‹|| rgya gar skad du | ārya mañdzu1[注]

śrī2[注]

bi3[注]

krī4[注]

ḍi5[注]

ta6[注]

nā7[注]

ma ma hā8[注]

yā9[注]

na sū10[注]

tra ||11[注]

bod skad du | ’phags›12[注]

pa ’jam dpal rnam13[注]

par rol pa źes bya ba theg pa chen po’i mdo ||14[注]

||15[注]

bam po daṅ po16[注]

||17[注]

saṅs rgyas daṅ 18[注]

‹byaṅ chub sems dpa’ thams (N329b) cad la phyag ’tshal lo || 

’di skad bdag gis thos pa dus gcig na |› bcom ldan ’das rgyal po’i (S7a) khab na 19[注]

bya rgod kyi20[注]

phuṅ po’i ri la21[注]

|22[注]

dge sloṅ lṅa brgya tsam23[注]

gyi dge sloṅ gi dge ’dun chen po daṅ | (T7a) byaṅ ‹chub sems dpa’ brgya24[注]

stoṅ daṅ thabs cig25[注]

tu bźugs26[注]

te | 

I. Thus I heard: Once the Lord stayed at the Vulture Peak in Rājagṛha with a great congregation of some five hundred monks and with eight thousand bodhisatvas (evaṃ mayā śrutam ekasmin samaye bhagavān rājagṛhe viharati sma gṛdhrakuṭe parvate mahatā bhikṣusaṃghena sārdhaṃ pañcamātrair bhikṣuśatair aṣṭābhiś1[注]

ca bodhisatvasahasraiḥ). 

All [the bodhisatvas] were great beings (mahāsatva) having acquired the power of retaining in memory (dhāraṇīpratilabdha) and immeasurable eloquence (apramāṇapratibhāna), what discursive2[注]

knowledge they might establish is the noble knowledge (āryajñāna) of the three gates of liberation (vimokṣamukha), their knowledge was unobstructed in the three worlds (trilokāpratihatajñāna), their concentration (samādhi) was undisturbed, and they had perfected the ten powers and intrepidities (daśabalavaiśāradyasaṃpanna).3[注]

de’i tshe rgyal po’i khab kyi groṅ khyer chen po na› 27[注]

smad ’tshoṅ ma’i bu mo ||28[注]

gser mchog ’od dpal źes bya ba |29[注]

gzugs bzaṅ źiṅ mdzes la30[注]

blta31[注]

na sdug32[注]

pa | kha dog ‹bzaṅ po rgyas pa |33[注]

mchog daṅ ldan pa (Q246b) źig ’dug ste |34[注]

bu mo de yaṅ35[注]

sṅon gyi dge ba’i rtsa ba’i rgyus36[注]

|37[注]

lus kyi mdog38[注]

› gser gyi (L8b) kha dog lta bur mṅon par grub par gyur ciṅ | 

sa’i phyogs gaṅ du39[注]

’greṅ ba daṅ | ’dug40[注]

pa daṅ | ’gro ba’i ‹sa phyogs de dag kyaṅ |41[注]

gser gyi kha dog lta bu’i ’od kyis snaṅ bar gyur te | 

des gos dmar po’am | dkar› po’am |42[注]

gaṅ dag gyon par gyur pa’i gos de dag thams cad kyaṅ |43[注]

gser gyi44[注]

kha dog lta bu ñid du kun tu45[注]

snaṅ ṅo || 

‹bu mo de yaṅ46[注]

 skye bo’i tshogs thams cad la dga’ źiṅ yid gtsugs pa daṅ |47[注]

 lta48[注]

 bas mi ṅoms śiṅ49[注]

 |50[注]

bka’› blo bde la 51[注]

des pa daṅ | ’jam pa daṅ | sñan pa daṅ | dga’ bar52[注]

(P63b) smra źiṅ |53[注]

bźin54[注]

’dzum pa daṅ | śin tu55[注]

’thun56[注]

par ’dzin pa ‹daṅ | khro gñer med pa57[注]

daṅ | mi rtsub pa daṅ |58[注]

mi brlaṅ bar gyur pas |59[注]

rgyal po’i khab kyi groṅ khyer chen po de na 60[注]

› rgyal bu gźon nu rnams (N330a) daṅ |61[注]

blon po’i bu gźon nu rnams daṅ | tshoṅ dpon gyi bu gźon nu rnams daṅ | khyim ‹bdag gi bu gaṅ ji62[注]

sñed pa de dag kyaṅ |63[注]

de la śin tu chags śiṅ64[注]

yid (S7b) ’braṅ bar gyur te |65[注]

lta66[注]

bas chog67[注]

mi śes so> || 

smad ’tshoṅ ma’i bu mo gser mchog ’od dpal de skyed68[注]

mos tshal lam | ’bab chu’am |69[注]

