Bibliotheca Polyglotta

1. The Victorious one spoke these verses (udâna); Hearken unto me while I tell them; what I say is to dispel sleep and torpor, and to bring gladness to the mind.

evam uktaṃ bhagavatā sarvābhijñena tāyinā |
anukampakena ṛṣiṇā śarīrāntimadhāriṇā |1,2|

如是佛世尊一切智中師
慈悲爲有情廣説眞實語 B²

2. =1,2

thams cad mkhyen pa skyob pa po || thub pa rjes su thugs brtse ba ||
sku yi tha ma ’dzin pa yi || bcom ldan ’das kyis ’di skad gsuṅs ||²

2. =1,2

2. The All-wise, the Protector, the Mighty one, the Very compassionate one, He who had finished with corporeal existence: Bhagavat; spoke (or has spoken) thus:

anityā bata saṃskārā utpādavyaya dharmiṇaḥ |
utpadya hi nirudhyante teṣāṃ vyupaśamaḥ sukham |1,3|

一切行非常皆是興衰法
夫生輒還終寂滅最安樂 1³

3. =1,3

kye ma ’du byed rnams mi rtag || skye źiṅ ’jig pa’i (3)chos can yin ||
skyes nas ’jig par ’gyur ba ste || de dag ñe bar źi ba bde ||³

3. =1,3

3. Alas! the impermanency of created things (samkâra); what is created is subject to decay. As what has been born must come to destruction, happy they who are at rest! l

ko nu harṣaḥ ka ānanda evaṃ prajvalite sati |
andhakāraṃ praviṣṭāḥ stha pradīpaṃ na gaveṣatha |1,4|

如燭熾焔時擲物在暗處
不使智燈尋恒爲煩惱覆 2⁴

4. =1,4

de ltar rab tu ’bar ba la || ci źig dgar yod mgur ci yod ||
mun pa’i naṅ źugs gnas pa dag || ci phyir sgron ma tshol mi byed ||⁴

4. =1,4

4 (146). To one who is being burnt: what joy can there be, what subject of rejoicing Ye who dwell in the midst of darkness, why seek ye not a light?

yāni imāny apaviddhāni vikṣiptāni diśo diśam |
kapotavarṇāny asthīni tāni drṣṭveha kā ratiḥ |1,5|

人身有形器棄散在諸方
骸骨如鴿色觀斯有何樂 3⁵

5. =1,5

rus pa thi ba’i mdog ’dra ba || bor ba (4)gaṅ yin ’di dag ni ||
phyogs daṅ phyogs su rnam ’thor ba || de mthoṅ ’di la ci źig dga’ ||⁵

5. =1,5

5 (149). Those pigeon-coloured bones are thrown away and scattered in every direction; what pleasure is there in looking at them?

yām eva prathamāṃ rātriṃ garbhe vasati mānavaḥ |
aviṣṭhitaḥ sa vrajati gataś ca na nivartate |1,6|

譬如人初夜識託住母胎
日渉多遷變逝而定不還 4⁶

6. =1,6

gaṅ gi nub mo kho na nas || mṅal du daṅ por ’jug pa’i mi ||
de ni sdod med ’gro ’gyur źiṅ || soṅ ba las kyaṅ ldog pa med ||⁶

6. =1,6

6. One who has heretofore been subject to the misery of birth from the womb may go to the highest place and come no more back again (into the world).

sāyam eke na dṛśyante kālyaṃ dṛṣṭā mahājanāḥ |
kālyaṃ caike na dṛṣyante sāyaṃ dṛṣṭā mahājanāḥ |1,7|

晨朝覩好事夜至則不現
昨所瞻視者今夕則或無 5⁷

7. =1,7

sṅa dro skye bo maṅ mthoṅ (5)ba || phyi dro kha cig mthoṅ mi ’gyur ||
phyi dro skye bo maṅ mthoṅ ba || sṅa dro kha cig mthoṅ mi ’gyur ||⁷

7. =1,7

7. One sees many men in the forenoon, some of whom one will not see in the afternoon; one sees many men in the afternoon, some of whom one will not see in the (next) forenoon.

tatra ko viśvasen martyo daharo ’smīti jīvite |
daharāpi ṃriyante hi narā nāryaś cānekaśaḥ |1,8|

榮富焔熾盛無常無時節
不揀擇貴賤常被死王降 6⁸

8. =1,8

skyes pa bud med maṅ po daṅ || darala bab pa’aṅ ’chi ’gyur na ||
de la mi ’di gźon źes te || gźon pa’i gdeṅ drod ci źig-yod ||⁸

8. =1,8

8. Many men and women do die even in their prime; though men then be called young, what reliance can they place in life?

garbha eke vinaśyante tathaike sūtikā kule |
parisṛptās tathā hy eke tathaike paridhāvinaḥ |1,9|

或有在胎殞或初誕亦亡
盛壯不免死老耄甘心受 7⁹

9. =1,9

kha cig mṅal du ’chi (6)bar ’gyur || de bźin kha cig btsas pa’i sar ||
de bźin kha cig gos tsam na || de bźin kha cig-yoṅs rgyug na ||⁹

9. =1,9

9. Some die in the womb, some die at the birth: some gradually decay, some pass away in the vigour of their manhood.

ye ca vṛddhā ye ca dahrā ye ca madhyamapūruṣāḥ |
anupūrvaṃ pravrajanti phalaṃ pakvaṃ va bandhanāt |1,10|

若老或少年及與中年者
恒被死來侵云何不懷怖 8¹⁰

10. =1,10

la la rgan daṅ la la gźon || la la dar la bab pa’i mi ||
rim gyis rab tu ’gro ’gyur te || ’bras bu smin pa ltuṅ ba bźin ||¹⁰

10. =1,10

10. Some are old, and some are young, some are grown up; by degrees they all do disappear, like ripe fruit falling.

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