[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Buddhist Literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha) › [Taishō Tripiṭaka (Chinese Buddhist canon)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho) › [宋高僧傳](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2061) › 2.41 # 宋高僧傳 2.41 宋高僧傳 2.41 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [2.41](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2061.2.41) 遂返本國取得經迴，既達帝城，便求進見。有司具奏，天皇賞其精誠，崇斯祕典，下詔鴻臚寺典客令杜行顗與日照三藏於內共譯。譯訖，䞋絹三十匹，經留在內。波利垂泣奏曰：「委棄身命，志在利人。請帝流行，是所望也。」帝愍其專切，遂留所譯之經，還其梵本。波利得經，彌復忻喜，乃向西明寺訪得善梵語僧順貞，奏乞重翻。帝俞其請，波利遂與順貞對諸大德翻出，名曰《佛頂尊勝陀羅尼經》，與前杜令所譯者，呪韻經文少有同異。波利所願既畢，却持梵本入于五臺，莫知所之。或云波利隱金剛窟，今永興龍首岡有波利藏舍利之所焉。 > He thereupon returned to his native country, obtained the scripture, and came back. Having arrived at the imperial city, he sought an audience. The relevant officials submitted a memorial, and Heavenly Emperor praised his pure sincerity and revered this esoteric text, issuing an edict ordering Du Xingyi, Director of Guests at the Court of State Ceremonial, to translate it within the palace together with the Tripiṭaka Master Divākara. When the translation was completed, thirty bolts of silk were bestowed as a reward, and the scripture was kept inside the palace. Buddhapāli wept and memorialised, "I have cast away my life with my heart set on benefiting others. I beg the Emperor to circulate it, for this was my hope." The Emperor took pity on his single-minded dedication, and thus retained the translated scripture while returning the Sanskrit original to him. Having obtained the scripture, Buddhapāli was all the more delighted. He then went to Ximing Temple, found the monk Shunzhen who was proficient in Sanskrit, and petitioned to retranslate it. The Emperor granted his request. Buddhapāli then produced the translation together with Shunzhen before the venerable elders, titling it Uṣṇīṣavijayā-dhāraṇī-sūtra; compared with the earlier translation by Director Du, there were minor differences in the incantation's rhyme and the sūtra text. His aspiration now accomplished, Buddhapāli took the Sanskrit original and entered Mount Wutai, and no one knew where he went. Some say Buddhapāli concealed himself in the Vajra Cavern; today on Longshou Knoll in Yongxing there is the place where Buddhapāli concealed śarīras. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 2.40](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2061.2.40) - [Next: 2.42](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2061.2.42) - [Up: 2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2061.2) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2061~en-mt.2.41) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2061.2.41](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2061.2.41) · Pramāṇa