[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) › [菩薩從兜術天降神母胎說廣普經](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.384) › 2.16 # 菩薩從兜術天降神母胎說廣普經 2.16 菩薩從兜術天降神母胎說廣普經 2.16 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [2.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.384.2.16) 「摩伽山所出，花香及栴檀， 三界所有香，不如戒香勝。 戒香滅眾垢，往來入無間； 菩薩不退轉，涅槃香第一。 譬如善射人，仰射於虛空； 箭勢不盡空，尋復墮于地； 德香遠無際，終不有轉還。 今說佛身香，戒、定、慧解度， 於億百千劫，不能盡佛香； 若於千萬劫，佛讚佛功德， 大聖不能盡，佛身戒德香。 諸佛威儀法，授前補處別， 口中五色香，上至忉利天； 還來至佛所，遶佛身七匝。 諸天散花香，稱歎未曾有； 定香遠流布，濟度阿僧祇。」 > "The floral fragrances and candana > Produced on Mount Gandhamādana, > And all the fragrances across the three realms, > Are not as supreme as the fragrance of morality. > The fragrance of morality destroys all defilements, > Coming and going, penetrating even the Avīci \[hell\]; > For a non-retrogressing bodhisattva, > The fragrance of nirvāṇa is foremost. > Like a skilled archer > Shooting upwards into empty space: > The force of the arrow not exhausting the void, > It quickly falls back down to earth; > Yet the fragrance of virtue extends endlessly far, > Never to turn back or return. > Now I speak of the fragrance of the Buddha's body— > Morality, samādhi, wisdom, and liberation: > Even through hundreds of thousands of koṭis of kalpas, > One could not exhaust the Buddha's fragrance. > Even if for thousands of myriads of kalpas, > A Buddha were to praise a Buddha's merits, > That Great Sage could not exhaust > The fragrance of moral virtue of the Buddha's body. > By the awe-inspiring Dharma of the Buddhas, > When conferring prophecy upon the one next in succession, > A five-coloured fragrance from his mouth > Ascends up to the Trāyastriṃśa Heaven; > Returning again to the Buddha's place, > It circumambulates the Buddha's body seven times. > All the devas scatter fragrant flowers, > Praising it as unprecedented; > The fragrance of samādhi spreads afar, > Delivering asaṃkhyeyas \[of beings\]." > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 2.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.384.2.15) - [Next: 2.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.384.2.17) - [Up: 2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.384.2) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.384~en-mt.2.16) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.384.2.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.384.2.16) · Pramāṇa