Note: 1. Gilgit Manuscript Majumder, Prabhas Chandra (1959), Ārya Maitreya-vyākaraṇam, Calcutta (also published in Nalinaksha Dutt, Gilgit Manuscripts, vol. IV, Calcutta 1959, pp. xxix ff. and 185 ff., under P.C. Mazumder). The first folios of the Skt. text containing verses 1-30 are missing. All the sandhis are standardized.
(daśa māsāṃś ca) nikhilān dhārayitvā mahādyutim
supuṣpite 'smin udyāne maitreyajananī tataḥ //
na niṣaṇṇā nipannā vā sthitā sā dharmacāriṇī
drumasya śākhām ālambya maitreyaṃ janayiṣyati //
alipto garbhapaṅkena kuśeśayam ivāmbunā
traidhātukam idaṃ sarvaṃ prabhayā pūrayiṣyati //
prīto 'tha taṃ sahasrākṣo devarājā śacīpatiḥ
jāyamānaṃ grahītā sa maitreyaṃ dvipadottamam //
padāni jātamātraś ca saptāsau prakramiṣyati
pade pade nidhanaṃ ca padmaṃ padmaṃ bhaviṣyati //
diśaś catasraś codvīkṣya vācaṃ pravyāhariṣyati
iyaṃ me paścimā jātir nāsti bhūyaḥ punarbhavaḥ
na punar abhyāgamiṣyāmi nirvāsyāmi nirāsravaḥ //
saṃsārārṇavamagnānāṃ sattvānāṃ duḥkhabhāginām
tṛṣṇābandhanabaddhānāṃ kariṣyāmi vimocanam //
śvetaṃ cāsya surāś chattraṃ dhārayiṣyanti mūrdhani
śītoṣṇavāridhārābhyāṃ nāgendrau snāpayiṣyataḥ //
pratigṛhya ca taṃ dhātrī dvātriṃśadvaralakṣaṇam
śriyā jvalantaṃ maitreyaṃ mātre samupaneṣyati //
manoramāṃ ca śivikāṃ nānāratnavibhuṣitām
ārūḍhāṃ putrasahitāṃ vahiṣyanti ca devatā //
tatas tūryasahasreṣu vādyamāneṣu tatpuram
praviṣṭamātre maitreye puṣpavarṣaṃ patiṣyati //
dṛṣṭvaivaṃ putraṃ subrahmā dvātriṃśadvaralakṣaṇam
pratyavīkṣātha mantreṣu tadā prīto bhaviṣyati //
gatidvayaṃ kumārasya yathā mantreṣu dṛśyate
narādhipaś cakravartī buddho vā dvīpadottamaḥ //
sa ca yauvanasaṃprāpto maitreyāḥ puruṣottamaḥ
cintayiṣyati dharmātmā duḥkhitā khalv iyāṃ prajāḥ //
brahmasvaro mahāghoṣo hemavarṇo mahādyutiḥ
viśālavakṣāḥ pīnāṅsaḥ padmapattranibhekṣaṇaḥ //
hastaḥ pañcāśad ucchrāya tasya kāyo bhaviṣyati
visṛtaś ca tato 'rddhena śubhavarṇasamucchrayaḥ //
aśītibhiś caturbhiś ca sahasraiḥ saṃpuraskṛtaḥ
māṇavānāṃ sa maitreyo mantrān adhyāpayiṣyati //
atha śaṅkho narapatiḥ yūpam ucchrāpayiṣyati
tiryañ ca ṣoḍaśavyāmam ūrdhvaṃ vyāmasahasrakam //
sa taṃ yūpaṃ narapatir nānāratnavibhūṣitam
pradāsyati dvijātibhyo yajñaṃ kṛtvā puraḥsaram
saptaratnamayaṃ yūpaṃ brāhmaṇebhyaḥ pradāsyati //
taṃ ca ratnamayaṃ yūpaṃ dattamātraṃ manoramam
brāhmaṇānāṃ sahasrāṇi vikiriṣyanti tatkṣaṇāt //
yūpasya tasya maitreyo dṛṣṭvā caitām anityatām
kṛtsnaṃ vicintya saṃsāraṃ pravrajyāṃ rocayiṣyati //
yatv ahaṃ pravrajitveha spṛśeyam amṛtaṃ padam
vimocayeyaṃ janatāṃ vyādhimṛtyujarābhayāt //
aśītibhiḥ sahasraiḥ sa caturbhiś ca puraskṛtaḥ
niṣkramiṣyati maitreyaḥ pravrajyām agrapudgalaḥ //
nāgavṛkṣas tadā tasya bodhivṛkṣo bhaviṣyati
pañcāśadyojanāny asya śākhā ūrdhvaṃ samucchritāḥ //
niṣadya tasya cādhastān maitreyo puruṣottamaḥ
anuttarāṃ śivāṃ bodhiṃ samavāpsyati nāyakaḥ //
yasyām eva ca rātrau sa pravrajyāṃ niṣkramiṣyati
tasyām eva ca rātrau hi parāṃ bodhim avāpsyati //
aṣṭāṅgopetayā vācā tataḥ sa puruṣottamaḥ
deśayiṣyati saddharmaṃ sarvaduḥkhāpahaṃ śivam //
prasannāṃ janatāṃ dṛṣṭvā satyāni kathayiṣyati
duḥkhaṃ duḥkhasamutpādaṃ duḥkhasya samatikramam //
āryaṃ cāṣṭāṅgikaṃ mārgaṃ kṣemaṃ nirvāṇagāminam
taṃ cāpi dharmaṃ saṃśrutya pratipatsyanti śāsane //
udyāne puṣpasaṃcchanne sannipāto bhaviṣyati
pūrṇaṃ ca yojanaśataṃ parṣat tasya bhaviṣyati //
śrutvā narapati rājā śaṅkho nāma mahāyaśāḥ
dattvā dānam asaṃkhyeyaṃ pravrajyāṃ niṣkramiṣyati //
