Bodhicaryavatara 1.19

1.19

pratilabdhā prāptā, sā ca puruṣārthasādhanī / puruṣasya arthaḥ abhyudayaniḥśreyasalakṣaṇaḥ, tasya sādhanī niṣpādanī / tadaṅgatvāt tatra samartheti yāvat / yadi ca evaṃbhūtāyāmapi asyāṃ (Bcp 5) na hitaṃ vicintyate, svaparasukhahetuḥ svargāpavargasādhanaṃ nopādīyate, tadā punarapi bhūyo 'pi eṣa tathāgatotpādaḥ śraddhākśaṇavimukto manuṣyabhāvaḥ ityayaṃ samāgamaḥ samāveśo milanamiti yāvat / kutaḥ katham? na kathaṃcidbhaviṣyati sudurlabhatvāt / akṣaṇāvasthāyāṃ dharmapravicayasya kartumaśakyatvāt, ityabhiprāyaḥ / yathoktamāryagaṇḍavyūhasūtre āryajayoṣmāyatanavimokṣe-

"Obtained" means acquired; and it accomplishes the goals of human life. The goals of human life are characterized by higher rebirth and the definitive good; it accomplishes, that is, effects them. Because it is an auxiliary factor for them, the meaning is that it is capable in that regard. And if, even though it is of such a kind, the beneficial is not contemplated—that which is the cause of happiness for oneself and others, the accomplishment of heaven and liberation, is not adopted—then once again, furthermore, how could this encounter, conjunction, that is to say, meeting, of the appearance of a Tathāgata and a human existence free from the unfree states through faith, come about? By no means will it occur, because it is extremely rare; for in an unfree state, discernment of dharmas cannot be practiced—this is the intention. As it is said in the noble Gaṇḍavyūhasūtra, in the liberation of the noble Jayoṣmāyatana: