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athā'yuṣmataḥ śāriputrasyaitadabhūt-"madhyāhna āpanne, ime mahābodhisattvāścennottiṣṭhanti, ime'nnaṃ kutra bhuñjanta" iti |

tato licchavirvimalakīrtirāyuṣmataḥ śāriputrasya cittavitarka cetasā jñātvā, āyuṣmantaṃ śāriputrametadavocat--"bhadanta śāriputra, tathāgatena ye'ṣṭau vimokṣā ākhyātāḥ, teṣu vimokṣeṣu tiṣṭha, āmiṣasammiśritavicāreṇa dharmammā śrauṣīḥ | bhadanta śāriputra, muhūrta pratīkṣasva; ananubhūtapūrvā'hāraṃ bhakṣayiṣyasi" |

tatastadā licchavirvimalakīrtistathārūpaṃ samādhi samāpadyate sma, īdṛśad rdhyabhisaṃskāramabhisaṃskaroti sma, ( yathā tad ) ūrdhvadiśi buddhakṣetram , ito dvicatvāriśadgaṅgānadīvālukāsamāni buddhakṣetrāṇy) atikramya, yat sarvagandhasugandhā nāma lokadhātuḥ, tebhyo bodhisattvebhyaśca tebhyo mahāśrāavakebhyo darśayati sma | tatra sugandhakuṭo nāma tathāgato'dya tiṣṭhiti, dhriyate, yāpayati | tasmillokadhātau( yo ) daśadikṣu sarvabuddhakṣetrāṇām manuṣyadev (ebhyo ) gandha utpadyate, tasmādviśiṣṭataro ( gandhas ) tasya lokadhātordāruṇa utpadyate | tasmillokadhātau śrāvakapratyekabuddhānāṃ nāmadheyamapi nāsti | kevalaṃ bodhisattvānāṃ gaṇasannipātāya sa sugandhakūūṭastathāgato dharma deśayati | tasmillokadhātau sarvāṇi kūṭāgārāṇi dhūpamayāni; sarvacaṃkramaṇodyānavimānāni ca dhūpamayāni | yatteṣāṃ bodhisattvānāṃ juṣṭānnaṃ, tasya gandhenāprameyalokadhātavaḥ sfuṭāḥ |

tena khalu samayena bhagavān sugandhakūṭastathāgatastairbodhisattvaissahabhojanakhādanārtha niṣaṇṇo ('bhvat ) | tatra mahāyānasamprasthito gandhavyūhatarpaṇo nāma devaputro bhagavataśca teṣāṃ bodhisattvānām upasthāne ca paryupāsane'bhiyukto ( 'bhūt ) | tatastayā sarvāvatyā parṣadā tasmilokadhātau sa bhagavāṃśca te bodhisattvā bhojanāya racitā niṣaṇṇā dṛśyante sma |

atha licchavirvimalakīrtiḥ sarvān tān bodhisattvānetadavocat-"satpuruṣāḥ, yuṣmanmadhye kastasmād buddhakṣetrādāhārā'dānāyotsahate ?" atra maṃjuśriyo'dhiṣṭhānena na kaścidutsahate sma | tato licchavirvimalakīrtimaṃjuśrīkumārabhūtametadavocat-"maṃjuśrīḥ, īdṛśaste parivāro nanu na lajjā ( karaḥ ) ? āha- "kulaputra, tathāgatena 'nāśikṣitāy ātimanyanā kartavye' ti nanu na proktam ?"

atha licchavirvimalakīrtistasyāḥ śayyāyā anutthāya, teṣāṃ bodhisattvānām abhimukhaṃ nirmitabodhisattvasya suvarṇavarṇapratirūpakaṃ lakṣaṇānuvyañjasvalaṅkṛtaṃ kāyaṃ nirmimīte sma | yena sa sarvaparivāro dhyāmīkṛtaḥ, tādṛśo rūpe avabhāsamāgacchati sma |

