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沙門達摩笈多。隋言法密。南賢豆國人。雖學年慕道落彩。冠字之暮戒具。尋師遍歷大小乘國。聞見既廣藝業尤多。遂發大心遊方利物。凡所至國唯以講說為懷。暨開皇十年來屆瓜州。文帝延入京寺。至止未久大通隋言。勅於大興善寺。譯無所有菩薩經（四卷）。護國菩薩經（二卷）。佛華嚴入如來不思議境界經（二卷）。大集譬喻王經（二卷）。東方最勝燈王如來經（一卷）。移識經（二卷）。大乘三聚懺悔經（一卷）。大方等大雲請雨經（一卷）。義理允正稱經微旨。然而慈恕立身恭和成性。心非道外行在說前。戒地夷而靜。定水幽而潔。經洞字原論探聲意。容儀祥正勤節高猛。誦響繼昏晨。法言通內外。好端居而簡務。貴寡欲而息求。無倦誨人有踰利己。至煬帝定鼎東都。敬重隆篤。復於上林園內置翻經館。譯法炬陀羅尼經（二十卷）。起世經（十卷）。大方等大集菩薩念佛三昧經（十卷）。緣生經（二卷）。菩提資糧論（六卷）。金剛般若經論（二卷）。緣生論（一卷）。大方等善住意天子所問經（四卷）。藥師如來本願功德經（一卷）。攝大乘論（十卷）。從開皇十年至大業末歲。譯經一十八部合八十一卷。並文義清素華質顯正。沙門彥琮行矩等筆受。

Śramaṇa Dharmagupta, in Sui called Fami (Dharma Secret), was a native of Southern India. Although in his years of study he longed for the Way and shaved off his hair, it was only in his later years of adulthood that he received full ordination. Seeking masters, he travelled throughout the countries of both Mahāyāna and Hīnayāna. His learning having become broad, his accomplishments were exceptionally numerous. Thereupon he aroused the great aspiration, wandering to benefit living beings. Wherever he went, he was concerned only with lecturing and explaining. In the tenth year of Kaihuang, he arrived at Gua Prefecture. Emperor Wen invited him to the capital monasteries. Not long after his arrival, he gained a great command of the Sui language. By imperial decree at Daxingshan Monastery he translated: the Bodhisattva-ākiñcanya Sūtra (4 fascicles); the Rāṣṭrapāla Bodhisattva Sūtra (2 fascicles); the Buddhāvataṃsaka Sūtra on Entering the Inconceivable Realm of the Tathāgatas (2 fascicles); the Mahāsaṃnipāta Parable King Sūtra (2 fascicles); the Eastern Supreme Lamp King Tathāgata Sūtra (1 fascicle); the Sūtra on the Transference of Consciousness (2 fascicles); the Mahāyāna Three-Aggregate Repentance Sūtra (1 fascicle); and the Mahāvaipulya Great Cloud Rain-Requesting Sūtra (1 fascicle). The meanings and principles were proper and conformed to the subtle tenets of the sūtras. Moreover, he established himself with compassion and forbearance, and his disposition was formed in reverence and harmony. His mind never strayed outside the Way, and his practice preceded his speech. The ground of his precepts was level and still; the water of his concentration was profound and clear. In the sūtras he penetrated the origins of words, and in the treatises he investigated the significance of sounds. His demeanor was auspicious and correct; his diligent discipline was noble and fierce. The sound of his chanting continued from evening to dawn; his words of Dharma embraced both the inner and outer. He was fond of dwelling in solitude and reducing his affairs, prizing few desires and ceasing pursuit. Untiring in instructing others, he valued that more than benefiting himself. When Emperor Yang established his capital at the Eastern Capital, he revered him with profound earnestness. He set up a scripture translation institute within the Shanglin Park, where [Dharmagupta] translated: the Dharma-torch Dhāraṇī Sūtra (20 fascicles); the Lokasthiti Sūtra (10 fascicles); the Mahāvaipulya Mahāsaṃnipāta Bodhisattva Buddhānusmṛti-samādhi Sūtra (10 fascicles); the Pratītyasamutpāda Sūtra (2 fascicles); the Bodhisambhāra Treatises (6 fascicles); the Vajracchedikā-prajñāpāramitā-sūtra Treatise (2 fascicles); the Pratītyasamutpāda Treatise (1 fascicle); the Mahāvaipulya Sūtra of the Questions of the Devaputra Susthitamati (4 fascicles); the Bhaiṣajyaguru-tathāgata Pūrvapraṇidhānaguṇa Sūtra (1 fascicle); and the Mahāyānasaṃgraha (10 fascicles). From the tenth year of Kaihuang to the end of the Daye era, he translated eighteen works in eighty-one fascicles. In all of them, the literary style and doctrinal meaning were clear and plain, the ornate and simple being manifestly correct. The śramaṇas Yancong, Xingju, and others served as scribes.