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Romanised transliteration as printed by the translator, not the original script. This is what we hold.
1I have tried to give the expression a spiritual look; Burnouf renders it by ‘faciles 4 purifier,’ which is quite plausible, because in a similar compound, subodha, we find bodha used in a passive sense, the word meaning ‘easy to be understood.’ * Na ka khedam ganayanti visodhyamanAs. 286 SADDHARMA-PUNDARIKA, XIV. in me, to understand and fathom the Buddha-knowledge. And those who fulfilled their duties in the stage of disciples have now been introduced by me into Buddha-knowledge and well instructed in the highest truth. And at that time the Bodhisattvas Mahdsattvas uttered the following stanzas: 3. Excellent, excellent, O great Hero! we are happy to hear that those creatures are decorous, docile, well performing their duty’; 4. And that they listen to thy profound knowledge, O Leader, and that after listening to it they have put trust in it and understand it. This said, the Lord declared his approval to the four Bodhisattvas Mah4sattvas who were at the head of that great host, that great multitude of Bodhisattvas Mahfsattvas, saying: Well done, young men of good family, well done, that you so congratulate the Tathagata. And at that moment the following thought arose in the mind of the Bodhisattva MahAsattva Maitreya and the eight hundred thousand myriads of ko/is of Bodhisattvas similar to the sands of the river Ganges? : We never yet saw so great a host, so great a multitude of Bodhisattvas; we never yet heard of such a multitude, that after issuing from the gaps of the earth has stood in the presence of the Lord to honour, respect, venerate, worship him and greet him with joyful shouts*. Whence have these Bodhisattvas MahAsattvas flocked hither ? 1 Susodhaka; cf. above. 8 Ashfinam Gang4nadivélikopam4ném Bodhisatvako/sinayutasatasahasranam. Burnouf renders, ‘4 celui des sables de huit Ganges.’ 5 Pratisammodante. XIV. ISSUING OF BODHISATTVAS,. 28 7 Then the Bodhisattva Mah4sattva Maitreya, feeling within himself doubt and perplexity, and inferring from his own thoughts those of the eight hundred thousand myriads of ko¢is of Bodhisattvas similar to the sands of the river Ganges, stretched out his joined hands towards the Lord and questioned him about the matter by uttering the following stanzas: 5. Here are many thousand myriads of ko/¢is of Bodhisattvas, numberless, whom we never saw before ; tell us, O supreme of men! 6. Whence and how do these mighty persons come? Whence have they come here under the form of great bodies! ? 7. All are great Seers, wise and strong in memory, whose outward appearance is lovely to see; whence have they come ? 8. And each of those Bodhisattvas, O Lord of the world, has an immense train, like the sands of the Ganges. 9. The train of (each) glorious Bodhisattva is equal to the sands of sixty Ganges in full*, All are striving after enlightenment. 10. Of such heroes and mighty possessors of a troop the followers are equal to the sands of sixty Ganges?.
