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1Many years, Mahdasth4maprépta, went on during which that 1 It may seem strange that we find no other word than this, but the reading of the text cannot be challenged. * Paribhfitam 4tmanam karoti, yad, &c. Burnouf must have followed a different reading. XIX. SADAPARIBHOTA. 357 Bodhisattva Mahdsattva was being abused, but he was not angry at anybody, nor felt malignity, and to those who, when he addressed them in the said manner, cast a clod or stick at him, he loudly exclaimed from afar: I do not contemn you. Those monks and nuns, male and female lay devotees, being always and ever addressed by him in that phrase gave him the (nick)name of SadAparibhata?. Under those circumstances, Mahasthamapr4pta, the Bodhisattva Mah4sattva Sad4paribhdta happened to hear this Dharmapary4ya of the Lotus of the True Law when the end of his life was impending, and the moment of dying drawing near. It was the Lord Bhishmagargitasvarardga, the Tathagata, &c., who expounded this Dharmaparydya in twenty times twenty hundred thousand myriads of ko/¢is of stanzas, which the Bodhisattva Mahdsattva SadAparibhdta heard from a voice in the sky, when the time of his death was near at hand. On hearing that voice from the sky, without there appearing a person speaking, he grasped this Dharmaparydya and obtained the perfections already mentioned: the perfection of sight, hearing, smell, taste, body, and mind. With the attainment of these perfections he at the same time made a vow to prolong his life for twenty hundred thousand myriads of ko/is of years, and promulgated this Dharmapary4ya of the Lotus of the True Law. And all those proud beings, monks, nuns, male and female lay devotees to whom he had said: I do not contemn you, and who had given him the name of Sad4paribhdta, became all his fol- 1 T.e. both ‘always contemned’ (sada and paribhfita) and ‘always not-contemned, never contemned’ (sada and aparibhfta). 358 SADDHARMA-PUNDARIKA. XIX. lowers to hear the law, after they had seen the power and strength of his sublime magic faculties, of his vow, of his readiness of wit, of his wisdom. All those and many hundred thousand myriads of ko¢is of other beings were by him roused to supreme, perfect enlightenment.
2XIX. lowers to hear the law, after they had seen the power and strength of his sublime magic faculties, of his vow, of his readiness of wit, of his wisdom. All those and many hundred thousand myriads of ko¢is of other beings were by him roused to supreme, perfect enlightenment. Afterwards, Mah4sthamapr4pta, that Bodhisattva Mahdsattva disappeared from that place and propitiated twenty hundred kofis' of Tathagatas, &c., all bearing the same name of KandraprabhAsvarardga, under all of whom he promulgated this Dharmaparyaya. By virtue of his previous root of goodness he, in course of time, propitiated twenty hundred thousand myriads of ko/is of Tath4gatas, &c., all bearing the name of Dundubhisvararaga, and under all he obtained this very Dharmapary4ya of the Lotus of the True Law and promulgated it to the four classes. By virtue of his previous root of goodness he again, in course of time, propitiated twenty hundred thousand myriads of ko/is of Tath4gatas, &c., all bearing the name of Meghasvararaga, and under all he obtained this very Dharmaparydya of the Lotus of the True Law and promulgated it to the four classes. And under all of them he was possessed of the afore-mentioned perfectness of sight, hearing, smell, taste, body, and mind. Now, Mahasthamapr4pta, that Bodhisattva Mahésattva Sadaparibhata, after having honoured, respected, esteemed, worshipped, venerated, revered so many hundred thousand myriads of ko¢is of Tathagatas, and after having acted in the same way towards * From the sequel it appears that the text ought to have ‘ twenty hundred thousand myriads of ko/is.’ NIX. SADAPARIBHOTA. 259