tato licchavirvimalamīrtistaṃ nirmitabodhisattvametadavocat-"kulaputra, ūrdhvadiśi gaccha; dvācatvāriśadgaṅganadīvālukopamāni buddhakṣetrāṇyatikrabhya, ( tatr ) asti sarvagandhasugandhā nāma lokadhātuḥ | tatra sugandhakūṭo nāma tathāgato 'dya bhojanakhādanārtha niṣaṇṇaḥ | tatropasaṃkramya, tasya tathāgatasya pādau śirasā'bhivandya, etannivedaya-'licchavirvimalakīrtirbhagavataḥ pādau śatasahasrakṛtvaḥ śirasā'bhivandya, bhagavatyalpābādhatām alpātaṅkatāṃ laghūttathānatāṃ yatrāṃ balaṃ sukhamh anavadyatāṃ sukhasparśavihāratāṃ rog ( ābhāvaṃ ) pṛcchati caivamapoi kathayati | bhagavān bhojanasyāvaśeṣam me dadātu | tena sahālokadhātau ( vimalakīrti-) rbuddhakārya kariṣyati | ( ye ) hīnādhimuktikasattvāḥ, ta udārādhimukti janayiṣyanti, tathāgatalakṣaṇān ca vardhanta' iti" |

atha sa nirmitabodhisattvo licchavivimalakīrtaye 'sādhv' iti kṛtvā, pratyaśrauṣīt | ullokitamukhasteṣāṃ bodhisattvānām abhimukhādapakrāmāti sma, te bidhisattvāstu tadgamananna paśyanti sma | tataḥ sa nirmitabodhisattvo ( yena ) sarvagandhasugandhā nāma lokadhātuḥ; tenopagamya, tasya bhagavataḥ sugandhakūṭasya tathāgatasya pādau śirasā'bhivandya, etadavocat-



"bhagavan, bodhisattvo vimalakīrtirbhagavataḥ pādau śirasā'bhivandya, bhagavatyalpābādhatām alpātaṅkatāṃ laghūtthānatāṃ yātrāṃ balaṃ sukham anavadyatāṃ sukhasparśavihāratāṃ rog( ābhāvaṃ ) pṛcchati | sa bhagavataḥ pādau satasahasrakṛtvaḥ śirasā'bhivandya, etad yācati-'bhagavān bhojanasya bhojyāvaśeṣamme dadātu | tenāsmin sahālokadhātau ( vimalakīrti- ) rbuddhakārya kariṣyati | ( ye ) hīnādhimuktikasattvāḥ, te buddhadharmodāramatyadhimukti janayiṣyanti, tathāgatalakṣaṇāni ca vardhanta'-iti" |



atha te bhagavataḥ sugandhakūṭasya tathāgatasya buddhakṣetrasya bodhisattvā āścaryādbhutaprāptāḥ taṃ bhagavantaṃ sugandhakūṭaṃ tathāgatametadavocan-"bhagavan evaṃrūpo mahāsattvaḥ kuta āgataḥ ? sa sahālokadhātuḥ kvāsti ? "hīnādhimuktikā" nāma tadasti kim ?" iti te bodhisattvāstaṃ bhagavantamevaṃ pṛcchanti sma |



tato bhagavāṃstān bodhisattvānetadavocat--

"kulaputrāḥ, ito'dhodiśi dvivacatvāriśadgaṅgānadīvālukāsamāni buddhakṣetrāṇy atikramya, asti sahā nāma lokadhātuḥ | tatra śākyamunirnāma tathāgataḥ pañcakaṣāyabuddhakṣetre hīnādhimuktikebhyaḥ sattvebhyo dharma deśayati | tatra so'cintyavimokṣavihārī vimalakīrtirnāma bodhisattvaḥ bodhisattvebhyo dharma deśayati | sa mannāmaparikīrtan ( ārthāya ) cāsya lokadhātoḥ praśaṃsāsamprakāśanā ( -'rthāya ) ca teṣāṃ bodhisattvānāṃ kuśalamūlasutaptakaraṇārthāya nirmitabodhisattvaṃ preṣayati" |



tataste bodhisattvā etadavocan-"bhagavan, tasya bodhisattvasya māhātmyam , yāvadidaṃ nirmāṇañca tasyaivaṃrūpardhibalavaiśāradyāni bhūtāni" | sa bhavānavocat--"tasya bodhisattvasyedṛśām māhātmyam , ( yathā ) daśadikṣu sarvabuddhakṣetreṣu nirmāṇā ( ni ) preṣayati, tāni nirmāṇāni ca teṣāṃ buddhakṣetrāṇāṃ sarvasattvakārya-( ārtha ) buddhakāryeṇa pratyupasthitāni bhavanti" |



atha bhagavān sugandhakūṭastathāgataḥ sarvagandhasamanvāgate bhājane sarvagandhavāsitaṃ bhojanaṃ chorayati sma; tattasmai nirmitabodhisattvāyādāt | tatastadā bodhisattvānāṃ navatiśatasahasrāṇi tena gamikāni--"bhagavan, vayamapi tāṃ sahāṃ lokadhātuṃ, taṃ bhagavantaṃ śākyamuni darśanāya, vandanāya, paryupāsanāya. taṃ ca vimalakīrti ca tān bodhisattvān darśanāya gacchāmaḥ " | sa bhagavānavocat--"kulaputrāḥ, gacchata yasyedānīṃ kālaṃ manyadhve |



