MĀ 32 adbhutadharmasūtram

[Translated originally from the Sanskrit Sarvāstivāda Madhyamāgama to Classical Chinese by a team led by Sarvāstivāda scholar Gautama Saṃghadeva of Kāśmīra in 398CE.
Translated from the Chinese Taisho Tripiṭaka back to Sanskrit by Ramakrishnan Suryanarayanan in 2024-26.]

madhyamāgame 'dbhutadharmavarge 'dbhutadharmasūtraṃ prathamam.

evaṃ mayā śrutam. ekasmin samaye bhagavāñchrāvastyāṃ viharati sma jetavane 'nāthapiṇḍadasyārāme.

tasmin samaye 'yuṣmān ānandaḥ sāyāhne pratisaṃlayanād vyutthāya yena bhagavāṃs tenopasaṅkrāmat, upasaṅkramya bhagavataḥ pādau śirasābhivandyaikānte 'tiṣṭhat. ekānte sthita āyuṣmān ānando bhagavantam etad avocat—śrutaṃ me, bhagavan, bhagavatā kāśyapasya samyaksambuddhasyāntike prathamaṃ bodhāya praṇihitaṃ brahmacaryaṃ ca cīrṇam iti. yad bhadanta bhagavatā kāśyapasya samyaksambuddhasyāntike prathamaṃ bodhāya praṇihitaṃ brahmacaryaṃ ca cīrṇam—imam ahaṃ bhagavata āścaryam adbhutadharmaṃ dhārayāmi.

śrutaṃ me, bhagavan, bhagavatā kāśyapasya samyaksambuddhasyāntike prathamaṃ bodhāya praṇidhāya brahmacaryaṃ caritvā tuṣite devaloka upapannam iti. yad bhadanta bhagavatā kāśyapasya samyaksambuddhasyāntike prathamaṃ bodhāya praṇidhāya brahmacaryaṃ caritvā tuṣite devaloka upapannam—imam ahaṃ bhagavata āścaryam adbhutadharmaṃ dhārayāmi.

śrutaṃ me, bhagavan, bhagavāṃs tuṣite devaloka upapannas tribhir dharmaiḥ pūrvakāṃs tuṣitān devān abhibhūyātiṣṭhat, yaduta divyenāyuṣā divyena varṇena divyena yaśasā ca. tena khalu tuṣitā devā āttamanaso hṛṣṭāḥ pramuditās taṃ devaputram abhyaṣṭuvan—aho āścaryo devaputrasyāho adbhuto devaputro, maharddhiko mahānubhāvo mahāpuṇyo mahātejasvī ceti. tat kasya hetoḥ? sa hi paścād upapannas tribhir dharmaiḥ pūrvakāṃs tuṣitān devān abhibhūyātiṣṭhat, yaduta divyenāyuṣā divyena varṇena divyena yaśasā ca. yad bhadanta bhagavāṃs tuṣite devaloka upapannas tribhir dharmaiḥ pūrvakāṃs tuṣitān devān abhibhūyātiṣṭhat, yaduta divyenāyuṣā divyena varṇena divyena yaśasā ca, tena khalu tuṣitā devā āttamanaso hṛṣṭāḥ pramuditās taṃ devaputram abhyaṣṭuvan—aho āścaryo devaputrasyāho adbhuto devaputro, maharddhiko mahānubhāvo mahāpuṇyo mahātejasvī ceti, tat kasya hetoḥ, sa hi paścād upapannas tribhir dharmaiḥ pūrvakāṃs tuṣitān devān abhibhūyātiṣṭhat, yaduta divyenāyuṣā divyena varṇena divyena yaśasā ca—imam ahaṃ bhagavata āścaryam adbhutadharmaṃ dhārayāmi.

