bhikṣū bhagavantam āhansuḥ || kasya bhagavaṃ karmasya vipākena padumāvatīye krameṣu padmāni prādurbhavanti yadā ca rājñā brahmadattena vadhyā nisṛṣṭā tato syā tāni padumāni antarahitāni bhūyo ca rājñā brahmadattena vārāṇasīto kaṃpillaṃ ānītāye santīye punar asyā krameṣu padmāni prādurbhūtāni || bhagavān āha || etasyā evedaṃ bhikṣavo padumāvatīye karmaṇo vipākaṃ abhūṣi yenāsyā krameṣu padmāni prādurbhūtāni abhūnsuḥ rājñā ca brahmadattena vadhyāye nisṛṣṭāye antarahitāni bhūyo ca rājñā brahmadattena vārāṇasīto kaṃpillaṃ ānītāye santīye prādurbhūtāni ||

bhūtapūrvaṃ bhikṣavo atītamadhvāne nagare vārāṇasīyaṃ aparasya gṛhapatisya preṣaṇakarī padminīto udakaghaṭam ādāya padmena ca hastagatena vahirnagarāto antonagaraṃ praviśati ||

aparo ca pratyekabuddho vārāṇasīye nagare piṇḍāya caritvā vahirnagaraṃ nirdhāvati prāsādikena īryāyathena abhikrāntena pratikrāntena prāsādiko abhiprasannā ca devamanuṣyā || tasyā dārikāye pratyekabuddhaṃ dṛṣṭvā cittaprasādam uptannaṃ | prasannacittāya taṃ padmaṃ tasya pratyekabuddhasya dinnaṃ | pratyekabuddhenāpi anugrahārthaṃ pratigṛhītaṃ || sā dāni dārikā taṃ padmaṃ tasya pratyekabuddhasya haste atīva śobhamānaṃ paśyati svakaṃ ca hastaṃ kṣīṇitaṃ paśyati || tāye dāni bhūyo tasya pratyekabuddhasya sakāśāto taṃ padumaṃ yācitaṃ bhagavaṃ dehi me taṃ bhūyo padumaṃ ti || pratyekabuddhena taṃ padumaṃ bhūyo tasyā dārikāye dinnaṃ hanta bhadre ti || tāye padumaṃ bhūyo pratyekabuddhasya hastāto gṛhītaṃ || sā dāni svakaṃ ca hastaṃ padmena śobhamānaṃ paśyati pratyekabuddhasya hastaṃ kṣīṇitaṃ paśyati | tāye vipratisāraṃ saṃjātaṃ | na śobhanaṃ mayā kṛtaṃ yaṃ me prasannacittāye etasya ṛṣisya imaṃ padumaṃ dattvā punaḥ ācchinnaṃ || tāye dāni taṃ padumaṃ bhūyo tasya pratyekabuddhasya dinnaṃ || pratigṛhṇāhi me bhagavan bhūyaḥ imaṃ padumaṃ anukaṃpām upādāya || so dāni padumo tasyā dārikāye tena pratyekabuddhena punar gṛhītaṃ ||

bhagavān āha || syāt khalu punar bhikṣavo yuṣmākam evam asyād anyā sā tena kālena tena samayena vārāṇasīyaṃ dārikā abhūṣi | na khalv etad evaṃ draṣṭavyaṃ | tat kasya hetoḥ | eṣā sā bhikṣavo padumāvatī vārāṇsīyaṃ dārikā abhūṣi || yaṃ se taṃ prasannacittāye pratyekabuddhasya padmaṃ dinnaṃ tasya karmasya vipākena padumāvatīye krameṣu padmāni prādurbhavansuḥ | yaṃ se tasya pratyekabuddhasya hastāto tat padumaṃ bhūyo ācchinnaṃ tasya karmasya vipākena rājñā brahmadattena vadhyāye āṇattāye tāni padumāni krameṣu antarhitāni | yaṃ se taṃ padumaṃ bhūyo tasya pratyekabuddhasya dinnaṃ tasya karmasya vipākena bhūyo rājñā brahmadattena vārāṇasīto kaṃpillam ānītāye punaḥ krameṣu padmāni prādurbhūtāni ||

samāptaṃ padumāvatīye pūrvayogaṃ ||