Bodhisattvapiṭakasūtra

Bamiyan, Kharoṣṭhī

BML edition (version 1, April 2025)

Based on BMSC IV 2016: 267–282. The standardised Sanskrit chāyā is replaced here by the Buddhist Sanskrit parallel from the Lhasa manuscript for comparison; to be updated.

§ 1

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r1 + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + atha khalu bhagavāṃs tasyāṃ ca velāyām imā gāthā abhāṣata |

r1 + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + At that time, (the Lord uttered) these verses:

v. 1(imani paṃca dharmani • yehi praṃña na vardhati •)
(budhi ca naśati kṣipro • virageti narotamo • 1)

v. 1imāni paṃca dharmāṇi yehi prajñā na vardhate |
buddhiś ca naśyate kṣipraṃ virāgeti narottamaṃ || 1

v. 1…
…

v. 2(visaṃvadeti so satva • bhaṭo rayakule yatha •)
(tena akuśalamulena • lo)kanatha na paśati • 2

v. 2visamvādeti so satvāṃ bhaṭo rājakule yathā |
tenākuśalamūlena lokanāthā na paśyati || 2

v. 2…
(By this root of demerit,) he does not see the lords of the world. [Verse] (2)

v. 3bhayo janeti satvana (•) deyad.r3+ + + + + (•)
(dukaṭo karmo kritvana • virageti narotamo • 3)

v. 3bhayaṃ janeti satvānāṃ gṛhṇathā harathā svayaṃ |
duṣkṛtaṃ karma kṛtvāna virāgeti narottamaṃ || 3

v. 3He engenders fear among creatures, taking [?] (and stealing from them)
... [Verse] (3).

v. 4(bhikṣubhikṣuniśilado • cavitva bhodi dukhido •)
(bahu budha virageti • kṣaṇo asya bhoti du)labho • 4

v. 4bhikṣubhikṣuṇiśīlāto cyāvitvā bhoti duḥkhito |
bahū buddha virāgeti kṣaṇāsya bhoti durlabho || 4

v. 4…
... (He fails to encounter many buddhas; the fortunate time is for him hard to) obtain. [Verse] 4.

v. 5madapidara bharya ca • dharmaśravanado .. .. .. (•)
r4 (dharmo na śrunati kṣipro • bhoti mohena avrudo • 4 1)

v. 5mātāpitṛbhāryāṃ ca dharmacaryātu vārayet* |
dharmaṃ na śruṇate kṣipraṃ bhoti mohena āvṛtaḥ || 5

v. 5(He prevents) [his] mother, father, and wife from hearing the dharma.
… [Verse] (5).

v. 6(parvaja gachamanasya • aṃtarayo karitvana •)
(bahu budha virageti • kṣaṇo asya na bhoti ca • 4 2)

v. 6pravrajyāṃ gacchamānasya antarāyaṃ karitvanā |
bahubuddhāṃ virāgeti kṣaṇo ’sya na ca bhoti ca || 6

v. 6…
…

v. 7(śrutvana idriśo) dharma • bhudo paśati atmano •
krodho doṣo upaditva (•) na r5 (so dharmo di bhaṣati • 4 3)

v. 7śrutvāna īdṛśaṃ dharmam* bhūtaṃ paśyati ātmanaṃ ^{ⓝLhasa ms. has here: śrutvāna īdṛśaṃ dharmam* yatra śūnyata varṇitāḥClick to pin} |
krodhadoṣa upādeti na sa dharmmo ti bhāṣate || 7

v. 7(Having heard about such a) dharma, he [still?] perceives the self as real.
Feeling anger and hostility, (he says, ‘The dharma is) not (such).’ [Verse] (7).

