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1For that reason, young man of good family, the Bodhisattva MahAsattva Avalokitesvara is named Avalokitesvara?. If a man given up to capital punishment? implores Avalokitesvara, young man of good family, the swords of the executioners shall snap asunder *. Further, young man of good family, if the whole triple chiliocosm were teeming with goblins and giants, they would by virtue of the name of the Bodhisattva Mahdsattva Avalokitesvara being pronounced lose the faculty of sight in their wicked designs’, If some creature, young man of good 1 In the K4éranda-vyfha, a work entirely devoted to the glorification of Avalokitesvara and his sublime achievements, the isle of the Giantesses is identified with Ceylon; see pp. 45 and 53 of that work (Calcutta edition), and the extract given by Burnouf, Introduction, pp. 221-227. 2 Avalokita means ‘beheld;’ it is as such synonymous with drish/a, seen, visible, and pratyaksha, visible, manifest, present. The Bodhisattva is everywhere present, and therefore implored in need and danger. If we take avalokita as a substantive in the neuter gender, the compound will mean ‘the Lord of view, of regard,’ with which one may compare Siva’s epithet Drsshfiguru, the Master of view. ® Vadhyotsish/a; I do not feel certain of the rendering of ukkhishéa; perhaps we should translate it by ‘a reprobate condemned to capital punishment.’ , * Vadhyaghatakan4m tani sastr4ni (sic) visiryeyuA. 5 It is well known that those children of darkness are unable to stand the sun’s light. 408 SADDHARMA-PUNDARIKA. XXIV.
25 It is well known that those children of darkness are unable to stand the sun’s light. 408 SADDHARMA-PUNDARIKA. XXIV. family, shall be bound in wooden or iron manacles, chains or fetters, be he guilty or innocent, then those manacles, chains or fetters shall give way as soon as the name of the Bodhisattva Mahdsattva Avalokitesvara is pronounced. Such, young man of good family, is the power of the Bodhisattva Mahésattva Avalokitesvara. If this whole triple chiliocosm, young man of good family, were teeming with knaves, enemies, and robbers armed with swords, and if a merchant leader of a caravan marched with a caravan rich in jewels; if then they perceived. those robbers, knaves, and enemies armed with swords, and in their anxiety and fright thought themselves helpless ; if, further, that leading merchant spoke to the caravan in this strain: Be not afraid, young gentlemen, be not frightened ; invoke, all of you, with one voice the Bodhisattva Mahasattva Avalokitesvara, the giver of safety; then you shall be delivered from this danger by which you are threatened at the hands of robbers and enemies; if then the whole caravan with one voice invoked Avalokitesvara with the words : Adoration, adoration be tothe giver of safety,to A valokitesvara Bodhisattva Mahfsattva! then, by the mere act of pronouncing that name, the caravan would be released from all danger. Such, young man of good family, is the power of the Bodhisattva Mah4sattva Avalokite- .Svara. In case creatures act under the impulse of impure passion, young man of good family, they will, after adoring the Bodhisattva Mah4sattva Avalokitesvara, be freed from passion. Those who act under the impulse of hatred will, after adoring the Bodhisattva Mah4sattva Avalokitesvara, be freed from hatred. Those who act under the impulse of XXIV. THE ALL-SIDED ONE. 409 infatuation will, after adoring the Bodhisattva Mahésattva Avalokitesvara, be freed from infatuation. So mighty, young man of good family, is the Bodhisattva MahAsattva Avalokitesvara. If a woman, desirous of male offspring, young man of good family, adores the Bodhisattva Avalokitesvara, she shall get a son, nice, handsome, and beautiful; one possessed of the characteristics of a male child, generally beloved and winning, who has planted good roots!. Ifa woman is desirous of getting a daughter, a nice, handsome, beautiful girl shall be born to her; one possessed of - the (good) characteristics of a girl?, generally beloved and winning, who has planted good roots. Such, young man of good family, is the power of the Bodhisattva Mahdsattva Avalokitesvara. Those who adore the Bodhisattva Mahdsattva Avalokitesvara will derive from it an unfailing profit. Suppose, young man of good family, (on one hand) some one adoring the Bodhisattva Mahdsattva Avalokitesvara and cherishing his name; (on the other hand) another adoring a number of Lords Buddhas equal to sixty-two times the sands of the river
