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112, (It is as if) a certain man, in time of famine, comes and gets good food, but to whom, when the food is already in his hands, they say that he should wait *, 13. Similarly it was with us, who after minding 1 Vaipulyasitrantadharaza tayinadm. Here the word tayin would seem to be used in the sense of ‘able,’ agreeing with the meaning of tayana in Pazini I, 3, 38. * Durbhiksha 4gatad kasfin naro labdhva subhoganam,‘pratiksha’ bhftya ufyeta hastapraptasmi bhogane. The Prakrit underlying this literary dialect is easily reconstrued. VI. ANNOUNCEMENT OF FUTURE DESTINY. 145 the lower vehicle, at the calamitous conjuncture of a bad time ', were longing for Buddha-knowledge. 14. But the perfectly-enlightened great Seer has not yet favoured us with a prediction (of our destiny), as if he would say: Do not eat the food that has been put into your hand. 15. Quite so, O hero, we were longing as we heard the exalted voice (and thought): Then shall we be at rest?, when we shall have received a prediction. 16. Utter a prediction, O great hero, so benevolent and merciful! let there be an end of our feeling of poverty! And the Lord, who in his mind apprehended the thoughts arising in the minds of those great senior disciples, again addressed the complete assembly of monks: This great disciple of mine, monks, the senior Subhiti, shall likewise pay homage to thirty hundred thousand myriads of kofis of Buddhas ; shall show them respect, honour, reverence, veneration, and worship. Under them shall he lead a spiritual life and achieve enlightenment. After the performance of such duties shall he, in his last bodily existence, become a Tath4gata in the world, an Arhat, &c. &c., by the name of Sasiketu °. His Buddha-field will be called Ratnasambhava and his epoch Ratnaprabh4sa*. And that Buddhafield will be even, beautiful, crystalline, variegated with jewel-trees, devoid of pits and precipices, devoid 1 Dushk4labhagnasandhau. * And felicitous, blest, beatified (nirvrzta). 3 I. e. moon-signal, or having the moon for ensign. * Var. lect. Ratnavabhasa. [ar] L 146 SADDHARMA-PUNDARIKA. VI. of sewers!, nice, covered with flowers. And there will men have their abode in palaces (or towers) given them for their use. In it will be many disciples, innumerable, so that it would be impossible to terminate the calculation. Many hundred thousand myriads of kotis of Bodhisattvas also will be there. The lifetime of that Lord is to last twelve intermediate kalpas; his true law is to continue twenty intermediate kalpas, and its counterfeit as many. That Lord will, while standing poised in the firmament?, preach the law to the monks, and educate many thousands of Bodhisattvas and disciples. And on that occasion the Lord uttered the following stanzas : 17. I have something to announce, monks, something to make known; listen then to me: The senior Subhati, my disciple, shall in days to come be a Buddha.
