Shikshasamuccaya 220

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yasmiṃś ca samaye bodhi-satvo vaiyāvṛtye saṃniyojayitavyas tasmin samaye viveke niyojayanti | evaṃ ca + enaṃ vadanti | ārabdha-vīryasya bodhi-satvasya bodhir na ku-sīdasya | sacet tvam aṣṭābhir navabhir vā kalpair an-uttarāṃ samyak-saṃbodhiṃ na + abhisaṃbhotsyase | na bhūyaḥ śakyasy an-uttarāṃ samyak-saṃbodhim abhisaṃboddhum | tatra bhagavan | bodhi-satvo * aty-ārabdhena vīryeṇa sthānaṃ khalu punar etad vidyate yan nirvāṇa-phalaṃ prāpnuyād | ayaṃ bhagavan | bodhi-satvasya kalyāṇa-mitra-prati-rūpakeṇa daśamo māra-aṅkuśaḥ ||

And at the time when the bodhisattva should be engaged in service, at that time they engage him in solitude. And they say this to him: 'Awakening is for a bodhisattva who has initiated vigor, not for one who is lazy. If you do not realize unexcelled, perfect awakening within eight or nine eons, you will no longer be able to realize unexcelled, perfect awakening.' Thereupon, Blessed One, by means of excessively initiated vigor on the part of the bodhisattva, it is indeed possible that he may attain the fruit of nirvāṇa. Blessed One, this is the tenth hook of Māra, in the guise of a virtuous friend.