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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.

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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जीवमत्स्य इवास्मीति युक्तं भयमिहैव ते। किं पुनः कृतपापस्य तीव्रान्नरकदुःखतः॥

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Chanted Verse

Recitation by Professor Kashinath Nyaupane

11

"I am like a fish kept alive in a tank.” It is only reasonable then that you should fear death, and much more the fearful pains of hell.

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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ཁྱོད་ནི་ཉ་གསོན་འགྲེ་བ་ལྟའི། །

ཚེ་འདིར་འཇིགས་དང་ལྡན་གྱུར་ན། ། སྡིག་བྱས་དམྱལ་བ་མི་བཟད་པའི། །

སྡུག་བསྔལ་རྣམས་ནི་སྨོས་ཅི་དགོས། །

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Recitation by Lopen Karma Phuntsho

11

If, like a living fish that twists and writhes,

You are so terrified while still alive, What need to speak of pain unbearable

In hells created by past evil deeds?[p.99]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)

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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

Si dans cette vie la peur

Te convulse comme un poisson, Que t’inspireront les insupportables

Souffrances des enfers dues à tes méfaits ?

Padmakara France 2007

Bodhicaryâvatâra: La marche vers l'éveil (2007)

Si, como el pescado vivo que se retuerce,

estás aterrorizado estando aún vivo, ¿es necesario mencionar los tormentos insoportables

de los infiernos creados por los actos negativos?

Padmakara Spain 2008

La Práctica del Bodisatva

Since one will have dangers in this life,

Like a flapping live fish, What need is there to mention the unbearable sufferings

Of hell, created by negativity.

Stracke 2016

The Entrance for the Children of the Conquerors

If you roll like a live fish

Filled with terror in this life, What need to mention the unbearable sufferings of hell

That are the result of sinful actions?[p.240]A Commentary on Shantideva's Engaging in the Conduct of the Bodhisattvas
Gyaltsen, Lama Kalsang, and Ani Kunga Chodron, trans. A Commentary on Shantideva's Engaging in the Conduct of the Bodhisattvas Written by Sazang Mati Panchen: Known as An Extremely Clear Illumination of the Meaning of the Text. Walden, NY: Tsechen Kunchab Ling, 2019. First edition published by The Yeshe Dorje Foundation in 2006.

Chodron & Gyaltsen 2019

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

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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.

ཁྱོད་ནི་ཉ་གསོན་འགྲེ་བ་ལྟའི། །

ཚེ་འདིར་འཇིགས་དང་ལྡན་གྱུར་ན། ། སྡིག་བྱས་དམྱལ་བ་མི་བཟད་པའི། །

སྡུག་བསྔལ་རྣམས་ནི་སྨོས་ཅི་དགོས། །

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