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# Udanavarga 21: 21 tathāgata.varga

Sanskrit text (after Bernhard 1965; input M. Tokunaga) 21

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### 21 tathāgata.varga

### [21.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.dharmapada.udanavarga*sa.21.1)

sarva abhibhūḥ sarvavid eva ca asmi sarvaiś ca dharmaiḥ satatam na liptaḥ /  
sarvam jahaḥ sarva bhayād vimuktaḥ svayam hy abhijñāya kam uddiśeyam //

### [21.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.dharmapada.udanavarga*sa.21.2)

kam uddiśeyam tv asamo hy atulyaḥ svayam pravaktā hy adhigamya bodhim /  
tathāgato deva manuṣya śāstā sarvajñatām prāpya balair upetaḥ //

### [21.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.dharmapada.udanavarga*sa.21.3)

aham hi lokeṣv arahann aham lokeṣv anuttaraḥ sadevakeṣu lokeṣu ca aham māra abhibhūr jinaḥ //

### [21.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.dharmapada.udanavarga*sa.21.4)

ācāryo me na vai kaścit sadṛśas ca na vidyate /  
eko asmin loke sambuddhaḥ prāptaḥ sambodhim uttamām //

### [21.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.dharmapada.udanavarga*sa.21.5)

jinā hi mādṛśā jñeyā ye prāptā hy āsrava kṣayam /  
jitā me pāpakā dharmās tato aham upagā jinaḥ //

### [21.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.dharmapada.udanavarga*sa.21.6)

bārāṇasīm gamiṣyāmi haniṣye amṛta dundubhim /  
dharma cakram pravartayiṣye lokeṣv aprativartitam //

### [21.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.dharmapada.udanavarga*sa.21.7)

na hi santaḥ prakāśyante viditvā loka paryāyam /  
ādeśayanto virajaḥ padam śānta manīṣiṇaḥ //

### [21.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.dharmapada.udanavarga*sa.21.8)

nadanti iha mahā vīraḥ sad dharmeṇa tathāgatāḥ /  
dharmeṇa nadamānānām ke tv asūyed vijānakāḥ //

### [21.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.dharmapada.udanavarga*sa.21.9)

ye dhyāna prasṛtā dhīrā naiṣkramya upaśame ratāḥ /  
devā api spṛhayanty eṣām buddhānām śrīmatām sadā //

### [21.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.dharmapada.udanavarga*sa.21.10)

teṣām devā manuṣyāś ca sambuddhānām yaśasvinām /  
spṛhayanty āśu buddhīnām śarīra antima dhāriṇām //

### [21.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.dharmapada.udanavarga*sa.21.11)

ye ca abhyatītāḥ sambuddhā ye ca buddhā hy anāgatāḥ /  
yaś ca apy etarhi sambuddho bahūnām śoka nāśakaḥ //

### [21.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.dharmapada.udanavarga*sa.21.12)

sarve sad dharma guravo vyāhārṣu viharanti ca /  
atha api vihariṣyanti;eṣā buddheṣu dharmatā //

### [21.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.dharmapada.udanavarga*sa.21.13)

tasmād iha ātma kāmena māhātmyam abhikāṅkṣatā /  
sad dharmo guru kartavyaḥ smaratā buddha śāsanam //

### [21.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.dharmapada.udanavarga*sa.21.14)

na śraddhāsyanti vai ye tu narā buddhasya śāsanam /  
vyasanam te gamiṣyanti vaṇijo rākṣasīṣv iva //

### [21.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.dharmapada.udanavarga*sa.21.15)

śraddhāsyanti tu ye nityam narā buddhasya śāsanam /  
svastinā te gamiṣyanti vālāhena eva vāṇijāḥ //

### [21.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.dharmapada.udanavarga*sa.21.16)

tathāgatam buddham iha svayambhuvam dvau vai vitarkau bahulam samudācarete /  
kṣemas tathaiva praviveka yuktas tamo nudam pāra gatam maharṣim //

### [21.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.dharmapada.udanavarga*sa.21.17)

prāptaḥ sa ca āryo vaśitām aśeṣām viśva uttaraḥ sarva bhayād vimuktaḥ /  
tṛṣṇā prahīṇo vimalo nirāśaś ca ālokayan loka hitāya sattvān //

### [21.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.dharmapada.udanavarga*sa.21.18)

śaile yathā parvata mūrdhani sthito yathā eva paśyej janatām samantāt /  
tathā hy asau dharma mayam sumedhāḥ prāsādam āruhya samanta cakṣuḥ /  
śoka abhibhūtām janatām aśoko adrākṣīd imām jāti jarā abhibhūtām //

## Linked texts (5)

- [Ched du brjod pa'i tshoms (Kangyur, Toh 326)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.dharmapada.udanavarga*bo.2.15) — Classical Tibetan
- [ཆེད་དུ་བརྗོད་པའི་ཚོམས](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.dharmapada.udanavarga*bo-d4099.38) — Classical Tibetan
- [Saṅghabhedavastu](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.vinaya.mulasarvastivada.vinayavastu.sanghabheda.81.4) — Sanskrit
- [Mahāvastu](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.avadana.mahavastu.1.6404) — Sanskrit
- [Ekottarāgama (Sanskrit fragments)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.agama.ekottaragama.81) — Sanskrit

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