Verse IV.40
Verse IV.40 Variations
अशेषलोकस्फरणावभासनं प्रघोषम् आगम्य तद् अप्य् उदाहृतम्
aśeṣalokaspharaṇāvabhāsanaṃ praghoṣam āgamya tad apy udāhṛtam
ལྷ་དང་ས་གནས་བདེ་བའི་རྒྱུ་གང་ཡིན། །
དེ་ནི་མ་ལུས་འཇིག་རྟེན་ཁྱབ་སྣང་བ། །
དབྱངས་ཉིད་ལ་ནི་རབ་ཏུ་བརྟེན་པར་བརྗོད། །
Infinite worldly realms, the celestial and the earthly,
Is stated with reference to this voice that appears
Pervasively in all worlds without exception.
- En bref, dans toutes les sphères du monde sans aucune exception,
- Chez les dieux comme ici-bas, toutes les matières à bonheur
- Reposent entièrement, dit-on, sur cette voix mélodieuse
- Que l’on perçoit, omniprésente, dans absolument tous les mondes.
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Obermiller (1931) [8]
- In short, that which is the cause of bliss,
- In all the regions of the world, the celestial and the earthly,
- Is said to have its foundation in the unique voice
- Which pervades the whole of the world without exception.
Takasaki (1966) [9]
- In short, that which is the cause of bliss,
- In heaven, on earth, as well as
- In all the other numberless worlds,
- Is the voice [of the Buddha] which manifests
- Pervadingly in the world leaving no residue;
- And in respect to those points, thus it is illustrated.
Fuchs (2000) [10]
- Any cause of happiness for earthly beings and gods
- in whichever sphere of the world without exception,
- briefly spoken, fully depends upon this melody
- that pervades all the worlds, not forsaking one.
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- Brunnhölzl, Karl. When the Clouds Part: The Uttaratantra and its Meditative Tradition as a Bridge between Sūtra and Tantra. Boston: Snow Lion Publications, an imprint of Shambhala Publications, 2014.
- I follow Takasaki’s emendation of MB saṃbuddhabhūmer upayāti to saṃbuddhabherer upayāti (supported by the context and DP snags rgyas rnga sera). J saṃbuddhatūryasya tu yāti makes no sense here.
- I follow Schmithausen’s reading of MB saṃsārapātālagate tu against J saṃsārapātālagateṣu.
- With de Jong, I follow DP ting ’dzin sems gtod bsam pa skul byed nyid, thus emending °bhāvavācakam to °bhāvacodakam.
- I follow MB tatparyāpannasarvasattva° against J tatparyāpannaṃ sarvasattva° (DP de rtogs is a misspelling of de gtogs).
- Obermiller, E. "The Sublime Science of the Great Vehicle to Salvation Being a Manual of Buddhist Monism." Acta Orientalia IX (1931), pp. 81-306.
- Takasaki, Jikido. A Study on the Ratnagotravibhāga (Uttaratantra): Being a Treatise on the Tathāgatagarbha Theory of Mahāyāna Buddhism. Serie Orientale Roma 33. Roma: Istituto Italiano per il Medio ed Estremo Oriente (ISMEO), 1966.
- Fuchs, Rosemarie, trans. Buddha Nature: The Mahayana Uttaratantra Shastra. Commentary by Jamgon Kongtrul and explanations by Khenpo Tsultrim Gyamtso. Ithaca, N. Y.: Snow Lion Publications, 2000.