大本经（梵文本）

[brahma]svaro deva kumāraḥ kalavi[ṅkamanojñabhāṣī dundubhisvaranirgh]o[ṣaḥ] idaṃ [mahāpuruṣasya mahāpuruṣalakṣaṇa]m

abhinīla[netro] d[e]va kumāra idaṃ mahāpuruṣasya mahāpuruṣalakṣaṇa[m]

[gopakṣmā deva kumāra idaṃ mahāpuruṣasya mahāpuru]ṣalakṣaṇam

uṣṇī[ṣa]śirā deva k[u]mār[a idaṃ mahāpuruṣasya mahā]puruṣalakṣaṇam

ūrṇā cāsya [bh]ruvo[r madhye śvetā śaṅkhanibhā pradakṣi]ṇā[var]tā idaṃ mahāpuruṣasya mahāpu[ruṣalakṣaṇam]

[imāni dvātriṃśan ma]hāpuruṣalakṣaṇāni yai[ḥ] sama[nvāgatasya ma]hāpuruṣasya dve [gatī bhavato 'nan]yathā pūrvavad y[āvad iyam atra dharmatā tasmād idam ucyate] ||

hantāhaṃ kīrtayiṣyāmi la[kṣaṇāni mahā]muneḥ

kāye['sm]iṃ [bhāvitātmasya śa]rīrāntimadhāri[ṇaḥ]

X X X X ^ X X X X X ^ _ ^ X [|]

[adhaś ca pāda]yos tasya cakre jāte susaṃsthite

dīrghāṅguliḥ s[a] bh[a]v[a]t[i pādapārṣṇī ca ā]yate /

jālini X ^ X X X X X ^ _ ^ X

X X X X ^ X X X X X ^ _ ^ X [|]

X X X ś cāpi kāyena spṛśate jānumaṇḍalam

[kośogataṃ] vastiguhyaṃ X X X X ^ _ ^ X [|]

X X X X ^ X X X X X ^ [dakṣiṇam]

X X [s]. [ḍ]. [k]. [t]. [ṇ]. [bhā vy] X X X X samaṃtataḥ

sūkṣmatvaco 'sau bhavati sapta kāy[asya utsadāḥ]

[citāntarāṃso h]. _ X [siṃhapūrvārdhakāyavān]

[bṛhadṛjūni gātrāṇi skandhau tasya su]saṃskṛtau

catuṣkā daśa [dan]tānāṃ paripūrṇā anūnakāḥ

samā aviraḍ[āś caiva śuklāś caiva susaṃsthitāḥ]

[suśukladaṃṣṭro 'sau h] _ X X X [rasarasāgra]tām

prabhū[tata]nuji[hvaś ca] tathā brahmasvaro mu X

[a]bhinīlanetro gopakṣmā uṣṇīṣaṃ cā[sya mūrdhani /]

[ūrṇā cā]sya bhruvo[r madhye] śvetā bhavati prada[kṣi]ṇā

dve ca [tr]iṃ[śat tathaitāni lakṣaṇāni mah]ā[mu]neḥ

kāye['sm]i[ṃ bhāvitā]tmasya śarīrāntimadhāriṇa[ḥ]

[dvātriṃśatiṃ] yasya viva[rdhi]tāni

bhavaṃti kāye 'sm[iṃ] X _ v[i]dhasya /

rājā vijitya pṛthi[vīṃ viśāsti]

[buddho 'tha vā bhavati hitānukampī]

smṛtimāṃ bahuputraś ca alpābādhaś ca paṇḍi[ta]ḥ

lābhī annasya pānasya vastraśayyāsanasya ca

abhedyaparivāro 'sau [manā]p[aḥ sar]v[adehinām]

