Namo Buddhāya!

Evaṁ mayā śrutam:

ekasmin samaye Bhagavān Śrāvastyāṁ viharati sma | Purvārāme Mṛgāra-mātuḥ prāsāde | mahatā bhikṣu-saṅghena sārdham-ardha-trayodaśabhir-bhikṣu-śātaiḥ ||

Tatra ca Bhagavān dhīra-gambhīra-madhurodāra-nirdoṣa-svareṇa | bhikṣun-āmantrayate sma:

“Dharmaṁ vo bhikṣavo deśayiṣyāmi | ādau kalyāṇaṁ madhye kalyāṇaṁ paryavasāne kalyāṇaṁ | svarthaṁ suvyañjanaṁ | kevalaṁ paripurṇaṁ parisuddhaṁ paryavadātaṁ brahmacaryaṁ saṁprakāśayiṣye | yad-uta, Arthaviniścayaṁ nāma Dharmaparyāyam ||

Tac-chṛṇuta sādhu ca suṣṭhu ca manasikuruta, bhāṣiṣye.”

“Sādhu Bhagavann”-iti te bhikṣavo Bhagavataḥ pratyaśrauṣuḥ | Bhagavāṁs-tān-idam-avocat:

“Katamaś-cāsau bhikṣavo ’rthaviniścayo nāma Dharmaparyāyaḥ?

Yad-uta:

1. Pañca skandhāḥ |
2. pañcopādāna-skandhāḥ |
3. aṣṭā-daśa dhātavaḥ |
4. dvā-daśāyatanāni |
5. dvā-daśāṅgaḥ pratītya-samutpādaḥ |
6. catvāry-ārya-satyāni |
7. dvā-viṁśatir-indriyāṇi |
8. catvāri dhyānāni |
9. catasra ārūpya-samāpattayaḥ |
10. catvāro brahma-vihārāḥ |
11. catasraḥ pratipadaḥ |
12. catasraḥ samādhi-bhāvanāḥ |
13. catvāri smṛty-upasthānāni |
14. catvāri samyak-prahāṇāni |
15. catvāra ṛddhi-pādāḥ |
16. pañcendriyāṇi |
17. pañca balāni |
18. sapta bodhyaṅgāni |
19. āryāṣṭāṅgo mārgaḥ |
20. ṣoḍaśākārānāpāna-smṛtiḥ |
21. catvāri srota-āpattyaṅgāni |
22. daśa Tathāgata-balāni |
23. catvāri vaiśāradyāni |
24. catasraḥ pratisaṁvidaḥ |
25. aṣṭādaśāveṇikā Buddhadharmāḥ |
26. dvātriṁśan-mahā-puruṣa-lakṣaṇāni |
27. aśītir-anuvyañjanāni ||

Ayaṁ bhikṣavo ’rthaviniścayasya dharmaparyāyasyoddeśaḥ ||

1. Pañca Skandhāḥ

Tatra bhikṣavaḥ katame pañca skandhāḥ?

Tad-yathā:

1. Rūpa-skandhaḥ |
2. vedanā-skandhaḥ |
3. saṁjñā-skandhaḥ |
4. saṁskāra-skandhaḥ |
5. vijñāna-skandhaś-ceti ||

Ime bhikṣavaḥ pañca skandhāḥ ||