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Bodhicaryāvatāra · Verse 7.47

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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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पूर्वं निरूप्य सामग्रीम् आरभेन्नारभेत वा। अनारम्भो वरं नाम न त्वारभ्य निवर्तनम्॥

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Chanted Verse

Recitation by Professor Kashinath Nyaupane

47

First one should consider the circumstances, and then decide whether to go ahead or not. For it is better not to begin at all than to begin and then give up.

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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དང་པོ་འབྱོར་པ་བརྟགས་ནས་ནི། །

བརྩམ་མམ་ཡང་ན་མི་བརྩམ་བྱ། ། མ་བརྩམ་པ་ཉིད་མཆོག་ཡིན་གྱི། །

བརྩམས་ནས་ལྡོག་པར་མི་བྱའོ། །

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Recitation by Lopen Karma Phuntsho

47

Let me first consider my reserves—

To start or not to start accordingly. It might be better not to start,

But once begun, I should not then withdraw.

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

En premier lieu, j'évaluerai mes richesses

Et déciderai de m’engager ou pas, Car mieux vaut ne rien entreprendre

Que rebrousser chemin par la suite,

Padmakara France 2007

Bodhicaryâvatâra: La marche vers l'éveil (2007)

Primero he de examinar mis recursos,

para decidir si empiezo o no. Puede que sea mejor no empezar,

ya que si empiezo no he de volverme atrás.

Padmakara Spain 2008

La Práctica del Bodisatva

One should first investigate the action

And then start or not start. To not start is supreme

But having started one should not stop.

Stracke 2016

The Entrance for the Children of the Conquerors

First analyze one's ability.

Think whether or not to begin. It is better not to begin at all, as

Having begun, one should not retreat.

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.

དང་པོར་འབྱོར་པ་བརྟགས་ནས་ནི། །

བརྩམ་མམ་ཡང་ན་མི་བརྩམ་བྱ། ། མ་བརྩམས་པ་ནི་མཆོག་ཡིན་གྱི། །

བརྩམས་ནས་ལྡོག་པར་མི་བྱའོ། །

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Tsadra Critical Edition

The Written Works of Śāntideva (Phuntsho 2025)

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