29. The train of (each) glorious Bodhisattva is equal to the sands of sixty Ganges in full*, All are striving after enlightenment. 10. Of such heroes and mighty possessors of a troop the followers are equal to the sands of sixty Ganges?. ' The rendering is doubtful; the text has mah&tmabhavarapeza. ® Gang4v4likasam4 shashA paripfiran4 yasasvinah, parivaro Bodhisatvasya. It is in the teeth of grammar to render the passage in this way, but from the following we must infer that no other translation will suit the case. * The translation is uncertain ; the text has evam ritpaza virdndm varshavantana téyinam, shash/ir eva pramamena Gangavaliké ime. Instead of varshavanténa I would read vargavantana, which 288 SADDHARMA-PUNDARIKA. XIV. 11. There are others, still more numerous, with an unlimited train, like the sands of fifty, forty, and thirty Ganges ; 12, 13. Who have a train equal to the (sands of) twenty Ganges. Still more numerous are the mighty sons of Buddha, who have each a train (equal to the sands) of ten, of five Ganges. Whence, O Leader, has such an assembly flocked hither ? 14. There are others who have each a train of pupils and companions equal to the sands of four, three, or two Ganges. 15. There are others more numerous yet; it would be impossible to calculate their number in thousands of kofis of Eons. 16. (Equal to) a half Ganges, one third, one tenth, one twentieth, is the train of those heroes, those mighty Bodhisattvas. 17. There are yet others who are incalculable ; it would be impossible to count them even in hundreds of ko¢is of AZons. 18. Many more yet there are, with endless trains ; they have in their attendance ko/is, and kofis and again ko/is, and also half koéis. 19. Other great Seers again, beyond computation, very wise Bodhisattvas are seen in a respectful posture. 20. They have a thousand, a hundred, or fifty attendants ; in hundreds of kofis of AZons one would not be able to count them. 21. The suite of (some of these) heroes consists of twenty, of ten, five, four, three, or two; those are countless. Burnouf seems to have had before him, for his translation has ‘suivis chacun de leur assemblée.’ XIV. ISSUING OF BODHISATTVAS. 289 22. As to those who are walking alone and come to their rest alone, they have now flocked hither in such numbers as to be beyond computation. 23. Even if one with a magic wand in his hand would try for a number of AZons equal to the sands of the Gangesto count them, he would not reach the term. 24. Where do all those noble, energetic heroes, those mighty Bodhisattvas, come from? 25. Who has taught them the law (or duty) ? and by whom have they been destined to enlightenment ? Whose command do they accept ? Whose command do they keep? 26. Bursting forth at all points of the horizon through the whole extent of the earth they emerge, those great Sages endowed with magical faculty and wisdom.
3and by whom have they been destined to enlightenment ? Whose command do they accept ? Whose command do they keep? 26. Bursting forth at all points of the horizon through the whole extent of the earth they emerge, those great Sages endowed with magical faculty and wisdom. 27. This world on every side is being perforated, O Seer, by the wise Bodhisattvas, who at this time are emerging. 28. Never before have we seen anything like this. Tell us the name of this world, O Leader. 29. We have repeatedly roamed in all directions of space, but never saw these Bodhisattvas. 30. We never saw a single infant! of thine, and now, on a sudden, these appear to us. Tell us their history, O Seer. 31. Hundreds, thousands, ten thousands of Bodhisattvas, all equally filled with curiosity, look up to the highest of men. 32. Explain to us, O incomparable, great hero, who knowest no bounds?, where do these heroes, these wise Bodhisattvas, come from ? ? Stanapa. * Niravadhe, which I identify with Sansk. niravadhe, the voc. [er] U 290 SADDHARMA-PUNDARIKA. XIV. Meanwhile the Tath4gatas, &c., who had flocked from hundred thousands of myriads of ko/is of worlds, they, the creations of the Lord Sakyamuni, who were preaching the law to the beings in other worlds ; who all around? the Lord Sakyamuni, the Tathagata, &c., were seated with crossed legs on magnificent jewel thrones? at the foot of jewel trees in every direction of space; as well as the satellites of those Tathagatas were struck with wonder and amazement at the sight of that great host, that great multitude of Bodhisattvas emerging from the gaps of the earth and established in the element of ether, and they (the satellites) asked each their own Tathagata: Where, O Lord, do so many Bodhisattvas Mahasattvas, so innumerable, so countless, come from ? Whereupon those Tath4gatas, &c., answered severally to their satellites: Wait awhile, young men of good family; this Bodhisattva Mahdsattva here, called Maitreya, has just received from the Lord Sakyamuni a revelation about his destiny to supreme, perfect enlightenment. He has questioned the Lord Sakyamuni, the Tathagata, &c., about the matter, and the Lord Sakyamuni, the Tathagata, &c., is going to explain it; then you may hear. Thereupon the Lord addressed the Bodhisattva Maitreya: Well done, Agita, well done; it is a sublime subject, Agita, about which thou questionest me. Then the Lord addressed the entire host of Bodhisattvas: Be attentive all, young men of good case of niravadhi. Burnouf has, ‘toi qui es affranchi de l’accumulation [des éléments constitutifs de l’existence].’ * Samantad; Burnoul’s ‘en présence’ is wanting in my MS. * Or, thrones of magnificent jewels. XIV. ISSUING OF BODHISATTVAS. 29!
