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 //