evaṃ mayā śrutam | ekasmin samaye bhagavān trāyastriṃśānāṃ devānāṃ madhye viharati sma pāṇḍukambalakalpe śilātale jitāśvādimahāśrāvakaiḥ āryamaitreyāvalokiteśvaravajrahastādibhirbodhisattvairmahāsattvaiḥ aprameyaguṇaratnālaṃkṛtaiḥ mahābrahmasahāṃpatinārāyaṇamaheśvarādibhirdevaiḥ śakreṇa devānāmindreṇa gandharvarājena pañcaśikhena ca sārdham | athāvalokiteśvaro bodhisattvo mahāsattvaḥ utthāyāsanāt ekāṃsamuttarāsaṅgaṃ kṛtvā dakṣiṇaṃ jānuṃ merupṛṣṭhe 'vaṣṭabhya yena bhaganān tenāñjaliṃ praṇamya bhagavantametadavocat - ete hi bhagavan devāḥ caityanamaskriyāmaṇḍanāḥ etatpariṣanmaṇḍalapatitāḥ kathamapi brahmacaryapuṇyaprasavāḥ sadevake samārake sabrahmake loke saśramaṇabrāhmaṇaprajāsu bhikṣavo bhikṣuṇyaḥ upāsakopāsikāḥ subahulapuṇyaprasavāḥ bhagavato dharmadeśanāṃ yācante iti | tadā bhagavāṃsteṣāṃ pratītyasamutpādagāthāmavocat -

yadidamavalokiteśvara ayaṃ pratītyasamutpādastathāgatānāṃ dharmakāyaḥ | yaḥ pratītyasamutpādaṃ paśyati, sa tathāgataṃ paśyati | yaśca avalokiteśvara kulaputraḥ kuladuhitā vā śraddhāsamanvitaḥ apratiṣṭhite pṛthivīpradeśe āmalakamātraṃ caityaṃ sūcīmātraṃ bodhivṛkṣaṃ bakulapuṣpamātraṃ chatraṃ kṛtvā pratītyasamutpādadharmadhātugāthāṃ paṭhati, sa brāhmaṃ puṇyaṃ prasavati | itaḥ pracyāvya maraṇakālaṃ kṛtvā brahmaloke utpadyate | tataḥ pracyāvya kālaṃ kṛtvā śuddhāvāsakāyikānāṃ devānāṃ sabhāgatāyāmutpadyate ||

evamavocadbhagavān | sa rve ca te śrāvakāḥ, te ca bodhisattvā mahāsattvāḥ, sarvāvatī ca sā parṣat, sadevamanuṣyāsuragandharvalokaśca bhagavato bhāṣitamabhyanandan ||

āryapratītyasamutpādo nāma mahāyānasūtram ||