aśītibhiś caturbhiś ca sahasraiḥ parivāritaḥ
narādhipo viniṣkramya pravrajyām upayāsyati //
anenaiva pramāṇena mānavānāṃ puraskṛtaḥ
maitreyasya pitā tatra pravrajyām niṣkramiṣyati //
tato gṛhapatis tatra sudhano nāma viśrutaḥ
pravrajiṣyati śuddhātmā maitreyasyānuśasane //
strīratnam atha śaṅkhasya viśākhā nāma viśrutā
aśītibhiś caturbhiś ca sahasraiḥ saṃpuraskṛtā
nārīṇāṃ abhiniṣkramya pravrajyām rocayiṣyati //
prāṇinaḥ tatra samaye sahasrāṇi śatāni ca
pravrajyām upayāsyanti maitreyasyānuśāsane //
supuṣpite 'smin udyāne sannipāto bhaviṣyati
samantato yojanaśataṃ parṣat tasya bhaviṣyati //
tataḥ kāruṇikaḥ śāstā maitreyaḥ puruṣottamaḥ
samitiṃ vyavalokyātha idam arthaṃ pravakṣyati //
sarve te śākyasiṃhena guṇiśreṣṭhena trāyinā
arthato lokanāthena dṛṣṭvā saddharmadhātunā
ropitā mokṣamārgeṇa vikṣiptā mama śāsane //
chattradhvajapatākābhir gandhamālyavilepanaiḥ
kṛtvā stūpeṣu satkāram āgatā hi mamāntikam //
saṅghe dattvā ca dānāni cīvaraṃ pānabhojanam
vividhaṃ glānabhaiṣajyam āgatā hi mamāntikam //
kuṅkumodakasekaṃ ca candanenānulepanam
dattvā śākyamuneḥ stūpeṣv āgatā hi mamāntikam //
śikṣāpadāni cādāya śākyasiṃhasya śāsane
paripālya yathābhūtam āgatā hi mamāntikam //
upoṣadham upoṣyeha āryam aṣṭāṅgikaṃ śubham
caturdaśīṃ pañcadaśīṃ pakṣasyehāṣṭamīṃ tathā
prātihārikapakṣaṃ cāpy aṣṭāṅgaṃ susamāhitam //
śīlāni ca samādāya saṃprāptāni ca śāsanam
buddhaṃ dharmaṃ ca saṅghaṃ ca sattvās te śāsanaṃ gatāḥ
kṛtvā ca kuśalaṃ karma macchāsanam upāgatāḥ //
tenaite preṣitāḥ sattvāḥ pratīṣṭāś ca mayāpy amī
gaṇiśreṣṭheṇa muninā parītā bhūrimedhasā //
prasannāṃ janatāṃ dṛṣṭvā satyāni kathayiṣyati
śrutvā ca te tato dharmaṃ prāpsyanti padam uttamam //
prātihāryatrayeṇāsau śrāvakān vinayiṣyati
sarve te asravās tatra kṣipayiṣyanti suratāḥ //
prathamaḥ sannipāto 'sya śrāvakāṇāṃ bhaviṣyati
pūrṇāḥ ṣaṇnavatikoṭyaḥ śrāvakāṇāṃ bhavacchidām //
dvitīyaḥ sannipāto 'sya śrāvakāṇāṃ bhaviṣyati
pūrṇāś caturnavatiḥ koṭyaḥ śāntānāṃ bhūrimedhasām //
tṛtīyaḥ sannipāto 'sya śrāvakāṇāṃ bhaviṣyati
pūrṇā dvāviṃśatiḥ koṭyaḥ śāntānāṃ śāntacetasām //
dharmacakraṃ pravartyātha vinīya suramānuṣān
sārdhaṃ śrāvakasaṅghena pure piṇḍaṃ cariṣyati //
tataḥ praviśatas tasyāṃ ramyāṃ ketumatīṃ purīm
māndārakāṇi puṣpāni patiṣyanti purottame
devatāḥ prakariṣyanti tasmin puragate munau //
catvāraś ca mahārājāḥ śakraś ca tridaśādhipaḥ
brahmā devagaṇaiḥ sārdhaṃ pūjāṃ tasya kariṣyati //
utpalaṃ kumudaṃ padmaṃ puṇḍarīkaṃ sugandhikam
aguruṃ candanaṃ cāpi divyaṃ mālyaṃ patiṣyati //
cailakṣepaṃ kariṣyanti devaputrā maharddhikāḥ
taṃ lokanātham udvīkṣya praviśantaṃ purottamam //
divyaś ca tūryanirghoṣo divyaṃ mālyaṃ patiṣyati
devatā prakariṣyanti tasmin puragate munau //
ye tu ketumatīṃ ke cid vāsayiṣyanti mānuṣāḥ
te pi taṃ pūjayiṣyanti praviśantaṃ purottamam //
pathi bhūmyāstaraṃ tatra mṛdutūlapicopamam
vicitraṃ ca śubhaṃ mālyaṃ vikiriṣyanti te tadā //
chattradhvajapatākābhir arcayiṣyanti mānuṣāḥ
śubhaiś ca tūryanirghoṣaiḥ prasannamanaso narāḥ //
taṃ ca śakraḥ sahasrākṣo devarājaḥ śacīpatiḥ
prahṛṣṭaḥ prāñjalirbhūtvā maitreyaṃ stoṣyate jinam //
namas te puruṣājanya namas te puruṣottama
anukampasva janatāṃ bhagavann agrapudgala //
maharddhiko devaputras tasya māro bhaviṣyati
sa cāpi prāñjalirbhūtvā stoṣyate lokanāyakam //
śuddhāvāsasahasraiś ca bahubhiḥ parivāritaḥ
pravekṣyate ca maitreyo lokanātho vināyakaḥ //
brāhmaṇaparivāreṇa brahmā cāpi girāsphuṭam
