菩薩從兜術天降神母胎說廣普經 6.12

6.12

"I was once the Kṛttikā nakṣatra, with six companions, having a measure of thirty degrees. I was once the Rohiṇī nakṣatra, with five associates, having a measure of forty-five degrees. I was once the Mṛgaśīrṣa nakṣatra, with three associates, having a measure of thirty degrees. I was once the Ārdrā nakṣatra, alone by myself, having a measure of fifteen degrees. I was once the Punarvasu nakṣatra, with two associates, having a measure of forty-five degrees. I was once the Puṣya nakṣatra, with three associates, having a measure of forty degrees. I was once the Āśleṣā nakṣatra, with four associates, having a measure of fifteen degrees. Bodhisattvas, you should know that these seven nakṣatras stand in the east. I was once the Maghā nakṣatra, with five associates, having a measure of thirty degrees. I was once the Pūrvaphālgunī nakṣatra, with two companions, having a measure of thirty degrees. I was once the Uttaraphālgunī nakṣatra, with two companions, having a measure of thirty-five degrees. I was once the Hasta nakṣatra, with five companions, having a measure of thirty degrees. I was once the Citrā nakṣatra, alone by myself, having a measure of thirty degrees. I was once the Svātī nakṣatra, also alone by myself, having a measure of fifteen degrees. I was once the Viśākhā nakṣatra, with two companions, having a measure of thirty-five degrees. Bodhisattvas, you should know that these seven nakṣatras stand in the south. I was once the Anurādhā nakṣatra, with four companions, having a measure of thirty degrees. I was once the Jyeṣṭhā nakṣatra, with three companions, having a measure of fifteen degrees. I was once the Mūla nakṣatra, with three companions, having a measure of thirty degrees. I was once the Pūrvāṣāḍhā nakṣatra, with four companions, having a measure of thirty degrees. I was once the Uttarāṣāḍhā nakṣatra, with four companions, having a measure of thirty-five degrees. I was once the Abhijit nakṣatra, with three companions, having a measure of sixteen degrees. I was once the Śravaṇā nakṣatra, with three companions, having a measure of thirty degrees. Bodhisattvas, you should know that these seven nakṣatras stand in the west. I was once the Śatabhiṣaj nakṣatra, with four companions, having a measure of thirty degrees. I was once the Pūrvabhādrapadā nakṣatra, alone by myself, having a measure of fifteen degrees. I was once the Uttarabhādrapadā nakṣatra, with two associates, having a measure of thirty degrees. I was once the Revatī nakṣatra, with two companions, having a measure of thirty-five degrees. I was once the Aśvinī nakṣatra, with two companions, having a measure of thirty degrees. I was once the Bharaṇī nakṣatra, with two companions, having a measure of thirty degrees. I was once the Kṛttikā-associated nakṣatra, with three companions, having a measure of thirty degrees. Bodhisattvas, you should know that these seven nakṣatras stand in the north."