3Suppose, young man of good family, (on one hand) some one adoring the Bodhisattva Mahdsattva Avalokitesvara and cherishing his name; (on the other hand) another adoring a number of Lords Buddhas equal to sixty-two times the sands of the river * Ganges’, cherishing their names and worshipping so many Lords Buddhas during their stay, existence, and life, by giving robes, alms-bowls, couches, medicaments for the sick; how great is then in thine opinion, young man of good family, the accumulation of pious merit which that young gentleman or young lady will produce in consequence of it? So asked, 1 We should rather say: in whom a good natural disposition is implanted. ? In the margin added paramay4 subhavarnapushkalatay4, (and) of an egregiously blooming complexion. 5 Dvashash/indm Ganga’. 410 SADDHARMA-PUNDARIKA. XXIV. the Bodhisattva Mahasattva Akshayamati said to the Lord: Great, O Lord, great, O Sugata, is the pious merit which that young gentleman or young lady will produce in consequence of it. The Lord proceeded: Now, young man of good family, the accumulation of pious merit produced by that young gentleman paying homage to so many Lords Buddhas, and the accumulation of pious merit produced by him who performs were it but a single act of adoration to the Bodhisattva Mah4sattva Avalokitesvara and cherishes his name, are equal. He who adores a number of Lords Buddhas equal to sixty-two times the sands of the river Ganges and cherishes their names, and he who adores the Bodhisattva Mahdsattva Avalokitesvara and cherishes his name, have an equal accumulation of pious merit? ; both masses of pious merit are not easy to be destroyed even in hundred thousands of myriads of kotis of AZons. So immense, young man of good family, is the pious merit resulting from cherishing the name of the Bodhisattva Mahdsattva Avalokitesvara. Again the Bodhisattva Mahdsattva Akshayamati said to the Lord: How, O Lord, is it that the Bodhisattva Mahasattva A valokitesvara frequents this Sahaworld? And how does he preach the law ? And which is the range of the skilfulness of the Bodhisattva Mahasattva Avalokitesvara? So asked, the Lord teplied to the Bodhisattva Mahdsattva Akshayamati : In some worlds, young man of good family, the Bodhisattva Mah4sattva Avalokitesvara preaches the law to creatures in the shape of a Buddha; » > Burnouf has followed a text of greater length. XXIV. THE ALL-SIDED ONE. 4II
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.
1For that reason, young man of good family, the Bodhisattva MahAsattva Avalokitesvara is named Avalokitesvara?. If a man given up to capital punishment? implores Avalokitesvara, young man of good family, the swords of the executioners shall snap asunder *. Further, young man of good family, if the whole triple chiliocosm were teeming with goblins and giants, they would by virtue of the name of the Bodhisattva Mahdsattva Avalokitesvara being pronounced lose the faculty of sight in their wicked designs’, If some creature, young man of good 1 In the K4éranda-vyfha, a work entirely devoted to the glorification of Avalokitesvara and his sublime achievements, the isle of the Giantesses is identified with Ceylon; see pp. 45 and 53 of that work (Calcutta edition), and the extract given by Burnouf, Introduction, pp. 221-227. 2 Avalokita means ‘beheld;’ it is as such synonymous with drish/a, seen, visible, and pratyaksha, visible, manifest, present. The Bodhisattva is everywhere present, and therefore implored in need and danger. If we take avalokita as a substantive in the neuter gender, the compound will mean ‘the Lord of view, of regard,’ with which one may compare Siva’s epithet Drsshfiguru, the Master of view. ® Vadhyotsish/a; I do not feel certain of the rendering of ukkhishéa; perhaps we should translate it by ‘a reprobate condemned to capital punishment.’ , * Vadhyaghatakan4m tani sastr4ni (sic) visiryeyuA. 5 It is well known that those children of darkness are unable to stand the sun’s light. 408 SADDHARMA-PUNDARIKA. XXIV.
