[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Buddhist Literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha) › [Buddhist Sanskrit literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit) › [Mahāyāna sūtras](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.mahayanasutra) › [Karandavyuhasutra](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.mahayanasutra.karandavyuha) › 21.3 # Karandavyuhasutra 21.3 Kāraṇḍavyūhasūtra 21.3 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [21.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.mahayanasutra.karandavyuha.21.3) atha sarvanīvaraṇaviṣkabhī bhagavantametadavocat - kuto bhagavan ṣaḍakṣarī mahāvidyā prāpyate? bhagavānāha - durlabhā kulaputra sā ṣaḍakṣarī mahāvidyā / na ca tathāgatā jānanti prāgeva bodhisattvabhūtāḥ / atha sarvanīvaraṇaviṣkambhī bhagavantametadavocat - yadbhagavan tathāgatā arhantaḥ samyaksaṃbuddhā na jānanti? bhagavānāha - kulaputra sā ṣaḍakṣarī mahāvidyā tvavalokiteśvarasya paramahṛdayam / yaśca paramahṛdayaṃ jānāti sa mokṣaṃ jānāti / atha sarvanīvaraṇaviṣkambhī bhagavantametadavocat - asti bhagavan kecitsattvā ye ṣaḍakṣarīṃ mahāvidyāṃ jānanti? bhagavānāha - na kaścijjānīte kulaputra / ṣaḍakṣarī mahāvidyā rājñī / eṣā durāsadā aprameyā yoginastathāgatā jānanti prāgeva bodhisattvabhūtāḥ / asyāḥ kulaputra ṣaḍakṣarīmahāvidyāyāḥ kāraṇena sarve tathāgatāḥ ṣoḍaśakalyāṇasaṃkhyeyāḥ paribhramitāḥ prāgeva bodhisattvabhūtāḥ kuto jānanti? ayaṃ sa paramahṛdayaḥ avalokiteśvarasya / yo 'pyayaṃ paribhramati jaganmaṇḍale, kaścijjānīte ṣaḍakṣarīṃ mahāvidyām / puṇyavantaste sattvā ye ṣaḍakṣarīṃ mahāvidyāṃ satataparigrahaṃ japābhiyuktā bhavanti / tasyā japakāle tu navanavatigaṅgānadīvālukopamāstathāgatāḥ saṃnipatanti, paramāṇurajopamā bodhisattvāḥ saṃnipatanti, ṣaṭpāramitā dvārasthā bhavanti / anye ca dvātriṃśaddevanikāyāḥ devaputrāḥ saṃnipatitāḥ / cattvāraśca mahārājānaścatasro diśo rakṣanti / sāgaraśca nāgarājaḥ / anavataptaśca nāgarājaḥ / takṣakaśca nāgarājaḥ / vāsukirnāgarājaḥ - evaṃpramukhānyanekāni nāgarājakoṭīniyutaśatasahasrāṇi dharaṇīṃ parirakṣanti / anye ca bhaumā yakṣāḥ / anye cāvakāśaṃ rakṣanti / tasya kulaputrasya ekaikaromavivare (Vaidya 293) tathāgatakoṭyo viśramanti, viśramitvā sādhukāramanuprayanti - sādhu sādhu kulaputra, yastvamīdṛśaṃ cintāmaṇiratnalabdhalābho 'si / vimokṣitāste saptakulavaṃśā jātiparaṃparayā / ye ca tava kulaputra kukṣigatāḥ prāṇinaḥ, sarve te 'vaivartikā bodhisattvā bhaviṣyanti / yaḥ kaścidimāṃ dhārayet ṣaḍakṣarīṃ mahāvidyāṃ kāyagatāṃ kaṇṭhagatāṃ vā, sa kulaputra vajrakāyaśarīra iti veditavyaḥ, dhātustūpa iti veditavyaḥ, tathāgatajñānakoṭiriti veditavyaḥ / yaḥ kaścitkulaputro vā kuladuhitā vā imāṃ ṣaḍakṣarīṃ mahāvidyāṃ japanti so 'kṣayapratibhāno bhavati / jñānarāśiviśuddho bhavati / mahākaruṇayā samanvāgato bhavati / sa dine dine ṣaṭpāramitāḥ paripūrayati / vidyādharacakravartyabhiṣekaṃ pratilabhate / yasya kasyaciducchavasyocchvāsapraśvāsaṃ dadāti maitryā vā dveṣeṇa vā, sarve te 'vaivartikādhisattvā bhavanti, kṣipraṃ cānuttarāṃ samyaksaṃbodhimabhisaṃbudhyante / ye kecidvastrasparśanenāpi spṛśanti, sarve te caramabhavikā bodhisattvā bhaveyuḥ / darśanamātreṇa strī vā puruṣo vā dārikā vā mṛgapakṣiṇo gomahiṣagardabhādayaśca cakṣurdarśanenāpi paśyanti, sarve te caramabhavikā bodhisattvā bhaveyuḥ, jātijarāvyādhimaraṇaduḥkhapriyaviprayogavihīṇā bhaveyuḥ / acintyā yoginaśca bhaveyuḥ / evaṃ tu ṣaḍakṣarīṃ mahāvidyāṃ japamānasya saṃcodano bhavati // - [Previous: 21.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.mahayanasutra.karandavyuha.21.2) - [Next: 21.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.mahayanasutra.karandavyuha.21.4) - [Up: 21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.mahayanasutra.karandavyuha.21) ## Linked texts (2) - [Guṇakāraṇḍavyūha](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.nepal.gunakarandavyuha.3513) — Sanskrit - [འཕགས་པ་ཟ་མ་ཏོག་བཀོད་པ་ཞེས་བྱ་བ་ཐེག་པ་ཆེན་པོའི་མདོ](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.mahayanasutra.karandavyuha*bo.3.15) — Classical Tibetan --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.mahayanasutra.karandavyuha.21.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.mahayanasutra.karandavyuha.21.3) · Pramāṇa