Prathamo'dhikāraḥ
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Mahāyānasūtrālaṃkāraḥ (kārikā only)
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namaḥ sarvabuddhabodhisatvebhyaḥ
prathamo'dhikāraḥ
arthajño'rthavibhāvanāṃ prakurute vācā padaiścāmalai-
rduḥkhasyottaraṇāya duḥkhitajane kāruṇyatastanmayaḥ|
dharmasyottamayānadeśitavidheḥ satveṣu tadgāmiṣu
śliṣṭāmarthagatiṃ niruttaragataṃ pañcātmikāṃ darśayan||1||
ghaṭitamiva suvarṇaṃ vārijaṃ vā vibuddhaṃ
sukṛtamiva subhojyaṃ bhujyamānaṃ kṣudhārtaiḥ|
vidita iva sulekho ratnapeṭeva muktā
vivṛta iha sa dharmaḥ prītimagryāṃ dadhāti||2||
yathā bimbaṃ bhūṣāprakṛtiguṇavaddarpaṇagataṃ
viśiṣṭaṃ prāmodyaṃ janayati nṛṇāṃ darśanavaśāt|
tathā dharmaḥ sūktaprakṛtiguṇayukto'pi satataṃ
vibhaktārthastuṣṭiṃ janayati viśiṣṭāmiha satām||3||
āghrāyamāṇakaṭukaṃ svādurasaṃ yathauṣadhaṃ tadvat|
dharma[rmo] dvayavyavasthā[stho] vyañjanato'rtho na ca[rthataśca] jñeyaḥ||4||
rājeva durārādho dharmo'yaṃ vipulagāḍhagambhīraḥ|
ārādhitaśca tadvadvaraguṇadhanadāyako bhavati||5||
ratnaṃ jātyamanarthaṃ[rghaṃ]yathā 'parīkṣakajanaṃ na toṣayati|
dharmastathāyamabudhaṃ viparyayātteṣayati tadvat||6||
ādāvavyākaraṇātsamapravṛtteragocarātsiddheḥ|
bhāvābhāve 'bhāvātpratipakṣatvādrutānyatvāt||7||
pratyakṣacakṣuṣo buddhāḥ śāsanasya ca rakṣakāḥ|
adhmamanyanāvṛtajñānā upekṣāto na yujyate ||8||
vaikalyato virodhādanupāyatvāttthāpyanupadeśāt|
na śrāvakayānamidaṃ bhavati mahāyānadharmākhyam||9||
āśayasyopadeśasya prayogasya virodhataḥ|
upastambhasya kālasya yat hīnaṃ hīnameva tat||10||
svake 'vatārātsvasyaiva vinaye darśanādapi|
audāryādapi gāmbhīryādaviruddhaiva dharmatā||11||
niśrito 'niyato 'vyāpī sāṃvṛtaḥ khedavānapi|
bālāśrayo matastarkastasyāto viṣayo na tat||12||
audāryādapi gāmbhīryātparipāko 'vikalpanā|
deśanā'to dvayasyāsmin sa copāyo niruttare||13||
tadasthānatrāso bhavati jagatāṃ dāhakaraṇo
mahā'puṇyaskandhaprasavakaraṇāddīrdhasamayam|
agotro 'sanmitro 'kṛtamatirapūrvā'citaśubha-
srasatyasmin dharme patati mahato 'rthādgata iha||14||
tadanyānyā[nyasyā?]bhāvātparamagahanatvādanugamāt
vicitrasyākhyānād dhruvakathanayogādbahumukhāt|
yathākhyānaṃ nārthādbhagavati ca bhāvātigahanāt
na dharme 'smiṃsrāso bhavati viduṣāṃ yonivicayāt||15||
śrutaṃ niśrityādau prabhavati manaskāra iha yo
manaskārājñānaṃ prabhavati ca tatvārthaviṣayam|
tato dharmaprāptiḥ prabhavati ca tasminmatirato
yadā pratyātmaṃ sā kathamasati tasminvyavasitiḥ||16||
ahaṃ na boddhā na gabhīraboddhā buddhau gabhīraṃ kimatarkagamyam|
kasmād gabhīrārthavidāṃ na mokṣa ityetaduttrāsapadaṃ na yuktam||17||
hīnādhimuktaḥ sunihīnadhāto-
rhī naiḥ sahāyaiḥ parivāritasya|
audāryagāmbhīryasudeśite'smin
dharme'dhimuktiryadi nāsti siddham||18||
śrutānusāreṇa hi buddhimattaṃ
labdhvā'śrute yaḥ prakarotyavajñām|
śrute vicitre sati cāprameye
śiṣṭe kuto niścayameti mūḍhaḥ||19||
yathārute 'rthe parikalpyamāne
svapratyayo hānimupaiti buddheḥ|
svākhyātatāṃ ca kṣipati kṣatiṃ ca
prāpnoti dharme pratighāvatīva[pratighātameva]||20||
manaḥ pradoṣaḥ prakṛtipraduṣṭo-
['yathārute cāpi]hyayuktarūpaḥ|
prāgeva saṃdehagatasya dharme
tasmādupekṣaiva varaṃ hyadoṣā||21||
|| mahāyānasūtrālaṃkāre mahāyānasiddhyadhikāraḥ prathamaḥ||