Shikshasamuccaya 82

82

evaṃ śāriputra bodhi-satvena a-kṣobhyasya tathā-gatasya anuśikṣitavyaṃ | evaṃ śikṣamāṇaḥ śāriputra bodhi-satvo mahā-satvaḥ sarvasyāṃ jātau pravrajaty utpādād vā tathā-gatānām an-utpādād vā + a-vaśyaṃ gṛha-āvāsān niṣkrāmati | tat kasya hetoḥ | paramo hy ayaṃ śāriputra lābho yad uta gṛha-āvāsān niṣkramaṇam iti | yāvat | bhāryā-putra-duhitṛ-tṛṣṇā ca + asya na bhavati + iti | yathā janma-antareṣv ayaṃ doṣo na bhavati tathā + atra + eva vakṣyamāṇam ity āstāṃ tāvad etat ||

"Thus, Śāriputra, a bodhisattva should train in the likeness of the Tathāgata Akṣobhya. A bodhisattva, a great being, training thus, Śāriputra, goes forth into homelessness in every birth; whether Tathāgatas arise or do not arise, he inevitably departs from the household life. Why is that? For this is the supreme gain, Śāriputra, namely departure from the household life,' up to: 'and he has no craving for wife, son, or daughter.' How this fault does not occur in other lives will be explained in this very work; so let this stand for now.