śrutaṃ me, bhagavan, bhagavāṃs tuṣite devalokāc cyutvā samprajāna eva mātuḥ kukṣim avakrāmat. tasmin samaye 'yaṃ mahāpṛthivī sākampata prākampata samprakampata. mahatā codāreṇa divyena prabhāsena bhagavān lokaṃ prabhāsayāmāsa. yā api tā andhakāratāmisrā lokāntarikā, yatremau sūryācandramasau maharddhikau mahānubhāvau mahāpuṇyau mahātejasvinau na bhāsato na tapataḥ, tā api tena prabhāsenāvabhāsitā abhūvan. ye 'pi tatra sattvā upapannās te 'pi tena prabhāsenaivānyonyam abhijānanti sma—āścaryaḥ sattva iha jātaḥ, āścaryaḥ sattva iha jāta iti. yad bhadanta bhagavāṃs tuṣite devalokāc cyutvā samprajāna eva mātuḥ kukṣim avakrāmat, tasmin samaye 'yaṃ mahāpṛthivī sākampata prākampata samprakampata, mahatā codāreṇa divyena prabhāsena bhagavān lokaṃ prabhāsayāmāsa, yāvad yā api tā andhakāratāmisrā lokāntarikā, yatremau sūryācandramasau maharddhikau mahānubhāvau mahāpuṇyau mahātejasvinau na bhāsato na tapataḥ, tā api tena prabhāsenāvabhāsitā abhūvan, ye 'pi tatra sattvā upapannās te 'pi tena prabhāsenaivānyonyam abhijānanti sma—āścaryaḥ sattva iha jātaḥ, āścaryaḥ sattva iha jāta iti—imam ahaṃ bhagavata āścaryam adbhutadharmaṃ dhārayāmi.

śrutaṃ me, bhagavan, bhagavān samprajāna eva mātuḥ kukṣau dakṣiṇapārśvam āśrito 'vasat. yad bhadanta bhagavān samprajāna eva mātuḥ kukṣau dakṣiṇapārśvam āśrito 'vasat—imam ahaṃ bhagavata āścaryam adbhutadharmaṃ dhārayāmi. śrutaṃ me, bhagavan, bhagavān prasāritagātra eva mātuḥ kukṣāv avasat. yad bhadanta bhagavān prasāritagātra eva mātuḥ kukṣāv avasat—imam ahaṃ bhagavata āścaryam adbhutadharmaṃ dhārayāmi. śrutaṃ me, bhagavan, bhagavāṃś channa eva mātuḥ kukṣāv avasat, śoṇitena vā śukreṇa vānyair vāśucibhir anavaliptaḥ. yad bhadanta bhagavāṃś channa eva mātuḥ kukṣāv avasat, śoṇitena vā śukreṇa vānyair vāśucibhir anavaliptaḥ—imam ahaṃ bhagavata āścaryam adbhutadharmaṃ dhārayāmi.

śrutaṃ me, bhagavan, bhagavān samprajāna eva mātuḥ kukṣer nirakrāmat. tasmin samaye 'yaṃ mahāpṛthivī sākampata prākampata samprakampata. mahatā codāreṇa divyena prabhāsena bhagavān lokaṃ prabhāsayāmāsa. yā api tā andhakāratāmisrā lokāntarikā, yatremau sūryācandramasau maharddhikau mahānubhāvau mahāpuṇyau mahātejasvinau na bhāsato na tapataḥ, tā api tena prabhāsenāvabhāsitā abhūvan. ye 'pi tatra sattvā upapannās te 'pi tena prabhāsenaivānyonyam abhijānanti sma—āścaryaḥ sattva iha jātaḥ, āścaryaḥ sattva iha jāta iti. yad bhadanta bhagavān samprajāna eva mātuḥ kukṣer nirakrāmat, tasmin samaye 'yaṃ mahāpṛthivī sākampata prākampata samprakampata, mahatā codāreṇa divyena prabhāsena bhagavān lokaṃ prabhāsayāmāsa, yāvad yā api tā andhakāratāmisrā lokāntarikā, yatremau sūryācandramasau maharddhikau mahānubhāvau mahāpuṇyau mahātejasvinau na bhāsato na tapataḥ, tā api tena prabhāsenāvabhāsitā abhūvan, ye 'pi tatra sattvā upapannās te 'pi tena prabhāsenaivānyonyam abhijānanti sma—āścaryaḥ sattva iha jātaḥ, āścaryaḥ sattva iha jāta iti—imam ahaṃ bhagavata āścaryam adbhutadharmaṃ dhārayāmi.

