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Bodhicaryāvatāra · Verse 3.18

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Dūnhuáng §This version is extracted from the book [[Bodhisattvacaryāvatāra: Entering the Way of the Bodhisattvas (2022, Khenpo Gawang and Wiener)]], a translation of an edition of the text created from three Dūnhuáng manuscripts. A description and sample pages of these can be found on the [https://earlytibet.com/2014/02/04/the-original-bodhicaryavatara/ Early Tibet Blog]. Scans of the actual manuscripts themselves can be found at http://idp.bl.uk

Standard Tibetan §Padmakara used the 1990 edition printed by si khron mi rigs dpe skrun khang: [[Byang chub sems dpa'i spyod pa la 'jug pa rtsa ba dang 'grel pa (1990)]]. Also found in Derge Tengyur D3871, dbu ma, vol. 105, la 1b1–40a7.

Tsadra Critical Edition §This text was created by comparing four versions of the text from Derge, Cone, Narthang, and Peking Tengyurs from BDRC scans, along with Dunhuang manuscripts IOL Tib J 628, 629, and 630. When Tibetan readings were problematic, the Sanskrit texts from GRETIL and LTB (Oslo) were consulted.

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अनाथानामहं नाथः सार्थवाहश्च यायिनाम्। पारेप्सूनां च नौभूतः सेतुः संक्रम एव च॥

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Chanted Verse

Recitation by Professor Kashinath Nyaupane

17

May I become protector for those who have no protection, caravan leader for travelers, a ship, bridge, or ford for those who seek to reach the other shore,

Gomez 2017

How to Be a Bodhisattva: Introduction to the Practice of the Bodhisattva Path (The Bodhicaryāvatāra)

Standard Tibetan §Padmakara used the 1990 edition printed by si khron mi rigs dpe skrun khang: Byang chub sems dpa'i spyod pa la 'jug pa rtsa ba dang 'grel pa (1990). Also found in Derge Tengyur D3871, dbu ma, vol. 105, la 1b1–40a7.

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བདག་ནི་མགོན་མེད་རྣམས་ཀྱི་མགོན། །

ལམ་ཞུགས་རྣམས་ཀྱི་དེད་དཔོན་དང་། ། བརྒལ་འདོད་རྣམས་ཀྱི་གྲུ་དང་ནི། །

གཟིངས་དང་ཟམ་པ་ཉིད་དུ་གྱུར། །

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Recitation by Lopen Karma Phuntsho

18

May I be a guard for those who are protectorless,

A guide for those who journey on the road. For those who wish to cross the water,

May I be a boat, a raft, a bridge.

Padmakara 2006

The Way of the Bodhisattva (2006)

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Standard Tibetan §Padmakara used the 1990 edition printed by si khron mi rigs dpe skrun khang: Byang chub sems dpa'i spyod pa la 'jug pa rtsa ba dang 'grel pa (1990). Also found in Derge Tengyur D3871, dbu ma, vol. 105, la 1b1–40a7. - Other translations

Puissé-je être le protecteur des êtres sans protecteur

Et le guide de ceux qui sont en route, Le bac, le navire et le pont

De ceux qui veulent rejoindre l’autre rive !

Padmakara France 2007

Bodhicaryâvatâra: La marche vers l'éveil (2007)

Que sea un protector para los desvalidos,

un guía para los viajeros en el camino y para los que desean cruzar el agua

que sea un puente, un bote o un navío.

Padmakara Spain 2008

La Práctica del Bodisatva

May I become a protector for the unprotected,

A guide of those traveling along a path, A ship, ferry or bridge

For those that want to cross.

Stracke 2016

The Entrance for the Children of the Conquerors

May I become a protector of the protectorless,

A captain for those who travel, A ship, a boat, a bridge,

For those who wish to cross.

Chodron & Gyaltsen 2019

A Commentary on Shantideva's Engaging in the Conduct of the Bodhisattvas

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Dūnhuáng §This version is extracted from the book Bodhisattvacaryāvatāra: Entering the Way of the Bodhisattvas (2022, Khenpo Gawang and Wiener), a translation of an edition of the text created from three Dūnhuáng manuscripts. A description and sample pages of these can be found on the Early Tibet Blog. Scans of the actual manuscripts themselves can be found at http://idp.bl.uk

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བདག་ནི་མགོན་མེད་རྣམས་ཀྱི་མགོན། །

ལམ་ཞུགས་རྣམས་ཀྱི་དེད་དཔོན་དང༌། ། རྒལ་འདོད་རྣམས་ཀྱི་གྲུ་དང་ནི། །

གཟིངས་དང་ཟམ་པ་ཉིད་དུ་འགྱུར། །

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May I be a protector for those without protection.

May I be a guide for those who are traveling on a path. For those who wish to cross over water,

May I be a ship, a boat, or a bridge.

Gawang & Wiener 2022

Bodhisattvacaryāvatāra: Entering the Way of the Bodhisattvas (2022, Khenpo Gawang and Wiener)

Tsadra Critical Edition §This text was created by comparing four versions of the text from Derge, Cone, Narthang, and Peking Tengyurs from BDRC scans, along with Dunhuang manuscripts IOL Tib J 628, 629, and 630. When Tibetan readings were problematic, the Sanskrit texts from GRETIL and LTB (Oslo) were consulted.

བདག་ནི་མགོན་མེད་རྣམས་ཀྱི་མགོན། །

ལམ་ཞུགས་རྣམས་ཀྱི་དེད་དཔོན་དང་། ། བརྒལ་འདོད་རྣམས་ཀྱི་གྲུ་དང་ནི། །

གཟིངས་དང་ཟམ་པ་ཉིད་དུ་གྱུར། །

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Tsadra Critical Edition

The Written Works of Śāntideva (Phuntsho 2025)

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