[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) › [Karunapundarikasutra](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.mahayanasutra.karunapundarika) › 327 # Karunapundarikasutra 327 Karuṇāpuṇḍarīkasūtra 327 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [327](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.mahayanasutra.karunapundarika.327) tena khalu punaḥ samayena pañcaśatā jambūdvīpakānāṃ vāṇijānāṃ mahāsamudramavatīrṇāstaistataḥ prabhūto ratnaskandha āsāditaḥ / tatra ca candro nāma sārthavāhaḥ (KpSū 370) tena bhāgyavatā vijñapuruṣeṇa cintāmaṇiḥ samāsāditaḥ / sa tato ratnadvīpādvipulaṃ ratnadhanaskandhaṃ taṃ ca cintāmaṇiṃ gṛhītvā saṃprasthitaḥ, tataḥ kṣubhitaḥ samudro nāgā ākulā rudanti devatā yāstatra nivāsinyastatra cāśvasto nāma riṣirbodhisattvaḥ pūrvapraṇidhānena tatropapannaḥ; tena mahāsattvena sa sārthaḥ svastinā kṣemeṇa ca mahāsamudrāduttāritastasya ca sārthavāhasyānyataro duṣṭarākṣasaḥ pratyarthiko 'vatāraprekṣī vivaragaveṣī pṛṣṭhataḥ pṛṣṭhataḥ samanubaddhaḥ / tena saptadivasāni paramakaluṣā vātavṛṣṭiravasṛtā; yataste vaṇijaḥ praṇaṣṭamārgā paramabhītāduccasvareṇa krandanti rudanti paridevanti, devatāmāyācanti śivavaruṇāṃ yāvan mātāpitaramākrandanti priyaputrāṃ / yāvadaśroṣīdahaṃ divyena śrotreṇa yāvattatrāgatvā vaṇijaḥ samāśvāsitāḥ, "samāgato 'haṃ; mā bhāyatha; ahaṃ yuṣmākaṃ mārgāmupadarśayiṣyāmi, yāvajjambūdvīpaṃ (KpSū 371) svastinā kṣemeṇa ca prāpsyatha" / tadāhaṃ paṭṭaṃ tailena mrakṣayitvā svahastaṃ veṣṭya agninā prajvālya satyavacanamakarot - "yadi mayā ṣaṭtriṃśadvarṣā caturbhirbrāhmairvihārairvanakhaṇḍanivāsināṃ sattvānāmarthāya hitāya navamūlaphalāhāreṇa caturaśītīnāṃ nāgayakṣasahasrāṇāṃ cittasantatiḥ paripācitā avaivartikāśca sthāpitā anuttarāyāṃ samyaksaṃbodhau / tena satyena satyavacanena kuśalamūlaparipākena jvalatu me hastaṃ; labhantu mārgaṃ vaṇijaḥ svastinā kṣemeṇa jambūdvīpaṃ prāpayantu" / yāvat saptarātridivasāḥ svahastaṃ jvālitavān, te vaṇijo jambūdvīpe sthāpitāstatra mayā praṇidhānaṃ kṛtaṃ : yadā jambūdvīpaṃ ratnaparihīṇaṃ bhavet, tad yadāhamanuttarāṃ samyaksaṃbodhimabhisaṃbudhyeyaṃ, tadā iyaṃ me āśā paripūryatu, sārthavāho bhaveyaṃ jambudvīpe saptavārāṃ cintāmaṇimānayitvā vividhaṃ ratnavarṣaṃ abhipravarṣayeyaṃ; yāvat sarvadvīpeṣvasmin buddhakṣetre evameva daśasu dikṣu gaṅgānadīvālikāsameṣu śūnyeṣu buddhakṣetreṣu pañcakaṣāyeṣu ratnaṃ pravarṣayeyaṃ, yāvatpūrvoktaṃ / (KpSū 372) evaṃ ca me āśā paripūrṇā gaṅgānadīvālikāsamānāṃ mahākalpānāmantareṇa sārthavāho 'bhūvan, gaṅgānadīvālikāsameṣu śūnyeṣu pañcakaṣāyeṣu buddhakṣetreṣu ratnāni pravarṣitāni; ekaikadvīpe saptavārāṃ vividhaṃ ratnavarṣaṃ pravarṣitaṃ / evamaprameyāsaṃkhyeyāḥ sattvā ratnaiḥ paripurṇābhiprāyāḥ kṛtāstriṣu ca yāneṣu niyojitāḥ / paśya kulaputra tathāgatasya ratnaparityāgalakṣaṇaṃ vipākakuśalamūlaṃ / - [Previous: 326](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.mahayanasutra.karunapundarika.326) - [Next: 328](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.mahayanasutra.karunapundarika.328) ## Linked texts (1) - [འཕགས་པ་སྙིང་རྗེ་པད་མ་དཀར་པོ་ཞེས་བྱ་བ་ཐེག་པ་ཆེན་པོའི་མདོ](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.mahayanasutra.karunapundarika*bo.295) — Classical Tibetan --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.mahayanasutra.karunapundarika.327](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.mahayanasutra.karunapundarika.327) · Pramāṇa