śrutaṃ me, bhagavan, bhagavān prasāritagātra eva mātuḥ kukṣer nirakrāmat. yad bhadanta bhagavān prasāritagātra eva mātuḥ kukṣer nirakrāmat—imam ahaṃ bhagavata āścaryam adbhutadharmaṃ dhārayāmi. śrutaṃ me, bhagavan, bhagavāṃś channa eva mātuḥ kukṣer nirakrāmat, śoṇitena vā śukreṇa vānyair vāśucibhir anavaliptaḥ. yad bhadanta bhagavāṃś channa eva mātuḥ kukṣer nirakrāmat, śoṇitena vā śukreṇa vānyair vāśucibhir anavaliptaḥ—imam ahaṃ bhagavata āścaryam adbhutadharmaṃ dhārayāmi.

śrutaṃ me, bhagavan, bhagavati jātamātre catvāro devaputrāḥ sūkṣmavastrāṇy ādāya mātuḥ purataḥ sthitvā mātaraṃ praharṣayanto 'bhyaṣṭuvan—āścaryo 'yaṃ kumāraḥ, adbhutaḥ kumāro, maharddhiko mahānubhāvo mahāpuṇyo mahātejasvī ceti. yad bhadanta bhagavati jātamātre catvāro devaputrāḥ sūkṣmavastrāṇy ādāya mātuḥ purataḥ sthitvā mātaraṃ praharṣayanto 'bhyaṣṭuvan, āścaryo 'yaṃ kumāraḥ, adbhutaḥ kumāro, maharddhiko mahānubhāvo mahāpuṇyo mahātejasvī ceti—imam ahaṃ bhagavata āścaryam adbhutadharmaṃ dhārayāmi.

śrutaṃ me, bhagavan, bhagavāñ jātamātra eva saptapadāni prakrāmati sma, abhīto 'nutrasto 'saṃvignaḥ sarvā diśo vyalokayati sma. yad bhadanta bhagavāñ jātamātra eva saptapadāni prakrāmati sma, abhīto 'nutrasto 'saṃvignaḥ sarvā diśo vyalokayati sma—imam ahaṃ bhagavata āścaryam adbhutadharmaṃ dhārayāmi.

śrutaṃ me, bhagavan, bhagavati jātamātre mātuḥ purato mahatī puṣkariṇī prādurabhūt pūrṇataṭā, yasyāṃ mātā śuddhāya snānam akarot. yad bhadanta bhagavati jātamātre mātuḥ purato mahatī puṣkariṇī prādurabhūt pūrṇataṭā, yasyāṃ mātā śuddhāya snānam akarot—imam ahaṃ bhagavata āścaryam adbhutadharmaṃ dhārayāmi.

śrutaṃ me, bhagavan, bhagavati jātamātre 'ntarikṣād dve vāridhāre prādurabhūtām, ekā śītāparā uṣṇā, yābhyāṃ bhagavataḥ snānam akriyata. yad bhadanta bhagavati jātamātre 'ntarikṣād dve vāridhāre prādurabhūtām, ekā śītāparā uṣṇā, yābhyāṃ bhagavataḥ snānam akriyata—imam ahaṃ bhagavata āścaryam adbhutadharmaṃ dhārayāmi.

