Bibliotheca Polyglotta

11. He who is steadfast both by day and night, who casts away what is pleasing in the body (rūpa), which is difficult to do, pulls up by the very roots sin, that food of Mâra.

asādhu sādhu rūpeṇa priyarūpeṇa cāpriyam |
duhkhaṃ sukhasya rūpeṇa pramattān abhimardati |5,12|

不善形善色愛色言非愛
若謂樂著色放逸之所使 10²

2. =5,12

legs min legs par tshul daṅ ni || sdug min sdug pa’i tshul gyis daṅ ||
sdug bsṅal bde ba’i tshul gyis su || bag med rnams ni mṅon du ’joms ||²

2. =5,12

12. The foolish people: who consider what is not good as good, what is not agreeable as agreeable, what is misery as happiness, will surely come to destruction.

ātmānaṃ cet priyaṃ vidyān nainaṃ pāpena yojayet |
na hy etat sulabhaṃ bhavati sukhaṃ duṣkṛtakāriṇā |5,13|

夫自念欲者不與惡共居
此則難獲得樂爲惡根本 11³

3. =5,13

gal te bdag la dga’ byed na || ñes par byed pas bde ba dag ||
bde blag kho nar mi ’thob pas || (5)’di ni sdug la gźug mi bya ||³

3. =5,13

13. He who, doing evil, would be made happy by it, finds no contentment, let him not do evils

ātmānaṃ cet priyaṃ vidyān nainaṃ pāpena yojayet |
etadd hi sulabhaṃ bhavati sukhaṃ sukṛtakāriṇā |5,14|

gal te bdag la dga’ byed na || legs par byed pas bde ba dag ||
bde blag kho nar thob ’gyur bas || ’di ni sdig la gźug mi bya ||⁴

4. =5,14

14. He who, doing what is right, would be made happy by it, finds contentment, let him not do evil.

ātmānaṃ cet priyaṃ vidyād rakṣed enaṃ surakṣitam |
yathā pratyantanagaraṃ gambhīraparikhaṃ dṛḍham |
trayāṇām anyatamaṃ yāmaṃ pratijāgreta paṇḍitaḥ |5,15|

夫欲自念者宜自善守護
如防護邊城乃牢固墻塹 12⁴

4. =5,15

dper na dgon pa’i groṅ khyer dag || brtan pa’i ’obs kyis bskor ba ltar ||
gal te bdag (6)la dga’ byed na || ’di ni bsruṅ bas legs par bsruṅ ||⁵

5. =5,15abcd

15. As the frontier town is protected by strong retrenchments, so let him who would be happy protect himself by strong defences.

ātmānaṃ cet priyaṃ vidyād gopayet taṃ sugopitam |
yathā pratyantanagaraṃ guptam antar bahisthiram |5,16|¹

1. antar bahiḥ sthiraṃ

夫欲自念者藏己仍堅密
猶如防邊城内外悉牢固 13⁵

5. =5,16

gal te bdag la dga’ byed na || thun gsum gaṅ yaṅ ruṅ ba la ||
mkhas pas mel tse bya ba yis || ’di ni sba bas legs par sba ||⁶

6. =5,16a15ef16b

16 (157). The wise man who would be made happy watches during all the three watches; his watchfulness makes him safe.

evaṃ gopayatātmānaṃ kṣaṇo vo mā hy upatyagāt |
kṣaṇātītā hi śocante narakeṣu samarpitāḥ |5,17|

當自善防護後刹那虚悔
時過則生憂須臾墮地獄 14⁶

6. =5,17

dper na dgon pa’i groṅ khyer dag || phyi naṅ sruṅ bar byed pa ltar ||
dal (7)’byor chud ni mi zos pa || de ltar bdag ni bsruṅ bar bya || sems can dmyal bar skye na yaṅ || dal ’byor thal bas ’gyod par ’oṅ ||⁷

7. =5,16cd17

17 (315). When the frontier town is well guarded within and without, its peace is not disturbed: 1 do likewise and watch thyself; for when one has been born in hell his peace is gone and he repents him (of what he has left undone).

sarvā diśas tv anuparigamya cetasā naivādhyagāt priyataraṃ ātmanaḥ kvacit |
evaṃ priyaḥ pṛthag ātmā pareṣāṃ tasmān na hiṃsyāt paraṃ ātmakāraṇam |5,18|

徧於諸方求令心中間察
頗有斯等類不愛乃愛彼
以己喩彼命是故不害人 15⁷

7. =5,18

phyogs rnams kun du sems kyis yoṅs brtags kyaṅ || bdag las ches sdug ’ga’ yaṅ ma mthoṅ ba ||
de ltar so sor (215a1)gźan la’aṅ raṅ sdug pas || de phyir bdag dgas gźan la gnod mi bya ||⁸

8. =5,18

18. Look where you will, there is nothing dearer to man than himself; therefore, as it is the same thing that is dear to you and to others, hurt not others with what pains yourself.

sarve daṇḍasya bibhyanti sarveṣāṃ jīvitaṃ priyam |
ātmānam upamāṃ kṛtvā naiva hanyān na ghātayet |5,19|

一切皆懼死莫不畏刀杖
恕己可爲喩勿殺勿行杖 16⁸

8. =5,19

thams cad la yaṅ srog ’di sdug || thams cad chad pas ’jigs pa na ||
raṅ gi ñams las dpag gyis te || brtseg par mi bya gsad mi bya ||⁹

9. =5,19

20 (130). To all men this life is dear; all men fear punishment; you, who are like unto them, strike not, put not to death.

cirapravāsinaṃ yadvad dūrataḥ svastināgatam |
jñātayaḥ suhṛdo mitrāś cābhinandanti āgatam |5,20|

譬如久行人從遠吉却還
親厚亦安和歸來懷慶悦 17⁹

9. =5,20

rgyaṅ thag bcad par (2)spyugs pa’i mi || riṅ nas ne źo med ’oṅs na ||
gñen bśes mdza’ bo lhags nas su || a la la źes mṅon par dga’ ||¹⁰

10. =5,20

21. He who has been to a great distance and who returns from afar without mishap, his assembled kinsfolk and friends receive him with joyful cries of "Alala!"

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