kathayiṣyati saddharmaṃ brahmaṃ ghoṣam udīrayan //
ākīrṇā pṛthivī sarvā arhadbhiś ca bhaviṣyati
kṣīṇāsravair vāntadoṣaiḥ prahīṇabhavabandhanaiḥ //
hṛṣṭā devamanuṣyāś ca gandharvā yakṣarākṣasāḥ
śāstuḥ pūjāṃ kariṣyanti nāgāś cāpi maharddhikāḥ //
te vai nūnaṃ bhaviṣyanti cyānaghāś (?) chinnasaṃcayāḥ
utkṣiptaparikhāḥ dhīrā anādānā nirutsakāḥ
brahmacaryaṃ cariṣyanti maitreyasyānuśasane //
te 'pi nūnaṃ bhaviṣyanti amamā aparigrahāḥ
ajātarūparajatā aniketā asaṃstavāḥ
brahmacaryaṃ cariṣyanti ye maitreyānuśasane //
te vai pānaṃ gamiṣyanti chitvā jālam eva bhujāt
dhyānāni copasaṃpadya prītisaukhyasamanvitāḥ
brahmacaryaṃ cariṣyanti maitreyasyānuśasane //
ṣaṣṭiṃ varṣasahasrāṇi maitreyo dvipadottamaḥ
deśayiṣyati saddharmaṃ śāstā lokānukampayā //
śatāni ca sahasrāṇi prāṇinaṃ sa vināyakaḥ
vinīya dharmakāyena tato nirvāṇam eṣyati //
tasmiṃś ca nirvṛte dhīre maitreye dvipadottame
daśavarṣasahasrāṇi saddharmaḥ sthāsyati kṣitau //
prasādayati cittāni tasmāc chākyamunau jine
tato dṛkṣatha maitreyaṃ saṃbuddhaṃ dvipadottamam //
tasmād dharme ca buddhe ca saṅghe cāpi gaṇottame
prasādayati cittāni bhaviṣyati maharddhikam //
taṃ tādṛśaṃ kāruṇikaṃ maitreyaṃ dvipadottamam
ārādhayitvā kālena tato nirvāṇam eṣyatha //
idam āścaryakaṃ śrutvā dṛṣṭvā ca vibhavānalpikām
ko vidvān na prasīdeta api kṛṣṇāsu jātiṣu //
tasmād ihātmakāmena māhātmyam abhikāṅkṣatāḥ
saddharmo gurukartavyaḥ smaratā buddhaśāsanam //
Maitreyavyākaraṇaṃ samāptam //
Note: 2. Calcutta Manuscript (incomplete), ed. Lévi Sylvain Lévi, "Maitreya le consolateur", Études d'orientalisme publiées par le Musée Guimet a la mémoire de Raymonde Linossier, Paris 1932, pp. 384-389 The first two folios of the Skt. text containing verses 1-25ab are missing. All the sandhis are standardized.
elāpattraś ca gāndhāre śaṅkho vārāṇasīpure //
caturbhir ebhir nidhibhiḥ sa rājā susamanvitaḥ
bhaviṣyati mahāvīraś śatapuṇyabaloditaḥ //
brāhmaṇas tasya rājñaś ca subrāhmaṇaḥ purohitaḥ
bahuśrutaś caturvedas tasyopadhyāyo bhaviṣyati //
adhyāpako mantradharaḥ smṛtimān vedapāragaḥ
kaiṭābhe sa nirghaṇṭe ca padavyākaraṇe tathā //
tadā brahmāvatī nāma tasya bhāryā bhaviṣyati
darśanīyā prāsādikā abhirūpā yaśasvinī //
tuṣitebhyaś cyavitvā tu maitreyo hy agrapudgalaḥ
tasyāḥ kukṣau sa niyataṃ pratisandhiṃ grahīṣyati //
daśa māsāṃś ca nikhilān dhārayitvā mahādyutiḥ
supuṣpite ca udyāne gatvā maitreyamātarā //
na niṣaṇṇā na suptāsau sthitā sā dharmacāriṇī
drumasya śākhām ālambya maitreyaṃ janayiṣyati //
niṣkramiṣyati pārśvena dakṣiṇena narottamaḥ
abhrakūṭād yathā sūryo nirgataś ca prabhāsate //
alipto garbhapaṅkena padmaṃ caiva yathāmbhasā
traidhātukam idaṃ sarvaṃ prabhayā pūrayiṣyati //
atha prītas sahasrākṣo devarājaś śacīpatiḥ
grahīṣyati kumāraṃ taṃ jāyamānaṃ narottamam //
śriyā jvalantaṃ maitreyaṃ dvātriṃśadvaralakṣaṇam
muñca muñca sahasrākṣa jātamātro vadiṣyati //
padāni jātamātras tu saptāsau prakramiṣyati
pade pade nidhanaṃ ca padmaṃ padmaṃ bhaviṣyati //
diśaś catasraś codvīkṣya vācaṃ pravyāhariṣyati
iyaṃ me paścimā jātir nāsti bhūyaḥ punarbhavaḥ //
na punar āgamiṣyāmi nirvāsyāmi nirāśravaḥ
śītoṣṇavāridhārābhis snāpayiṣyanti pannagāḥ //
divyāmbarāṇi puṣpāṇi patiṣyanti nabhastalāt
śvetaṃ tasya surāś chattraṃ dhārayiṣyanti mūrdhani //
hṛṣṭaś caiva sahasrākṣo devarājo śacīpatiḥ
grahīṣyati taṃ kumāraṃ dvātriṃśadvaralakṣaṇam
śriyā jvalantaṃ maitreyaṃ mātur haste pradāsyati //
manoramāṃ ca śivikāṃ nānāratnavibhuṣitām
