṃ gatāḥ, sarve te parinirvṛtāḥ | aham ekas teṣām avaśiṣṭaḥ | tasmāt tarhi bhikṣava evaṃ śikṣitavyam: yac chāstāraṃ satkariṣyāmo gurukariṣyāmo mānayiṣyāmaḥ pūjayiṣyāmaḥ | śāstāraṃ satkṛtya gurukṛtya mānayitvā pūjayitvopaniśritya vihariṣyāmaḥ | ity evaṃ vo bhikṣavaḥ śikṣitavyam* ||

idam avocad bhagavān | āttamanasas te ca bhikṣavo bhagavato bhāṣitam abhyanandan* ||