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Lotus Sutra (Saddharma-Pundarika) [sanskrit]
by H. Kern | 2013 | 16,351 words | ISBN-13: 9788120801226
The Lotus Sutra (Saddharma-pundarika) is an important Mahayana Buddhist scripture classified as one of the nine Dharmas. the Lotus Sutra deals with a wide range of important Buddhist teachings in twenty-seven chapters including the nature of the Buddhas and the inherent potentiality of becoming Buddha within all beings. This editions only contains the Sanskrit metrical text and the corresponding English translation. Alternative titles: Saddharma-puṇḍarīka-sūtra (सद्धर्म-पुण्डरीक-सूत्र).
Chapter 17 - Indication of the Meritoriousness of Joyful Acceptance
yo nirvṛte mahāvīre śṛṇuyātsūtramīdṛśam |
śrutvā cābhyanumodeyā kiyantaṃ kuśalaṃ bhavet || 1 ||
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pañcāśimo yaśca paraṃparāyāṃ sūtrasyimasyo śṛṇutekagāthām |
anumodayitvā ca prasannacittaḥ śṛṇuṣva puṇyaṃ bhavi yattakaṃ tat || 2 ||
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sa caiva puruṣo bhavi dānadātā sattvān koṭīnayuteṣu nityam |
ye pūrvamaupamyakṛtā mayā vai tān sarvi tarpeya aśīti varṣān || 3 ||
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so dṛṣṭva teṣāṃ ca jarāmupasthitāṃ valī ca khaṇḍaṃ ca śiraśca pāṇḍaram |
hāhādhimucyanti hi sarvasattvā yannūna dharmeṇa hu ovadeyam || 4 ||
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so teṣa dharmaṃ vadatīha paścānnirvāṇabhūmiṃ ca prakāśayeta |
sarve bhavāḥ phenamarīcikalpā nirvidyathā sarvabhaveṣu kṣipram || 5 ||
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te sarvasattvāśca śruṇitva dharmaṃ tasyaiva dātuḥ puruṣasya antikāt |
arhantabhūtā bhavi ekakāle kṣīṇāsravā antimadehadhāriṇaḥ || 6 ||
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puṇyaṃ tato bahutaru tasya hi syat paraṃparātaḥ śruṇi ekagāthām |
anumodi vā yattaku tasya puṇyaṃ kala puṇyaskandhaḥ purimo na bhoti || 7 ||
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evaṃ bahu tasya bhaveta puṇyaṃ anantakaṃ yasya pramāṇu nāsti |
gāthāṃ pi śrutvaika paraṃparāya kiṃ vā punaḥ saṃmukha yo śruṇeyā || 8 ||
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yaścaikasattvaṃ pi vadeya tatra protsāhaye gaccha śṛṇuṣva dharmam |
sudurlabhaṃ sutramidaṃ hi bhoti kalpāna koṭīnayutairanekaiḥ || 9 ||
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sa cāpi protsāhitu tena sattvaḥ śruṇeya sūtrema muhūrtakaṃ pi |
tasyāpi dharmasya phalaṃ śṛṇohi mukharoga tasya na kadāci bhoti || 10 ||
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jihvāpi tasya na kadāci duḥkhati na tasya dantā patitā bhavanti |
śyāmātha pītā viṣamā ca jātu bībhatsitoṣṭho na ca jātu bhoti || 11 ||
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kuṭilaṃ ca śuṣkaṃ ca na jātu dīrghaṃ mukhaṃ na cipiṭaṃ sya kadāci bhoti |
susaṃsthitā nāsa tathā lalāṭaṃ dantā ca oṣṭho mukhamaṇḍalaṃ ca || 12 ||
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priyadarśano bhoti sadā narāṇāṃ pūrtiṃ ca vakraṃ na kadāci bhoti |
yathotpalasyeha sadā sugandhiḥ pravāyate tasya mukhasya gandhaḥ || 13 ||
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gṛhādvihāraṃ hi vrajitva dhīro gaccheta sūtraṃ śravaṇāya etat |
gatvā ca so tatra śṛṇe muhūrtaṃ prasannacittasya phalaṃ śṛṇotha || 14 ||
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sugauru tasyo bhavatetmabhāvaḥ pariyāti co aśvarathehi dhīraḥ |
hastīrathāṃśco abhiruhya uccān ratanehi citrānanucaṃkrameyā || 15 ||
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vibhūṣitāṃ so śibikāṃ labheta narairanekairiha vāhyamānām |
gatvāpi dharmaṃ śravaṇāya tasya phalaṃ śubhaṃ bhoti ca evarūpam || 16 ||
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niṣadya cāsau pariṣāya tatra śuklena karmeṇa kṛtena tena |
śakrāsanānāṃ bhavate sa lābhī brahmāsanānāṃ ca nṛpāsanānām || 17 ||
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Other editions:
Also see the following editions of the Sanskrit text or (alternative) English translations of the Lotus Sutra Indication of the Meritoriousness of Joyful Acceptance
The Lotus Sutra (The Saddharma-Pundarika)
by H. Kern (2013)
The Lotus Sutra (Text with Hindi Translation)
by Ram Mohan Das (2001)