"kulaputrāḥ, te sattvā unmādāśca pramattāḥ khalv abhaviṣyan; tena gacchata gandhāpagatabhūtāḥ | tasya sahālokadhātoste sattvā avasādamāsādayanti; tasmāhu svarūpān nivartadhvam | tasmillokadhātau hīnasaṃjñām utpādya, pratighasaṃjñām motpādayata | tat kasya hetoḥ ? kulaputrāḥ, buddhakṣetreṃ hyākāśakṣetram | sattvaparipācanārthāya bhagavanto buddhāḥ sarvān buddhagocarānna darśanti" |



atha sa nirmita bodhisattvastat ( sarvagandhavāsitaṃ ) bhojyaṃ samādāya, bodhisattvānāṃ navatiśatasahasraiḥ sārdha buddhānubhāvena ca vimalakīrteradhiṣṭhānena eekakṣaṇalavamuhūrtena tatraīva tasyāḥ sarvagandhasugandhālokadhātvā antarhitaśca licchavivimalakīrtergṛhe niṣīdati sma |

atha licchavirvimalakīrtiryādṛśāni pūrvasiṃhāsanāni, tādṛśānāṃ navatiśatasahasrāṇyadhitiṣṭhati sma | teṣu te bodhisattvā nyaṣīdan |

tatassa nirmita bodhisattvastadbhojyapūrṇabhājanaṃ vimalakīrtaye'dāt |



tatastasya bhojyasya gandho vaiśālīm mahānagarīṃ saṃnyavikṣat ; sāhasralokadhātuṃ yāvacca ghrāyate smā'svādyagandhaḥ | ye vaiśālyā brāhmāṇagṛhapatayaśca licchavyadhipo licchavicandracchattraśca taṃ gandhamāghrāya, āścaryaprāptā adbhutaprāptāḥ prasannakāyacittā licchavīnāṃ caturaśītisahasraiḥ paripūrṇaiḥ saha vimalakīrtergṛham praviśanti sma |



te tasmin gṛhe bodhisattvān sampūrṇasihāsaneṣu tanmātronnatātimātraviśāleṣu niṣaṇṇān paśyanti sma | dṛṣṭvā, tairadhimuktiśca pramuditotpāditāḥ | sarve te tān mahāśrāvakāṃ ca tān mahābodhisattvānabhivandya, ekānte'sthuḥ | bhūmyavacaradevaputrāśca kāmāvacararūpāvacaradevaputrāśca tena gandhena coditā vimalakīrtergṛhaṃ samāgacchanti sma |



atha licchavirvimalakīrtiḥ śāriputraṃ sthaviraṃ ca tān mahāśrāvakānetadavocat--"bhadantāḥ, tathāgatabhojyam mahākaruṇāparivāsitāmṛtaṃ bhakṣayata, prādeśikacittatāṃ tu mopaprajñāpayata | dānabhoge'samarthā abhaviṣyata" |

tataḥ kecicchrāvakā etanmanyante sma--"svalpabhojanam ihānayaitādṛśapariṣadā kathaṃ bhojanīyam ?" iti | tatassa nirmitabodhisattvastāṃ śrāvakānetadavocat--"āyuṣmantaḥ, yuṣmatprajñāpuṇye tathāgatasya prajñāpuṇyābhyām mā tolayata | tat kasya hetoḥ ? tadyathāpi nāma caturmahāsamudrāḥ kṣīṇāḥ sambhaveyuḥ, ki tvasmin bhojane na kiñcitkṣayo'bhaviṣyat | ( evameva ) sarve sattvā tasya bhojanasya kalpaṃ sumerumātrā'lopān bhakṣayeyuḥ, ki tvidaṃ kṣayannāyāsyat | tat kasya hetoḥ ? so'kṣayaśīlaprajñā samādhimayasya tathāgatabhojanasya bhājanāvaśeṣaḥ kṣayaṃ yātunna śaknoti" |