ārūḍhā putrasahitā vahiṣyate ca devavat //
tatas tūryasahasreṣu vādyamāneṣu tatpuram
praviṣṭamātre maitreye puṣpavarṣaṃ patiṣyati //
tasmiṃś ca divase bhāryā gurviṇyaḥ prasaviṣyanti
sarvās tā janayiṣyanti putrān kṣemeṇa svastinā //
dṛṣṭvā ca putraṃ subrahmā dvātriṃśadvaralakṣaṇam
pratyavekṣya ca mantreṣu tataḥ prīto bhaviṣyati //
gatidvayaṃ kumārasya yathā mantreṣu dṛśyate
narādhipaś cakravartī buddho vā dvīpadottamaḥ //
sa ca yauvanasaṃprāpto maitreyo hy agrapudgalaḥ
cintayiṣyati dharmātmā duḥkhitāh khalv imāḥ prajāḥ //
brahmasvaro mahāghoṣo hemavarṇo mahādyutiḥ
viśālavakṣāḥ pīnāṅgaḥ padmapattranibhekṣaṇaḥ //
samucchrayeṇa hastāśītis tasya kāyo bhaviṣyati
vistāraṃ viṃśahastāni tato 'rdham mukhamaṇḍalam //
aśītibhiś caturbhiś ca sahasraiḥ sa puraskṛtaḥ
māṇavānāṃ ca maitreyo maṃtrān adhyāpayiṣyati //
tataḥ śaṅkho mahārājo yūpam ucchrāpayiṣyati
ṣoḍaśavyāmavistāram ūrdhvaṃ vyāmasahasrakam //
sa taṃ yūpaṃ narapatir nānāratnavibhūṣitam
pradāsyati dvijātibhyo yajñaṃ kṛtvā purassaram
saptaratnamayaṃ yūpaṃ brāhmaṇebhyaḥ pradāsyati //
taṃ ca ratnamayaṃ yūpaṃ dattamātraṃ manoramam
brāhmaṇānāṃ sahasrāṇi vikariṣyanti tatkṣaṇāt //
tasya yūpasya maitreyo dṛṣṭvā cainām anityatām
kṛtsnaṃ vicintya saṃsāraṃ pravrajyāṃ rocayiṣyati //
yatrāhaṃ pravrajitveha spṛśeyam amṛtaṃ padam
vimocayeyaṃ janatāṃ vyādhimṛtyujarābhayāt //
aśītibhiś caturbhiś ca sahasraiḥ sa puraskṛtaḥ
niṣkramiṣyati maitreyaḥ pravrajyām agrapudgalaḥ //
nāgavṛkṣas tadā tasya bodhivṛkṣo bhaviṣyati
pañcāśadyojanās tasya ūrdhvaṃ śākhāḥ samudgatāḥ
ṣaṭkrośaviṭapāṇy asya vivṛtāni samantataḥ //
tasya mūle niṣaṇṇo 'sau maitreyo dvipadottamaḥ
anuttarāṃ ca saṃbodhiṃ prāpsyati nātra saṃśayaḥ //
aṣṭāṅgopetayā vācā tataḥ sa munisattamaḥ
deśayiṣyati saddharmaṃ sarvaduḥkhāpahaṃ śivam //
duḥkhaṃ duḥkhasamutpādaṃ duḥkhasya samatikramam
āryaṃ cāṣṭāṅgikaṃ mārgaṃ kṣemaṃ nirvāṇagāminam //
prasannān janatāṃ dṛṣṭvā satyāni kathayiṣyati
taṃ cāsya dharmaṃ saṃśrutya pratipadyanti śāsane //
supuṣpite ca udyāne sannipāto bhaviṣyati
pūrṇaṃ ca yojanaṃ śataṃ parṣat tasya bhaviṣyati //
tataḥ śrutvā narapatiḥ śaṅkho rājā mahāyaśāḥ
dattvā dānam asaṃkhyeyaṃ pravrajyāṃ rocayiṣyati //
aśītibhiś caturbhiś ca sahasraiḥ sa puraskṛtaḥ
narādhipo viniṣkramya pravrajyām upayāsyati //
tenaiva ca pramāṇena mānavānāṃ puraskṛtaḥ
maitreyasya pitā caiva pravrajyām upayāsyati //
tato gṛhapatiḥ x x sudhano nāma viśrutaḥ
pravrajiṣyati dharmātmā sahasraiḥ parivāritaḥ //
strīratnam atha śaṅkhasya viśākhā nāma viśrutā
aśītibhiś caturbhiś ca sahasraiḥ sā puraskṛtā
nārīṇāṃ saha niṣkramya pravrajyām upayāsyati //
prāṇināṃ tatra samaye sahasrāṇi śatāni ca
pravrajyām upayāsyanti maitreyasyānuśāsane //
tataḥ kāruṇikaḥ śāstā maitreyo dvipadottamaḥ
samitiṃ vyavalokyātha idam arthaṃ pravakṣyati //
sarve te śākyamuninā muniśreṣṭhena tāyinā
arthato lokanāthena dṛṣṭāḥ saddharmadhātunā
ropitā mokṣamārgaṇe vikṣiptā mama śāsane //
chattradhvajapatākābhir gandhamālyānulepanaiḥ
kṛtvā śākyamuneḥ pūjāṃ hy āgatā mama śāsane //
kuṅkumodakarasena candanenānulepanam
dattvā śākyamuneḥ stūpe hy āgatā mama śāsane //
buddhaṃ dharmaṃ ca saṅghaṃ ca gatvā tu śaraṇaṃ sadā
kṛtvā tu kuśalaṃ karma āgatā mama śāsane //
śikṣāpadāni samādāya x śākyamuniśāsane
pratipālya yathābhūtaṃ hy āgatā mama śāsane //
dattvā saṅghe ca dānāni cīvarapānabhojanam
vicitraṃ glānabhaiṣajyaṃ hy āgatā mama śāsane //
caturdaśīṃ pañcadaśīṃ pakṣasyehāṣṭamīṃ tathā
