Āryasāgaranāgarājaparipṛcchā Nāma Mahāyānasūtram = Sāgara Saṃskṛte

Punaruddhṛtam namaḥ sarvabuddhabodhisattvebhyaḥ /

evaṃ mayā śrutam - ekasmin samaye bhagavān buddhaḥ sāgaranāgarājāvasathe viharati sma sārddhaṃ sārdhadvādaśaśatabhikṣūṇāṃ mahāsaṅghena bahubhiśca bodhisattvamahāsattvaiḥ / tasmin samaye bhagavān buddhaḥ sāgaranāgarājamavocat - nāgādhipate, caturṇāṃ dharmoddānānāmabhidhāne kriyamāṇe tadabhidhānena caturaśītidharmaskandhasahasrāṇāmabhidhānaṃ kṛtaṃ bhavati / katamāni catvāri? tathāhi -

sarveṣāṃ saṃskārāṇām anityatāyāṃ bodhisattvairmahāsattvairnirdiṣṭamakṣayajñānaṃ pravartate /

sarveṣāṃ sāsravāṇāṃ dharmāṇāṃ duḥkhatāyāṃ bodhisattvairmahāsattvairnirdiṣṭamakṣayajñānaṃ pravartate /

sarveṣāṃ dharmāṇām anātmatāyāṃ bodhisattvairmahāsattvairnirdiṣṭamakṣayajñānaṃ pravartate /

nirvāṇasya śāntatāyāṃ bodhisattvairmahāsattvairnirdiṣṭamakṣayajñānaṃ pravartate /

nāgādhipate, eteṣāṃ caturṇāṃ dharmoddānānāmabhidhāne kriyamāṇe tadabhidhānena caturaśītidharmaskandhasahasrāṇāmabhidhānaṃ kṛtaṃ bhavati /

idamavocat bhagavān / āttamanaso bhikṣavaḥ sarve ca bodhisattvā bhagavato bhāṣitamabhyanandanniti /

// āryasāgaranāgarājaparipṛcchānāma mahāyānasūtraṃ samāptam //