aparimitāyuḥ nāma mahāyāna sūtram
evaṁ mayā śrutam| ekasmin samaye bhagavān śrāvastyāṁ viharati sma jetavane anāthapiṇḍadasyārāme mahatā bhikṣusaṁghena sārdhamardhatrayodaśabhirbhikṣuśataiḥ saṁbahulaiśca bodhisattvairmahāsattvaiḥ|| [1]
tatra khalu bhagavān mañjuśriyaṁ kumārabhūtamāmantrayate sma| asti mañjuśrīrupariṣṭāyāmaparimitaguṇasaṁcayo nāma lokadhātustatrāparimitāyu[r]jñānasuviniścitatejorāja nāma tathāgato 'rhan samyaksaṁbuddha eva hi tiṣṭhati dhriyate yāpayati sattvānāṁ ca dharmaṁ deśayati| [2]
śṛṇu mañjuśrīḥ kumārabhūta, ime jāmbudvīpakā manuṣyā alpāyuṣkā varṣaśatāyuṣas;teṣāṁ bahūnyakālamaranāni nirdiṣṭāni| ye khalu mañjuśrīḥ sattvāstasyāparimitāyuṣaḥ tathāgatasya guṇavarṇaparikīrtana nāma dharmaparyāyaṁ likhiṣyanti likhāpayiṣyanti nāmadheyamātramapi śroṣyanti yāvat pustakāgatāmapi kṛtvā gṛhe dhārayiṣyanti vācayiṣyanti puṣpa-dhūpa-gandha-mālya-vilepana-cūrṇa-cīvara-cchatra-dhvaja-ghaṇṭā-patākābhiśca samantāt pūjābhiḥ pūjayiṣyanti te parikṣināyuṣaḥ punareva varṣaśatāyuṣo bhaviṣyanti| ye khalu punarmañjuśriḥ sattvāstasyāparimitāyurjñānasuviniścitatejorājasya tathāgatasya nāmāṣṭottaraśataṁ śroṣyanti dhārayiṣyanti vācaviṣyanti, teṣāṁ āyurvardhayiṣyati; ye parikṣiṇāyuṣaḥ sattvā nāmadheyaṁ śroṣyanti dhārayiṣyanti vācayiṣyanti teṣāmapyāyurvivardhayiṣyati| [3]
tasmāttarhi mañjuśrirdīrghāyuṣkatvaṁ prārthayitukāmāḥ kulaputrā vā kuladuhitaro vā tasyāparimitāyuṣastathāgatasya nāmāṣṭottaraśataṁ śroṣyanti likhiṣyanti likhāpayiṣyanti teṣāṁ ime guṇānusaṁsā bhaviṣyanti| [4]
om namo bhagavate aparimitāyurjñānasuviniścitatejorājāya tathāgatāyārhate samyaksaṁbuddhāya, tadyathā, oṁ puṇyamahāpuṇya aparimitapuṇya aparimitāyupuṇyajñānasaṁbhāropacite, oṁ sarvasaṁskārapariśuddhadharmate gagaṇasamudgate svabhāvapariśuddhe mahānayaparivāre svāhā| [5]
imāṁ mañjuśrīstathāgatasya nāmāṣṭottaraśataṁ ye kecillikhiṣyanti likhāpayiṣyanti pustakagatāmapi kṛtvā gṛhe dhārayiṣyanti vācayiṣyanti, te parikṣīṇāyuṣaḥ punareva varṣaśatāyuṣo bhaviṣyanti; itaścyutvā aparimitāyuṣastathāgatasyabuddhakṣetre upapadyante, aparimitāyuṣaśca bhaviṣyanti aparimitaguṇasaṁcaye lokadhātau| [6]
om namo bhagavate [etc., as para. 5]| tena khalu punaḥ samayena navanavatīnāṁ buddhakoṭinām ekamatenaikasvareṇa idamaparimitāyuḥsūtraṁ bhāṣitam| [7]
om namo bhagavate [etc., as para. 5]| tena khalu punaḥ samayena caturaśītīnāṁ buddhakoṭinām ekamatenaikasvareṇa idamaparimitāyuḥsūtraṁ bhāṣitam| [8]
om namo bhagavate [etc., as para. 5]| tena khalu punaḥ samayena saptasaptatīnāṁ buddhakoṭinām ekamatenaikasvareṇa idamaparimitāyuḥsūtraṁ bhāṣitaṁ| [9]
om namo bhagavate [etc., as para. 5]| tena khalu punaḥ samayena pañcaṣaṣṭīnāṁ buddhakoṭīnāṁ ekamatenaikasvareṇa idamaparimitāyuḥsūtraṁ bhāṣītam| [10]
