9.97

Bodhicaryāvatāra · Verse 9.97

Bodhicaryāvatāra Verses | Chapter 9

Previous Verse | Next Verse

Sources:

Sanskrit §No information about the source used.

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.

Sanskrit §No information about the source used.

source

translation

तदेवं स्पर्शनाभावे वेदनासंभवः कुतः। किमर्थमयमायासः बाधा कस्य कुतो भवेत्॥

tm data

Chanted Verse

Recitation by Professor Kashinath Nyaupane

97

Therefore, if in this way contact is inexistent, how would sensations be possible? If this is so, why do we persist in suffering? Who is oppressed by what?

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.

source

translation

དེ་ལྟར་རེག་པ་ཡོད་མིན་ན། །

ཚོར་བ་གང་ལས་འབྱུང་བར་འགྱུར། ། ངལ་འདི་ཅི་ཡི་དོན་དུ་ཡིན། །

གང་གིས་གང་ལ་གནོད་པར་འགྱུར། །

tm data

Chanted Verse

Recitation by Lopen Karma Phuntsho

97

If therefore there’s no touch or contact,

Whence is it that feeling takes its rise? What purpose is there, then, in all our toil,

For what is it, indeed, that torments what?

Padmakara 2006

The Way of the Bodhisattva (2006)

Browse other translations

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

If thus there is no contact,

Where would feelings come from? So what is the purpose of tiring yourself out?

And who would be afflicted by what? [97]

Brunnhölzl 2004

The Center of the Sunlit Sky

Si, donc, le contact n’existe pas,

D’où provient la sensation ? A quoi bon se fatiguer ?

Qui sera affecté par quoi ?

Padmakara France 2007

Bodhicaryâvatâra: La marche vers l'éveil (2007)

Entonces, si no hay contacto,

¿cómo puede haber sensación? ¿Qué sentido tienen todos esos esfuerzos?

¿Qué es, pues, lo que daña y a quién?

Padmakara Spain 2008

La Práctica del Bodisatva

If thus there is no contact

From what does feeling arise? What is the purpose of this exertion?

What is giving harm to whom?

Stracke 2016

The Entrance for the Children of the Conquerors

Thus, if there is no contact,

From whence could feeling possibly arise? For what purpose does one undergo this hardship?

Who is harmed by what?

Chodron & Gyaltsen 2019

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

shift + scroll / swipe

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་ལྟར་རེག་པ་ཡོད་མིན་ན། །

ཚོར་བ་གང་ལས་འབྱུང་བར་འགྱུར། ། ངལ་འདི་ཅི་ཡི་དོན་དུ་ཡིན། །

གང་གིས་གང་ལ་གནོད་པར་འགྱུར། །

tm data

Tsadra Critical Edition

The Written Works of Śāntideva (Phuntsho 2025)

Previous Verse | Next Verse