Shikshasamuccaya 259

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yayā mūla-āpattyā sa kula-putraḥ sarvaṃ pūrva-avaropitaṃ kuśala-mūlaṃ jhāṣayati | vastu-patitaḥ parājitaḥ svarga-apavarga-sukhāt | visaṃvāditaṃ ca + asya bodhi-cittam apāya-gāmi bhavati | tasmād bodhi-satvena mahā-satvena para-pudgalānām āśaya-anuśayaṃ prathamaṃ jñātvā yathā-āśayānāṃ satvānām anupūrveṇa dharma-deśanā kartavyā | tad yathā mahā-samudre * anupūrveṇa + avatārayati || pe ||

by which root infraction that noble son destroys all the previously planted roots of wholesome virtue; fallen from the religious basis, defeated from the bliss of heaven and liberation, his awakening mind betrayed, he becomes bound for the states of woe. Therefore, a bodhisattva mahāsattva, having first understood the disposition and latent tendencies of other persons, should teach the Dharma gradually according to the dispositions of beings, just as one enters the great ocean gradually." […]