[anvāvartanti taṃ] devā manujāś ca tathāvidham

agryo mahādhipatyeṣu bhaven martyas tathāvidhaḥ

asamaś cā[prat]isama atu[l]y[a]ś ca vināyaka

3. His Mother Passes Away

[dharmatā kha]lu saptāhajātasya Vipaśyino bodhisatvasya mātā janetrī kālagatā [samanantarakā]lagatā tridaśe devanikāye upapannā iyam atra dharmatā tasmād idam ucyate ||

vidhṛtya māsāṃ hi daśaiva kukṣyā

Vipaśyimātā asamaṃ prajātā /

kāyasya bhedāt tridaśopapa[nnā]

d[e]v[ani]kāyā bhagavajjanetrī ||

4. The Physical Beauty of the Bodhisattva

dharmatā khalu sāṃpratajāto Vipaśyī bodhisatvo 'bhirūpo darśanīya prāsādiko 'tikrāntaś ca mānuṣyakaṃ varṇam asaṃprāptaś ca divyaṃ varṇaṃ nirīkṣamāṇā narāś ca nāryaś ca tṛptiṃ na gacchaṃti a[n]ūnavarṇ[am] tad[y]athā jāṃbūnadamayī suvarṇaniṣkā dakṣakarmāraputraparimṛṣṭā āhate pāṇḍukambale upanikṣiptā atyarthaṃ bhāsate tapate virocate evam eva sāṃ[p]r[a]t[a]j[ā]t[o] Vipaśyī bodhisatvo 'bhirūpo darśanīyo yāvad anūnavarṇam iyam atra dharmatā tasmād idam ucyate ||

śiśu kumāro manaseva nirm[itaḥ]

yathāpi niṣkā kuśalena niṣṭhitā [/]

nirīkṣamāṇā hi narāś ca nāryas

tṛptiṃ na gacchaṃti anūnavarṇam ||

5. The Attractiveness of the Bodhisattva

dharmatā khalu sāṃpratajāto Vipaśyī bodhisatvo mahājanakāyasya priyaś cābhūn manāpaś ca apīdānīṃ mahājanakāyā aṃsenāṃsaṃ parivartayaṃti tadyathā śāradakaṃ padmaṃ mahājanakāyasya priyaṃ ca bhavati manāpaṃ ca apīdānīṃ mahājanakāyaḥ pāṇinā pāṇiṃ saṃvārayati evam eva sāṃpratajāto Vipaśyī bodhi[sat]v[o] m[a]hājanakāyasya priyaś cābhūn manāpaś ca apīdānīṃ mahājanakāyaḥ aṃsenāṃsa[ṃ] parivartayati iyam atra dharmatā tasmā[d ida]m ucyate ||

priyo manāpo mahato janasya

tadā Vipaśyī daharas samānaḥ

aṃsena cāṃsaṃ parivartayaṃti

padmaṃ yathā śāradakaṃ sujātam ||

6. The Bodhisattva's Eyes Do Not Blink

The Bodhisattva's Youth

dha[r]matā khalu Vipaśyī bodhisatvo 'nimiṣo rūpāṇi [paśyat]i na [n]imiṣati |

tadyathā devās tridaśopapannakā iyam atra dharmatā tasmād idam ucyate ||

nāsau kumāro nimiṣaṃ hi paśyati

yathāpi devās tridaśopapannakāḥ

dṛṣṭveha rūpāṇi manoramāṇi

athāpi dṛṣṭvā amanoramāṇi ||

7. His Maturation

dharmatā khalu Vipaśyī bodhisatvaḥ karmavipākajena divyena cakṣuṣā samanv[āga]to yena sa [pa]śyati divā ca rātrau ca samaṃtayojanam iyam atra dharmatā tasmād idam ucyate ||

vipākajaṃ tasya babhūva cakṣur

divyaṃ vi[śuddhaṃ vi]malaṃ prabhāsvaram

yenāsau paśya[ti] bodhisatvo

divā ca rātrau ca samantayojanam ||

8. The Beauty of His Voice

dharmatā khalu Vipaśyī bodhisatvo valgusvaraś cābhūn manojñasvaraś ca kalaviṅkamanojñ[a]bh[āṣī ca] dundubhisvaranirghoṣaś ca tadyathā haimavataḥ śakunto valg[u]svar[aś cābhūn manojñasva]raś ca kal[aviṅkaman]oj[ñabh]āṣī ca d[undubhisva]ranirghoṣaś ca evam eva Vipaśyī bodhi[satvo va]lgusvaraś cābhūn manojñasvaraś ca [kalaviṅka]manojñabhā[ṣī ca dundubhisvaranirghoṣaś ca iyam atra dharmatā] tasmād idam ucyate ||

