Verse IV.18 Variations
च्युत्वा दिव्युपपद्येरंस्तेन शुक्लेन कर्मणा
cyutvā divyupapadyeraṃstena śuklena karmaṇā
འདི་སྣང་ཙམ་ཞེས་དེ་ལྟ་བུར། །
ཤེས་པ་མེད་ཀྱང་ས་སྟེང་ནས། །
འཕོས་ཏེ་ལྷ་རུ་སྐྱེ་བར་འགྱུར། །
Was merely an appearance, they would pass away
From the earth and be born in heaven
By virtue of their pure karma.
Que ce n’est là qu’une apparence, Leurs actes vertueux leur permettront De quitter la terre pour renaître chez les dieux.
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Obermiller (1931) [11]
- Owing to these their virtuous deeds,
- They, without having a notion
- That (the form perceived by them) was only a vision,
- Would, after passing away from this earth,
- Become reborn in the realm of the gods.
Takasaki (1966) [12]
- Though having no notice that this is merely a vision,
- They, owing to their virtuous conduct,
- Would pass away from the earth and be borne to heaven.
Fuchs (2000) [13]
- "This is just an appearance!" There would not be
- any such understanding. Still their virtuous deeds
- would lead them to be reborn in a divine existence
- after they departed from the surface of the earth.
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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.
- D100, fols. 278b.6–280b.1.
- DP "yāna."
- I follow MB saddharmakāyam adhyātmaṃ (corresponding to DP nang gi dam pa’i chos sku) against J saddharmakāyaṃ madhyasthaṃ.
- With Schmithausen and against Takasaki, I take the compound °viṣamasthānāntaramala as consisting of viṣamasthāna, antara, and mall.
- VT (fol. 16r4) glosses śubhra as "clear, transparent" (svacchā). Śubhra can also mean "radiant," "splendid," "spotless," and "bright"; DP have mazes pa.
- I follow Schmithausen’s suggested reading of MB surapatibhavanavyūhendramarutām against J surapatibhavanaṃ māhendramarutām, with °vyūha being supported by D tshogs (P mistakenly has sna tshogs instead of gas tshogs). The maruts are the storm gods who are the retinue of Indra.
- I follow de Jong’s suggested reading cittāny udpādayanti (supported by D seems rab bskyed byed; P mistakenly has gshegs instead of seems) against J cittān vyutpādayanti and Chowdury’s "correction" citrāṇy utpādayanati (see de Jong 1968, 50). Obviously, this refers to all the kinds of mind-sets that represent or flow from bodhicitta.
- 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.