prātihārakapakṣaṃ ca aṣṭāṅgaṃ susamāhitam
upavāsam upoṣitvā hy āgatā mama śāsane //
prātihāryatrayeṇāsau śrāvakān vedayiṣyati
sarve te hy asravān dharmān kṣapayiṣyanti x x x //
prathamaḥ sannipāto 'sya śrāvakāṇāṃ bhaviṣyati
pūrṇāḥ ṣaṇnavatiḥ koṭyaḥ śrāvakāṇāṃ bhavacchidām //
dvitīyaḥ sannipāto 'sya śrāvakāṇāṃ bhaviṣyati
pūrṇāś caturnavatiḥ koṭyo muktānāṃ kleśabandhanāt //
tṛtīyaḥ sannipāto 'sya śrāvakāṇāṃ bhaviṣyati
pūrṇā dvānavatiḥ koṭyo muktānāṃ śāntacetasām //
dharmacakraṃ pravartyātha vinīya suramānuṣān
sārdhaṃ śrāvakasaṅghena pure piṇḍaṃ cariṣyati //
tataḥ praviśatas tasya ramyāṃ ketumatīpurīm
māndāravāṇi puṣpāni patiṣyanti narottame
devatāḥ prakariṣyanti tasmin puragate munau //
catvāraś ca mahārājāḥ śakraś ca tridaśādhipaḥ
brahmadevagaṇaiḥ sārdhaṃ pūjāṃ tasya kariṣyati //
utpalakumudapadmapuṇḍarīkasugandhikam
aguruṃ candanaṃ caiva divyamālās tathaiva ca //
cailakṣepaṃ kariṣyanti devaputrā maharddhikāḥ
taṃ lokanātham udvīkṣya praviśantaṃ purottamam //
pathi bhūmiḥ sthitā tatra mṛdutūlapicūpamā
vicitraṃ ca śrutaṃ mālyaṃ vistariṣyanti te pathi //
chattradhvajapatākāni gandhamālyānulepanaiḥ
śrutaiś ca tūryanirghoṣaiḥ prasannamanaso narāḥ
śāstuḥ pūjāṃ kariṣyanti devaputrā maharddhikāḥ //
sa ca śakraḥ sahasrākṣo devarājo mahādyutiḥ
prahṛṣṭaḥ prāñjaliṃ kṛtvā stoṣyate lokanāyakam //
namas te puruṣājanya namas te puruṣottama
anukampasva janatāṃ bhagavann agrapudgala //
maharddhiko devaputras tasya māro bhaviṣyati
sa caiva prāñjaliṃ kṛtvā stoṣyate lokanāyakam //
brāhmaṇaparivāreṇa brahmā caiva puraskṛtaḥ
kathayiṣyati saddharmaṃ brahmaghoṣam udīrayan //
ākīrṇā pṛthivī sarvā arhadbhiś ca bhaviṣyati
kṣīṇāsravair vāntadoṣaiḥ prahīṇabhavabandhanaiḥ //
hṛṣṭā devā manuṣyāś ca gandharvā yakṣarākṣasāḥ
śāstuḥ pūjāṃ kariṣyanti nāgāś cāpi maharddhikāḥ //
te ca nūnaṃ bhaviṣyanti akhilāś chinnasaṃcayāḥ
chinnasrotā anādīnā uttīrnābhavasāgarāḥ
brahmacaryaṃ cariṣyanti maitreyasyānuśasane //
te vai nūnaṃ bhaviṣyanti amamā aparigrahāḥ
ajātarūparajatā aniketā asaṃstavāḥ
brahmacaryaṃ cariṣyanti maitreyasyānuśasane //
te vai nūnaṃ bhaviṣyanti chinnajālaviśaktikāḥ
dhyānāni copasaṃpadya prītisaukhyasamanvitāḥ
brahmacaryaṃ cariṣyanti maitreyasyānuśasane //
ṣaṣṭivarṣasahasrāṇi maitreyo dvipadottamaḥ
deśayiṣyati saddharmaṃ sarvabhūtānukampakam //
śatalakṣasahasrāṇi prāṇinaṃ sa vināyakaḥ
vinayitvā ca saddharmaṃ tato nirvāṇam eṣyati //
parinirvṛtasya x x tasyaiva x mahāmuneḥ
daśavarṣasahasrāṇi saddharmaḥ sthāsyate tadā //
prasādayitvā cittāni tasmin śākyamunau jine
tato drakṣyatha maitreyaṃ saṃbuddhaṃ dvipadottamam //
idam āścaryakaṃ śrutvā imām ṛddhim anuttamām
ko vidvān na prasīdeta atikṛṣṇābhijātikaḥ //
tasmād ihātmakāmena māhātmyam abhikāṅkṣiṇā
saddharmo gurukartavyaḥ smaratā buddhaśāsanam //
Maitreyavyākaraṇaṃ samāptam // ye dharmā (etc.) // cīnadeśīvinirgataḥ bhikṣu puṇyakīrtir yad atra puṇyaṃ tad bhavatv ācāryopādhyāyamātāpitṛpūrvaṅgamaṃ krtvā sakalasattvarāśer anuttarajñānaphalāptaya iti // śrīmad gopāladevarājyasaṃvat 57 phālguna dine 9 Ghosalīgrāme likhati / oṃ hārītī mahāyakṣiṇī hara hara mama sarvapāpāni svāhā //
Note: 3. Kathmandu Manuscript (complete), ed. Ishigami Ishigami, Zenno (1989), "Nepāru bon 'Maitreyavyākaraṇa'," Fujita Kḥtatsu Hakushi Kanreki Kinen Ronbunshū: Indotetsugaku to Bukkyḥ, Kyoto, 295-310. To facilitate searching, sandhis are standardized, misprints removed, some mistakes corrected.