śrutaṃ me, bhagavan, bhagavati jātamātre devā antarikṣe divyāni tūryāṇi vādayāmāsuḥ, nīlotpalapadmakumudapuṇḍarīkāni māndāravapuṣpāṇi sūkṣmacandanacūrṇāni ca bhagavata upari vyavākiran. yad bhadanta bhagavati jātamātre devā antarikṣe divyāni tūryāṇi vādayāmāsuḥ, nīlotpalapadmakumudapuṇḍarīkāni māndāravapuṣpāṇi sūkṣmacandanacūrṇāni ca bhagavata upari vyavākiran—imam ahaṃ bhagavata āścaryam adbhutadharmaṃ dhārayāmi.

śrutaṃ me, bhagavan, bhagavān ekadā pituḥ śuddhodanasya rājñaḥ kṣetre divā kṣetrakarma prekṣamāṇo jambūvṛkṣamūle niṣaṇṇa āsīt. sa vivicyaiva kāmebhyo vivicya pāpakebhyo 'kuśalebhyo dharmebhyaḥ, savitarkaṃ savicāraṃ vivekajaṃ prītisukhaṃ prathamadhyānam upasaṃpadya vyaharat. tasmin samaye 'parāhṇe sarveṣām anyavṛkṣāṇāṃ chāyā vyavartanta, kevalaṃ jambūvṛkṣasya chāyā na vyavartata bhagavantaṃ chādayantī. atha śuddhodano rājā kṣetrakarma prekṣamāṇaḥ karṣakān pṛcchati sma—he karṣakāḥ, kumāraḥ kutrāstīti. karṣakā avadan—deva, kumāra idānīṃ jambūvṛkṣamūle 'stīti. atha śuddhodano rājā yena jambūvṛkṣas tenopasaṅkrāmat. upasaṅkramyāparāhṇe sarveṣām anyavṛkṣāṇāṃ chāyā vyavṛttā dadarśa, kevalaṃ jambūvṛkṣasya chāyāṃ bhagavantaṃ chādayantīm avyavṛttām. dṛṣṭvā cāsyaivam abhavat—āścaryo 'yaṃ kumāraḥ, adbhutaḥ kumāro, maharddhiko mahānubhāvo mahāpuṇyo mahātejasvī ca. tat kasya hetoḥ? aparāhṇe sarveṣām anyavṛkṣāṇāṃ chāyā vyavṛttāḥ, kevalaṃ jambūvṛkṣasya chāyā na vyavṛttā kumāraṃ chādayantīti. yad bhadanta bhagavato 'parāhṇe sarveṣām anyavṛkṣāṇāṃ chāyā vyavartanta, kevalaṃ jambūvṛkṣasya chāyā na vyavartata bhagavantaṃ chādayantī—imam ahaṃ bhagavata āścaryam adbhutadharmaṃ dhārayāmi.

śrutaṃ me, bhagavan, bhagavān ekadā vaiśālyāṃ mahāvane viharati sma. atha bhagavān prabhāte nivāsya pātracīvaram ādāya vaiśālīṃ piṇḍāyāviśat. vaiśālyāṃ piṇḍāya caritvā paścādbhaktapiṇḍapātapratikrāntaḥ pātracīvaraṃ pratiśāmya pādau prakṣālya niṣīdanaṃ skandhe kṣiptvā mahāvanaṃ praviśyaikatālavṛkṣamūle niṣīdam āstīrya paryaṅkam ābhujya niṣasāda. tasmin samaye 'parāhṇe sarveṣām anyavṛkṣāṇāṃ chāyā vyavartanta, kevalaṃ tālavṛkṣasya chāyā na vyavartata bhagavantaṃ chādayantī. atha mahānāmaḥ śākyas tatra paribhraman yena mahāvanaṃ tenopasaṅkrāmat. sa tatra mahāvane 'parāhṇe sarveṣām anyavṛkṣāṇāṃ chāyā vyavṛttā dadarśa, kevalaṃ tālavṛkṣasya chāyāṃ bhagavantaṃ chādayantīm avyavṛttām. dṛṣṭvā cāsyaivam abhavat—āścaryaḥ śramaṇo gautamaḥ, adbhutaḥ śramaṇo gautamo, maharddhiko mahānubhāvo mahāpuṇyo mahātejasvī ca. tat kasya hetoḥ? aparāhṇe sarveṣām anyavṛkṣāṇāṃ chāyā vyavṛttāḥ, kevalaṃ tālavṛkṣasya chāyā na vyavṛttā śramaṇaṃ gautamaṃ chādayantīti. yad bhadanta bhagavato 'parāhṇe sarveṣām anyavṛkṣāṇāṃ chāyā vyavartanta, kevalaṃ tālavṛkṣasya chāyā na vyavartata bhagavantaṃ chādayantī—imam ahaṃ bhagavata āścaryam adbhutadharmaṃ dhārayāmi.