25 It is well known that those children of darkness are unable to stand the sun’s light. 408 SADDHARMA-PUNDARIKA. XXIV. family, shall be bound in wooden or iron manacles, chains or fetters, be he guilty or innocent, then those manacles, chains or fetters shall give way as soon as the name of the Bodhisattva Mahdsattva Avalokitesvara is pronounced. Such, young man of good family, is the power of the Bodhisattva Mahésattva Avalokitesvara. If this whole triple chiliocosm, young man of good family, were teeming with knaves, enemies, and robbers armed with swords, and if a merchant leader of a caravan marched with a caravan rich in jewels; if then they perceived. those robbers, knaves, and enemies armed with swords, and in their anxiety and fright thought themselves helpless ; if, further, that leading merchant spoke to the caravan in this strain: Be not afraid, young gentlemen, be not frightened ; invoke, all of you, with one voice the Bodhisattva Mahasattva Avalokitesvara, the giver of safety; then you shall be delivered from this danger by which you are threatened at the hands of robbers and enemies; if then the whole caravan with one voice invoked Avalokitesvara with the words : Adoration, adoration be tothe giver of safety,to A valokitesvara Bodhisattva Mahfsattva! then, by the mere act of pronouncing that name, the caravan would be released from all danger. Such, young man of good family, is the power of the Bodhisattva Mah4sattva Avalokite- .Svara. In case creatures act under the impulse of impure passion, young man of good family, they will, after adoring the Bodhisattva Mah4sattva Avalokitesvara, be freed from passion. Those who act under the impulse of hatred will, after adoring the Bodhisattva Mah4sattva Avalokitesvara, be freed from hatred. Those who act under the impulse of XXIV. THE ALL-SIDED ONE. 409 infatuation will, after adoring the Bodhisattva Mahésattva Avalokitesvara, be freed from infatuation. So mighty, young man of good family, is the Bodhisattva MahAsattva Avalokitesvara. If a woman, desirous of male offspring, young man of good family, adores the Bodhisattva Avalokitesvara, she shall get a son, nice, handsome, and beautiful; one possessed of the characteristics of a male child, generally beloved and winning, who has planted good roots!. Ifa woman is desirous of getting a daughter, a nice, handsome, beautiful girl shall be born to her; one possessed of - the (good) characteristics of a girl?, generally beloved and winning, who has planted good roots. Such, young man of good family, is the power of the Bodhisattva Mahdsattva Avalokitesvara. Those who adore the Bodhisattva Mahdsattva Avalokitesvara will derive from it an unfailing profit. Suppose, young man of good family, (on one hand) some one adoring the Bodhisattva Mahdsattva Avalokitesvara and cherishing his name; (on the other hand) another adoring a number of Lords Buddhas equal to sixty-two times the sands of the river
3Suppose, young man of good family, (on one hand) some one adoring the Bodhisattva Mahdsattva Avalokitesvara and cherishing his name; (on the other hand) another adoring a number of Lords Buddhas equal to sixty-two times the sands of the river * Ganges’, cherishing their names and worshipping so many Lords Buddhas during their stay, existence, and life, by giving robes, alms-bowls, couches, medicaments for the sick; how great is then in thine opinion, young man of good family, the accumulation of pious merit which that young gentleman or young lady will produce in consequence of it? So asked, 1 We should rather say: in whom a good natural disposition is implanted. ? In the margin added paramay4 subhavarnapushkalatay4, (and) of an egregiously blooming complexion. 5 Dvashash/indm Ganga’. 410 SADDHARMA-PUNDARIKA. XXIV. the Bodhisattva Mahasattva Akshayamati said to the Lord: Great, O Lord, great, O Sugata, is the pious merit which that young gentleman or young lady will produce in consequence of it. The Lord proceeded: Now, young man of good family, the accumulation of pious merit produced by that young gentleman paying homage to so many Lords Buddhas, and the accumulation of pious merit produced by him who performs were it but a single act of adoration to the Bodhisattva Mah4sattva Avalokitesvara and cherishes his name, are equal. He who adores a number of Lords Buddhas equal to sixty-two times the sands of the river Ganges and cherishes their names, and he who adores the Bodhisattva Mahdsattva Avalokitesvara and cherishes his name, have an equal accumulation of pious merit? ; both masses of pious merit are not easy to be destroyed even in hundred thousands of myriads of kotis of AZons. So immense, young man of good family, is the pious merit resulting from cherishing the name of the Bodhisattva Mahdsattva Avalokitesvara. Again the Bodhisattva Mahdsattva Akshayamati said to the Lord: How, O Lord, is it that the Bodhisattva Mahasattva A valokitesvara frequents this Sahaworld? And how does he preach the law ? And which is the range of the skilfulness of the Bodhisattva Mahasattva Avalokitesvara? So asked, the Lord teplied to the Bodhisattva Mahdsattva Akshayamati : In some worlds, young man of good family, the Bodhisattva Mah4sattva Avalokitesvara preaches the law to creatures in the shape of a Buddha; » > Burnouf has followed a text of greater length. XXIV. THE ALL-SIDED ONE. 4II
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