དམ་པའ་ཆས་པད་མ་དཀར་པ་ཞས་བྱ་བ་ཐག་པ་ཆན་པའ་མད 3.3

3.3

Today I have become freed from sorrow.”

Then at that time Brother Śāriputra addressed these verses to the Bhagavān:

“Great Guide, I am astonished.
I am content on hearing these words.
From now on, I will never have doubts.
I am ripened in this supreme yāna. {1}

“The teaching of the Sugata is marvelous.
It clears away the doubts and misery of beings.
My defilements have ceased and there is no misery.
Hearing your speech has dispelled everything. {2}

“Sitting and walking during the day
In forests, in groves, and under trees,
Dwelling in mountains and in caves
I contemplated with these thoughts: {3}

“ ‘Alas! I have been deceived by bad thoughts
Of the equal accessibility of the Dharma teachings, free of defilements.
I will not be teaching in future times
That which is the highest Dharma in the three realms. {4}

“ ‘Alas!¹⁷³ I was deluded about the equal accessibility of the dharmas.
I am deprived of the thirty-two signs.
I am deprived of the shining color of gold.
I am devoid of all the strengths and the liberations. {5}

“ ‘Alas! I am deceived, and deprived also
Of the full eighty supreme,
Excellent features of a great muni,
And the unique eighteen qualities.’ {6}

“Having seen you who compassionately benefits the world,
I went to sit alone in the day’s time of rest.
I considered, ‘Alas! I have gone astray
From inconceivable, unobstructed wisdom!’ {7}

“Protector, in that way throughout day and night
I contemplated this over and over,
Thinking I shall ask the Bhagavān,
‘Have I strayed or have I not?’ {8}

“This is how I was thinking, Lord of Jinas,
All the time, throughout day and night.
I saw many other bodhisattvas
Being praised by the Guide of the World. {9}

“I heard this Dharma of the Buddha
That was taught with a hidden meaning.
The Jina taught at the Bodhimaṇḍa
An inconceivable, subtle, immaculate wisdom. {10}