[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) › 56 # Karunapundarikasutra 56 Karuṇāpuṇḍarīkasūtra 56 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [56](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.mahayanasutra.karunapundarika.56) bhagavāṃs tān idam avocat / "bhūtapūrvaṃ kulaputraikagaṅgānadīvālikāsameṣu asaṃkhyeyeṣv atikrānteṣu asmin buddhakṣetre dhāraṇo nāma mahākalpo babhūva / tasmiṃś ca mahākalpe buddhakṣetre tasyāṃ cāturdvīpikāyāṃ araṇemī nāma rājābhūc caturdvīpakaḥ cakravartī / tasya khalv āraṇeminaḥ samudrareṇur nāma brāhmaṇo 'bhūt purohitaḥ / tasya putro jāto dvātriṃśanmahāpuruṣalakṣaṇaiḥ samanvāgataḥ aśītibhir anuvyañjanair virājitaḥ śatapuṇyalakṣaṇo vyāmaprabhaḥ nyagrodhaparimaṇḍalo 'secanakadarśanaḥ / jātamātrasya ca devaśatasahasraiḥ pūjāṃ kṛtvā samudragarbha iti nāma sthāpitaṃ / so 'pareṇa samayena niṣkramya keśaśmaśrūṇy avatārya kāṣāṇi vastrāṇy ācchādya (KpSū 53) anuttarāṃ samyaksaṃbodhim abhisaṃbuddhaḥ, ratnagarbho nāma tathāgata udapādi, dharmacakrapravartanena sa bhagavān bhahuprāṇakoṭīnayutaśatasahasrāṃ svargamokṣaphale pratiṣṭhāpitavān / so 'pareṇa samayena bahuśrāvakakoṭīnayutaśatasahasraiḥ parivṛtaḥ puraskṛto grāmanagaranigama janapadarāṣṭrarājadhānīṣu caryāṃ cañcūryamāṇo 'nupūrveṇānyataraṃ nagaraṃ anuprāpto, yatrāsau rājā cakravartī vasati / tatra "bahir nagarasya nātidūre jambūvano nāmodyāne ratnagarbhas tathāgato 'rhan samyaksaṃbuddho viharati sārdham anekaiḥ śrāvakakoṭīnayutaśatasahasrair" iti aśroṣīd, rājāraṇemī "ratnagarbhas tathāgato 'rhan samyakasaṃbuddho 'smākaṃ vijitam anuprāpto jambūvanodyāne viharati anekaiḥ śrāvakakoṭīnayutaśatasahasraiḥ sārdhaṃ / yan nūnam ahaṃ upasaṃkrāmayeyam, upasaṃkramya taṃ tathāgatam satkuryāṃ gurukuryāṃ mānayeyaṃ" / athāraṇemī rājārājarddhyā mahatā ca rājānubhāvenānekaiḥ prāṇikoṭīnayutāśatasahasraiḥ parivṛtaḥ puraskṛto nagarān nirjagāma, yena jambūvanodyānaṃ tenopajagāmopetya, yāvad eva yānasya bhūmis tāvad yānena yātvā padbhyām evārāmaṃ prāviśad, yena (KpSū 54) ratnagarbhas tathāgatas tenopajagāma; upetya ratnagarbhasya tathāgatasyārhataḥ samyaksaṃbuddhasya pādau śirasā vanditvā triṣkṛtvaḥ pradakṣiṇīkṛtyaikānte nyaṣīdad, ekānte niṣaṇṇaṃ rājānam araṇeminaṃ ratnagarbhas tathāgato 'rhan samyaksaṃbuddho dhārmyā kathayā saṃdarśayati samādāpayati samuttejayati saṃpraharṣayati / anekaparyāyeṇa dhārmyā kathayā saṃdarśayitvā samādāpayitvā samuttejayitvā saṃpraharṣayitvā tūṣṇīm abhūt / - [Previous: 55](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.mahayanasutra.karunapundarika.55) - [Next: 57](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.mahayanasutra.karunapundarika.57) ## 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.39) — Classical Tibetan --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.mahayanasutra.karunapundarika.56](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.mahayanasutra.karunapundarika.56) · Pramāṇa