devanagari

tasmat wariputra a-praptitvat bodhi-sattvasya
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a-praptitva-, n: "non-attainment-ness" (abstr. from a-prapti, pra+ap-),

Therefore, Sariputra, it is because of bodhisattva's non-attainment

    This section conveys the idea, that in order to be a bodhisattva one must (among other things, of course) be indifferent to all kinds of attainments and non-attainments, in other words, such person must be able to see the true nature of things, to perceive the emptiness thoroughly.

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