Then the noble goddess Bodhisattvasamuccayā praised the Bhagavat with these verses:

“I pay homage to the Buddha who has pure knowledge, Who has the knowledge with eloquence in the pure Dharma, Who has the knowledge that is free from the path of bad actions, And has the pure knowledge of existence and nonexistence.

“Oh! Oh! The Buddha’s magnificence is infinite! Oh! Oh! He is like the ocean and Mount Sumeru! Oh! Oh! The Buddha’s activity is infinite! He is extremely rare like a fig tree flower!

“In order that he may care for all beings, He has taught such a sublime sūtra as this. Oh! Oh! The Tathāgata who has compassion, The lord of humans, the sun, the Śākya family’s crest—

“The Tathāgata Śākyamuni is the lord of peace; He resides in sublime peace in the city of peace; His profound samādhi is a peace free of stain. He has entered the field of activity of the buddhas, the jinas.

“In that way, the bodies of the disciples are empty; The locations of the supreme among humans are empty. All of those phenomena are by nature empty, But beings do not understand that empty nature.

“I always, constantly think of the Buddha; I constantly grieve for the sight of the Jina. I am constantly praying and supplicating In order to see the sun that is the perfect Buddha.

“I constantly kneel in one narrow spot, My mind pained by thirsting for the Jina’s form. I weep and call out pitifully for the Guide, In extreme thirst for the sight of the Tathāgata.

“I am completely burned by the fire of my grief. I pray you always give me the cooling water of your sight. I am in extreme thirst for the sight of your form. Refresh me with the rain of your compassion.

“I pray that you, the Guide, will be compassionate to me. I pray that you bestow on me the sight of your peaceful form. You are the savior of beings, including the devas, And thus the bodies of your disciples are empty.

“All beings have the nature of a dream. They are like space and have the nature of space. They are like illusions, mirages, and the moon on water. Guide, yours is an emptiness of greatness.”

The Bhagavat then rose from his seat and with the voice of Brahmā said, “Noble goddess, well done! Well done!”

When the Bhagavat had spoken, the noble goddess Bodhisattvasamuccayā, the noble goddess Sarasvatī, and all the other goddesses—the noble goddess Śrī and all the rest of the entire assembly of goddesses—and Vaiśravaṇa and all the other kings of devas, and the assembly that had all the different kinds of disciples, and the world with its devas, humans, asuras, and gandharvas rejoiced and praised the words of the Bhagavat.

ye dharmahetuprabhavā hetun teśān tathāgato hy avadat eśāñ ca yo nirodhā evaṃ vādī mahāśramanaḥ svāhā