Surpassing Every Heaven
Having accumulated wholesome roots, the bodhisattva beholds immeasurable buddhas in thought after thought and makes offerings through an extensive litany of asaṃkhyeya gifts — jewels, flowers, garlands, robes, incense, thrones of every material, walking-paths lined with jeweled trees, and palaces of every kind, each declared to surpass every heaven. Trees with spreading branches shade these palaces, themselves adorned with asaṃkhyeya balustrades, windows, towers, and golden nets.
Asaṃkhyeya, Named One by One
This litany follows a pattern familiar from earlier chapters of this sūtra — rather than compress the offering into a single grand image, the text names each category one at a time, each preceded by "asaṃkhyeya," building an accumulation whose scale is meant to be felt in the sheer duration of reading it as much as in any single item's grandeur.
「菩薩摩訶薩如是積集諸善根已，以此善根所得依果修菩薩行，於念念中見無量佛，如其所應，承事供養。以阿僧祇寶、阿僧祇華、阿僧祇鬘、阿僧祇衣、阿僧祇蓋、阿僧祇幢、阿僧祇幡、阿僧祇莊嚴具、阿僧祇給侍、阿僧祇塗飾地、阿僧祇塗香、阿僧祇末香、阿僧祇和香、阿僧祇燒香、阿僧祇深信、阿僧祇愛樂、阿僧祇淨心、阿僧祇尊重、阿僧祇讚歎、阿僧祇禮敬，阿僧祇寶座，阿僧祇華座、阿僧祇香座、阿僧祇鬘座、阿僧祇栴檀座、阿僧祇衣座、阿僧祇金剛座、阿僧祇摩尼座、阿僧祇寶繒座、阿僧祇寶色座、
"When the bodhisattva mahāsattva has accumulated every wholesome root in just this way, through the resulting fruit obtained from these wholesome roots they cultivate the bodhisattva's own practice, beholding immeasurable buddhas in thought after thought, and, according to what is fitting, serving and making offerings to them. With asaṃkhyeya jewels, asaṃkhyeya flowers, asaṃkhyeya garlands, asaṃkhyeya robes, asaṃkhyeya canopies, asaṃkhyeya banners, asaṃkhyeya pennants, asaṃkhyeya ornaments, asaṃkhyeya attendants, asaṃkhyeya anointed and adorned grounds, asaṃkhyeya perfumed unguents, asaṃkhyeya powdered incense, asaṃkhyeya blended incense, asaṃkhyeya burning incense, asaṃkhyeya profound faith, asaṃkhyeya love and delight, asaṃkhyeya pure minds, asaṃkhyeya reverence, asaṃkhyeya praise, asaṃkhyeya homage, asaṃkhyeya jeweled thrones, asaṃkhyeya flower thrones, asaṃkhyeya fragrant thrones, asaṃkhyeya garland thrones, asaṃkhyeya sandalwood thrones, asaṃkhyeya robe thrones, asaṃkhyeya vajra thrones, asaṃkhyeya maṇi-jewel thrones, asaṃkhyeya jeweled-silk thrones, asaṃkhyeya jewel-colored thrones,
阿僧祇寶經行處、阿僧祇華經行處、阿僧祇香經行處、阿僧祇鬘經行處、阿僧祇衣經行處、阿僧祇寶間錯經行處、阿僧祇一切寶繒綵經行處、阿僧祇一切寶多羅樹經行處、阿僧祇一切寶欄楯經行處、阿僧祇一切寶鈴網彌覆經行處、阿僧祇一切寶宮殿、阿僧祇一切華宮殿、阿僧祇一切香宮殿、阿僧祇一切鬘宮殿、阿僧祇一切栴檀宮殿、阿僧祇一切堅固妙香藏宮殿、阿僧祇一切金剛宮殿、阿僧祇一切摩尼宮殿，皆悉殊妙出過諸天；阿僧祇諸雜寶樹、阿僧祇種種香樹、阿僧祇諸寶衣樹、阿僧祇諸音樂樹、阿僧祇寶莊嚴具樹、阿僧祇妙音聲樹、阿僧祇無厭寶樹、阿僧祇寶繒綵樹、阿僧祇寶璫樹，阿僧祇一切華香、幢幡、鬘蓋所嚴飾樹，如是等樹，扶踈蔭映，莊嚴宮殿。其諸宮殿復有阿僧祇軒檻莊嚴、阿僧祇窓牖莊嚴、阿僧祇門闥莊嚴，阿僧祇樓閣莊嚴、阿僧祇半月莊嚴、阿僧祇帳莊嚴，阿僧祇金網彌覆其上，阿僧祇香周匝普熏，阿僧祇衣敷布其地。
asaṃkhyeya jeweled walking-paths, asaṃkhyeya flower walking-paths, asaṃkhyeya fragrant walking-paths, asaṃkhyeya garland walking-paths, asaṃkhyeya robe walking-paths, asaṃkhyeya walking-paths inlaid with jewels, asaṃkhyeya walking-paths of every kind of jeweled silk, asaṃkhyeya walking-paths of every kind of jeweled tāla tree, asaṃkhyeya walking-paths of every kind of jeweled balustrade, asaṃkhyeya walking-paths canopied over by every kind of jeweled bell-net, asaṃkhyeya palaces of every kind of jewel, asaṃkhyeya palaces of every kind of flower, asaṃkhyeya palaces of every kind of fragrance, asaṃkhyeya palaces of every kind of garland, asaṃkhyeya palaces of every kind of sandalwood, asaṃkhyeya palaces of every kind of firm and wondrous fragrance-treasury, asaṃkhyeya palaces of every kind of vajra, asaṃkhyeya palaces of every kind of maṇi-jewel — all of them supremely wondrous, surpassing every heaven; asaṃkhyeya trees of every kind of mixed jewel, asaṃkhyeya trees of every kind of fragrance, asaṃkhyeya trees of every kind of jeweled robe, asaṃkhyeya trees of every kind of music, asaṃkhyeya trees adorned with jeweled ornaments, asaṃkhyeya trees of wondrous sound, asaṃkhyeya trees of inexhaustible jewels, asaṃkhyeya trees of jeweled silk, asaṃkhyeya trees of jeweled pendants, asaṃkhyeya trees adorned entirely with every kind of flower, fragrance, banner, pennant, garland, and canopy — trees such as these, their branches spreading and their shade cast wide, adorning the palaces. Those very palaces further have asaṃkhyeya balustrade adornments, asaṃkhyeya window adornments, asaṃkhyeya doorway adornments, asaṃkhyeya tower and pavilion adornments, asaṃkhyeya crescent-moon adornments, asaṃkhyeya canopy adornments, asaṃkhyeya golden nets canopying over them, asaṃkhyeya fragrances universally perfuming all around, and asaṃkhyeya robes spread out over the ground.
The list's arc moves from portable gifts (jewels, flowers, incense) through furnishings (thrones, walking-paths) to architecture itself (palaces, towers, trees), each category exhausted before the next begins. Even asaṃkhyeya "profound faith" and "love and delight" appear inside a list otherwise devoted to physical offerings — a reminder that in this sūtra's own accounting, an inner disposition is offered exactly the way a jewel or a canopy is offered, with no lesser status.
Part 227 Complete
This closes Part 227. Chapter 25 continues in Part 228 as the bodhisattva sustains these offerings throughout inconceivable and indescribable kalpas, continuing to honor the relics of every Tathāgata even after their final nirvāṇa.