(T7b) rdziṅ bu’am | khyim mam70[注]

| (J247b) lam po71[注]

che’am |72[注]

groṅ bar ram | gaṅ73[注]

daṅ gaṅ du74[注]

’gro ba de daṅ de dag tu |75[注]

skyes pa daṅ | bud med daṅ |76[注]

khye’u daṅ | bu mo maṅ po rnams kyaṅ śin tu77[注]

ltad mor gyur nas |78[注]

kun ’dus te 79[注]

(D217b) de’i phyi80[注]

bźin ’braṅ źiṅ ’gro’o81[注]

|| 

At that time, in the great city of Rājagṛha, lived the daughter of a courtesan called Suvarṇottamaprabhāśrī4[注]

, beautiful, charming and good-looking, she had the most abundant riches of a beautiful complexion (tena khalu samayena rājagṛhe mahānagare suvarṇottaraprabhāśrī nāma gaṇikāduhitā5[注]

prativasaty abhirūpā prāsādikā darśanīyā paramayā śubhavarṇapuṣkalatayā samanvāgatā6[注]

). 

By her former roots of good that girl had attained a colour of the body like the colour of gold (tasyāś ca dārikāyāḥ pūrvakuśalamūlahetunā suvarṇavarṇaḥ kāyo ’bhiniṣpannaḥ), 

and whatever place she was standing, sitting or walking would be illumined by the splendour of that golden colour (yeṣu pṛthivīpradeśeṣu tiṣṭhaty api niṣaṇṇāpi gacchaty api te ’pi suvarṇavarṇāvabhāsenāvabhāsitāḥ), 

and, whatever clothing she would put on, be it red or white, would shine with a golden colour (yāni vastrāṇi tayā veṣṭhitāni lohitāni vāvadātāni vā tāni ca sarvāṇi vastrāṇi suvarṇavarṇāny eva saṃdṛśyante). 

That girl was the beloved and comforting friend of all people (sā ca dārikā sarvasya janakāyasya priyā viśvastamānasā), and they could not get enough of looking at her (nirīkṣamāṇo na tṛptim upayāti).7[注]

She had such a gentle speech (suvacāḥ), her speech was tender, soft, sweet and pleasant (sūratamṛdumadhurapriyavādinī), and her face was smiling (smitamukhā), worthy of all respect (supradakṣiṇagrāhiṇī), having no aggressions (apagatabhṛkuṭikā), no harshness (aparuṣā) or roughness (akarkaśā); 

and all the young princes (rājaputra), the young sons of ministers (āmātyaputra), young sons of bankers (śreṣṭhiputra), young sons of housholders (gṛhapatiputra) in the great city of Rājagṛha desired her excessively, having their minds bent on her they did not know how to see her enough. 

And wherever that daughter of a courtesan Suvarṇottamaprabhāśrī went, be it to gardens, to rivers, lotus-ponds (udyānanadīpuṣkariṇī), to houses, roads, to the marketplace (gṛharathyāntarāpaṇa), men and women, boys and girls (naranārīdārakadārikāḥ) assembled and followed her (tasyāḥ pṛṣṭhato ’nubaddhāḥ) out of curiosity (kautūhalaprāptāḥ).

de nas smad ’tshoṅ ma’i bu mo gser mchog ’od dpal de 82[注]

tshoṅ dpon gyi bu ’jigs byin83[注]

źes bya bas84[注]

|85[注]

nor gyis glas86[注]

te | 

skyed87[注]

mos tshal gyi sar byuṅ nas 88[注]

rta bźi daṅ ldan pa’i śiṅ rta daṅ | nor bu daṅ | mu tig daṅ | (L9a) bai ḍū rya89[注]

daṅ | gser gyis legs par brgyan pa | gdugs daṅ |90[注]

rgyal mtshan daṅ | ba dan bsgreṅ91[注]

źiṅ |92[注]

me tog daṅ |93[注]

bdug pa daṅ |94[注]

spos daṅ | phye ma daṅ | me tog95[注]

phreṅ96[注]

gis97[注]

mdzes par byas pa98[注]

| me tog tsam (Q247a) pa ka’i99[注]

phreṅ100[注]

bas skar khuṅ byas pa’i naṅ du stan101[注]

bzaṅ po bśams pa la ’dug nas |102[注]

’di ltar rtse źiṅ dga’ ba’i bsam pas 103[注]

