Second Chapter Of Bhavyas Madhyamakahrdaya

SR No.: 269331
Original Sutra Author: N/A
Author: V V Gokhale
Publisher: V V Gokhale
Total Pages: 6
Language: English
Classification: Article
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V. V. GOKHALE With his eye of intelligence wide opened and his skill in theoretical as well as practical matters, he puts on his garments of modesty and bashfulness as it were, and he wears a girdle as it were of dignified softness (sauratya) around his waist.
Krpākssņājinadharaḥ śraddhā 'malakamandaluh /
Smstiguptendriyadvāro dhștivetrāsanāsanaḥ // Wearing the dark deerskin as a symbol of) Commiseration (krpā) and having a spotlessly clean water-jug (kamandalu) in the form of Faith (śraddhā), and with the gates of his senses guarded as it were by constant awareness (smrti), he has his seat on the reed-mat of Endurance (dhrti).
Mahāyānalomahāramyatapovanasamāśrayaḥ / .
Dhyānaprītiphalāhāraḥ smộtyupasthānagocaraḥ // He has his dwelling in the luxurious forest-hermitage of Mahāyāna (Superior Career), where he nourishes himself upon the fruits of happiness, born of Meditation; and the sphere of his actions is represented by the location of (the four kinds of) Mindfulness (smộtyupasthāna).
Gambhirodārasütrāntallsvādhyāyahatakilbiṣaḥ /
Pratītyotpādasāvitrīml2 japan satyadvayāśrayām13 || He has destroyed all his sins by giving oral instruction (svādhyāya) in the Sutrānta-texts, which are profound and extensive, while chanting to himself as it were the Hymn to the Sun (Sāvitrī) in the form of the Chain of Causation (Pratityasamutpäda), founded upon the twofold aspect of Truth.
Varņāļhyaiḥ pratipat14 puşpaiḥ sarvadiggandhavāhibhiḥ /
Upāsīnas tv aharahaḥ samyaksambuddhabhāskaram15 // And day after day he worships the Sun, who is the Perfectly Enlightened One (Samyaksambuddha), with flowers in the form of his achievements (pratipatpuspa), which waft their fragrance in all directions and are rich with (colorful) praise (varna). 12
Hutākušalasankalpah pratisamkhyānapävake Munivratam cared evam anuttarapadäptaye //
Munivratasamāśrayaparicchedaḥ dvitīyaḥ // Having sacrificed all undesirable notions in the fire of reflexion (pratisamkhyāna), one has to live an ascetic life of this type for reaching the summit, where there is nothing beyond. End of Chapter Two on Taking the Vow of an Ascetic.
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. Mc. reads śuddha-, but Tibetan has dad. pal. 10 Mc. reads naștānga- for Mahāyāna-. 11 Tarkajvälà explains Sūtrānta as texts like the Prajñāpāramitā. 12 Tarkajväla: Sāvitri, because the Buddha is called the Sun (Savita). (See verse 11 below: sambuddhabhāskaraḥ; also Suttanipāta 457, 568; Vinaya I, 246 etc.). 13 Mc. reads -śrayat/. 14 Pratipat = Tibetan bsgrub.pa; Cf. LVP's L'Abhidharmakośa, VII, p. 32 n. etc. 15 Mc. reads-bhāskaraḥ //.