śrutaṃ me, bhagavan, bhagavān ekadā vaiśālyāṃ mahāvane viharati sma. tasmin samaye bhikṣavo 'bhyavakāśe pātrāṇi nyasyanti sma. bhagavataḥ pātram api teṣāṃ madhye 'bhavat. eko markaṭo bhagavataḥ pātraṃ gṛhītvāgāt. bhikṣavas taṃ nyavārayan—mā pātraṃ bhetsyatīti. bhagavān bhikṣūn avocat—tiṣṭhata, mā vārayata, na pātraṃ bhetsyatīti. atha sa markaṭo bhagavataḥ pātraṃ gṛhītvā śanaiḥ śanaiḥ sālavṛkṣam āruroha. sālavṛkṣe madhunā pātraṃ pūrayitvā śanaiḥ śanair avaruhya yena bhagavāṃs tenopasaṅkrāmat. upasaṅkramya bhagavate madhupātram upanāmayāmāsa. bhagavān nāgrahīt. atha markaṭa ekānte sthitvā tṛṇakaṇṭakakīṭāṃś cāpanīya punar bhagavate madhupātram upanāmayāmāsa. bhagavān punar nāgrahīt. markaṭaḥ punar ekānte sthitvā madhuni jalaṃ nikṣipya punar bhagavate madhupātram upanāmayāmāsa. tato bhagavān agrahīt. markaṭo bhagavatā gṛhītaṃ madhupātraṃ dṛṣṭvā hṛṣṭas tuṣṭaḥ pramudito nṛtyan paribhraman paścānmukhaḥ prakrāntaḥ. yad bhadanta bhagavān markaṭaṃ bhagavatā gṛhītaṃ madhupātraṃ dṛṣṭvā hṛṣṭaṃ tuṣṭaṃ pramuditaṃ nṛtyantaṃ paribhramantaṃ paścānmukhaṃ prakrāntam akārṣīt—imam ahaṃ bhagavata āścaryam adbhutadharmaṃ dhārayāmi.

śrutaṃ me, bhagavan, bhagavān ekadā vaiśālyāṃ markaṭahradatīre kūṭāgāraśālāyāṃ viharati sma. tasmin samaye bhagavān niṣīdanaṃ śoṣayan, spoṭayan, pramārjayaṃs tiṣṭhati sma. athākāle mahāmegho hy utpadyākāśaṃ chādayitvā varṣitukāmo bhagavantam pratīkṣamāṇo 'tiṣṭhat. yadā bhagavān niṣīdanaṃ śoṣayitvā spoṭayitvā pramārjyaikatra nidhāya saṃmārjanīṃ gṛhītvā vāstusopāne 'tiṣṭhat, tathā mahāmegho bhagavatā niṣīdanaṃ pratiśāmitaṃ dṛṣṭvā mahāvṛṣṭiṃ prāvarṣat, nimnonnataṃ bhūmibhāgaṃ plāvayan. yad bhadanta bhagavān mahāmeghaṃ bhagavatā niṣīdanaṃ pratiśāmitaṃ dṛṣṭvā mahāvṛṣṭiṃ prāvarṣantaṃ nimnonnataṃ bhūmibhāgaṃ plāvayantaṃ kṛtavān—imam ahaṃ bhagavata āścaryam adbhutadharmaṃ dhārayāmi.