[yathāpy a]sau haimavataḥ śakunto

nikūjate ku[s]umarasena mattaḥ

tathaiva valgukalaviṅkabhāṣī

[sa cāp]y [a]bhūd apratikūlabhāṣī ||

9. Becoming Sagacious

dharmatā khalu Vipaśyī bodhisatvaḥ paṇḍito 'bhūd [v]yakto medhāvī ta[nt]r[opamikayā mīmāṃsikayā prajñayā samanvāgataḥ] apīdānīṃ pitur Bandhuma[to] 'rthakaraṇe niṣadya gambhīrān arthān nistārayati iyam atra dharmatā tasmād ida[m ucyate ||]

X ^ ^ ^ ^ _ X

X _ ^ toyāmbudhara iva sāgaraḥ

anuśiṣṭavān

Bandhumatīnikete

naikāṃ janāṃ jānapadāṃś ca kṣatriyān

hitānukampaṃ sam ^ ^ ^ X

X ^ ^ ^ ^ _ daḥ

tataḥ samājñā udapādi bhadrikā

bhūyo Vipaśyīti samaṃtacakṣuḥ ||

10. The Four Excursions

On Seeing an Old Man

dharmatā khalu Vipaśyī bodhisatva udyānabhūmiṃ niryātukāma[ḥ sārathim āmantrayati]

[yojaya sā]r[a]the kṣipraṃ bhadraṃ yānam u[dyā]nabhūmiṃ niryāsyāmi

[yojaya sā]r[a]the kṣipraṃ bhadraṃ yānam u[dyā]nabhūmiṃ niryāsyāmi

evaṃ deveti sārathir Vipaśyino bodhisatvasya pratiśruty[a] kṣipraṃ bhadraṃ yānaṃ yojayitvā yena [Vi]p[a]śyī bodhisatvas te[nopajagāma upetya] Vipaśyinaṃ bodhi[satva]m idam avocat yuktaṃ devasya bhadraṃ yānaṃ yasyedānīṃ devaḥ kālaṃ manyate /

atha Vipaśyī bodhisatvo bhadraṃ yānam a[bhiruhyodyānabhūmiṃ niryāti adrākṣī]d Vipaśyī bodhisatva udyānabhūmiṃ niryāyaṃ puruṣaṃ kubjaṃ gopānasīvaṅgaṃ daṇḍam ava[ṣ]ṭ[a]bhya purataḥ pravepamānena kāyena gacchantam [dṛ]ṣṭvā ca punaḥ [sārathim ā]maṃ[trayati]

[kim eṣa] sārathe puruṣaḥ kubjo gopānasīvaṅka daṇḍam avaṣṭabhya purataḥ pravepamānena kāyena gacchati keśāś cāsya vi[var]ṇā na tath[ā]ny[eṣām]

[eṣa de]va puruṣo [jīrṇ]o nāma

kim eṣa sārathe jīrṇo nāma

anena deva puruṣeṇa na cirāṃ martavy[aṃ bha]viṣyati sa eṣa deva jīrṇo nāma

[aham api sārathe] j[a]rādharmā jarādharmatāṃ cānatītaḥ

devo 'pi jarādharmā jarādharmatāṃ cānatītaḥ

tena[h]i sārathe pratinivartaya ratham aṃtaḥpuram eva gaccha yad aham aṃtaḥpuramadhya[ga]ta et[a]m [e]vārthaṃ cintayiṣyām[i] jarāṃ k[i]lāham avyativṛttaḥ