Oṃ namo maitreyanāthāya //

evaṃ mayā śrutam ekasmiṃ samaye bhagavān rājagṛhe viharati sma / veṇuvane kalandakanivāse mahatā bhikṣusaṃghena sārdham ardhatrayodaśabhir bhikṣuśataiḥ //

atha khalv āyuṣmāñ

chāriputra mahāprajño dharmasenāpatir vibhuḥ
lokasya anukampārthaṃ śāstāraṃ paripṛcchati //
yo 'sāv anāgato buddho nirdiṣṭo lokanāyakaḥ
maitreya iti nāmnā 'sau sūtrapūrvāparāntike //
tasyāhaṃ vistarañ caivaṃ śrotum icchāmi nāyaka
ṛddhiñ cāsyānubhāvañ ca tan me brūhi narottama //
athainam avadac chāstā vyākariṣyāmy ahaṃ tava
vistaran tasya buddhasya maitreyasya śṛṇohi me //
udadhis tena kālena dvātriṃśatśatayojanaḥ
śoṣam āyāsyate yasmāc cakravartī yathā hy asau //
daśayojanasāhasrā jambudvīpo bhavaiṣyati
ālayaḥ sarvabhūtānāṃ vistareṇa samantataḥ //
ṛddhisphītā janapadā adaṇḍā anupadravāḥ
tatra kāle bhaviṣyanti narās te śubhakarminaḥ //
akaṇṭakā vasumatī samāharitaśādvalā
unnamantī namantī ca mṛdutūlapicūpamā //
akṛṣṭotpadyate śālimadhunāś ca sugandhi ca
cailavṛkṣā bhaviṣyanti nānāraṅgopaśobhitāḥ //
puṣpapatraphalotpatā vṛkṣāś ca krośam ucchritāḥ
aśītivarṣasahasrāṇi āyus teṣāṃ bhaviṣyati //
nirāmayāś ca te satvā vītaśokā mahotsavāḥ
varṇavanto mahāśakhyā mahānāgabalāc citāḥ //
trayā rogā bhaviṣyanti icchā anaśanaṃ jarā
pañcavarṣaśatā kanyā svāminam varayiṣyati //
tadā ketumatī nāma rājadhānī bhaviṣyati
āvāsaḥ śuddhasatvānāṃ prāṇināṃ śubhakarmiṇam //
yojanadvādaśāyāmaṃ saptayojanavistaram
nagaraṃ kṛtapuṇyānāṃ bhaviṣyati manoramam //
saptaratnamayāś caiva prakārāḥ krośam uccitāḥ
iṣṭakā dvārakhaṇḍānāṃ nānāratnavibhūṣitāḥ //
pariṣāś ca bhaviṣyanti ratna iṣṭakasaṃcitāḥ
padmotpalasamān kīrṇāś cakravākopaśobhitāḥ //
samantataḥ parivṛtāḥ saptabhis talāpaṅktibhiḥ
catūratnamayās tālāḥ kiṃkiṇī jālaśobhitāḥ //
vāteneritatālebhyas tadā śruti manoharāḥ
bhaviṣyanti śubhā śabdā tūryās pañcāṅgikā iva //
ye ca tasmin pure martyāḥ krīḍāratisukhānvitāḥ
tenaiva tālaśabdena krīḍiṣyanti pramoditāḥ //
puṣkariṇo bhaviṣyanti kumudotpalasaṃcetāḥ
udyānavanasaṃpannaṃ bhaviṣyati ca tat puram //
bhaviṣyati tadā rājā śamkho nāma mahādyutiḥ
mahābalacakravartī caturdvīpeśvaraḥ prabhuḥ //
caturaṅgabalopetaḥ saptaratnasamanvitaḥ
pūrṇasahasraputrāṇāṃ tasya rājño bhaviṣyati //
imāṃ samudraparyantām adaṇḍena vasundharām
pālayiṣyati dharmeṇa samena sa narādhipaḥ //
mahānidhānāś catvāro nayutaśatalakṣitāḥ
bhaviṣyanti tadā tasya rājñaḥ śaṃkhasya bhūpateḥ //
piṅgalaś ca kaliṅgeṣu mithilāyām ca pāṇḍukaḥ
elāpatraś ca gāndhāre śaṃkho vārāṇasīpure //
caturbhir ebhir nidhibhiḥ sa rājā susamanvitaḥ
bhaviṣyati mahāvīraḥ śatapuṇyaphalārpitaḥ //
brāhmaṇas tasya rājño 'tha subrahmā nāmnā purohitaḥ
bahuśrutaś caturvedī upadhyāyo bhaviṣyati //
adhyāpako mantradharaḥ smṛtivān vedapāragaḥ
kaiṭābhe ca sa nirghaṇṭe padavyākaraṇe tathā //
tasya brahmavatī nāma tadā bhāryā bhaviṣyati
darśanīyā prāsādikā abhirūpā yaśasvinī //
tuṣitebhyas tataś cyutvā maitreyo hy agrapudgalaḥ
tasyāḥ kukṣau sa niyataṃ pratisandhiṃ grahiṣyati //
daśa māsāṃś ca nikhilān dhārayitvā mahādyutim
supuṣpite ca udyāne gatvā maitreyamātaraḥ //
na niṣaṇṇā nipannā vā sthitā sā brahmacāriṇī
drumasya śākhām ālambya maitreyaṃ janayiṣyati //
niṣkramiṣyati pārśvena dakṣiṇāṅge narottamaḥ
abhrakūṭād yathā sūryo nirgataś ca prabhāyate //
kariṣyate samālokaṃ sanarāmaravanditaḥ
alipto garbhapaṅkena padmaṃ caiva yathāmbhuvā
traidhātukam idaṃ sarvaṃ prabhayā pūrayiṣyati //
pade pade nidhānaṃ ca padmaṃ padmaṃ bhaviṣyati
diśaś catasro udvīkṣya vācaṃ pravyāhariṣyati
