atha khalu mahāmatir bodhisattvo mahāsattvo bhagavantam etad avocat | deśayatu me bhagavāṃs tathāgato ’rhan samyaksaṃbuddhaḥ svabuddhabuddhatām yenāhaṃ cānye ca bodhisattvā mahāsattvās tathāgatasvakuśalā svamātmānaṃ parāṃś cāvabodhayeyuḥ | bhagavān āha | tena hi mahāmate tvam eva paripṛccha | yathā te kṣamate tathā visarjayiṣyāmi | mahāmatir āha | kiṃ punar bhagavaṃs tathāgato ’rhan samyaksaṃbuddho ’kṛtakaḥ kṛtakaḥ kāryaṃ kāraṇaṃ lakṣyaṃ lakṣaṇam abhidhānam abhidheyaṃ buddhir boddhavya evam ādyaiḥ padaniruktaiḥ kiṃ bhagavān anyo ’nanyaḥ ||