atha tato bhojanāt sarvāvatī sā parṣat tṛptā bhūtā | na ca tadbhojanaṃ kṣīyate | yaiśca bodhisattvaiḥ śrāvakaiśca śakrabrahmalokapālaistadanyaiśca sattvaistadbhojanaṃ bhuktam , teṣāṃ tādṛśaṃ sukhaṃ kāye'vakrāntaṃ yādṛśaṃ sarvasukhamaṇḍitāyāṃ lokadhātau bodhisattvānāṃ sukham | sarvaromakūpebhyaśca teṣāṃ tādṛśo gandhaḥ pravāti, tadyathāpi nāma tasyāmeva sarvagandhasugandhāyāṃ lokadhātau vṛkṣāṇāṃ gandhaḥ |



tatassaṃprajānallicchavirvimalakīrtirbhagavataḥ sugandhakūṭasya tathāgatasya buddhakṣetrādāgatān bodhisattvānetadavocat--"kulaputrāḥ, tasya tathāgatasya sugandhakūṭasya dharmadeśanā kīdṛśā" ? te'vadan-"sa tathāgato'kṣaraniruktibhyāṃ dharmanna darśayati | tena gandhenaiva bodhisattvā vinitā bhavanti | ye gandhavṛkṣāḥ, yeṣāṃ mūleṣu te bodhisattvā niṣaṇṇāḥ, tebhyo ( yādṛśo ) gandhastebhyo ( bodhisattvebhyaḥ ), tādṛśo niścarati | ghrātamātra eva tasmin gandhe, sarvabodhisattvaguṇā'karo nāma samādhi (staiḥ) pratilabhyate | prāptamātra eva tasmin samādhau, sarveṣu teṣu bodhisattvaguṇā utpadyante" |



atha te bodhisattvā licchavi vimalakīrtimetadavadan--"iha bhagavāṃ śākyamuniḥ kīdṛśāṃ dharmadeśanāṃ prakāśayati ?" āha- "satpuruṣāḥ, ime sattvā hi durvineyāḥ; ebhyaḥ khaṭuṃkadurvineyasattvebhyaḥ khaṭuṃkadurvineyavineyakathāḥ prakāśayati | ke khaṭuṃkadurvineyāḥ vineyāḥ ? khaṭuṃkadurvineyakathā katamā ? tadyathā--

"ime hi nairayikāḥ, iyaṃ hi tiryagyoniḥ, ayaṃ yamalokaḥ, imāni hyakṣaṇāni, ime vihīnendriyāḥ |

"idaṃ hi kāyaduścaritaṃ, ayaṃ hi kāyaduścaritasya vipākaḥ | idaṃ vāgduścaritaṃ, ayaṃ vāgduścaritasya vipākaḥ | idaṃ manoduścaritaṃ, ayaṃ manoduściritasya vipākaḥ |

"ayaṃ hi prāṇātipātaḥ, iyamadattādānaṃ, ayaṃ kāmamithyācāraḥ, ayaṃ mṛṣāvādaḥ, ayaṃ paiśunyavādaḥ, ayaṃ pāruṣyavādaḥ, ayaṃ saṃbhinnapralāpaḥ, iyaṃ hyabhidhyā, ayaṃ vyāpādaḥ, iyaṃ mithyādṛṣṭiḥ, ayaṃ hi teṣāṃ vipākaḥ |

"idaṃ mātsarya, idaṃ mātsaryasya falaṃ; idaṃ dauḥśīlyam ,( idaṃ dauḥśīlyasya falaṃ ); ayaṃ krodhaḥ, ( idaṃ krodhasya falam ); idaṃ kausīdyam , idaṃ kausīdyasya falam ; iyaṃ hi dauṣprajñā, idaṃ dauṣprajñāfalam |

"ayaṃ śikṣāpadasamatikramaḥ, ayaṃ hi prātimokṣaḥ ; idaṃ kāryam , idamakāryam ; ayaṃ yogācāraḥ ; idaṃ prahāṇam ; idamāvaraṇam , idamanāvaraṇam; iyamāpattiḥ, idamāpattivyutthānaṃ; ayaṃ mārgaḥ, ayaṃ kumārgaḥ ; idaṃ kuśalam, idamakuśalam; idaṃ sāvadyam , idamanavadyam ; idaṃ sāsravaṃ idamanāsravam ; idaṃ laukikam ' idaṃ lokottaram ; idaṃ saṃskṛtam , idamasaṃskṛtam ayaṃ hi saṃkleśaḥ, idaṃ vyavadānam; ayaṃ saṃsāraḥ, idaṃ nirvāṇam iti |

