7.43

Bodhicaryāvatāra · Verse 7.43

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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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पापकारिसुखेच्छा तु यत्र यत्रैव गच्छति। तत्र तत्रैव तत्पापैर्दुःखशस्त्रैर्विहन्यते॥

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Chanted Verse

Recitation by Professor Kashinath Nyaupane

43

On the other hand, wherever the evildoer’s desire for happiness goes, there his own sins cut his body to pieces with the swords of sorrow.

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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སྡིག་པ་བྱེད་པ་བདེ་འདོད་ཀྱང་། །

གང་དང་གང་དུ་འགྲོ་འགྱུར་བ། ། དེ་དང་དེར་ནི་སྡིག་པ་དེས། །

སྡུག་བསྔལ་མཚོན་གྱིས་རྣམ་པར་འཇོམས། །

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Chanted Verse

Recitation by Lopen Karma Phuntsho

43

But if, through seeking happiness, my deeds are wrong,

No matter where I turn my steps, The knives of misery will cut me down,

The wage and retribution of a sinful life.

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 je veux le bonheur mais agis mal,

Où que j’aille, mes méfaits Engendreront l’arme

De la souffrance qui me détruira.

Padmakara France 2007

Bodhicaryâvatâra: La marche vers l'éveil (2007)

Pero si mis actos son nocivos

adondequiera que vaya, aunque busque la felicidad, me traspasarán las armas del sufrimiento,

producto de esos actos nocivos.

Padmakara Spain 2008

La Práctica del Bodisatva

Although those creating negativity wish for happiness

Wherever they migrate to, There they will, through this negativity,

Be destroyed by the weapons of suffering.

Stracke 2016

The Entrance for the Children of the Conquerors

Whoever commits sins even if wishing for happiness,

Will be completely destroyed By the weapons of suffering from their sins

In whatever place they go.

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.

སྡིག་པ་བྱེད་པ་བདེ་འདོད་ཀྱང་། །

གང་དང་གང་དུ་འགྲོ་འགྱུར་བ། ། དེ་དང་དེར་ནི་སྡིག་པ་དེས། །

སྡུག་བསྔལ་མཚོན་གྱིས་རྣམ་པར་འཇོམས། །

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Tsadra Critical Edition

The Written Works of Śāntideva (Phuntsho 2025)

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