Karunapundarika-sutra [sanskrit]
31,638 words
The Sanskrit edition of the ### (lit. “the sutra of the lotus of compassion”) is an ancient Mahayana scripture devoted to Buddha Padmottara, possibly dated to as early as the 3rd century A.D. The Karunapundarika-sutra praises Shakyamuni’s compassionate activities in the Kaliyuga (the degenerate period). Alternative titles: Karuṇāpuṇḍarīkasūtra (करुणापुण्डरीकसूत्र), Karuṇāpuṇḍarīka sūtra (करुणापुण्डरीक सूत्र, Karunapundarika-sutra).
Section 282-284
vimalendra āha -
"mahākāruṇi nirdiṣṭa bodhisattvāna gocaraḥ /
vayaṃ hi tvāṃ namasyāmaḥ kṛpāhetusamutthitaḥ" //
balavegadhāryapyāha -
"kleśayoge kaliyuge yā bodhistvayā samāśritā /
chinda kleśe samūlāṃstvaṃ sidhyate praṇidhirdṛḍhā" //
jyotipālo'pyāha -
"jñānakośasamaṃ tulyaṃ kṛtā praṇidhi nirmalā / KpSū 283 vartase bodhicaryāya sattvauṣadhistavāśrayaḥ" //
balasandarśano bodhisattvo mahāsattvaḥ prarudamāno brāhmaṇasya pañcamaṇḍalena pādau vanditvāñjaliṃ pragṛhītavānāha -
"aho jñānolka sattvebhyaḥ kleśarogaviśāṭanī /
kṛpālu prajvālitā te sattvān mocesi duḥkhitān" //
sarvāvatī ca kulaputra sā parṣā sadevagandharvamāṇuṣā brāhmaṇasya pañcamaṇḍalena pādau vanditvā kṛtāñjaliḥ sthitvā vicitrābhiranvayapadayuktābhirgāthābhisabhistavitvā tasthau //
"mahākāruṇi nirdiṣṭa bodhisattvāna gocaraḥ /
vayaṃ hi tvāṃ namasyāmaḥ kṛpāhetusamutthitaḥ" //
balavegadhāryapyāha -
"kleśayoge kaliyuge yā bodhistvayā samāśritā /
chinda kleśe samūlāṃstvaṃ sidhyate praṇidhirdṛḍhā" //
jyotipālo'pyāha -
"jñānakośasamaṃ tulyaṃ kṛtā praṇidhi nirmalā / KpSū 283 vartase bodhicaryāya sattvauṣadhistavāśrayaḥ" //
balasandarśano bodhisattvo mahāsattvaḥ prarudamāno brāhmaṇasya pañcamaṇḍalena pādau vanditvāñjaliṃ pragṛhītavānāha -
"aho jñānolka sattvebhyaḥ kleśarogaviśāṭanī /
kṛpālu prajvālitā te sattvān mocesi duḥkhitān" //
sarvāvatī ca kulaputra sā parṣā sadevagandharvamāṇuṣā brāhmaṇasya pañcamaṇḍalena pādau vanditvā kṛtāñjaliḥ sthitvā vicitrābhiranvayapadayuktābhirgāthābhisabhistavitvā tasthau //