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 saśrāvakasaṃgho rājagṛham upaniśritya viharati sma veṇuvane kalandakanivāpe | yadā rājñā ajātaśatruṇā devadattavigrāhitena pitā dhārmiko dharmarājo jīvitād vyaparopitaḥ, svayam eva ca rājye pratiṣṭhitaḥ, tadā ye aśrāddhās te balavanto jātāḥ, śrāddhās tu durbalāḥ saṃvṛttāḥ | yāvad anyatamo vṛddhāmātyo ’śrāddho bhagavacchāsanavidveṣī, sa brāhmaṇebhyo yajñam ārabdho yaṣṭum* | tatrānekāni brāhmaṇaśatasahasrāṇi saṃnipatitāni | taiḥ kriyākāraḥ kṛtaḥ: na kenacic chramaṇagautamaṃ darśanāyopa­saṃk­ramitavyam* | atha te brāhmaṇāḥ kṛtāvayaḥ samagrāḥ saṃmodamānā vīthīmadhye vedoktena vidhinā śakram āyācituṃ pravṛttāḥ: ehy ehi ahalyājāra ||

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 ||

paśyati bhagavān: ime brāhmaṇāḥ pūrvāvaropitakuśalamūlā gṛhītamokṣamārgāḥ svahitaiṣiṇo ’bhimukhā nirvāṇe bahirmukhāḥ saṃsārād akalyāṇamitrasaṃsārgād idānīṃ macchāsanaṃ vidviṣanti, yanv aham eṣāṃ vinayahetor autsukyam āpadyeyeti | atha bhagavāñ chakraveṣam abhinirmāya taṃ yajñavāṭaṃ divyenāvabhāsenāvabhāsya avataritum ārabdhaḥ | tatas te brāhaṇā hṛṣṭatuṣṭapramuditā udagraprītisaumanasyajātā ekasamūhenoktavantaḥ: ehy ehi bhagavan, svāgataṃ bhagavata iti | tato bhagavān śakraveṣadhārī prajñapta evāsane niṣaṇṇaḥ | eṣa śabdo rājagṛhe samantato visṛtaḥ: yajñe śakro devendro ’vatīrṇa iti | yaṃ śutvānekāni prāṇiśatasahasrāṇi saṃnipatitāni | tato bhagavān āvarjitā brāhmaṇā iti viditvā śakraveṣam antardhāpya buddhaveṣeṇaiva sthitvā tādṛśīṃ caturāryasatya­saṃ­prativedhikīṃ dharmadeśanāṃ kṛtavān, yāṃ śrutvā ṣaṣṭyā brāhmaṇasahasrair viṃśatiśikharasamudgataṃ satkāyadṛṣṭiśailaṃ jñānavajreṇa bhitvā srotaāpattiphalaṃ sākṣātkṛtam*, anekaiś ca prāṇiśatasahasrair bhagavati śraddhā pratilabdhā ||

tato bhikṣavaḥ saṃśayajātāḥ sarvasaṃśayacchettāraṃ buddhaṃ bhagavantaṃ papracchuḥ: āścaryaṃ bhadanta yāvad ebhir brāhmaṇair bhagavantam āgatya satyadarśanaṃ kṛtam*, anekaiś ca prāṇiśatasahasrair mahān prasādo ’dhigata iti | bhagavān āha: tathāgatenaitāni 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 indradamano nāma samyaksaṃbuddho loka udapādi tathāgato ’rhan samyaksaṃbuddho vidyācaraṇasaṃpannaḥ sugato lokavid anuttaraḥ puruṣadamyasārathiḥ śāstā devamanuṣyāṇāṃ buddho bhagavān* | sa janapadacārikāṃ carann anyatamāṃ rājadhānīm anuprāptaḥ | sā rājadhānī tīrthikāvaṣṭabdhā | aśrauṣīd anyatamo rājā kṣatriyo mūrdhābhiṣiktaḥ: indradamanaḥ samyaksaṃbuddho ’smākaṃ vijitam anuprāpta iti | śrutvā ca punar mahatyā rājarddhyā mahatā rājānubhāvena samanvāgato yenendradamanaḥ samyaksaṃbuddhas tenopasaṃkrāntaḥ | upasaṃkramya bhagavata indradamanasya samyaksaṃbuddhasya pādau śirasā vanditvaikānte niṣaṇṇaḥ | ekānte niṣaṇṇaṃ rājānaṃ kṣatriyaṃ mūrdhābhiṣiktam indradamanaḥ samyaksaṃbuddho bodhi­karakair Speyer: bodhisatvakarakair dharmaiḥ samādāpayati | atha sa rājā labdhaprasāda utthāyāsanād ekāṃsam uttarāsaṅgaṃ kṛtvā dakṣiṇaṃ jānumaṇḍalaṃ pṛthivyāṃ pratiṣṭhāpya yenendradamanaḥ samyaksaṃbuddhas tenāñjaliṃ praṇamya indradamanaṃ samyaksaṃbuddham idam avocat*: adhivāsayatu me bhagavāṃs traimāsyavāsāya | ahaṃ bhagavantaṃ upasthāsyāmi cīvarapiṇḍapātaśayanāsanaglānapratyayabhaiṣajya­pari­ṣkārair iti | bhagavān āha: asti te mahārāja vijite kaścid vihāro yatrāgantukā gamikāś ca bhikṣavo vāsaṃ kalpayiṣyantīti? rājovāca: nāsti bhagavan, kiṃ tarhi tiṣṭhatu bhagavān, ahaṃ vihāraṃ kārayiṣyāmi, yatrāgantukā gamikāś ca bhikṣavo vāsaṃ kalpayiṣyantīti | tato rājñā tathāgatasyārthe vihāraḥ kāritaḥ aviddhaprākāratoraṇo gāvākṣaniryūhajālārdhacandravedikāpratimaṇḍita āstaraṇopeto jalādhārasaṃpūrṇas tarugaṇaparivṛto nānāpuṣpaphalopetaḥ | kṛtvā ca bhagavataḥ saśrāvakasaṃghasya niryātitaḥ | adhīṣṭaś ca bhagavān mahāprātihāryaṃ prati | tato bhagavatā indradamanena samyaksaṃbuddhena rājño ’dhyeṣayā mahāprātihāryaṃ vidarśitaṃ buddhā­vataṃ­saka­vikrīḍitam*, yaddarśanād rājā sāmātyanaigamajānapadaḥ sarve ca nāgarāḥ suprasannāḥ śāsane saṃraktatarāḥ saṃvṛttāḥ ||

bhagavān āha: kiṃ manyadhve bhikṣavo yo ’sau tena kālena tena samayena rājā babhūva, ahaṃ saḥ | mayā sā indradamanasya samya­ksaṃ­buddhas­yaivaṃ­vidhā pūjā kṛtā | tasya me karmaṇo vipākena saṃsāre ’nantaṃ sukham anubhūtam* | idānīṃ me tathāgatasya sata iyaṃ śāsanaśobhā | 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* ||