v. 8(sava ime aṃtaraya • kala na uveti ṣoḍaśi •)
(paḍikṣivitva sadharmo • jacaṃdho bhoti dukhido • 4 4)

v. 8sarve ime antarāyāḥ kalāṃ nopaiti ṣoḍaśīm* |
pratikṣipitvā saddharmaṃ jātyandho bhoti duḥkhito || 8

v. 8…
…

v. 9(na sa paśati saṃbudho •) d(r)iṭhva ca na prasidadi (•)
istripaṃḍaga(ja)ca(ṃ)dh(o •) v1 (śunaho bhoti gadhavo • 4 4 1)

v. 9na sa paśyati saṃbuddhaṃ dṛṣṭvā no ca prasīdati |
istrīpaṇḍakajātyandho śunaho bhoti gardabho || 9

v. 9(He does not see a Buddha), and [even if] he does see [one], he does not have a pure mind [toward him].
(He is reborn as) a woman, a eunuch, or congenitally blind (or as a dog or a donkey.) [Verse] (9)

v. 10(yasya budho ca bodhi ca • bodhisatva priyapriye •)
(aṃtarayo vivarjitva • margo bhaveya bhadrako • 10)

v. 10yasya buddhaś ca bodhiś ca bodhisatvāḥ priyāpriye |
antarāyaṃ vivarjitvā mārgaṃ bhāveya bhadrakaṃ || 10

v. 10…
… [Verse] (10)

v. 11(madapidara dharmaṃmi • niyojeti) punapunaṃ •
parvaja sar(v)asatva yo • kṣi(p)ra(m e)va sa v2 + + + (• 10 1)

v. 11mātā pitā ca dharmesmiṃ niyojeti punaḥ punaḥ |
pravrajyāṃ sarvasatvāna kṣipraṃ eva samādade || 11

v. 11(He engages his mother and father in the dharma) again and again,
he who [?] immediately en(courages) all beings toward renunciation. [Verse] (11).

v. 12(mada dharme niyoyitva • kṣipro gachati sagati •)
(parvaja varnayitvana • kṣipro budhi vibuȷ̄ati • 10 2)

v. 12mātān dharmme niyojitvā kṣipraṃ gacchati sadgatim* |
pravrajyāṃ varṇayitvāna kṣipraṃ bodhiṃ vibudhyate || 12

v. 12…
…

§ 2

(paṃcahi śāriputra dharmehi samunagado • parva)y(i)do bodhisatvo • budhupado virageti • kadamev3(hi paṃcahi •) + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + (ma)tsariyo upadeti • imehi śāriputra paṃcahi v4 (dharmehi samunagado • parvayido bodhisatvo • budhupado virageti •) + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + (lo)hidamakṣidamaṃsa • so rachamukhe ṭ́hahitva • sval.v5 + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + tasyevam asa ida

pañcabhiḥ śāriputra dharmmaiḥ samanvāgataḥ pravrajito bodhisatvo buddhotpādaṃ virāgayati | katamaiḥ paṃcabhiḥ | + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + mātsaryotpādanena (?) | ebhiḥ śāriputra pañcabhir dharmaiḥ samanvāgataḥ pravrajito bodhisatvo buddhotpādaṃ virāgayati | + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + lohitamrakṣitāṃ sa rathyāmukhe sthitvā | …^{ⓝparallel: lālāpraliptāṃ paribhuṃjītātha gacchet* kṣatriyamahāsālo vā brāhmaṇamahāsālo
vā gṛhapatimahāsālo vā tam enaṃ sa bubhukṣitaḥ kurkkuro dūrata evāgacchantaṃ paśyetClick to pin} + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + tasyaivaṃ asya idam ^{ⓝparallel: tasyaivaṃ bhaved idam evaṃ me rasabhojanaṃ hariṣyatīti Click to pin}

When endowed with five characteristics, Śāriputra,) a renunciant bodhisattva fails to encounter the arising of Buddhas. Which (five) (characteristics?) ... (and [fifthly]), he arouses stinginess (by his actions toward another community. Endowed) with these five (characteristics), Śāriputra, (a renunciant bodhisattva fails to encounter the arising of a Buddha. ... Śāriputra, it is as if a hungry dog were to take a bit of bone) with some flesh smeared with blood. Standing in the middle of the road, (he would eat the bone, smeared with his) own sal(iva). (Seeing a man coming from a distance,) that (hungry dog) might think, "(He is going to take) this (delicious morsel from me!")…