Bodhicaryāvatāra · Chapter 1

sugatān sasutān sadharmakāyān praṇipatyādarato 'khilāṃśca vandyān
sugatātmajasaṃvarāvatāraṃ kathayiṣyāmi yathāgamaṃ samāsāt //

na hi kiṃcidapūrvamatra vācyaṃ na ca saṃgrathanakauśalaṃ mamāsti
ataeva na me parārthacintā svamano vāsayituṃ kṛtaṃ mamedaṃ //

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

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

rātrau yathā meghaghanāndhakāre vidyutkṣaṇaṃ darśayati prakāśaṃ
buddhānubhāvena tathā kadācil lokasya puṇyeṣu matiḥ kṣaṇaṃ syāt //

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

kalpānanalpān pravicintayadbhir dṛṣṭaṃ munīndrairhitametadeva
yataḥ sukhenaiva sukhaṃ pravṛddham utplāvayatyapramitāñjanaughān //

bhavaduḥkhaśatāni tartukāmair api sattvavyasanāni hartukāmaiḥ
bahusaukhyaśatāni bhoktukāmair na vimocyaṃ hi sadaiva bodhicittaṃ //

bhavacārakabandhano varākaḥ sugatānāṃ suta ucyate kṣaṇen
na narāmaralokavandanīyo bhavati smodita eva bodhicitte //

aśucipratimāmimāṃ gṛhītvā jinaratnapratimāṃ karotyanarghāṃ
rasajātamatīva vedhanīyaṃ sudṛḍhaṃ gṛhṇata bodhicittasaṃjñaṃ //

suparīkṣitamaprameyadhībhir bahumūlyaṃ jagadekasārthavāhaiḥ
gatipattanavipravāsaśīlāḥ sudṛḍhaṃ gṛhṇata bodhicittaratnaṃ //

kadalīva phalaṃ vihāya yāti kṣayamanyatkuśalaṃ 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 yathāsaṃkhyena paṇḍitaiḥ //

bodhipraṇidhicittasya saṃsāre 'pi phalaṃ mahat
na tvavicchinnapuṇyatvaṃ yathā prasthānacetasaḥ //

yataḥ prabhṛtyaparyanta sattvadhātupramokṣaṇe
samādadāti taccittam anivartyena cetasā //

tataḥ prabhṛti suptasya pramattasyāpyanekaśaḥ
avicchinnāḥ puṇyadhārāḥ pravartante nabhaḥsamāḥ //

idaṃ subāhupṛcchāyāṃ sopapattikamuktavān
hīnādhimuktisattvārthaṃ svayameva tathāgataḥ //

śiraḥśūlāni sattvānāṃ nāśayāmīti cintayan
aprameyeṇa puṇyena gṛhyate sma hitāśayaḥ //

kimutāpramitaṃ śūlam ekaikasya jihīrṣataḥ
aprameyaguṇaṃ sattvam ekaikaṃ ca cikīrṣataḥ //

kasya mātuḥ piturvāpi hitāśaṃseyamīdṛśī
devatānāmṛṣīṇāṃ vā brahmaṇāṃ vā bhaviṣyati //

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

sattvaratnaviśeṣo 'yam apūrvo jāyate kathaṃ
yatparārthāśayo 'nyeṣāṃ na svārthe 'pyupajāyate //

jagadānandabījasya jagadduḥkhauṣadhasya ca
cittaratnasya yatpuṇyaṃ tatkathaṃ hi pramīyatāṃ //

hitāśaṃsanamātreṇa buddhapūjā viśiṣyate
kiṃ punaḥ sarvasattvānāṃ sarvasaukhyārthamudyamāt //

duḥkhamevābhidhāvanti duḥkhaniḥsaraṇāśayā
sukhecchayaiva saṃmohāt svasukhaṃ ghnanti śatruvat //

yasteṣāṃ sukharaṅkāṇāṃ pīḍitānāmanekaśaḥ
tṛptiṃ pūrvasukhaiḥ kuryāt sarvāḥ pīḍāśchinatti ca //

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

kṛte yaḥ pratikurvīta so 'pi tāvatpraśasyate
avyāpāritasādhustu bodhisattvaḥ kimucyatāṃ //

katipayajanasatradāyakaḥ kuśalakṛdityabhipūjyate janaiḥ
kṣaṇamaśanakamātradānataḥ saparibhavaṃ divasārdhayāpanāt //

kimu niravadhisattvasaṃkhyayā niravadhikālamanuprayacchataḥ
gaganajanaparikṣayākṣayaṃ sakalamanorathasaṃprapūraṇaṃ //

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

atha yasya manaḥ prasādameti prasavettasya tato 'dhikaṃ phalaṃ
mahatā hi balena pāpakarma jinaputtreṣu śubhaṃ tvayatnataḥ //

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