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yathā + uktam ārya-sāgaramati-sūtre | yābhir akṣara-niruktibhiḥ so * an-abhilāpyo dharmaḥ sūcyate tāsām akṣara-niruktīnāṃ yadā dhāraṇaṃ deśanā yāvad | ayam ucyate sad-dharma-parigrahaḥ | punar a-paraṃ kula-putra ye te dharma-bhāṇakā eṣām evaṃ-rūpāṇāṃ sūtra-antānāṃ deśayitāraḥ pratipatti-sārāś ca teṣām api dharma-bhāṇakānāṃ yat sevanaṃ bhajanaṃ paryupāsanam utthānam upasthānaṃ gauravaṃ citrī-kāraḥ śuśrūṣā ārakṣā parigrahaś cīvara-piṇḍa-pātra-śayana-āsana-glāna-pratyaya-bhaiṣajya-pariṣkāra-dānaṃ sādhu-kāra-dānaṃ svāmy--ārakṣā kuśala-pakṣa-rakṣā varṇa-bhāṣaṇam a-varṇa-praticchādanatā | ayam api sad-dharma-parigrahaḥ | peyālaṃ ||

As is said in the noble Sāgaramatisūtra: "When there is the retention and teaching of those syllables and verbal expressions by which that ineffable Dharma is indicated, that is called the embrace of the true Dharma. Furthermore, noble son, regarding those preachers of the Dharma who teach such sūtras and who are devoted to practical realization: serving them, frequenting them, attending upon them, rising to greet them, waiting upon them, revering them, showing them high regard, listening obediently to them, protecting them, embracing them, giving them robes, alms-food, bed and seat, and medicine and requisites for sickness, giving acclaim to them, protecting their mastery, protecting their wholesome side, speaking their praises, and concealing their faults—this too is the embrace of the true Dharma. And so forth."