so ’haṃ prāpya manuṣyatvaṃ sasaddharmamahotsavam |
mahārṇavayugacchidrakūrmagrīvārpaṇopamam || 5
| rgya mtshor gña’ śiṅ bu ga ru | | rus sbal mgrin pa chud pa ltar |
| dam (6)chos dga’ ston cher bcas pa’i | | mi ñid bdag gis thob nas ni |
I, having gained human estate to which belongs the great joy of the Good Law, even as a turtle's neck might chance to thrust through a yoke hole in the mighty ocean, how shall I not extract worth from this voice of mine, pervaded as it is with impermanence and beset by dangers arising from the imperfections of karma.
| de lta bus ni bcom ldan ’das kyi ñes pa zad pa’i rjes su dpag pa bstan nas | bstod pa bya ba’i dgos pa (6)bśad par bya ste | ’khor ba thog ma med par lce gcod pa daṅ | ṅan soṅ du skye ba la sogs pa daṅ | ñon moṅs pa daṅ bcas pa bdag gis bcom ldan ’das la bstod pa ma byas pa gaṅ yin pa de ni bdag bslus pa yin no | | rgya mtshor gña’ śiṅ bu ga ru | | źes bya ba’i rgya (7)che bas tshigs su bcad pa gñis bśad par bya ste | rgya mtshor gña’ śiṅ bu ga ru | | rus sbal mgrin pa tshud pa ltar | | dam chos dga’ ston cher bcas pa’i | | mi ñid bdag gis thob nas ni | | mi rtag ñid daṅ rjes ’brel źiṅ | | las kyi glags la dogs bcas pa | | bdag (121b1)gi lce ’di ñid kyis go | | sñiṅ po ci phyir blaṅ mi bya | | bdag gis źes bya bas ni bdag ñid bstan to | | thob nas źes bya ba ni thob pa’o | | mi ñid ni skye ba’o | | dam chos dga’ ston cher bcas pa | | źes bya ba ni mi ñid kyi khyad par ro | | dam pa’i chos ni dam pa’i chos so | | (2)yaṅ na mdzes pa’i chos ni dam pa’i chos so | | gal te chos kyi sgra ’di ni gsuṅ rab daṅ mya ṅan las ’das pa la sogs pa maṅ po la ’jug pa yaṅ de bźin du ’dir yaṅ saṅs rgyas kyi gsuṅ rab brjod pa’o | | de bźin du mdo las chos bstan pa yaṅ ñe bar źi ba daṅ | yoṅs (3)su mya ṅan las ’das pa źes bya ba la sogs pa gsuṅs pa’o | | chen po yaṅ yin la dga’ ston yaṅ yin pas na dga’ ston chen po ste | mṅon par mtho ba daṅ ṅes par legs pa dag gi rgyu yin pa’i phyir ro | | dam chos dga’ ston chen po daṅ ’dra ba ni dga’ ston chen po’o | | (4)dam chos dga’ ston chen po daṅ bcas pa gaṅ yin pa de ni dam chos dga’ ston chen po daṅ bcas pa ste mi ñid thob nas źes bya ba daṅ sbyar ro | | rgya mtsho ni rgya mtsho chen po’o | | de la gña’ śiṅ ni thod ’dzin pa’i yo byad do | | de’i bu ga ni bu ga’o | | de la rus sbal gyi mgrin pa ni (5)de ru tshud pa’o | | rgya mtshor gña’ śiṅ bu ga ru | | rus sbal mgrin pa tshud pa ltar ni mi ñid dpe gaṅ la yod pa de ni rgya mtshor gña’ śiṅ bu ga ru rus sbal mgrin pa tshud pa daṅ ’dra ba’o | | bcom ldan ’das kyis gsuṅs pa ’di lta ste | dge sloṅ dag ’dir sa chen po chu bo (6)gcig daṅ | rgya mtsho gcig tu gyur to źes bya ba rgya che bas gleṅ gźi daṅ yaṅ dag par ldan pa’i mdo sde’o | | de la yan lag gi don ni ’di yin te | ji ltar rgya mtsho chen por źugs pa rluṅ gis phan tshun śin tu g-yo ba bu ga gcig daṅ ldan pa’i gña’ śiṅ gi bu gar lo brgya ’das (7)nas lan cig ldaṅ ba’i rus sbal gyi mgrin pa bya rog daṅ śiṅ ta la’i ’bras bu’i rigs pas dka’ bas ’jug pa de bźin du ṅan soṅ gi rgya mtsho chen por lhuṅ ba’i srog chags mi dge ba’i las kyi lam chen po’i rluṅ gis bdas pas mi’i ’gro ba la ’jug pa rñed pa dka’ ba źes bya’o |