śrutaṃ me, bhagavan, bhagavān ekadā vṛjiṣūṣṇodakavane sālarājamūle viharati sma. tasmin samaye 'parāhṇe sarveṣām anyavṛkṣāṇāṃ chāyā vyavartanta, kevalaṃ sālarājasya chāyā na vyavartata bhagavantaṃ chādayantī. atha rāmo nāmoddyānapāla udyānam anuviśaṃs tatrāparāhṇe sarveṣām anyavṛkṣāṇāṃ chāyā vyavṛttā dadarśa, kevalaṃ sālarājasya chāyāṃ bhagavantaṃ chādayantīm avyavṛttām. dṛṣṭvā cāsyaivam abhavat—āścaryaḥ śramaṇo gautamaḥ, adbhutaḥ śramaṇo gautamo, maharddhiko mahānubhāvo mahāpuṇyo mahātejasvī ca. tat kasya hetoḥ? aparāhṇe sarveṣām anyavṛkṣāṇāṃ chāyā vyavṛttāḥ, kevalaṃ sālarājasya chāyā na vyavṛttā śramaṇaṃ gautamaṃ chādayantīti. yad bhadanta bhagavato 'parāhṇe sarveṣām anyavṛkṣāṇāṃ chāyā vyavartanta, kevalaṃ sālarājasya chāyā na vyavartata bhagavantaṃ chādayantī—imam ahaṃ bhagavata āścaryam adbhutadharmaṃ dhārayāmi.

śrutaṃ me, bhagavan, bhagavān ekadātumāyāṃ busāgāre viharati sma. atha bhagavān prabhāte nivāsya pātracīvaram ādāyātumāyāṃ piṇḍāyāviśat. ātumāyāṃ piṇḍāya caritvā paścādbhaktapiṇḍapātapratikrāntaḥ pātracīvaraṃ pratiśāmya pādau prakṣālya niṣīdanaṃ skandhe kṣiptvā busāgāraṃ praviśya pratisaṃlīno niṣasāda. tasmin samaye mahān akālavarṣo vṛṣṭaḥ, sagarjitaḥ sakarakāśaniś cāpatat, yena caturṇāṃ balīvardānāṃ dvayoḥ karṣakayoś ca prāṇā apahṛtāḥ. tayoḥ śavasatkārasamaye mahājanakāyo mahāntam āśabdam akarot, tasya śabdo dhvanitaś cābhūd udāraḥ. atha bhagavān sāyāhne pratisaṃlayanād vyutthāya busāgārān niṣkramyābhyavakāśe caṅkramyate sma. tasmin samaye mahājanakāyād ekaḥ puruṣo bhagavantaṃ sāyāhne pratisaṃlayanād vyutthāya busāgārān niṣkramyābhyavakāśe caṅkramyamāṇaṃ dṛṣṭvā yena bhagavāṃs tenopasaṅkrāmat, upasaṅkramya bhagavantaṃ śirasābhivandya pṛṣṭhato 'nubaddho 'bhūt. bhagavāṃs taṃ pṛṣṭhato 'nubaddhaṃ dṛṣṭvā pṛcchati sma—he puruṣa, kena kāraṇena mahājanakāyo mahāntam āśabdam akarot, tasya śabdo dhvanitaś cābhūd udāra iti. sa puruṣa āha—bhagavan, adya mahān akālavarṣo vṛṣṭaḥ, sagarjitaḥ sakarakāśaniś cāpatat, yena caturṇāṃ balīvardānāṃ dvayoḥ karṣakayoś ca prāṇā apahṛtāḥ. tayoḥ śavasatkārasamaye mahājanakāyo mahāntam āśabdam akarot, tasya śabdo dhvanitaś cābhūd udāraḥ. kiṃ bhagavāñ chabdam imaṃ nāśrauṣīd iti? bhagavān āha—nāhaṃ śrutavān iti. punar apṛcchat—kiṃ bhagavāṃs tadā supta eveti? bhagavān āha—no hīti. punar apṛcchat—kiṃ bhagavāñ jāgrann evaimaṃ mahāntaṃ śabdaṃ nāśrauṣīd iti? bhagavān āha—evam iti. tasmin samaye sa puruṣa evam acintayat—āścaryaṃ vatādbhutaṃ vata, paramo 'yaṃ śamaḥ paramā ceyaṃ praśāntir yathāpi nāma tathāgato 'rhan samyaksambuddho jāgrann evaimaṃ mahāntaṃ śabdaṃ na śṛṇotīti. yad bhadanta bhagavāñ jāgrann evaimaṃ mahāntaṃ śabdaṃ na śṛṇotī—imam ahaṃ bhagavata āścaryam adbhutadharmaṃ dhārayāmi.