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.
1I have tried to give the expression a spiritual look; Burnouf renders it by ‘faciles 4 purifier,’ which is quite plausible, because in a similar compound, subodha, we find bodha used in a passive sense, the word meaning ‘easy to be understood.’ * Na ka khedam ganayanti visodhyamanAs. 286 SADDHARMA-PUNDARIKA, XIV. in me, to understand and fathom the Buddha-knowledge. And those who fulfilled their duties in the stage of disciples have now been introduced by me into Buddha-knowledge and well instructed in the highest truth. And at that time the Bodhisattvas Mahdsattvas uttered the following stanzas: 3. Excellent, excellent, O great Hero! we are happy to hear that those creatures are decorous, docile, well performing their duty’; 4. And that they listen to thy profound knowledge, O Leader, and that after listening to it they have put trust in it and understand it. This said, the Lord declared his approval to the four Bodhisattvas Mah4sattvas who were at the head of that great host, that great multitude of Bodhisattvas Mahfsattvas, saying: Well done, young men of good family, well done, that you so congratulate the Tathagata. And at that moment the following thought arose in the mind of the Bodhisattva MahAsattva Maitreya and the eight hundred thousand myriads of ko/is of Bodhisattvas similar to the sands of the river Ganges? : We never yet saw so great a host, so great a multitude of Bodhisattvas; we never yet heard of such a multitude, that after issuing from the gaps of the earth has stood in the presence of the Lord to honour, respect, venerate, worship him and greet him with joyful shouts*. Whence have these Bodhisattvas MahAsattvas flocked hither ? 1 Susodhaka; cf. above. 8 Ashfinam Gang4nadivélikopam4ném Bodhisatvako/sinayutasatasahasranam. Burnouf renders, ‘4 celui des sables de huit Ganges.’ 5 Pratisammodante. XIV. ISSUING OF BODHISATTVAS,. 28 7 Then the Bodhisattva Mah4sattva Maitreya, feeling within himself doubt and perplexity, and inferring from his own thoughts those of the eight hundred thousand myriads of ko¢is of Bodhisattvas similar to the sands of the river Ganges, stretched out his joined hands towards the Lord and questioned him about the matter by uttering the following stanzas: 5. Here are many thousand myriads of ko/¢is of Bodhisattvas, numberless, whom we never saw before ; tell us, O supreme of men! 6. Whence and how do these mighty persons come? Whence have they come here under the form of great bodies! ? 7. All are great Seers, wise and strong in memory, whose outward appearance is lovely to see; whence have they come ? 8. And each of those Bodhisattvas, O Lord of the world, has an immense train, like the sands of the Ganges. 9. The train of (each) glorious Bodhisattva is equal to the sands of sixty Ganges in full*, All are striving after enlightenment. 10. Of such heroes and mighty possessors of a troop the followers are equal to the sands of sixty Ganges?.
29. The train of (each) glorious Bodhisattva is equal to the sands of sixty Ganges in full*, All are striving after enlightenment. 10. Of such heroes and mighty possessors of a troop the followers are equal to the sands of sixty Ganges?. ' The rendering is doubtful; the text has mah&tmabhavarapeza. ® Gang4v4likasam4 shashA paripfiran4 yasasvinah, parivaro Bodhisatvasya. It is in the teeth of grammar to render the passage in this way, but from the following we must infer that no other translation will suit the case. * The translation is uncertain ; the text has evam ritpaza virdndm varshavantana téyinam, shash/ir eva pramamena Gangavaliké ime. Instead of varshavanténa I would read vargavantana, which 288 SADDHARMA-PUNDARIKA. XIV. 11. There are others, still more numerous, with an unlimited train, like the sands of fifty, forty, and thirty Ganges ; 12, 13. Who have a train equal to the (sands of) twenty Ganges. Still more numerous are the mighty sons of Buddha, who have each a train (equal to the sands) of ten, of five Ganges. Whence, O Leader, has such an assembly flocked hither ? 14. There are others who have each a train of pupils and companions equal to the sands of four, three, or two Ganges. 15. There are others more numerous yet; it would be impossible to calculate their number in thousands of kofis of Eons. 16. (Equal to) a half Ganges, one third, one tenth, one twentieth, is the train of those heroes, those mighty Bodhisattvas. 