iyaṃ me paścimā jātir nāsti bhūyaḥ punarbhavaḥ //
na punar āgamiṣyāmi nirvāsyāmi nirāśravaḥ
śītoṣṇavāridhārābhiḥ snāpayiṣyanti punnagāḥ //
divyāsurāṇi puṣpāṇi patiṣyanti nabhastalāt
śvetaṃ tasya surāś chattraṃ dhārayiṣyanti mūrdhani //
hṛṣṭaś caiva sahasrākṣo devarājaḥ śacīpatiḥ
pragrahīṣyati kumāraṃ taṃ dvātriṃśalakṣṇānvitam
śriyā jvalantaṃ maitreyaṃ mātur haste pradāsyati //
manoramāṃ ca śivikāṃ nānāratnavibhuṣitām
ārūḍhāṃ putrasahitāṃ vahiṣyanti ca devatāḥ //
tatas tūryasahasreṣu vādyamāneṣu tatpuram
praviṣṭamātre maitreye puṣpavarṣaṃ patiṣyati //
tasmiṃś ca divase nāryo gurviṇyaḥ prasaviṣyanti
sarvās tā janayiṣyanti putrān kṣemeṇa svastinā //
dṛṣṭvaivaṃ putraṃ subrahmā dvātriṃśadvaralakṣaṇam
pratyavekṣya sumantreṇa tataḥ prīto bhaviṣyati //
gatidvayaṃ kumārasya yathā mantreṣu dṛśyate
narādhipaś cakravartī buddho vā dvīpadottamaḥ //
sa ca yauvanasaṃprāpto maitreyo hy agrapudgalaḥ
cintayiṣyati dharmātmā duḥkhitā khalv iyaṃ prajā //
brahmasvaro mahāvego hemavarṇo mahādyutiḥ
viśālacakṣuḥ pīnāṅgaḥ padmapattranibhedekṣaṇaḥ //
ucchrayeṇa hastāśītiḥ kāyas tasya bhaviṣyati
vistāraṃ viṃśatir hastā tato 'rdham mukhamaṇḍalam //
aśītibhiś caturbhiś ca sahasraiḥ sa puraskṛtaḥ
māṇavānāṃ sa maitreyo mantrān adhyāpayiṣyati //
tataḥ śaṅkho mahārājo yūpam ucchrāpayiṣyati
ṣoḍaśavyāmavistāram ūrdhvavyāmasahasrakam //
sa taṃ yūpaṃ narapatir nānāratnavibhūṣitam
saptaratnasamākīrṇaṃ brāhmaṇebhyaḥ pradāsyati //
tac ca ratnamayaṃ yūpaṃ dattamātraṃ manoramam
brāhmaṇānāṃ sahasrāṇi vikariṣyanti tatkṣaṇāt //
tasya yūpasya maitreyo dṛṣṭvā cainām anityatām
kṛtsnaṃ vicintya saṃsāraṃ pravrajyāṃ rocayiṣyati //
yatv ahaṃ pravrajitveha spṛśeyam amṛtaṃ padam
vimocayeyaṃ janatāṃ vyādhimṛtyujarābhayāt //
aśītibhiś caturbhiś ca sahasraiḥ saṃpuraskṛtaḥ
niḥkramiṣyati maitreyaḥ pravrajyārtham agrapudgalaḥ //
nāgavṛkṣas tadā tasya bodhivṛkṣo bhaviṣyati
pañcāśadyojanās tasya ūrdhvaṃ śākhāḥ bhaviṣyanti
ṣaṭkrośaviṭapādyāni vidhūtāni samantataḥ //
tasya mūle niṣaṇṇo 'sau maitreyo dvipadottamaḥ
anuttarāṃ ca saṃbodhiṃ prāpsyate nātra saṃśayaḥ //
aṣṭāṅgopetayā vācā tataḥ sa puruṣottamaḥ
deśayiṣyati saddharmaṃ sarvaduḥkhāpahaṃ śivam //
duḥkhaṃ duḥkhasamutpādaṃ duḥkhasya samatikramam
āryāṣṭāṅgikaṃ mārgaṃ kṣemaṃ nirvāṇagāminam //
prasannāṃ janatāṃ dṛṣṭvā satyāni kathayiṣyati
tathāsya dharmaṃ saṃśrutvā pratipadyanti śāsane //
supuṣpite ca udyāne sannipāto bhaviṣyati
saṃpūrṇaṃ yojanaśataṃ parṣat tasya bhaviṣyati //
tataḥ śrutvā narapatiḥ śaṃkho nāma mahāyaśāḥ
dattvā dānam asaṃkhyeyaṃ pravrajyāṃ rocayiṣyati //
aśītibhiś caturbhiś ca sahasraiḥ sa puraskṛtaḥ
narādhipo 'pi niṣkramya pravrajyām upayāsyati //
tenaiva ca pramāṇena mānavānāṃ puraskṛtaḥ
maitreyasya pitā caiva pravrajyām upayāsyati //
tato gṛhapatis tatra sudhano nāma viśrutaḥ
pravrajiṣyati dharmātmā sahasraiḥ parivāritaḥ //
strīratnam atha śaṃkhasya viśākhā nāma viśrutā
aśītibhiś caturbhiś ca sahasraiḥ sā puraskṛtā
nārīṇāṃ saha niṣkramya pravrajyām upayāsyati //
prāṇināṃ tatra samaye sahasrāṇi śatāni ca
pravrajyām upayāsyanti maitreyasyānuśāsane //
tataḥ kāruṇikaḥ śāstā maitreyo dvipadottamaḥ
samitiṃ vyavalokyātha idam arthaṃ pravakṣyate //
sarve te śākyamuninā muniśreṣṭhena tāyinā
arthato lokanāthena dṛṣṭāḥ saddharmadhātunā
āropitā mokṣamārge nikṣiptā mama śāsane //
chatradhvajapatākābhir gandhamālyānulepanaiḥ
kṛtvā śākyamuneḥ pūjāṃ hy āgatā mama śāsane //
kuṃkumodakasekena candanenānulepanam
dattvā śākyamuneḥ stūpe hy āgatā mama śāsane //
buddhaṃ dharmaṃ ca saṃghaṃ ca gatvā tu śaraṇaṃ sadā