2And on that occasion the Lord uttered the following stanzas : 17. I have something to announce, monks, something to make known; listen then to me: The senior Subhati, my disciple, shall in days to come be a Buddha. 18. After having seen of most mighty Buddhas thirty myriads of kofis in full, he shall enter upon the straight * course to obtain this knowledge. 19. In his last bodily existence shall the hero, possessed of the thirty-two distinctive signs, become a great Seer, similar to a column of gold, beneficial and bounteous to the world. 20. The field where that friend of the world‘ shall save myriads of kofis of living beings will be most beautiful, pretty, and delightful to people at large. . ? Doubtful, the MSS. having githodigilla and gAthodigalla. * Properly, standing as a great meteor, mah&vaihayasam sthitva; vaihayasa is exactly the Greek peréwpos. * Anuloma, direct, straight; the reverse of vakragati, the retrograde motion of planets, &c. * Lokabandhu. VI. ANNOUNCEMENT OF FUTURE DESTINY. 147 21. In it will be many Bodhisattvas to turn the wheel that never rolls back (or never deviates); endowed with keen faculties they will, under that Gina, be the ornaments of the Buddha-field. 22. His disciples are so numerous as to pass calculation and measure; gifted with the six transcendent faculties, the triple science and magic power ; firm in the eight emancipations. 23. His magic power, while he reveals supreme enlightenment, is inconceivable. Gods and men, as numerous as the sands of the Ganges, will always reverentially salute him with joined hands. 24. He shall stay twelve intermediate kalpas ; the true law of that most high of men is to last twenty intermediate kalpas and the counterfeit of it as many. Again the Lord addressed the complete assembly of monks: I announce to you, monks, I make known that the senior Maha-K4tydyana here present, my disciple, shall pay homage to eight thousand kofis of Buddhas; shall show them respect, honour, reverence, veneration, and worship; at the expiration of those Tath4gatas he shall build StQpas, a thousand yoganas in height, fifty yoganas in circumference, and consisting of seven precious substances, to wit, gold, silver, lapis lazuli, crystal, red pearl, emerald, and, seventhly, coral?. Those Stipas he shall worship * Lohitamukti, according to Buddhist authorities, red pearl. The word is of so frequent occurrence that there can be no question of muktes in the genitive case being a clerical error for muktay4s. Ifthe word ever had any existence out of Buddhist writings, mukti must have been a variation of mukta, 2? Mus4ragalva; whether this precious stone really be coral, as Buddhist dictionaries assert, is rather doubtful. As the enumerated substances represent the seven colours—originally the L2 148 SADDHARMA-PUNDARIKA. VI.
3Mus4ragalva; whether this precious stone really be coral, as Buddhist dictionaries assert, is rather doubtful. As the enumerated substances represent the seven colours—originally the L2 148 SADDHARMA-PUNDARIKA. VI. with flowers, incense, perfumed wreaths, ointments, powder, robes, umbrellas, banners, flags, triumphal streamers. Afterwards he shall again pay a similar homage to twenty kotis of Buddhas; show them respect, honour, reverence, veneration, and worship. Then in his last bodily existence ', his last corporeal appearance, he shall be a Tathagata in the world, an Arhat, &c, &c., named Gambdnada-prabhasa (i.e. goldshine), endowed with science and conduct, &c. His Buddha-field will be thoroughly pure, even, nice, pretty, beautiful, crystalline, variegated with jeweltrees, interlaced with gold threads, strewed with flowers, free from beings of the brute creation, hell, and the host of demons, replete with numerous men and gods, adorned with many hundred thousand disciples and many hundred thousand Bodhisattvas. The measure of his lifetime shall be twelve intermediate kalpas; his true law shall continue twenty intermediate kalpas and its counterfeit as many. And on that occasion the Lord uttered the following stanzas : 25. Listen all to me, ye monks, since I am going to utter an infallible word*. K4&tyd4yana here, the senior, my disciple, shall render worship to the Leaders. 26. He shall show veneration of various kinds and in many ways to the Leaders, after whose rainbow colours, I think—the interpretation either of lohitamukti or of musd4ragalva must be wrong, perhaps both are false. * Properly, western elevation or rise. * The Buddha may in sober truth say so, because the astronomer can predict future risings and settings. He here shows himself to be Brahma, in his function of the first of astronomers, to whom the ancient Brahma-Siddh@nta is referred. VI. ANNOUNCEMENT OF FUTURE DESTINY. 149 expiration he shall build Stipas, worshipping them with flowers and perfumes. 27. In his last bodily existence he shall be a Gina, in a thoroughly pure field, and after acquiring full knowledge he shall preach to a thousand ko/is of living beings. 28. He shall be a mighty Buddha and illuminator, highly honoured in this world, including the gods, under the name of Gambunada-prabh4sa ?, and save ko/is of gods and men. 29. Many Bodhisattvas as well as disciples, beyond measure and calculation, will in that field adorn the reign of that Buddha, all of them freed from existence and exempt from existence ?,
The source text as printed, transcribed diplomatically. Where the source language uses a non-Latin script that reaches us only through a Victorian romanisation, this layer is labelled transliteration, because that is what we hold.
