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The Sarvarahasyatantra
535 (52) "with a look of endearment”: the verse states the four kinds of giving (dāna),
gift of love; gift of the Doctrine (dharma); gift of confidence; and gift of material things (as offerings to the Buddhas). This amounts to attaining the first Bodhisattva
stage, called Pramudită (Joyful). (53) / rnal 'byor sbyin las rab dga' ste / (53) Yoga is 1. Joyful through giving, 2.
/ tshul khrims ldan las dri med 'gyur / Pure through morality, 3. Luminous /bzod pa la ni 'od byed pa
through forbearance, 4. Radiant through / brtson las 'od 'phro can dan Idan / striving ; (54) / bsam gtan las ni spyad dka' ba / (54) 5. Austere through meditation, 6. Fac
ses rad kyi ni mnon gyur mthon / ing through Insight, 7. Far-going through / thabs chen las ni riň du son /
great means, 8. Motionless through the stobs dan Idan las mi g'yo 'gyur // powers; · (55) / smon lam gyi ni legs blo ldan / (55) 9. Good-minded through aspiration,
/ye ses Idan las chos kyi sprin) 10. A Cloud of Dharma through wisdom. / rgyal ba de bżin gśegs pa ni / The Victor Tathāgata, composed of intro
/ran rig bdag ñid bcu gcig 'gyur / spection, arises on the eleventh (stage). (53-55) "Yoga ......”: the ten perfections (paramita) yield the ten Bodhisattva stages
(bhūmi). "tathāgata" : because having fully comprehended the pure thusness of all the dharmas. "eleventh": the stage called Samantaprabhā. "composed of introspetion":
composed of the previous ten stages. (56) / pha rol phyin pa bcu rnams dan / (56) Having fulfilled the ten perfections,
stobs dan dban ni rdsogs gyur cin / the powers, the forces, he transcends the sa bcu las ni 'das gyur pa /
Tenth Stage and solidifies the sign. • /mtshan ma brtan gyur de las ni // (56) "powers, forces": each ten in no, gained by the tenth Bodhisattva stage. "having
transcnded": refers to gaining the Eleventh Stage. “sign": the bodhicitta [in other
texts the "absolute" (paramārtha) bodhicitta). (57) / rdo rje'i chu ni rdsogs sans rgyas / (57) (From the solidified sign) is the Com
chos kyi bdud rtsi bcud len yin/ plete Buddha with "diamond water"sans rgyas kun gyi mtha' yas pa the ambrosia of Dharma, the elixir. The I gzun dan 'dsin pa spans pa yin // host of Buddhas avoids apprehension and
the apprehended. (57) "avoids apprehension and the apprehended": because of abatement of appearance
as two. (58) /chos kyi bdud itsi bcud kyis len/ (58) Because he drinks the ambrosia of
/ rdo rje'i chu ni dag 'thuns pas / Dharma, the elixir, the pure diamond