17. There are yet others who are incalculable ; it would be impossible to count them even in hundreds of ko¢is of AZons. 18. Many more yet there are, with endless trains ; they have in their attendance ko/is, and kofis and again ko/is, and also half koéis. 19. Other great Seers again, beyond computation, very wise Bodhisattvas are seen in a respectful posture. 20. They have a thousand, a hundred, or fifty attendants ; in hundreds of kofis of AZons one would not be able to count them. 21. The suite of (some of these) heroes consists of twenty, of ten, five, four, three, or two; those are countless. Burnouf seems to have had before him, for his translation has ‘suivis chacun de leur assemblée.’ XIV. ISSUING OF BODHISATTVAS. 289 22. As to those who are walking alone and come to their rest alone, they have now flocked hither in such numbers as to be beyond computation. 23. Even if one with a magic wand in his hand would try for a number of AZons equal to the sands of the Gangesto count them, he would not reach the term. 24. Where do all those noble, energetic heroes, those mighty Bodhisattvas, come from? 25. Who has taught them the law (or duty) ? and by whom have they been destined to enlightenment ? Whose command do they accept ? Whose command do they keep? 26. Bursting forth at all points of the horizon through the whole extent of the earth they emerge, those great Sages endowed with magical faculty and wisdom.
3and by whom have they been destined to enlightenment ? Whose command do they accept ? Whose command do they keep? 26. Bursting forth at all points of the horizon through the whole extent of the earth they emerge, those great Sages endowed with magical faculty and wisdom. 27. This world on every side is being perforated, O Seer, by the wise Bodhisattvas, who at this time are emerging. 28. Never before have we seen anything like this. Tell us the name of this world, O Leader. 29. We have repeatedly roamed in all directions of space, but never saw these Bodhisattvas. 30. We never saw a single infant! of thine, and now, on a sudden, these appear to us. Tell us their history, O Seer. 31. Hundreds, thousands, ten thousands of Bodhisattvas, all equally filled with curiosity, look up to the highest of men. 32. Explain to us, O incomparable, great hero, who knowest no bounds?, where do these heroes, these wise Bodhisattvas, come from ? ? Stanapa. * Niravadhe, which I identify with Sansk. niravadhe, the voc. [er] U 290 SADDHARMA-PUNDARIKA. XIV. Meanwhile the Tath4gatas, &c., who had flocked from hundred thousands of myriads of ko/is of worlds, they, the creations of the Lord Sakyamuni, who were preaching the law to the beings in other worlds ; who all around? the Lord Sakyamuni, the Tathagata, &c., were seated with crossed legs on magnificent jewel thrones? at the foot of jewel trees in every direction of space; as well as the satellites of those Tathagatas were struck with wonder and amazement at the sight of that great host, that great multitude of Bodhisattvas emerging from the gaps of the earth and established in the element of ether, and they (the satellites) asked each their own Tathagata: Where, O Lord, do so many Bodhisattvas Mahasattvas, so innumerable, so countless, come from ? Whereupon those Tath4gatas, &c., answered severally to their satellites: Wait awhile, young men of good family; this Bodhisattva Mahdsattva here, called Maitreya, has just received from the Lord Sakyamuni a revelation about his destiny to supreme, perfect enlightenment. He has questioned the Lord Sakyamuni, the Tathagata, &c., about the matter, and the Lord Sakyamuni, the Tathagata, &c., is going to explain it; then you may hear. Thereupon the Lord addressed the Bodhisattva Maitreya: Well done, Agita, well done; it is a sublime subject, Agita, about which thou questionest me. Then the Lord addressed the entire host of Bodhisattvas: Be attentive all, young men of good case of niravadhi. Burnouf has, ‘toi qui es affranchi de l’accumulation [des éléments constitutifs de l’existence].’ * Samantad; Burnoul’s ‘en présence’ is wanting in my MS. * Or, thrones of magnificent jewels. XIV. ISSUING OF BODHISATTVAS. 29!
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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