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Bodhicaryāvatāra · Verse 4.27

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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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अत्र मे चेतना नास्ति मन्त्रैरिव विमोहितः। न जाने केन मुह्यामि कोऽत्रान्तर्मम तिष्ठति॥

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Chanted Verse

Recitation by Professor Kashinath Nyaupane

27

I know not what to think of this. Like someone who falls under the influence of a magical spell, I know not the cause of my delusion, I know not what is within 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.

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སྔགས་ཀྱིས་རྨོངས་པར་བྱས་པ་བཞིན། །

བདག་ལ་འདིར་སེམས་མེད་དུ་ཟད། ། ཅིས་རྨོངས་བདག་ཀྱང་མ་ཤེས་ཏེ། །

བདག་གི་ཁོང་ན་ཅི་ཞིག་ཡོད། །

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Recitation by Lopen Karma Phuntsho

27

I am as if benumbed by sorcery,

As if reduced to total mindlessness. I do not know what dulls my wits.

O what is it that has me in its grip?

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

C’est que, comme abêti par un sortilège,

J’ai tout bonnement perdu la raison Et j’ignore ce qui tant m’abrutit :

Que se passe-t-il au fond de moi ?[p.70]La Marche vers l'Éveil (2007)

Padmakara France 2007

Bodhicaryâvatâra: La marche vers l'éveil (2007)

sería como alguien perturbado por un encantamiento,

como si mi mente hubiese sido anulada por completo. No sé qué es lo que me sume en esa necedad,

qué es lo que se apodera de mí.

Padmakara Spain 2008

La Práctica del Bodisatva

Then, similarly to one confused by mantra, This makes me someone without mind.

I do not know how I got so confused, What is lurking inside of me?

Stracke 2016

The Entrance for the Children of the Conquerors

Like one charmed by magic

My mind is simply not here! So deluded, I am unaware of my condition,

What else could be dwelling in my body?

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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སྔགས་ཀྱིས་རྨོངས་པ་བྱས་པ་བཞིན། །

བདག་ལ་འདིར་སེམས་མེད་དུ་ཟད། ། ཅིས་རྨོངས་བདག་ཀྱང་མ་ཤེས་སྟེ། །

བདག་གི་ཁོང་ན་ཅི་ཞིག་ཡོད། །

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It would be akin to being stupefied by a mantra,

And ending up mindless. Not knowing how ignorant I’ve become,

What do I have within me causing this?

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.

སྔགས་ཀྱིས་རྨོངས་པར་བྱས་པ་བཞིན། །

བདག་ལ་འདིར་སེམས་མེད་དུ་ཟད། ། ཅིས་རྨོངས་བདག་ཀྱང་མ་ཤེས་ཏེ། །

བདག་གི་ཁོང་ན་ཅི་ཞིག་ཡོད། །

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Tsadra Critical Edition

The Written Works of Śāntideva (Phuntsho 2025)

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