pratinivartayati sārathī rath[am antaḥ]puram eva yāti tatredānīṃ Vipaśyī bodhisatvo 'ntaḥpu[ramadhyagataḥ]

puruṣaṃ dṛṣṭveha vyatītayauvanaṃ

jīrṇāturaṃ palitaṃ daṇḍapāṇim

athāpratītaḥ karuṇāni dhyāti

jarāṃ kilāhaṃ nopā[t]ivṛttaḥ ||

The King's Perturbation 1

atha Bandhumā rājā sārathim āmantrayati

kaccit sārathe kumāra āptamanaska udyānabhūmiṃ gataḥ abhirato vā udyāne

no deva / adrākṣīd deva kumāra udyānabhūmiṃ niryāyaṃ puruṣaṃ kubjaṃ gopānasīvaṅkaṃ daṇḍam avaṣṭabhya purataḥ pravepamānena kāyena gacchantaṃ /

dṛṣṭvā ca punar mām āmaṃtrayati kim eṣa sārathe puruṣaḥ kubjo gopānasīvaṅko daṇḍ[a]m avaṣṭabhya purataḥ pravepamānena kāyena gacchati keśāś cāsya vivarṇā na tathānyeṣāṃ tam enam evaṃ vadāmi eṣa [d]e[va p]uruṣ[o] jīrṇo nāma sa e[va]m āh[a] k[i]m [e]ṣa sārathe jīrṇo nāma tam enam evaṃ vadāmi anena deva puruṣeṇa na cirā martavyaṃ bhaviṣyati sa eṣa deva jīrṇo nāma sa evam āha aha[m a]p[i] sā[rathe jarādharmā] jarādharmatāṃ cānatītaḥ tam enam evaṃ vadāmi devo 'pi jarādharmā jarādharmatāṃ cānatītaḥ sa evam āha tena hi sārathe pratinivartaya ratham antaḥpuram eva gaccha yad aham antaḥpuramadhyagata etam evārthaṃ cintayiṣyāmi jarāṃ kilāham avyativṛttaḥ sa eṣa deva kumāra antaḥpuramadhyagata athāpratītaḥ karuṇāni dhyāti jarāṃ kilāham avyativṛttaḥ

atha Bandhumato rājña etad abhavan mā haiva brāhmaṇānāṃ naimittānāṃ vivañcanānāṃ vacanaṃ bhūtaṃ satyaṃ bhaviṣyati mā haiva kumāraḥ keśaśmaśrūṇy avatārya kāṣāyāṇi vastrāṇy ācchādya samyag eva śraddhayā agārād anagārikāṃ pravrajiṣyati yanv aham asya bhūyasyā mātrayā pañca kāmaguṇān anupradadyām apy eva rato na pravrajeta /

atha Bandhumā rājā Vipaśyin[e] bodhisatvāya bhūyasyā mātrayā pañca kāmaguṇān anuprayacchati apy eva rato na pravrajeta iyam atra dharmatā tasmād idam ucyate ||

śrutvā sa saṃgrāhakavākyam evaṃ

pitā Vipaśyisya priyasya Bandhumā /

dadau tataḥ kāmaguṇāṃ hi paṃca

rato hy asau yeṣu na pravrajeta ||

On Seeing a Sick Man

dharmatā khalu Vipaśyī bodhisatva udyānabhūmiṃ niryātukāmaḥ sārathim āmaṃtrayati pūrvavad yāvad

adrākṣīd Vipaśyī bodhisatva udyānabhūmiṃ niryāyaṃ puruṣam utpāṇḍūtpāṇḍukaṃ kṛśaṃ rukṣaṃ durvarṇaṃ vyatibhinnendriyaṃ no ca nibandhanīyaṃ bahujanasya cakṣuṣo darśan[ā]ya dṛṣṭvā ca punaḥ sārathim āmantrayati