དམ་པའ་ཆས་པད་མ་དཀར་པ་ཞས་བྱ་བ་ཐག་པ་ཆན་པའ་མད 9.23

9.23

When there appeared Bhīṣma­garjita­svara­rāja,
The guide of devas, humans, yakṣas, and rākṣasas.
Devas and humans made offerings to that great muni. {1}

“When that jina had passed into nirvāṇa,
In the final stage of the disarray of the Dharma
There appeared a bodhisattva bhikṣu,
And his name was Sadāparibhūta. {2}

“He came before other bhikṣus, and similarly
Those who believed in objective truth,
Saying, ‘I would never ridicule you.
You are practicing for the highest enlightenment.’ {3}

“He made this proclamation,
Always enduring abuse and condemnation.
When he was dying,
He heard this sūtra. {4}

“Then the wise one did not die at that time
And his life was empowered to be extremely long,
And within the teaching of that Guide,
In that time he taught this sūtra. {5}

“He even ripened for enlightenment
All those who had the view of objective truth.
Then, after that bodhisattva passed away,
He pleased thousands of millions of buddhas. {6}

“Through that merit he created
He always taught this sūtra, and finally
That bodhisattva attained enlightenment,
And he was me, Śākyamuni. {7}

“In that time the wise one proclaimed enlightenment
To the bhikṣus, bhikṣuṇīs, upāsakas,
And upāsikās who were there at that time,
And who held the view of objective reality. {8}

“They saw many millions of buddhas;
Those who numbered no fewer than five hundred,
Are the bhikṣus, bhikṣuṇīs,
and upāsakas present before me now. {9}

“They all heard from me the highest Dharma
And it was I who ripened them all.
When I am in nirvāṇa, all these heroes
Will be holders in this world of this highest sūtra. {10}

“For many millions of endless eons
This kind of Dharma will never be heard.
Even though billions of buddhas appear
This sūtra will not be taught by them. {11}