atha khalu mahāmatir bodhisattvo mahāsattvaḥ punar api bhagavantam etad avocat | nirvāṇaṃ nirvāṇam iti bhagavann ucyate | kasyaitad adhivacanaṃ yaduta nirvāṇam iti yat sarvatīrthakarair vikalpyate bhagavān āha | tena hi mahāmate śṛṇu sādhu ca suṣṭhu ca manasikuru | bhāṣiṣye ’haṃ te | yathā tīrthakarā nirvāṇaṃ vikalpayanti na ca bhavati teṣāṃ vikalpānurūpaṃ nirvāṇam | sādhu bhagavann iti mahāmatir bodhisattvo mahāsattvo bhagavataḥ pratyaśrauṣīt | bhagavāṃs tasyaitad avocat | tatra kecittāvan mahāmate tīrthakarāḥ skandhadhātvāyatananirodhād viṣayavairāgyān nityavaidharmādarśanāc cittacaittakalāpo na pravartate | atītānāgatapratyutpannaviṣayānanusmaraṇād dīpabījānalavad upādānoparamād apravṛttir vikalpasyeti varṇayanti | atas teṣāṃ tatra nirvāṇabuddhir bhavati | na ca mahāmate vināśadṛṣṭyā nirvāyate ||