It does not [even] suffer from the subtle sicknesses<br>Of latent tendencies because it is peaceful.<br>It does not [even] age through uncontaminated<br>Formations because it is eternal. +
Here, the meanings of permanent and so on<br>With regard to the unconditioned basic element<br>Should be understood through two, two,<br>Two, and two phrases, respectively. +
The meaning of being permanent is its character of not changing into anything other<br>Because it has the quality of being inexhaustible.<br>The meaning of being everlasting is its character of being a refuge<br>Because it is equal to the final end. +
The meaning of being peaceful is its true nature of nonduality<br>Because it has the nature of being nonconceptual.<br>Being eternal has the meaning of being indestructible<br>Because it has the quality of being unfabricated. +
Since it is the dharmakāya, the Tathāgata,<br>The reality of the noble ones, and the ultimate nirvāṇa,<br>There is no nirvāṇa apart from buddhahood<br>Due to its qualities’ being inseparable, just like the sun and its rays. +
In brief, one should know<br>The four synonyms such as the dharmakāya<br>For the uncontaminated basic element<br>Since it is classified as fourfold in meaning. +
[They] are the inseparability of the buddha attributes,<br>The disposition for that having been obtained just as it is,<br>Its true nature’s being without falsity and deception,<br>And its being natural primordial peace. +
Being the fully perfect awakening in all aspects<br>And the removal of [all] stains and their latent tendencies,<br>Buddhahood and nirvāṇa<br>Ultimately are not two. +
Liberation has the characteristic of being inseparable<br>From its qualities, which are of all kinds,<br>Innumerable, inconceivable, and stainless.<br>What is this liberation is the Tathāgata. +
Suppose there were some painters,<br>[Each] an expert in a different [body part],<br>So that whatever part is known by one of them<br>Would not be understood by any other one. +