Romanised transliteration as printed by the translator, not the original script. This is what we hold.
112, (It is as if) a certain man, in time of famine, comes and gets good food, but to whom, when the food is already in his hands, they say that he should wait *, 13. Similarly it was with us, who after minding 1 Vaipulyasitrantadharaza tayinadm. Here the word tayin would seem to be used in the sense of ‘able,’ agreeing with the meaning of tayana in Pazini I, 3, 38. * Durbhiksha 4gatad kasfin naro labdhva subhoganam,‘pratiksha’ bhftya ufyeta hastapraptasmi bhogane. The Prakrit underlying this literary dialect is easily reconstrued. VI. ANNOUNCEMENT OF FUTURE DESTINY. 145 the lower vehicle, at the calamitous conjuncture of a bad time ', were longing for Buddha-knowledge. 14. But the perfectly-enlightened great Seer has not yet favoured us with a prediction (of our destiny), as if he would say: Do not eat the food that has been put into your hand. 15. Quite so, O hero, we were longing as we heard the exalted voice (and thought): Then shall we be at rest?, when we shall have received a prediction. 16. Utter a prediction, O great hero, so benevolent and merciful! let there be an end of our feeling of poverty! And the Lord, who in his mind apprehended the thoughts arising in the minds of those great senior disciples, again addressed the complete assembly of monks: This great disciple of mine, monks, the senior Subhiti, shall likewise pay homage to thirty hundred thousand myriads of kofis of Buddhas ; shall show them respect, honour, reverence, veneration, and worship. Under them shall he lead a spiritual life and achieve enlightenment. After the performance of such duties shall he, in his last bodily existence, become a Tath4gata in the world, an Arhat, &c. &c., by the name of Sasiketu °. His Buddha-field will be called Ratnasambhava and his epoch Ratnaprabh4sa*. And that Buddhafield will be even, beautiful, crystalline, variegated with jewel-trees, devoid of pits and precipices, devoid 1 Dushk4labhagnasandhau. * And felicitous, blest, beatified (nirvrzta). 3 I. e. moon-signal, or having the moon for ensign. * Var. lect. Ratnavabhasa. [ar] L 146 SADDHARMA-PUNDARIKA. VI. of sewers!, nice, covered with flowers. And there will men have their abode in palaces (or towers) given them for their use. In it will be many disciples, innumerable, so that it would be impossible to terminate the calculation. Many hundred thousand myriads of kotis of Bodhisattvas also will be there. The lifetime of that Lord is to last twelve intermediate kalpas; his true law is to continue twenty intermediate kalpas, and its counterfeit as many. That Lord will, while standing poised in the firmament?, preach the law to the monks, and educate many thousands of Bodhisattvas and disciples. And on that occasion the Lord uttered the following stanzas : 17. I have something to announce, monks, something to make known; listen then to me: The senior Subhati, my disciple, shall in days to come be a Buddha.
