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 | atha śrāvastyām anyatamaḥ pāradāriko maline karmaṇi vartate | sa rājapuruṣair gṛhītvā rājña upanāmitaḥ | tato rājñā aparādhika iti kṛtvā vadhya utsṛṣṭaḥ | sa rājapuruṣair nīlāmbaravasanair udyataśastraiḥ karavīramālābaddhakaṇṭheguṇo rathyāvīthīcatvaraśṛṅgāṭakeṣv anuśrāvyamāṇo dakṣiṇena nagaradvāreṇa apanīyate ||

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 ||

atha bhagavān pūrvāhṇe nivāsya pātracīvaram ādāya śrāvastīṃ piṇḍāya prāvikṣat* | dadarśa sa puruṣo buddhaṃ bhagavantaṃ dvātriṃśatā mahāpuruṣalakṣaṇaiḥ samalaṃkṛtam śītyānuvañjanair virājitagātraṃ vyāmaprabhālaṃkṛtaṃ sūryasahasrātirekaprabhaṃ jaṅgamam iva ratnaparvataṃ samantato bhadrakam* | dṛṣṭvā ca punar bhagavataḥ pādayor nipatya bhagavantam idam avocat*: varāho ’smi bhagavan*, iṣṭaṃ me jīvitaṃ prayaccheti | tato bhagavān āyuṣmantam ānandam āmantrayate: gaccha ānanda rājānaṃ prasenajitam* | vada: anuprayaccha me etaṃ puruṣam*, pravrājayāmīti | athāyuṣmān ānando yena rājā prasenajit kauśalas tenopasaṃkrāntaḥ | upasaṃkramya rājānaṃ prasenajitaṃ kauśalaṃ bhagavadvacanenovāca: anujānīhi, bhagavān etaṃ puruṣaṃ pravrājayatīti | bhavyarūpa iti viditvā rājñā prasenajit­kauśalenānujñātaḥ | sa bhagavatā pravrājita upasaṃpaditaś ca | tena yujyamānena ghaṭamānena vyāyacchamānena idam eva pañcagaṇḍakaṃ saṃsāracakraṃ calācalaṃ viditvā sarvasaṃskāragatīḥ śata­napatanavikiraṇavidhvaṃ­sana­dharma­tayā parāhatya sarvakleśaprahāṇād arhatvaṃ sākṣākṛtam* | arhan saṃvṛttaḥ traidhātukavītarāgaḥ samaloṣṭakāñcana ākāśapāṇitalasamacitto vāsīcandanakalpo vidyāvidāritāṇḍakośo vidyābhijñāprati­saṃ­vitprāpto bhavalābhalobhasat­kāraparāṅmukhaḥ | sendropendrāṇāṃ devānāṃ pūjyo mānyo ’bhivādyaś ca saṃvṛttaḥ ||

bhikṣavaḥ saṃśayajātāḥ sarvasaṃśayānāṃ chettāraṃ buddhaṃ bhagavantaṃ papracchuḥ: āścaryaṃ bhadanta yad bhagavatā sarvaṃ cintitamātraṃ samṛdhyatīti | bhagavān āha: tathāgatenaivaitāni 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 karmāṇi kalpakoṭiśatair api | auch: karmāṇy api kalpaśatair api |

sāmagrīṃ prāpya kālaṃ ca phalanti khalu dehinām* ||

bhūtapūrvaṃ bhikṣavo ’tīte ’dhvani indradhvajo nāma samyaksaṃbuddho loka udapādi tathāgato ’rhan samyaksaṃbuddho vidyācaraṇasaṃpannaḥ sugato lokavid anuttaraḥ puruṣadamyasārathiḥ śāstā devamanuṣyāṇāṃ buddho bhagavān* | sa janapadacārikāṃ carann anyatamāṃ rājadhānīm anuprāptaḥ | tasyāṃ rājadhānyāṃ brāhmaṇo vedavedāṅgapārago rājño ’grāsanikaḥ | athendradhvajaḥ samyaksaṃbuddhāḥ pūrvāhṇe nivāsya pātracīvaram ādāya tāṃ rājadhānīṃ piṇḍāya prāvikṣat* | adrākṣīt sa brāhmaṇa indradhvajaṃ samyaksaṃbuddhaṃ dvātriṃśatā mahāpuruṣalakṣaṇaiḥ samalaṃkṛtam aśītyā cānuvyaṃjanair virājitagātraṃ vyāmaprabhālaṃkṛtaṃ sūryasahasrātirekaprabhaṃ jaṅgamam iva ratnaparvataṃ samantato bhadrakam* | dṛṣṭvā ca punar mūlanikṛtta iva drumo bhagavataḥ pādayor nipatyovāca: vāraho ’smi sugata, niṣīdatu bhagavān agrāsana iti | atha bhagavān indradhvajaḥ samyaksaṃbuddhas tasyānugrahārtham agrāsane niṣaṇṇaḥ | agrāsane niṣaṇṇaś cendradhvajaḥ samyaksaṃbuddhas tena brāhmaṇena padaśatena stutaḥ, praṇītena cāhareṇa pratipāditaḥ, anuttarāyāṃ ca samyaksaṃbodhau praṇidhānaṃ kṛtam* | taddhaitukaṃ yāvad āvarjitā rājāmatyapaurāḥ ||

tat kiṃ manyadhve bhikṣavo yo ’sau tena kālena tena samayena brāhmaṇo babhūva, ahaṃ saḥ | yan me indradhvajasya tathāgatasya pūjā kṛtā, taddhaitukaṃ ca me saṃsāre anantaṃ sukham anubhūtam* | api yac cintayāmi, yat prārthaye, tat sarvaṃ samṛdhyati | 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 bhikṣavo bhagavato bhāṣitam abhyanandan* ||