om namo bhagavate [etc., as para. 5]| tena khalu punaḥ samayena pañcapañcaśatīnāṁ buddhakoṭīnāṁ ekamatenaikasvareṇa idamaparimitāyuḥsūtraṁ bhāṣitaṁ| [11]
om namo bhagavate [etc., as para. 5]| tena khalu punaḥ samayena pañcacatvāriṁśatīnāṁ buddhakoṭīnāṁ ekamatenaikasvareṇa idamaparimitāyuḥsūtraṁ bhāṣitaṁ| [12]
om namo bhagavate [etc., as para. 5]| tena khalu punaḥ samayena ṣattriṁśatīnāṁ buddhakoṭīnām ekamatenaikasvareṇa idamaparimitāyuḥsūtraṁ bhāṣitaṁ| [13]
om namo bhagavate [etc., as para. 5]| tena khalu punaḥ samayena pañcaviṁśatīnāṁ buddhakoṭīnām ekamatenaikasvareṇa idamaparimitāyuḥsūtraṁ bhāṣitaṁ| [14]
om namo bhagavate [etc., as para. 5]| tena khalu punaḥ samayena gaṅgānadīvālukopamānāṁ buddhakoṭīnām ekamatenaikasvareṇa idamaparimitāyuḥsūtraṁ bhāṣitaṁ| [15]
om namo bhagavate [etc., as para. 5] yaidamaparimitāyuḥ sūtraṁ likhiṣyati likhāpayiṣyati| sā gatāyurapi varṣaśatāyurbhaviṣyati punarvāyurvivardhayiṣyati| [16]
om namo bhagavate [etc., as para. 5]| yaidamaparimitāyuḥ sūtraṁ likhiṣyati likhāpayiṣyati sa na kadācin narakeṣupapadyate na tiryagyonau na yamaloke na akṣaṇeṣu ca kadācidapi upapatsyate| yatra yatra janmanyupapadyate, tatra tatra sarvatra jātau jātau jātismaro bhaviṣyati| [17]
om namo bhagavate [etc., as para. 5]| yaidamaparimitāyuḥ sūtraṁ likhiṣyati likhāpayiṣyati tena caturaśītidharmaskandhasahasrāṇi likhāpitāni bhaviṣyanti| [18]
om namo bhagavate [etc., as para. 5]| yaidamaparimitāyuḥ sūtraṁ likhiṣyati likhāpayiṣyati tena caturaśītidharmarājikāsahasrāṇi kārāpitāni pratiṣṭhāpitāni bhaviṣyanti| [19]
om namo bhagavate [etc., as para 5]| yaidamaparimitāyuḥ sūtraṁ likhiṣyati likhāpayiṣyati tasya pañcānantaryāṇi karmāvaraṇāni parikṣayaṁ gacchanti| [20]
[Para. 21 is missing in the Sanskrit text.]
om namo bhagavate [etc., as para. 5]| yaidam aparimitāyuḥ sūtraṁ likhiṣyati likhāpayiṣyati, tasya na māro na mārakāyikā na yakṣā na rākṣasā nākālmṛtyuravataraṁ lapsyante| [22]
om namo bhagavate [etc., as para. 5] yaidamaparimitāyuḥ sūtraṁ likhiṣyati likhāpayiṣyati, tasya maraṇakālasamaye navanavatayo buddhakoṭyaḥ saṁmukhaṁ darśanaṁ dāsyanti, buddhasahasraṁ hastena hastaṁ tasyopanāmayanti, buddhakṣetrād buddhakṣetraṁ saṁkrāmanti; nātm kāṅkṣā na vicikitsā na vimātirutpādayitavyā| [23]
om namo bhagavate [etc., as para. 5]| yaidamaparimitāyuḥ sūtraṁ likhiṣyati likhāpayiṣyati, tasya catvāro mahārājānaḥ pṛṣṭhataḥ pṛṣṭhataḥ samanubaddhā rakṣāvaraṇāguptiṁ kariṣyanti| [24]
om namo bhagavate [etc., as para. 5]| yaidamaparimitāyuḥsūtraṁ likhiṣyati likhāpayiṣyati sa sukhāvatyāṁ lokadhātav amitābhasya tathāgatasya buddhakṣetre upapadyate| [25]
