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sam-dhi-dhāraṇī-kṣānti-bhūmiṣu bhājanī-bhūtā dakṣiṇīyāḥ pātra-bhūtāḥ | āloka-kara-ālokasya mārga-upadeśakāḥ | karma-kṣetra-kleśa-kṣetrān satvān uttārayanti | nirvāṇa-gamane ca mārge pratiṣṭhāpayanti | imāḥ kula-putra + aṣṭau mūla-āpattaya iti ||

Those who have become vessels for the stages of dhāraṇī of meditative absorption and forbearance are worthy of gifts, suitable vessels, showers of light, teachers of the path. They rescue sentient beings from the field of karma and the field of afflictions, and establish them on the path leading to nirvāṇa. These, noble son, are the eight root infractions.