4.18

Bodhicaryāvatāra · Verse 4.18

Bodhicaryāvatāra Verses | Chapter 4

Previous Verse | Next Verse

Sources:

Sanskrit §No information about the source used.

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.

Sanskrit §No information about the source used.

source

translation

यदा कुशलयोग्योऽपि कुशलं न करोम्यहम्। अपायदुःखैः संमूढः किं करिष्याम्यहं तदा॥

tm data

Chanted Verse

Recitation by Professor Kashinath Nyaupane

18

If I do not practice good while I have the capacity to do so, what will I do when the torments of evil destinies blind me?

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.

source

translation

གང་ཚེ་དགེ་སྤྱད་སྐལ་ལྡན་ཡང་། །

དགེ་བ་བདག་གིས་མ་བྱས་ན། ། ངན་སོང་སྡུག་བསྔལ་ཀུན་རྨོངས་པ། །

དེ་ཚེ་བདག་གིས་ཅི་བྱར་ཡོད། །

tm data

Chanted Verse

Recitation by Lopen Karma Phuntsho

18

Here is now my chance for wholesome deeds,

But if I fail to practice virtue, What will be my lot, what shall I do,

Bewildered by the sorrows of the lower realms?[p.56]The Way of the Bodhisattva (2006)
Blankleder, Helena, and Wulstan Fletcher (Padmakara Translation Group), trans. The Way of the Bodhisattva: A Translation of the Bodhicharyāvatāra. By Śāntideva. Rev. ed. Shambhala Classics. Boston: Shambhala Publications, 2006.

Padmakara 2006

The Way of the Bodhisattva (2006)

Browse other translations

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

Si, alors qu’il m’échoit de pratiquer le bien,

Je ne le pratique pas, Que ferai-je quand les souffrances

Des mauvaises destinées m’abrutiront complètement ?

Padmakara France 2007

Bodhicaryâvatâra: La marche vers l'éveil (2007)

Si ahora que tengo la oportunidad

de actuar virtuosamente, no lo hago, ¿qué haré cuando esté aturdido

por los tormentos de los destinos inferiores?

Padmakara Spain 2008

La Práctica del Bodisatva

If, although having the fortune to practice virtue,

I do not create virtue, Then what am I going to do

When completely confused by the lower realm’s sufferings.[p.13]The Entrance for the Children of the Conquerors
Stracke, Fedor, trans. The Entrance for the Children of the Conquerors: A Commentary on the Introduction to the Actions of Bodhisattvas. By Gyaltsab Rinpoche. N.p.: Happy Monks Publication, 2016. https://happymonkspublication.org/product/bodhisattvacharyavatara-chapter-1-10-commentary/.

Stracke 2016

The Entrance for the Children of the Conquerors

When there is an opportunity to perform virtue,

If I do not perform virtue. Then in a lower birth, totally deluded by suffering.

What can I do at that time?

Chodron & Gyaltsen 2019

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

shift + scroll / swipe

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

source

translation

གང་ཚེ་དགེ་སྤྱད་སྐལ་ལྡན་ཡང༌། །

དགེ་བ་བདག་གིས་མ་བྱས་ན། ། ངན་སོང་སྡུག་བསྔལ་ཀུན་རྨོངས་པ། །

དེ་ཚེ་བདག་གིས་ཅི་བྱར་ཡོད། །

alt verse 3.18 tm data

If I do not perform virtue at this time,

When I have the fortune to do so, What will I do When I am completely bewildered

By the sufferings of the lower realms?

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.

གང་ཚེ་དགེ་སྤྱད་སྐལ་ལྡན་ཡང་། །

དགེ་བ་བདག་གིས་མ་བྱས་ན། ། ངན་སོང་སྡུག་བསྔལ་ཀུན་རྨོངས་པ། །

དེ་ཚེ་བདག་གིས་ཅི་བྱར་ཡོད། །

tm data

Tsadra Critical Edition

The Written Works of Śāntideva (Phuntsho 2025)

Previous Verse | Next Verse