om namo bhagavate [etc., as para. 5]| yasmin pṛthivīpradeśe idamaparimitāyuḥsūtraṁ likhiṣyanti likhāpayiṣyanti, sa pṛthivīpradeśaḥ caityabhūto vandanīyaśca bhaviṣyati| yeṣāṁ tiryagyonigatānāṁ mṛgapakṣiṇāṁ karṇāpuṭe nipatiṣyati te sarve anuttarāyāṁ samyaksaṁbodhāvabhisaṁbodhimabhisambhotsyante| [26]
om namo bhagavate [etc., as para. 5]| yaidamaparimitāyuḥsūtraṁ likhiṣyati likhāpayiṣyati tasya strībhāvo na kadācidapi bhaviṣyati| [27]
om namo bhagavate [etc., as para. 5]| yaidamaparimitāyuḥ sūtraṁ dharmaparyāyam uddiśya ekam api kārṣāpanāṁ dānaṁdāsyati, tena trisāhasramahāsāhasralokadhātuṁ saptaratnaparipūrṇaṁ kṛtvā dānaṁ dattaṁ bhavati| [28]
om namo bhagavate [etc., as para 5]| yaidaṁ dharmabhāṇakaṁ pūjāyiṣyati, tena sakalasamāptaḥ saddharmaḥ pūjito bhavati| [29]
om namo bhagavate [etc., as para 5]| yathā vipaśvi-śikhi-viśvabhu-krakucchanda-kanakamuni-kāśyapa-śākyamuni-prabhṛtīnaṁ tathāgatānāṁ saptaratnamayāḥ pūjāḥ kṛtvā tasya puṇyaskadhasya pramāṇaṁ śakyaṁ gaṇayituṁ, na tvaparimitāyuḥ sūtrasya puṇyaskandhasya pramāṇaṁ śakyaṁ gaṇayitum| [30]
om namo bhagavate [etc., as para. 5]| yathā sūmeroḥ parvatarājasya samānaṁ ratnarāśiṁ kṛtvā dānaṁ dadyāt, tasya puṇyaskandhasya pramāṇaṁ śakyaṁ gaṇayituṁ, na tvaparimitāyuḥsūtrasya puṇyaskandhasya pramāṇāṁ gaṇayitum| [31]
om namo bhagavate [etc., as para. 5]| yathā catvāro mahāsamudrā udakaparipūrṇṇā bhaveyuḥ, tatra ekaikavinduṁ śakyaṁ gaṇayituṁ, na tvaparimitāyuḥsūtrasya puṇyaskandhasya pramāṇāṁ gaṇayitum| [32]
om namo bhagavate [etc., as para. 5]| yaidamaparimitāyuḥsūtraṁ likhiṣyati likhāpayiṣyati saṁskṛtya pūjayiṣyati tena daśasu dikṣu sarvabuddhakṣetreṣu sarvatathāgatā vanditāḥ pūjitāśca bhaviṣyanti| [33]
om namo bhagavate [etc., as para. 5]
dānabalena samudgata buddho dānabalādhigatā narasiṁhāḥ|
dānabalasya ca śrūyati śabdaḥ kāruṇikasya pure praviśāntam || [34]
śīlabalena samudgata buddhaḥ śīlabalādhigatā narasiṁhāḥ|
śīlabalasya ca śrūyati śabdaḥ kāruṇikasya pure praviśantam ||[35]
kṣāntibalena samudgata buddhaḥ kṣāntibalādhigatā narasiṁhāḥ|
kṣāntibalasya ca śrūyati śabdaḥ kāruṇikasya pure praviśāntam ||[36]
viryabalena samudgata buddho vīryabalādhigatā narasiṁhāḥ|
vīryabalasya ca śrūyati śabdaḥ kāruṇikasya pure praviśāntam ||[37]
dhyānabalena samudgata buddho dhyānabalādhigatā narasiṁhāḥ|
dhyānabalasya ca śrūyati śabdaḥ kāruṇikasya pure praviśāntam||[38]
prajñābalena samudgata buddhaḥ prajñābalādhigatā narasiṁhāḥ|
prajñābalasya ca śrūyati śabdaḥ kāruṇikasya pure praviśāntam ||[39]
om namo bhagavate [etc., as para. 5]| idamavocad bhagavānāttamanāste ca bhikṣavaste ca bodhisattvā mahāsattvāḥ sā ca sarvāvatī parṣat sadevamānuṣāsuragandharvaśca loko bhagavato bhāṣitamabhyanandamiti| [40]