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[Tirthakrddānamahattvasiddhyaştakam]
jagadgurormahādānaṁ sarkhyāvaccetyasangatam. śatāni trīņi koțināṁ sutramityādi coditam.
As mentioned three hundred crores etc. in the canons being numerable ( to describe ) the charity of the teacher of the Universe as Great is not proper.
anyaistvasankhyamanyeşāṁ svatantresūpavarnyate. tattadeveha tadyuktaṁ mahacchabdopapattitaḥ.
Others ( Buddhists ) depict their ( Bodhisattva's ) alms in their canons as innumerable hence, here, that ( innumerable charity ) specified by the term Great ( Mahat ) is so ( Great charity ) justified.
tato mahānubhāvatvāttesāmeveha yuktimat. jagadgurutvamakhilaṁ sarvaṁ hi mahatāṁ mahat.
Therefore, on account of this magnanimity, only theirs ( Boddhisattvas charity alone ) is, appropriately, the Great one in this world, their being the teacher of the universe is also appropriate. Surely, the entire activities of the Great persons are magnanimous.
evamăheha sūtrārthaṁ nyāyato’navadhārayan. kaścinmohättatastasya nyāyaleśotra darsyate.
Not ascertaining logically, some deluded Buddhists explained thus ( as already said ), the meaning
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