3SADAPARIBHOTA. 259 many hundred thousand myriads of kofis of other Buddhas, obtained under all of them this very Dharmapary4ya of the Lotus of the True Law, and owing to his former root of goodness having come to full development, gained supreme, perfect enlightenment. Perhaps, Mah4sth4mapr4pta, thou wilt have some doubt, uncertainty, or misgiving, and think that he who at that time, at that juncture was the Bodhisattva Mahdsattva called Sad4paribhita was one, and he who under the rule of that Lord Bhishmagargitasvararaga, the Tath4gata, &c., was generally called Sad4paribhita by the four classes, by whom so many Tath4gatas were propitiated, was another. But thou shouldst not think so. For it is myself who at that time, at that juncture was the Bodhisattva Mahasattva Saddparibhita. Had I not formerly grasped and kept this Dharmapary4ya, MahasthamaprApta, I should not so soon have arrived at supreme, perfect enlightenment. It is because I have kept, redd, preached this Dharmaparydya (derived) from the teaching of the ancient Tathagatas, &c., Mahdsthamaprapta, that I have so soon arrived at supreme, perfect enlightenment. As to the hundreds of monks, nuns, male and female lay devotees, Mahésth4maprapta, to whom under that Lord the Bodhisattva Mahdsattva Sadaparibhita promulgated this Dharmapary4ya by saying: Ido not contemn you; you all observe thé course of duty of Bodhisattvas; you are to become Tathagatas, &c., and in whom awoke a feeling of malignity towards that Bodhisattva, they in twenty hundred thousand myriads of ko/is of fEons never saw a Tath4gata, nor heard the call of the law, nor the call of the assembly, and for ten thousand: Eons they suffered terrible pain in the 360 SADDHARMA-PUNDARIKA. XIX. great hell Avi#i. Thereafter released from the ban, they by the instrumentality of that Bodhisattva Mahasattva were all brought to full ripeness for supreme, perfect enlightenment. Perhaps, Mahasth4maprapta, thou wilt have some doubt, uncertainty, or misgiving as to who at that time, at that juncture were the persons hooting and laughing at the Bodhisattva Mahdsattva. They are, in this very assembly, the five hundred Bodhisattvas headed by Bhadrapala, the five hundred nuns following Siszha- Aandra, the five hundred lay devotees?! following Sugata#etan4, who all of them have been rendered inflexible in supreme, perfect enlightenment. So greatly useful it is to keep and preach this Dharmapary4ya, as it tends to result for Bodhisattvas Mahasattvas in supreme, perfect enlightenment. Hence, Mahasthamapr4pta, the Bodhisattvas Mah4sattvas should, after the complete extinction of the Tathagata, constantly keep, read, and promulgate this Dharmaparyaya. And on that occasion the Lord uttered the following stanzas : 1. I remember a past period, when king Bhtfshmasvara?, the Gina, lived, very mighty, and revered by gods and men, the leader of men, gods, goblins, and giants.
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.
1Many years, Mahdasth4maprépta, went on during which that 1 It may seem strange that we find no other word than this, but the reading of the text cannot be challenged. * Paribhfitam 4tmanam karoti, yad, &c. Burnouf must have followed a different reading. XIX. SADAPARIBHOTA. 357 Bodhisattva Mahdsattva was being abused, but he was not angry at anybody, nor felt malignity, and to those who, when he addressed them in the said manner, cast a clod or stick at him, he loudly exclaimed from afar: I do not contemn you. Those monks and nuns, male and female lay devotees, being always and ever addressed by him in that phrase gave him the (nick)name of SadAparibhata?. Under those circumstances, Mahasthamapr4pta, the Bodhisattva Mah4sattva Sad4paribhdta happened to hear this Dharmapary4ya of the Lotus of the True Law when the end of his life was impending, and the moment of dying drawing near. It was the Lord Bhishmagargitasvarardga, the Tathagata, &c., who expounded this Dharmaparydya in twenty times twenty hundred thousand myriads of ko/¢is of stanzas, which the Bodhisattva Mahdsattva SadAparibhdta heard from a voice in the sky, when the time of his death was near at hand. On hearing that voice from the sky, without there appearing a person speaking, he grasped this Dharmaparydya and obtained the perfections already mentioned: the perfection of sight, hearing, smell, taste, body, and mind. With the attainment of these perfections he at the same time made a vow to prolong his life for twenty hundred thousand myriads of ko/is of years, and promulgated this Dharmapary4ya of the Lotus of the True Law. And all those proud beings, monks, nuns, male and female lay devotees to whom he had said: I do not contemn you, and who had given him the name of Sad4paribhdta, became all his fol- 1 T.e. both ‘always contemned’ (sada and paribhfita) and ‘always not-contemned, never contemned’ (sada and aparibhfta). 358 SADDHARMA-PUNDARIKA. XIX. lowers to hear the law, after they had seen the power and strength of his sublime magic faculties, of his vow, of his readiness of wit, of his wisdom. All those and many hundred thousand myriads of ko¢is of other beings were by him roused to supreme, perfect enlightenment.
