Bodhicaryāvatāra (another edition) · Chapter 1

Śāntidevaviracitaḥ bodhicaryāvatāraḥ /
|| om namo buddhāya ||
1 Bodhicittānuśaṃso nāma prathamaḥ paricchedaḥ /
sugatān sasutān sadharmakāyān praṇipatyādarato 'khilāṃśca vandyān /
sugatātmajasaṃvarāvatāraṃ kathayiṣyāmi yathāgamaṃ samāsāt

na hi kiṃcidapūrvamatra vācyaṃ na ca saṃgrathanakauśalaṃ mamāsti /
ata eva na me parārthacintā svamano vāsayituṃ kṛtaṃ mayedam

mama tāvadanena yāti vṛddhiṃ kuśalaṃ bhāvayituṃ prasādavegaḥ /
atha matsamadhātureva paśyed aparo 'pyenamato 'pi sārthako 'yam

kṣaṇasaṃpadiyaṃ sudurlabhā pratilabdhā puruṣārthasādhanī /
yadi nātra vicintyate hitaṃ punarapyeṣa samāgamaḥ kutaḥ

rātrau yathā meghaghanāndhakāre vidyut kṣaṇaṃ darśayati prakāśam /
buddhānubhāvena tathā kadācil lokasya puṇyeṣu matiḥ kṣaṇaṃ syāt

tasmācchubhaṃ durbalameva nityaṃ balaṃ tu pāpasya mahatsughoram /
tajjīyate 'nyena śubhena kena saṃbodhicittaṃ yadi nāma na syāt

kalpānanalpān pravicintayadbhi rdṛṣṭaṃ munīndrairhitametadeva /
yataḥ sukhenaiva sukhaṃ pravṛddham utplāvayatyapramitāñjanaughān

bhavaduḥkhaśatāni tartukāmairapi sattvavyasanāni hartukāmaiḥ /
bahusaukhyaśatāni bhoktukāmair na vimocyaṃ hi sadaiva bodhicittam

bhavacārakabandhano varākaḥ sugatānāṃ suta ucyate kṣaṇena /
sanarāmaralokavandanīyo bhavati smodita eva bodhicitte

aśucipratimāmimāṃ gṛhītvā jinaratnapratimāṃ karotyanarghām /
rasajātamatīva vedhanīyaṃ sudṛḍhaṃ gṛhṇata bodhicittasaṃjñam

suparīkṣitamaprameyadhībhir bahumūlyaṃ jagadekasārthavāhaiḥ /
gatipattanavipravāsaśīlāḥ sudṛḍhaṃ gṛhṇata bodhicittaratnam

kadalīva phalaṃ vihāya yāti kṣayamanyat kuśalaṃ hi sarvameva /
satataṃ phalati kṣayaṃ na yāti prasavatyeva tu bodhicittavṛkṣaḥ

kṛtvāpi pāpāni sudāruṇāni yadāśrayāduttarati kṣaṇena /
śūrāśrayeṇeva mahābhayāni nāśrīyate tatkathamajñasattvaiḥ

yugāntakālānalavanmahānti pāpāni yannirdahati kṣaṇena /
yasyānuśaṃsānamitānuvāca maitreyanāthaḥ sudhanāya dhīmān

tadbodhicittaṃ dvividhaṃ vijñātavyaṃ samāsataḥ /
bodhipraṇidhicittaṃ ca bodhiprasthānameva ca

gantukāmasya gantuśca yathā bhedaḥ pratīyate /
tathā bhedo 'nayorjñeyo yāthāsaṃkhyena paṇḍitaiḥ

bodhipraṇidhicittasya saṃsāre 'pi phalaṃ mahat /
na tvavicchinnapuṇyatvaṃ yathā prasthānacetasaḥ

yataḥ prabhṛtyaparyantasattvadhātupramokṣaṇe /
samādadāti taccittamanivartyena cetasā

tataḥprabhṛti suptasya pramattasyāpyanekaśaḥ /
avicchinnāḥ puṇyadhārāḥ pravartante nabhaḥsamāḥ

idaṃ subāhupṛcchāyāṃ sopapattikamuktavān /
hīnādhimuktisattvārthaṃ svayameva tathāgataḥ

śiraḥśūlāni sattvānāṃ nāśayāmīti cintayan /
aprameyeṇa puṇyena gṛhyate sma hitāśayaḥ

kimutāpratimaṃ śūlamekaikasya jihīrṣataḥ /
aprameyaguṇaṃ sattvamekaikaṃ ca cikīrṣataḥ

kasya mātuḥ piturvāpi hitāśaṃseyamīdṛśī /
devatānāmṛṣīṇāṃ vā brahmaṇāṃ vā bhaviṣyati

teṣāmeva ca sattvānāṃ svārthe 'pyeṣa manorathaḥ /
notpannapūrvaḥ svapne 'pi parārthe saṃbhavaḥ kutaḥ

sattvaratnaviśeṣo 'yamapūrvo jāyate katham /
yatparārthāśayo 'nyeṣāṃ na svārthe 'pyupajāyate

jagadānandabījasya jagadduḥkhauṣadhasya ca /
cittaratnasya yatpuṇyaṃ tatkathaṃ hi pramīyatām

hitāśaṃsanamātreṇa buddhapūjā viśiṣyate /
kiṃ punaḥ sarvasattvānāṃ sarvasaukhyārthamudyamāt

duḥkhamevābhidhāvanti duḥkhaniḥsaraṇāśayā /
sukhecchayaiva saṃmohāt svasukhaṃ ghnanti śatruvat

yasteṣāṃ sukharaṅkāṇāṃ pīḍitānāmanekaśaḥ /
tṛptiṃ sarvasukhaiḥ kuryātsarvāḥ pīḍāśchinatti ca

nāśayatyapi saṃmohaṃ sādhustena samaḥ kutaḥ /
kuto vā tādṛśaṃ mitraṃ puṇyaṃ vā tādṛśaṃ kutaḥ

kṛte yaḥ pratikurvīta so 'pi tāvatpraśasyate /
avyāpāritasādhustu bodhisattvaḥ kimucyatām

katipayajanasattradāyakaḥ kuśalakṛdityabhipūjyate janaiḥ /
kṣaṇamaśanakamātradānataḥ saparibhavaṃ divasārdhayāpanāt

kimu niravadhisattvasaṃkhyayā niravadhikālamanuprayacchataḥ /
gaganajanaparikṣayākṣayaṃ sakalamanorathasaṃprapūraṇam

iti sattrapatau jinasya putre kaluṣaṃ sve hṛdaye karoti yaśca /
kaluṣodayasaṃkhyayā sa kalpān narakeṣvāvasatīti nātha āha

atha yasya manaḥ prasādameti prasavettasya tato 'dhikaṃ phalam /
mahatā hi balena pāpakaṃ jinaputreṣu śubhaṃ tvayatnataḥ

teṣāṃ śarīrāṇi namaskaromi yatroditaṃ tadvaracittaratnam /
yatrāpakāro 'pi sukhānubandhī sukhākarāṃstān śaraṇaṃ prayāmi