śrutaṃ me, bhagavan, bhagavān uruvilvāyāṃ nairañjanānadītīre 'japālanyagrodhamūle prathamābhisambuddho viharati sma. tasmin samaye saptāhaṃ mahāvṛṣṭir avṛṣat, nimnonnataṃ bhūmibhāgaṃ pūrṇaṃ nadyaś ca sarvatra jalaṃ prāplāvayan. bhagavāṃs tasya madhye 'bhyavakāśe caṅkramyate sma, tasmiṃś ca sthāne pādareṇur udatiṣṭhat. yad bhadanta nadyo yathā prāplāvayaṃs tathāpi bhagavāṃs tasya madhye 'bhyavakāśe caṅkramyate sma, tasmiṃś ca sthāne pādareṇur udatiṣṭhat—imam ahaṃ bhagavata āścaryam adbhutadharmaṃ dhārayāmi.

śrutaṃ me, bhagavan, pāpīyān māraḥ ṣaḍvarṣāṇi bhagavantam anubaddho 'ntarāprekṣī na cāntaram alabhata, nirviṇṇaś ca pratinivavṛte. yad bhadanta pāpīyān māraḥ ṣaḍvarṣāṇi bhagavantam anubaddho 'ntarāprekṣī na cāntaram alabhata, nirviṇṇaś ca pratinivavṛte—imam ahaṃ bhagavata āścaryam adbhutadharmaṃ dhārayāmi.

śrutaṃ me, bhagavan, bhagavatā saptavarṣāṇi kāyagatā smṛtiḥ satatam anupravartitā. yad bhadanta bhagavatā saptavarṣāṇi kāyagatā smṛtiḥ satatam anupravartitā—imam ahaṃ bhagavata āścaryam adbhutadharmaṃ dhārayāmi.

evam ukte bhagavān ānandam etad avocat—tasmāt tarhy ānanda, tvam ṛte 'py etebhyo 'nyam ekaṃ tathāgatasya caryām āścaryam adbhutadharmaṃ dhārayeḥ. ihānanda tathāgatena viditā vedanā utpadyante, viditā avatiṣṭhante, viditā astam gacchanti. nityaṃ tā viditā eva bhavanti, na tv aviditāḥ. ihānanda tathāgatena viditāḥ saṃjñā utpadyante, viditā avatiṣṭhante, viditā astam gacchanti. nityaṃ tā viditā eva bhavanti, na tv aviditāḥ. tasmāt tarhy ānanda, imam api tathāgatasyāścaryam adbhutadharmaṃ dhārayer iti.

idam avocad bhagavān. āttamanā āyuṣmān ānandas te ca bhikṣavo bhagavato bhāṣitam abhyanandan.

adbhutadharmasūtraṃ prathamaṃ samāptam