2XIX. lowers to hear the law, after they had seen the power and strength of his sublime magic faculties, of his vow, of his readiness of wit, of his wisdom. All those and many hundred thousand myriads of ko¢is of other beings were by him roused to supreme, perfect enlightenment. Afterwards, Mah4sthamapr4pta, that Bodhisattva Mahdsattva disappeared from that place and propitiated twenty hundred kofis' of Tathagatas, &c., all bearing the same name of KandraprabhAsvarardga, under all of whom he promulgated this Dharmaparyaya. By virtue of his previous root of goodness he, in course of time, propitiated twenty hundred thousand myriads of ko/is of Tath4gatas, &c., all bearing the name of Dundubhisvararaga, and under all he obtained this very Dharmapary4ya of the Lotus of the True Law and promulgated it to the four classes. By virtue of his previous root of goodness he again, in course of time, propitiated twenty hundred thousand myriads of ko/is of Tath4gatas, &c., all bearing the name of Meghasvararaga, and under all he obtained this very Dharmaparydya of the Lotus of the True Law and promulgated it to the four classes. And under all of them he was possessed of the afore-mentioned perfectness of sight, hearing, smell, taste, body, and mind. Now, Mahasthamapr4pta, that Bodhisattva Mahésattva Sadaparibhata, after having honoured, respected, esteemed, worshipped, venerated, revered so many hundred thousand myriads of ko¢is of Tathagatas, and after having acted in the same way towards * From the sequel it appears that the text ought to have ‘ twenty hundred thousand myriads of ko/is.’ NIX. SADAPARIBHOTA. 259
3SADAPARIBHOTA. 259 many hundred thousand myriads of kofis of other Buddhas, obtained under all of them this very Dharmapary4ya of the Lotus of the True Law, and owing to his former root of goodness having come to full development, gained supreme, perfect enlightenment. Perhaps, Mah4sth4mapr4pta, thou wilt have some doubt, uncertainty, or misgiving, and think that he who at that time, at that juncture was the Bodhisattva Mahdsattva called Sad4paribhita was one, and he who under the rule of that Lord Bhishmagargitasvararaga, the Tath4gata, &c., was generally called Sad4paribhita by the four classes, by whom so many Tath4gatas were propitiated, was another. But thou shouldst not think so. For it is myself who at that time, at that juncture was the Bodhisattva Mahasattva Saddparibhita. Had I not formerly grasped and kept this Dharmapary4ya, MahasthamaprApta, I should not so soon have arrived at supreme, perfect enlightenment. It is because I have kept, redd, preached this Dharmaparydya (derived) from the teaching of the ancient Tathagatas, &c., Mahdsthamaprapta, that I have so soon arrived at supreme, perfect enlightenment. As to the hundreds of monks, nuns, male and female lay devotees, Mahésth4maprapta, to whom under that Lord the Bodhisattva Mahdsattva Sadaparibhita promulgated this Dharmapary4ya by saying: Ido not contemn you; you all observe thé course of duty of Bodhisattvas; you are to become Tathagatas, &c., and in whom awoke a feeling of malignity towards that Bodhisattva, they in twenty hundred thousand myriads of ko/is of fEons never saw a Tath4gata, nor heard the call of the law, nor the call of the assembly, and for ten thousand: Eons they suffered terrible pain in the 360 SADDHARMA-PUNDARIKA. XIX. great hell Avi#i. Thereafter released from the ban, they by the instrumentality of that Bodhisattva Mahasattva were all brought to full ripeness for supreme, perfect enlightenment. Perhaps, Mahasth4maprapta, thou wilt have some doubt, uncertainty, or misgiving as to who at that time, at that juncture were the persons hooting and laughing at the Bodhisattva Mahdsattva. They are, in this very assembly, the five hundred Bodhisattvas headed by Bhadrapala, the five hundred nuns following Siszha- Aandra, the five hundred lay devotees?! following Sugata#etan4, who all of them have been rendered inflexible in supreme, perfect enlightenment. So greatly useful it is to keep and preach this Dharmapary4ya, as it tends to result for Bodhisattvas Mahasattvas in supreme, perfect enlightenment. Hence, Mahasthamapr4pta, the Bodhisattvas Mah4sattvas should, after the complete extinction of the Tathagata, constantly keep, read, and promulgate this Dharmaparyaya. And on that occasion the Lord uttered the following stanzas : 1. I remember a past period, when king Bhtfshmasvara?, the Gina, lived, very mighty, and revered by gods and men, the leader of men, gods, goblins, and giants.
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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