Mahāyānasūtrālaṃkāra (another edition) · Chapter 1

Mahāyānasūtrālaṃkāraḥ
om
namaḥ sarvabuddhabodhisatvebhyaḥ
prathamo 'dhikāraḥ
arthajño 'rthavibhāvanāṃ prakurute vācā padaiścāmalair duḥkhasyottaraṇāya duḥkhitajane kāruṇyatastanmayaḥ /
dharmasyottamayānadeśitavidheḥ satveṣu tadgāmiṣu śliṣṭāmarthagatiṃ niruttaragataṃ pañcātmikāṃ darśayan

ghaṭitamiva suvarṇaṃ vārijaṃ vā vibuddhaṃ sukṛtamiva subhojyaṃ bhujyamānaṃ kṣudhārtaiḥ /
vidita iva sulekho ratnapeṭeva muktā vivṛta iha sa dharmaḥ prītimagryāṃ dadhāti

yathā bimbaṃ bhūṣāprakṛtiguṇavaddarpaṇagataṃ viśiṣṭaṃ prāmodyaṃ janayati nṛṇāṃ darśanavaśāt /
tathā dharmaḥ sūktaprakṛtiguṇayukto 'pi satataṃ vibhaktārthastuṣṭiṃ janayati viśiṣṭāmiha satām

āghrāyamāṇakaṭukaṃ svādurasaṃ yathauṣadhaṃ tadvat /
dharma[rmo] dvayavyavasthā[stho] vyañjanato 'rtho na ca[rthataśca] jñeyaḥ

rājeva durārādho dharmo 'yaṃ vipulagāḍhagambhīraḥ /
ārādhitaśca tadvadvaraguṇadhanadāyako bhavati

ratnaṃ jātyamanarthaṃ[rghaṃ]yathā 'parīkṣakajanaṃ na toṣayati /
dharmastathāyamabudhaṃ viparyayātteṣayati tadvat

ādāvavyākaraṇātsamapravṛtteragocarātsiddheḥ /
bhāvābhāve 'bhāvātpratipakṣatvādrutānyatvāt

pratyakṣacakṣuṣo buddhāḥ śāsanasya ca rakṣakāḥ /
adhmamanyanāvṛtajñānā upekṣāto na yujyate

vaikalyato virodhādanupāyatvāttthāpyanupadeśāt /
na śrāvakayānamidaṃ bhavati mahāyānadharmākhyam

āśayasyopadeśasya prayogasya virodhataḥ /
upastambhasya kālasya yat hīnaṃ hīnameva tat

svake 'vatārātsvasyaiva vinaye darśanādapi /
audāryādapi gāmbhīryādaviruddhaiva dharmatā

niśrito 'niyato 'vyāpī sāṃvṛtaḥ khedavānapi /
bālāśrayo matastarkastasyāto viṣayo na tat

audāryādapi gāmbhīryātparipāko 'vikalpanā /
deśanā'to dvayasyāsmin sa copāyo niruttare

tadasthānatrāso bhavati jagatāṃ dāhakaraṇo mahā'puṇyaskandhaprasavakaraṇāddīrdhasamayam /
agotro 'sanmitro 'kṛtamatirapūrvā'citaśubhasrasatyasmin dharme patati mahato 'rthādgata iha

tadanyānyā[nyasyā?]bhāvātparamagahanatvādanugamāt vicitrasyākhyānād dhruvakathanayogādbahumukhāt /
yathākhyānaṃ nārthādbhagavati ca bhāvātigahanāt na dharme 'smiṃsrāso bhavati viduṣāṃ yonivicayāt

śrutaṃ niśrityādau prabhavati manaskāra iha yo
manaskārājñānaṃ prabhavati ca tatvārthaviṣayam /
tato dharmaprāptiḥ prabhavati ca tasminmatirato
yadā pratyātmaṃ sā kathamasati tasminvyavasitiḥ

ahaṃ na boddhā na gabhīraboddhā buddhau gabhīraṃ kimatarkagamyam /
kasmād gabhīrārthavidāṃ na mokṣa ityetaduttrāsapadaṃ na yuktam

hīnādhimuktaḥ sunihīnadhātor hī naiḥ sahāyaiḥ parivāritasya /
audāryagāmbhīryasudeśite 'smin dharme 'dhimuktiryadi nāsti siddham

śrutānusāreṇa hi buddhimattaṃ labdhvā'śrute yaḥ prakarotyavajñām /
śrute vicitre sati cāprameye śiṣṭe kuto niścayameti mūḍhaḥ

yathārute 'rthe parikalpyamāne svapratyayo hānimupaiti buddheḥ /
svākhyātatāṃ ca kṣipati kṣatiṃ ca prāpnoti dharme pratighāvatīva[pratighātameva]

manaḥ pradoṣaḥ prakṛtipraduṣṭo ['yathārute cāpi] hyayuktarūpaḥ /
prāgeva saṃdehagatasya dharme tasmādupekṣaiva varaṃ hyadoṣā