"evamanekavidyaṃ dharma deśayan , ( śākyamunistathāgataḥ sattvānām ) aśvakhaṭuṃkacittaṃ pratiṣṭhāpayati | tadyathāpi nāma khaṭuṃkāśvo vā hastī vā 'rvāk marmahatā vinītā bhavanti, evameva khaṭuṃkadurvineyāḥ sattvā api sarvaduḥkhaprakāśanakathāyā vinītā bhavanti" |



te bodhisattvā avadan--"tathā bhagavato buddhasya śākyamunermāhātmyaṃ pratiṣṭhāpitam | āścarya hi hīnadaridrakhaṭuṃkasattvadamanaṃ | ye ( ca ) bodhisattvā evaṃvidha audārike buddhakṣetre'vasthitāḥ, teṣāmacintyamahākaruṇā" |



tato licchavirvimalakīrtirabravīt--"tat tatheti, satpuruṣāḥ; yathā vadatha ( tat ) tathā | ye bodhisattvā ihotpannāḥ, eṣām mahākaruṇā sudṛḍhā | te'tasmillokadhātāvekasyāṃ jātyāṃ sattvebhyo bahvartha kurvanti | tasyāṃ sarvagandhasugandhāyāṃ likadhātau kalpānāmapi satasahasrāṇi sattvebhya īdṛśamartha kartunna śaknuvanti | tat kasya hetoḥ ? satpuruṣāḥ, asyāṃ sahāyāṃ lokadhātau daśa parigrahā'vahāḥ kuśalasaṃnicayadharmāḥ saṃvidyante | te'nyasmin buddhakṣetre na bhavanti | katame daśa ? tadyathā--

"dānena daridrasaṃgrahaḥ; śīlena duḥśīlasaṃgrahaḥ; kṣāntyā kaṭukasaṃgrahaḥ; vīryeṇa kusīdasaṃhgrahaḥ; dhyānena vikṣiptacittasaṃgrahaḥ; prajñayā duṣprajñasaṃgrahaḥ; akṣaṇaprāptebhyo'ṣṭābhyo'kṣaṇebhyo'tikramaṇadeśanā; pradeśakāribhyo mahāyānadeśanā kuśalamūlenānavaropitakuśalamūlasaṃgrahaḥ; caturbhiḥ saṃgrahavastubhiḥ satatasamitaṃ sattvaparipācanam | te daśa pragrahā'vahāḥ kuśalasaṃnicayadharmā anyasmin buddhakṣetre na saṃvidyante" |

bodhisattvā avadan--"anvitāḥ katibhirdharmairbodhisattvāḥ, asyāḥ sahāyā lokadhātvāścyutvā, akṣatānupadrutāḥ pariśuddhabuddhakṣetraṃ gamiṣyanti ?" āha- "anvitā aṣṭābhirdharmairbodhisattvāḥ, asyāḥ sahāyā lokadhātvāścyutvā, akṣatānupadrutāḥ pariśuddhabuddhakṣetraṃ gamiṣyanti | katame'ṣṭau ? ( bodhisattvaiḥ pratyavekṣitavyam )--

" 'sarvasattvā mayā'nugrahyāḥ, icchaṃstvebhyo na kicid hitaṃ | sarvasattvānāṃ sarvaduḥkhaṃ kṣāmyam , tat-( prāptāni ) sarvakuśalamūlāni sarvasattvebhya utsraṣṭavyānīti | sarvasattveṣvapratihato ( bhavāni ) | śāstarīva sarvabodhisattvanandī ( bhavāni ) | śrutāśrutadharmā śrutvā, (bhavāny- ) apratikṣepaḥ | paralābha īrṣyā'pagataḥ svalābhenāgarvaśca cittanidhyapto (bhavāni) | ātmaskhalitāni pratyavekṣamāṇaḥ paradiṣānna codayāmi | apramādarataśca sarvaguṇān saṃpratīcchamī'( ti ) | tairaṣṭābhirdharmairanvitā bodhisattvāḥ, sahāyā lokadhātvāścyutvā, akṣatānupadrutāḥ parisuddhabuddhakṣetraṃ gamiṣyanti" |



atha licchavivimalakīrtinā ca maṃjuśrīkumārabhūtena caivaṃ tasyāṃ parṣadi saṃnipatitebhyastathā hi dharme deśite, śatamātrāṇāṃ praṇisahasrāṇām anuttarasamyaksaṃbodhicittānyutpāditāni | bodhisattvānāṃ daśabhiḥ sahasrairanutpattikadharmakṣāntiḥ pratilabdhā |



nirmāṇabhojyā'dānasya parivarto navamaḥ |