7.72

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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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तस्माद् उत्सङ्गगे सर्पे यथोत्तिष्ठति सत्वरम्। निद्रालस्यागमे तद्वत् प्रतिकुर्वीत सत्वरम्॥

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Chanted Verse

Recitation by Professor Kashinath Nyaupane

71

Therefore, if one feels stupor and sloth approaching, one should react swiftly against them, as anyone would jump up if a snake fell on his lap.

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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དེ་བས་པང་དུ་སྦྲུལ་འོངས་ན། །

ཇི་ལྟར་རིངས་པས་ལྡང་བ་ལྟར། ། དེ་བཞིན་གཉིད་དང་སྙོམས་འོངས་ན། །[p.76]Byang chub sems dpa'i spyod pa la 'jug pa rtsa ba dang 'grel pa (1990)
Slob dpon zhi ba lha and Mkhan po kun dpal. Byang chub sems dpa'i spyod pa la 'jug pa rtsa ba dang 'grel pa. Khreng tu'u: Si khron mi rigs dpe skrun khang, 1990.

མྱུར་དུ་དེ་དག་བཟློག་པར་བྱ། །

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Recitation by Lopen Karma Phuntsho

72

Just as a man would swiftly stand

If in his lap a serpent were to glide, If sleep and lethargy beset me,

I will speedily repulse them.[p.108]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

De même que je bondirais aussitôt

Si un serpent se glissait sur mon ventre, Lorsque pointeront le sommeil et l’indolence,

Je les repousserai sur-le-champ !

Padmakara France 2007

Bodhicaryâvatâra: La marche vers l'éveil (2007)

Igual de rápido que me levantaría

si una serpiente se deslizase en mi regazo, si se acercan el sueño o la indolencia,

así de rápido voy a eliminarlos.

Padmakara Spain 2008

La Práctica del Bodisatva

Therefore, just as one leaps up quickly

If a snake comes into one's lap, If sleep and sloth come

One should stop them quickly.

Stracke 2016

The Entrance for the Children of the Conquerors

Like suddenly standing up

If a snake appears on the lap, So swiftly repel them

If sleep and laziness appear.[p.261]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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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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དེ་བས་པང་དུ་སྦྲུལ་འོངས་ན། །

ཇི་ལྟར་རིངས་སུ་ལྡང་བ་ལྟར། ། དེ་བཞིན་གཉིད་དང་སྙོམ་འོངས་ན། །

མྱུར་དུ་དེ་དག་བཟློག་པར་བྱ། །

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Just as I would immediately stand up

If a snake were to come onto my lap, Likewise, when sleepiness or laziness comes to me,

I should quickly cast them aside.

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.

དེ་བས་པང་དུ་སྦྲུལ་འོངས་ན། །

ཇི་ལྟར་རིངས་པར་ལྡང་བ་ལྟར། ། དེ་བཞིན་གཉིད་དང་སྙོམ་འོངས་ན། །

མྱུར་དུ་དེ་དག་བཟློག་པར་བྱ། །

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Tsadra Critical Edition

The Written Works of Śāntideva (Phuntsho 2025)

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