Section 32
Original Sanskrit
यश्च खलु पुनः सुभूते बोधिसत्त्वो महासत्त्वोऽप्रमेयानसंख्येयाँल्लोकधातून्सप्तरत्नपरिपूर्णान् कृत्वा तथागतेभ्योऽर्हद्भ्यः सम्यक्संबुद्धेभ्यो दानं दद्याद्यश्च कुलपुत्रो वा कुलदुहिता वेतः प्रज्ञापारमिताया धर्मपर्यायादंतशश्चतुष्पादिकामपि गाथामुद्गृह्य धारयेद्वाचयेत्पर्यवाप्नुयात्परेभ्यश्च विस्तरेण संप्रकाशयेदयमेव ततो निदानं बहुतरं पुण्यस्कंधं प्रसुनुयादप्रमेयमसंख्येयं । कथं च संप्रकाशयेत् । तद्यथाकाशे ।
तारका तिमिरं दीपो मायावश्यायबुद्बुदं । स्वप्नं च विद्युदभ्रं च एवं द्रष्टव्यं संस्कृतं ॥
तथा प्रकाशयेत् तेनोच्यते संप्रकाशयेदिति ॥
इदमवोचद्भगवानात्तमनाः । स्थविरसुभूतिस्ते च भिक्षुभिक्षुण्युपासकोपासिकास्ते च बोधिसत्त्वाः सदेवमानुषासुरगंधर्वश्च लोको भगवतो भाषितमभ्यनंदन्निति ॥३२॥
॥ आर्यवज्रच्छेदिका भगवती प्रज्ञापारमिता समाप्ता ॥
Musean translation
Mouseia’s complete machine-assisted Musean translation, made directly from the Sanskrit of F. Max Müller’s 1881 Anecdota Oxoniensia edition, all 32 sections, with the printed section numbers kept.
Subhūti, suppose a bodhisattva, a great being, filled immeasurable and countless world-systems with the seven treasures, and gave them to the Tathāgatas, the Worthy, the Perfectly Awakened. And suppose a son or daughter of good family took up even a four-line verse of this teaching of the perfection of wisdom, held it, recited it, mastered it, and explained it widely to others. That second one's merit would be far greater, immeasurable and countless. And how should it be explained? Thus, as in space:
Like a star, a dimming of the eye, a lamp, an illusion, dew, a bubble;like a dream, a flash of lightning, a cloud, so should the conditioned be seen.
Thus should it be set forth; therefore it is said, 'he sets it forth.'
Thus spoke the Blessed One, glad at heart. The venerable Subhūti, the monks, the nuns, the male and female lay disciples, the bodhisattvas, and the world with its gods, humans, asuras, and gandharvas rejoiced in the words of the Blessed One. [32]
Here ends the noble Diamond-Cutter, the Blessed Perfection of Wisdom.
Plain English translation
Mouseia’s complete Plain English edition, made independently and directly from the same Sanskrit, covering all 32 sections with the printed section numbers.
Subhūti, suppose a bodhisattva, a great being, filled immeasurable and countless worlds with the seven treasures and gave them to the Tathāgatas, the Worthy, the Fully Awakened Ones. And suppose a son or daughter of good family took up even a four-line verse of this Perfection of Wisdom teaching, held it, recited it, mastered it, and explained it widely to others. That second person's merit would be far greater, immeasurable and countless. And how should this be explained? Like this, as in space:
Like a star, a dimness of sight, a lamp, a magic trick, dew, a bubble;like a dream, a flash of lightning, a cloud: that is how to see everything that is made by conditions.
That is how it should be explained, and that is why it is said, 'he explains it.'
This is what the Buddha said, glad at heart. The elder Subhūti, the monks, the nuns, the men and women who follow the teaching, the bodhisattvas, and the whole world with its gods, humans, asuras, and spirits were glad to hear what the Buddha had said. [32]
The noble Diamond-Cutter, the Blessed Perfection of Wisdom, is complete.
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