2And on that occasion the Lord uttered the following stanzas : 17. I have something to announce, monks, something to make known; listen then to me: The senior Subhati, my disciple, shall in days to come be a Buddha. 18. After having seen of most mighty Buddhas thirty myriads of kofis in full, he shall enter upon the straight * course to obtain this knowledge. 19. In his last bodily existence shall the hero, possessed of the thirty-two distinctive signs, become a great Seer, similar to a column of gold, beneficial and bounteous to the world. 20. The field where that friend of the world‘ shall save myriads of kofis of living beings will be most beautiful, pretty, and delightful to people at large. . ? Doubtful, the MSS. having githodigilla and gAthodigalla. * Properly, standing as a great meteor, mah&vaihayasam sthitva; vaihayasa is exactly the Greek peréwpos. * Anuloma, direct, straight; the reverse of vakragati, the retrograde motion of planets, &c. * Lokabandhu. VI. ANNOUNCEMENT OF FUTURE DESTINY. 147 21. In it will be many Bodhisattvas to turn the wheel that never rolls back (or never deviates); endowed with keen faculties they will, under that Gina, be the ornaments of the Buddha-field. 22. His disciples are so numerous as to pass calculation and measure; gifted with the six transcendent faculties, the triple science and magic power ; firm in the eight emancipations. 23. His magic power, while he reveals supreme enlightenment, is inconceivable. Gods and men, as numerous as the sands of the Ganges, will always reverentially salute him with joined hands. 24. He shall stay twelve intermediate kalpas ; the true law of that most high of men is to last twenty intermediate kalpas and the counterfeit of it as many. Again the Lord addressed the complete assembly of monks: I announce to you, monks, I make known that the senior Maha-K4tydyana here present, my disciple, shall pay homage to eight thousand kofis of Buddhas; shall show them respect, honour, reverence, veneration, and worship; at the expiration of those Tath4gatas he shall build StQpas, a thousand yoganas in height, fifty yoganas in circumference, and consisting of seven precious substances, to wit, gold, silver, lapis lazuli, crystal, red pearl, emerald, and, seventhly, coral?. Those Stipas he shall worship * Lohitamukti, according to Buddhist authorities, red pearl. The word is of so frequent occurrence that there can be no question of muktes in the genitive case being a clerical error for muktay4s. Ifthe word ever had any existence out of Buddhist writings, mukti must have been a variation of mukta, 2? Mus4ragalva; whether this precious stone really be coral, as Buddhist dictionaries assert, is rather doubtful. As the enumerated substances represent the seven colours—originally the L2 148 SADDHARMA-PUNDARIKA. VI.
3Mus4ragalva; whether this precious stone really be coral, as Buddhist dictionaries assert, is rather doubtful. As the enumerated substances represent the seven colours—originally the L2 148 SADDHARMA-PUNDARIKA. VI. with flowers, incense, perfumed wreaths, ointments, powder, robes, umbrellas, banners, flags, triumphal streamers. Afterwards he shall again pay a similar homage to twenty kotis of Buddhas; show them respect, honour, reverence, veneration, and worship. Then in his last bodily existence ', his last corporeal appearance, he shall be a Tathagata in the world, an Arhat, &c, &c., named Gambdnada-prabhasa (i.e. goldshine), endowed with science and conduct, &c. His Buddha-field will be thoroughly pure, even, nice, pretty, beautiful, crystalline, variegated with jeweltrees, interlaced with gold threads, strewed with flowers, free from beings of the brute creation, hell, and the host of demons, replete with numerous men and gods, adorned with many hundred thousand disciples and many hundred thousand Bodhisattvas. The measure of his lifetime shall be twelve intermediate kalpas; his true law shall continue twenty intermediate kalpas and its counterfeit as many. And on that occasion the Lord uttered the following stanzas : 25. Listen all to me, ye monks, since I am going to utter an infallible word*. K4&tyd4yana here, the senior, my disciple, shall render worship to the Leaders. 26. He shall show veneration of various kinds and in many ways to the Leaders, after whose rainbow colours, I think—the interpretation either of lohitamukti or of musd4ragalva must be wrong, perhaps both are false. * Properly, western elevation or rise. * The Buddha may in sober truth say so, because the astronomer can predict future risings and settings. He here shows himself to be Brahma, in his function of the first of astronomers, to whom the ancient Brahma-Siddh@nta is referred. VI. ANNOUNCEMENT OF FUTURE DESTINY. 149 expiration he shall build Stipas, worshipping them with flowers and perfumes. 27. In his last bodily existence he shall be a Gina, in a thoroughly pure field, and after acquiring full knowledge he shall preach to a thousand ko/is of living beings. 28. He shall be a mighty Buddha and illuminator, highly honoured in this world, including the gods, under the name of Gambunada-prabh4sa ?, and save ko/is of gods and men. 29. Many Bodhisattvas as well as disciples, beyond measure and calculation, will in that field adorn the reign of that Buddha, all of them freed from existence and exempt from existence ?,
The source text as printed, transcribed diplomatically. Where the source language uses a non-Latin script that reaches us only through a Victorian romanisation, this layer is labelled transliteration, because that is what we hold.
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