The Bodhisattva Doctrine in Buddhist Sanskrit Literature c8.s8.38

c8.s8.38

Smṛti (Mindfulness) gains the knowledge that has not been acquired, as a monarch’s wheel conquers new territory. Dharma-pravicaya (Investigation of the Doctrine) dispels all doubt, as the monarch’s elephant destroys his enemies. Vīrya (Energy) enables a bodhisattva to understand everything quickly and acquire the Super-knowledges (abhijñā) rapidly, as the monarch’s horse traverses the whole earth as far as the ocean. A strenuous bodhisattva gains more and more of the Light of Truth and is therefore filled with Joy (prīti), as the monarch is pleased with the lustre of the gem. A bodhisattva, who has cultivated praśrabdhi (Tranquillity), is freed from all mental obstructions and evil qualities³⁴⁴ and attains felicity, as the monarch enjoys happiness with the woman (queen). By samādhi, a bodhisattva succeeds in the aim that he has contemplated, as the monarch achieves success with the help of his grha-pati (steward). By upekṣā, a bodhisattva lives and goes wherever he likes, without let or hindrance, as the monarch’s adviser or Marshal manages the army with its four divisions, and leads it to the place where it can have its encampment without any trouble.³⁴⁴