Shikshasamuccaya 139

139

kalyāṇa-mitra-sandhāritāḥ kula-putra bodhi-satvā na patanti dur-gatiṣu | kalyāṇa-mitra-samanvāhṛtā [doubtful] na + atikrāmanti bodhi-satva-śikṣāṃ | kalyāṇa-mitra-praticchannā abhyudgatā bhavanti lokāt kalyāṇa-mitra-paryupāsitā bodhi-satvā a-saṃpramoṣa-cāriṇo bhavanti sarva-bodhi-satva-caryāsu | kalyāṇa-mitra-parigṛhītāḥ bodhi-satvā dur-ddharṣā bhavanti karma-kleśaiḥ | sambodhakāḥ kalyāṇa-mitrā a-karaṇīyānāṃ sannivārakāḥ pramāda-sthānāt | niṣ-kāsayitāraḥ saṃsāra-purāt | tasmāt tarhi kula-putra evaṃ manasi-kārāt pratipraśrabdhena kalyāṇa-mitrāṇy upasaṃkramitavyāni | pṛthivī-sama-cittena sarva-bhāra-vahana-a-pariṇamanatayā vajra-sama-cittena a-bhedya-āśayatayā | cakra-vāḍa-sama-cittena sarva-duṣkha-a-saṃpravedhanatayā | loka-dāsa-sama-cittena sarva-karma-samādāna-a-jugupsanatayā | rajo-haraṇa-sama-cittena māna-atimāna-vivarjanatayā | yāna-sama-cittena guru-bhāra-nirvahanatayā | śva-sama-cittena + a-krudhyanatayā | nau-sama-cittena gamana-āgamana-a-paritrasyanatayā | su-putra-sadṛśena kalyāṇa-mitra-mukha-vīkṣaṇatayā | ātmani ca te kula-putra + ātura-saṃjñā + utpādayitavyā | kalyāṇa-mitreṣu ca vaidya-saṃjñā | anuśāsanīṣu bhaiṣajya-saṃjñā | pratipattiṣu vyādhi-nirghātana-saṃjñā | ātmani ca te kula-putra bhīru-saṃjñā + utpādayitavyā | kalyāṇa-mitreṣu śūra-saṃjñā | anuśāsanīṣu praharaṇa-samjñā | pratipattiṣu śatru-nirghātana-saṃjñā ||

"Noble son, sustained by a virtuous friend, bodhisattvas do not fall into bad migrations. Attended by a virtuous friend, they do not transgress the bodhisattva training. Shielded by a virtuous friend, they rise above the world. Reverently serving a virtuous friend, bodhisattvas act without unmindfulness in all bodhisattva deeds. Embraced by a virtuous friend, bodhisattvas are invincible against karma and afflictions. Virtuous friends are awakeners, preventers of what should not be done, turners-away from situations of negligence, and deliverers from the city of saṃsāra. Therefore, noble son, with such attention, one who has calmed down should approach virtuous friends: with a mind like the earth, by not turning away from bearing all burdens; with a mind like a vajra, by having an unbreakable disposition; with a mind like the Cakravāḍa mountains, by not being shaken by any suffering; with a mind like a servant of the world, by not loathing the assumption of any task; with a mind like a broom, by abandoning conceit and excessive conceit; with a mind like a carriage, by bearing heavy burdens; with a mind like a dog, by not getting angry; with a mind like a boat, by not being terrified of going and coming; like a good son, by looking to the virtuous friend's face. And within yourself, noble son, you should produce the perception of being sick; in virtuous friends, the perception of a physician; in their instructions, the perception of medicine; and in the practice, the perception of eradicating disease. And within yourself, noble son, you should produce the perception of being cowardly; in virtuous friends, the perception of being heroes; in their instructions, the perception of weapons; and in the practice, the perception of annihilating the enemy."