kṛtvā tu kuśalaṃ karma hy āgatā mama śāsane //
śikṣāpadān samādāya śākyasiṃhasya śāsane
pratipādya yathābhūtaṃ hy āgatā mama śāsane //
dattvā saṃghe ca dānāni cīvaraṃ pānabhojanam
vicitraṃ glānabhaiṣajyaṃ hy āgatā mama śāsane //
caturdaśīṃ pañcadaśīṃ pakṣasyehāṣṭamīṃ tathā
prātihārakapakṣaṃ ca aṣṭāṅgaṃ susamāhitaḥ
upavāsam upoṣyeha hy āgatā mama śāsane //
prātihāryatrayeṇāsau śrāvakān vinayiṣyati
sarve te sāsravān dharmān kṣayayiṣyanti suratāḥ //
prathamaḥ sannipāto 'sya śrāvakāṇāṃ bhaviṣyati
pūrṇāḥ ṣaṇnavati koṭyaḥ śrāvakāṇāṃ bhaviṣyati //
dvitīyaḥ sannipāto 'sya śrāvakāṇāṃ bhaviṣyati
pūrṇāś caturnavati koṭyaḥ kleśamuktā kṣaṇāṭ //
tṛtīyaḥ sannipāto 'sya śrāvakāṇāṃ bhaviṣyati
pūrṇā dvānavati koṭyo muktānāṃ śāntacetasām //
dharmacakraṃ pravartyātha vinīya suramānuṣān
sārdhaṃ śrāvakasaṃghena pure piṇḍaṃ cariṣyati //
tataḥ praveśatas tasya ramyāṃ ketumatīpurīm
māndāravāṇi puṣpāni patiṣyanti purottame
devatāḥ prakramiṣyanti tasmin pure gate munau //
catvāraś ca mahārājānaḥ śakraś ca tridaśādhipaḥ
brahma devagaṇaiḥ sārdhaṃ pūjāṃ tasya vidhāsyati //
utpalaṃ kumudaṃ padmaṃ puṇḍarīkaṃ sugandhikam
aguruṃ candanaṃ caiva divyamālyaṃ tathaiva ca //
cailakṣepaṃ vidhāsyanti devaputrā maharddhikāḥ
taṃ lokanātham udvīkṣya praviśantaṃ purottamam //
pathi tatra sthitā bhūmir mṛdus tūlapicūpamā
vicitraṃ ca tato mālyaṃ vikariṣyanti te pathi //
chattradhvajapatākābhir gandhamālyānulepanaiḥ
śubhaiś ca tūryanirghoṣaiḥ prasannamanaso narāḥ
śāstuḥ pūjāṃ kariṣyanti devaputrā maharddhikāḥ //
sa ca śakraḥ sahasrākṣo devarājo mahādyutiḥ
prahṛṣṭaḥ prāñjaliṃ kṛtvā stoṣyate lokanāyakam //
namas te puruṣasiṃha namas te puruṣottama
anukampasva janatāṃ bhagavann agrapudgala //
maharddhiko devaputras tasya māro bhaviṣyati
sa caiva prāñjaliṃ bhūtvā stoṣyate lokanāyakam //
śuddhāvāsasahasraiś ca bahubhiḥ parivāritaḥ
pravekṣate ketumatīṃ maitreyo lokanandanaḥ //
brāhmaṇaparivāreṇa brahmā caiva puraskṛtaḥ
kathayiṣyati saddharmaṃ brahmaghoṣam udīrayan //
ākīrṇā pṛthivī sarvā arhadbhiś ca bhaviṣyati
kṣīṇāsravair vāntadoṣaiḥ prahīṇabhavabandhanaiḥ //
hṛṣṭā devamanuṣyāś ca gandharvā yakṣarākṣasāḥ
śāstuḥ pūjāṃ kariṣyanti nāgāś cāpi maharddhikāḥ //
te vai nūnaṃ bhaviṣyanti akhilāś chinnasaṃśayāḥ
chinnasrotā anādātā uttīrnā bhavasāgarāt
brahmacaryaṃ cariṣyanti maitreyasyānuśasane //
te vai nūnaṃ bhaviṣyanti amamā aparigrahāḥ
ajātarūparajatā aniketā asaṃbhavāḥ
brahmacaryaṃ cariṣyanti maitreyasyānuśasane //
te vai nūnaṃ bhaviṣyanti chinnajālam aśaktikāḥ
dhyānāny upasaṃpādya prītisaukhyasamanvitāḥ
brahmacaryaṃ cariṣyanti maitreyasyānuśasane //
ṣaṣṭivarṣasahasrāṇi maitreyo dvipadottamaḥ
deśayiṣyati saddharmaṃ sarvabhūtānukampakaḥ //
śatalakṣasahasrāṇi prāṇinaṃ sa vināyakaḥ
vinayitvā ca saddharme tato nirvāṇam eṣyati //
parinirvṛtasya tasyaiva maitreyasya mahāmuneḥ
daśavarṣasahasrāṇi saddharmaḥ sthāsyate tadā //
prasādayiṣyatha cittāni tasmiṃ śākyamunau jine
tato drakṣyatha maitreyaṃ saṃbuddhaṃ dvipadottamam //
idam āścaryakaṃ śrutvā imām ṛddhim anuttamām
ko vidvān na prasīdeta api kṛṣṇābhijātikaḥ //
tasmād ihātmakāmena māhātmyam abhikāṃkṣatā
saddharmo gurukartavyaḥ smaratāṃ buddhaśāsanam //
iti maitreyavyākaraṇaṃ nāma mahāyānasūtraṃ samāptam | ye dharmā hetuprabhavā hetu teṣāṃ tathāgato hy avadat | teṣāṃ ca yo nirodha evaṃvādī mahāśramaṇaḥ || śubham astu || abdeglāvagnidvirade śita māghe guhānane | pūṣāyāṃ pūṣṇadivase sarvvānanda samāpta kṛt ||

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