gang sems can thams cad kyi skad la ’jug pa shes pa ste:
lha’i skad dang, klu’i skad dang, gnod sbyin gyi skad dang, dri za dang, lha ma yin dang, nam mkha’ lding dang, mi’am ci dang, lto ’phye chen po dang, mi dang, mi ma yin pa’i skad la ’jug pa ste.
mdor na ji snyed du ’gro ba lngar skyes pa’i sems can rnams kyi skad dang, sgra dang, dbyangs dang, tshig gi lam dang, nges pa’i tshig dang, brda dang, spyod pa ji snyed pa, de dag thams cad rab tu shes te. shes nas kyang sgra de dang de dag dang, nges pa’i tshig de dang de dag gis sems can de dang de dag la sgra ji lta ba bzhin du ’jug pas chos ston te.
’di ni nges pa’i tshig so so yang dag par rig pa zhes bya’o.
yat sarvasattvānāṃ śabdāvatārajñānaṃ,
devaśabdanāgaśabdayakṣaśabdagandharvāsuragaruḍakiṃnaramahoragamānuṣyāmānuṣyaśabdāvatāraḥ.
samāsato yāvatyaḥ pañcagatyupapannānāṃ sattvānāṃ bhāṣāśabdasvaravacanapathanirvacanasaṃketacaryās tāḥ sarvāḥ prajānāti. jñatvā ca tais taiḥ śabdais tābhis tābhir niruktibhis tebhyas tebhyaḥ sattvebhyo yathāśabdāvatāreṇa dharmaṃ deśayati.
iyaṃ niruktipratisaṃvit.
Knowledge understanding the words of all beings,
i. e., understanding the words of gods, the words of snake-gods, the words of demons, the words of celestial musicians, giants, divine birds, man-horses, great serpents, men and not men.
In short, he knows all languages, sounds, voices, ways of speech, interpretations, conventional explanations and linguistic behaviour of living beings in the five states of existence, and having known them he teaches religion through his understanding of words to those beings with those words and interpretations.
This is knowledge of interpretation.
sems can thams cad kyi skad la ’jug pa shes pa zhes bya ba ni sems can rnams kyi so so’i skad gang yin pa shes pa’o.
skad ni so so’i skad rnams so; sgra ni ngag gi gdangs rnams so; dbyangs ni gdangs de nyid kyis snyan pa dang mi snyan pa’i bye brag go; tshig gi lam ni sems can so so’i yi ge rnams so; nges pa’i tshig ni thogs pa dang bcas pas gzugs zhes bya ba la sogs pa’o; brda ni don brda phrad par nus pa’i tshig rkang pa tshang ba’o; spyod pa ni sems can so so’i spyod pa’am don gang la ming gang btags pa’o.