Madhyamakaśāstrastutiḥ
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madhyamakaśāstrastutiḥ
ācārya-candrakīrtikṛtā
yadbuddhairiha śāsanaṃ navavidhaṃ sūtrādi saṃkīrtitaṃ
lokānāṃ caritānurodhanipuṇaṃ satyadvayāpāśrayam |
tasmin rāganirākṛtau nahi kathā dveṣakṣaye jāyate
dveṣasyāpi nirākṛtau nahi kathā rāgakṣaye jāyate || 1 ||
mānāderapi yat kṣayāya vacanaṃ nānyaṃ malaṃ hanti tat
tasmādvayāpitaraṃ na tatra ca punastāstā mahārthāḥ kathāḥ |
mā mohasya parikṣayāya tu kathā kleśānaśeṣānasau
hanyānmohasamāśritā hi sakalāḥ kleśā jinairbhāṣitāḥ || 2 ||
mohasyāsya parikṣayāya ca yato dṛṣṭāḥ pratītyādaya-
stattvaṃ tat pratipacca saiva sugataiḥ saṃkīrtitā madhyamā |
kāyo dharmamayo muneḥ sa ca yataḥ sā śūnyatetyucyate
buddhānāṃ hṛdayaṃ sa cāpi mahatī vidyeti saṃkīrtyate || 3 ||
yasmātsarvaguṇākaro'yamudito buddhairatastatkathā
śāstre madhyamake'tha vistaratarā mukhyātmanā varṇitā |
kāruṇyadrutacetasā pravacanaṃ buddhvā yathāvasthitaṃ
buddhānāṃ tanayena tena sudhiyā nāgārjunenādarāt || 4||
gambhīraṃ jinaśāsanaṃ na hi jano yo vetti tatsaṃvide
maunīndrād vacasaḥ pṛthaṅnigadituṃ vāñchanti tattvaṃ ca ye |
anye ye'pi kubuddhayaḥ pravacanaṃ vyācakṣate cānyathā
teṣāṃ cāpi nirākṛtau kṛtamidaṃ śāstraṃ hatāntardvayam || 5 ||
spaṣṭaṃ rāhulabhadrapādasahito nāgārjuno tanmataṃ
devenāpyanugamyamānavacanaḥ kālaṃ ciraṃ diṣṭavān |
tacchāstrapravivekaniścitadhiyastīrthyān vijityākhilāṃ-
stacchiṣyā api śāsanaṃ munivarasyādiṣṭavantaściram || 6 ||
āyātāya śiro'rthiṃne karuṇayā protkṛtya dattvā śiraḥ
saṃyāte tu sukhāvatīṃ jinasute nāgārjune tatkṛtāḥ |
granthāḥ śiṣyagaṇāśca te'pi bahunā kālena nāśaṃ gatāḥ
tattvārke'stamite'dhunā na hi mataṃ spaṣṭaṃ tadasti kvacit || 7 ||
utprekṣā racitārthamātranipuṇe duraṃgate satpathād
unmatte'tha nipīya tarkamadirāṃ loke'dhunā bhūyasā |
sarvajñoditatattvabodharahite bauddhe mate vyākule
dhanyo'sau kṣaṇamapyapāsya vimatiṃ yaḥ śūnyatāṃ gāhate || 8 ||
bhītyā vastunibandhanoparacitairyaḥ śāstrapāśairvṛta-
ścittvotplutya ca yāti vastuparikhāṃ caiko mṛgo'sau mahān |
taṃ pratyadya na cintayā mama guṇaścaikastu yo nādhunā
taṃ pratyeva tadanyaśāstramathanī vṛttiḥ kṛteyaṃ mayā || 9 ||
dṛṣṭvā sūtrasamuccayaṃ parikathāṃ ratnāvalīṃ saṃstutī-
rabhyasyāticiraṃ ca śāstragaditāstāḥ kārikā yatnataḥ |
yuktyākhyāmatha ṣaṣṭikāṃ saviḍalāṃ tāṃ śūnyatāsaptatiṃ
yā cāsāvatha vigrahasya racitā vyāvartinī tāmapi || 10 ||
dṛṣṭvā tacchatakādikaṃ bahuvidhaṃ sūtraṃ gabhīraṃ tathā
vṛttiṃ cāpyatha buddhapālitakṛtāṃ sūkṣmāṃ ca yadbhāvinā |
pāramparyasamāgataṃ pravicayāccāsāditaṃ yanmayā
piṇḍīkṛtya tadetadunnatadhiyāṃ tuṣṭau samāveditam || 11 ||
cintāmaṇḍala eṣa tarkamathanaḥ sākṣādihāvasthitān
arthān samyaganākulān paṭudhiyāṃ vāgāṃśubhirbhāsayan |
vṛttiṃ spaṣṭatarāmimāṃ ca vidadhaccandro'dhunā kīrtimān
lokānāmudito nihanti vimatīḥ sāndrāndhakāraiḥ saha || 12 ||
kṛtvā vṛttimimāmanākulapadāṃ satprakriyāmādarāt
śrāddhānāṃ sudhiyāṃ na niścayavidhau yuktyāgamāpāśrayām |
yatpuṇyaṃ mama śūnyateva vipulaṃ tenaiva loko'khila-
styaktvā dṛṣṭigaṇaṃ prayātu padavīṃ sarvaprapañcacchidām || 13 ||
śāstāraṃ praṇipatya gautamamahaṃ taddharmatāvasthitān
sambuddhān sakalaṃ jinātmajagaṇaṃ dharmaṃ ca tairbhāṣitam |
cakṣurbhūtamanantabuddhavacanasyālocane dehinām
yo'muṃ madhyamakaṃ cakāra kṛpayā nāgārjunastaṃ name || 14 ||
śrī candrakīrtikṛtā madhyamakaśāstrastutiḥ samāptā ||