śiṅ rta de’i mdun104[注]

du ni105[注]

|106[注]

sil sñan daṅ | pheg rdob pa107[注]

daṅ | glu dbyaṅs len pa dag gis draṅs |108[注]

(N330b) śiṅ rta de’i phyi109[注]

bźin du ni110[注]

ñe bar spyad pa daṅ | yoṅs su spyad pa thogs pa thams cad rjes su ’braṅ111[注]

(P64a) la |112[注]

skye bo’i tshogs chen po ltad113[注]

mo lta114[注]

ba’i bsam pa can dag kyaṅ |115[注]

phyi bźin ’braṅ bar gyur ciṅ |116[注]

skyed117[注]

mos tshal gyi118[注]

sar doṅ ṅo || 

de nas ’jam dpal gźon nur gyur pa |119[注]

naṅ du yaṅ dag ’jog120[注]

las (S8a) laṅs te | sems can thams cad la sñiṅ rje chen po skyes nas |121[注]

’di sñam du sems te 122[注]

su źig rdzu ’phrul gyi cho ’phrul lam | kun brjod123[注]

pa’i cho ’phrul lam | rjes su bstan pa’i cho ’phrul124[注]

gyis ’dul bar ’gyur125[注]

ba’i sems can gaṅ |126[注]

theg pa chen po ’di127[注]

la (T8a) yoṅs su smin par bya sñam pa daṅ | 

’jam dpal gźon nur gyur pas |128[注]

smad ’tshoṅ ma’i bu mo gser mchog ’od dpal 129[注]

tshoṅ dpon gyi bu ’jigs byin daṅ 130[注]

lhan cig tu131[注]

śiṅ rta la źon te |132[注]

skyed133[注]

mos tshal gyi sar ’gro ba134[注]

mthoṅ135[注]

ṅo || 

mthoṅ nas kyaṅ 136[注]

gdul137[注]

ba’i phyir 138[注]

de’i dbaṅ po daṅ |139[注]

stobs140[注]

daṅ |141[注]

brtson ’grus kyi bye brag la rnam par bltas na142[注]

|143[注]

de sṅon gyi dge ba’i rtsa ba daṅ144[注]

ldan źiṅ |145[注]

chos kun śes par bya ba’i nus pa daṅ |146[注]

mthu daṅ |147[注]

skal ba148[注]

yod par (J248a) rig nas | 149[注]

de’i tshe ’jam (L9b) dpal gźon nur gyur pas ’di lta bu’i150[注]

rdzu ’phrul mṅon par ’du bya ba |151[注]

mṅon par 152[注]

byas te153[注]

| ji lta bu’i rdzu ’phrul mṅon par 154[注]

byas pas |155[注]

’di ltar raṅ gi lus bstan ma thag tu156[注]

|157[注]

ñi ma daṅ |158[注]

zla ba’i ’od kyaṅ (N331a) zil du159[注]

rlag160[注]

par byed na |161[注]

sems can gźan dag gi lta 162[注]

smos163[注]

kyaṅ ci164[注]

dgos pa 

de lta (D218a) bur raṅ gi lus165[注]

mṅon166[注]

par sprul nas | gos gaṅ gi167[注]

’od kyis dpag168[注]

tshad gcig tsam gyi khor yug169[注]

snaṅ bas170[注]

|171[注]

snaṅ bar byed pa’i (Q247b) gos de lta bu yaṅ172[注]

lus la gyon par kun tu173[注]

bstan to ||174[注]

raṅ gi lus rgyan thams cad kyis rnam par brgyan par yaṅ bstan to || [(P64b) 

de nas 175[注]

’jam dpal (S8b) gźon nur gyur pas |176[注]

lus la gos daṅ |177[注]

rgyan178[注]

thams cad kyis legs par brgyan179[注]

nas |180[注]

lam gaṅ nas smad ’tshoṅ ma’i bu mo gser mchog ’od dpal ’oṅ ba’i lam de’i mdun logs su bsdad do || 

’jam dpal gźon nur gyur pas der bsdad ma thag tu181[注]

|182[注]

de nas tshoṅ dpon gyi bu de’i śiṅ rta yaṅ183[注]

mog mog por gyur | smad ’tshoṅ ma’i bu mo gser mchog ’od dpal (T8b) gyi lus thams cad kyaṅ mog mog por gyur to || 

’di lta ste 184[注]

dper na | ’dzam bu’i185[注]

chu bo’i gser gyi druṅ du 186[注]

snag tsha’i187[注]

yug bźag na |188[注]

lam189[注]

mer mi ’dug | lhan ner mi ’dug |190[注]

lhaṅ ṅer mi ’dug go ||191[注]

de bźin du ’jam dpal gźon nur gyur pa’i lus kyi192