PK NS 27

Known as:	PK NS 27; Pelliot Koutchéen Nouvelle Série 27; PK NS 23.2
Cite this page as:	Georges-Jean Pinault; Melanie Malzahn. "PK NS 27". In A Comprehensive Edition of Tocharian Manuscripts (CEToM). Created and maintained by Melanie Malzahn, Martin Braun, Hannes A. Fellner, and Bernhard Koller. https://cetom.univie.ac.at/?m-pkns27 (accessed 02 Dec. 2023).
Edition
Editor:	Georges-Jean Pinault; Melanie Malzahn
Date of online publication:	2013-08
Provenience
Expedition code:	882
Collection:	Bibliothèque nationale de France, fonds Pelliot Koutchéen (Paris)
Language and Script
Language:	TB
Linguistic stage:	classical
Script:	classical
Text contents
Title of the work:	Udānastotra
Passage:	19c-26d [shorter version]
Text genre:	Literary
Text subgenre:	Doctrine
Verse/Prose:	verse
Meter:	M18
Object
Material:	ink on paper
Form:	Poṭhī
Size (h × w):	8.3 × 20.8+9.2 cm
Number of lines:	6
Interline spacing:	1.4 cm

Images

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Transliteration

a1	(– – –) [k]a y[ä] kne sa śp· lm[eṃ] ñ[i]¯ ¯ś ya mi¯ ¯m pā kri [o] kta tsai klyo m[ñ]ai ytā ri : śtwā re m· ·e /// ai śa mñe ṣṣeṃ ā stre śne po ka llo [ye] ///
a2	(– –) ¯ts sa naṃ ce¯ ¯u lā bha sa tkā¯ ¯r^• rra ṣṣiṃ ye ts· śī la ṣṣe ai śa mñe ṣ·eṃ mī /// (·)[s](·) [r]au ñe ṣṣe kau ṣnā ya o mpa lsko ṣṣe ///
a3	(– –) tū sa au ṣa¯ ¯p wī śi¯ ¯m ṣe¯ ¯k ○ ka llau ynā ñmñe : 20 pai ka lñe sa dro ha /// kñī ta¯ ¯rñä se rkeṃ [ne] po cme la (·)[e] ///
a4	mā nta lñe kuce¯ ¯s̝ kre ntaṃ ne : kau [ṣ]· ○ ntai ra sa naṃ ne mā we¯ ¯r śco no wṣī [ñä] /// t[r]a ṅko : a knā tsai mpa ṣe [ś]· ///
a5	ntaṃ mpa : 20-1 po kre ntau naṃ¯ ¯ts śmo ññai ce pai ka lñe sa smṛ ti vā¯ ¯rg[ä] sa kā¯ ¯lk kñi ta[¯] [¯rñä] /// [e] lai kne nta po ka r[s]o ///
a6	[ṣe]¯ ¯k ā kso¯ ¯ym ta rya śpā lmeṃ nau mye nta a raṃ śne e ṅ[ku] : pa pā ṣṣo rñe ai śa m(·)e /// – [ṣ](·)(·) (·)e [:] 20 2 pra ///
b1	ā ksau tā ko¯ ¯yñ[ä] : [i] m· ṣṣ[a] n· ṣa rn· [s]· pa· ·[o]¯ ¯ym y· kweṃ y· llo· ṣṣeṃ [w]· /// ñ(·)(·) ṣ(·) ṣa [r]ma – ///
b2	– rka rmeṃ ltu me ñe ra y[ai]¯ ¯m a sta re 20 3 pai ka lñe sa uda ka vā¯ ¯rgä po e kṣa lyi[ṃ] [po] /// ññe sā¯ ¯k pa ṣṣī m(·) [r]a ///
b3	ts[e] r[a] kra ñī we o ro tsñe sa meṃ [ṣ]ī ○ ma¯ ¯r ynau ṣka¯ ¯k skā yo¯ ¯ymä : lyka śke[ṃ] ra /// ṅka ṣṣi¯ ¯m ka rtsau ñe¯ ¯ś ///
b4	(– –) ma kte kro ṅśaṃ¯ ¯ts cä ñca rñe pya ○ pyaiṃ wa rssi : tū sa au ṣa¯ ¯p mai yyā ts[t]·e /// [ts]a ṅko yñi a kā¯ ¯lk rma mñe : ś[ī] ///
b5	(– –) ce yā mo rsa : sa pū le mpa me nā ktā ka rso¯ ¯ym ke ktse¯ ¯ñä kau tā ts[ai] /// [5] [pai] ka lñe sa a śva vā¯ ¯rgä co laṃ ya ///
b6	(– – –) [y]ya [s]a ke [ke] – [ñi¯] [¯ś] ṣe ktā ko¯ ¯ym po c[m]e la ne : ai [ś]· [mñ]· ṣṣ[e] sā ra thiṃ ka /// – nai śai yā ta ṣṣi ta¯ ¯rñä : pe lai kne ·e ///

Transcription

19b	a1n1 – –
19c	(te)k«†ä» yäknesa ; śp(ā)lmeṃ ñiś ; yamim pākri ; oktatsai ; klyomñai ytāri :
19d	śtwār= em(pr)e(nma) ; (lkātsisa) ; aiśamñeṣṣeṃ ; āstr= eśne ; po källoye(ṃ) (:) (10-9)
20a	/// 7σ ; 1σ (kre)a2(ntaunaṃ)ts ; sanaṃ ce_u ; lābhasatkār
20b	rräṣṣiṃ yets(e) ; śīlaṣṣe ; aiśamñeṣ(ṣ)eṃ ; mī(sa) (po) ; (karsnaṃ) (lykaśke)
20c	(t)s(i)rauñeṣṣe ; kauṣn= āya ; ompalskoṣṣe ; /// 3σ ; 4σ
20d	4σ ; (a)a3(rṣāklai)n2 ; tūsa auṣap ; wīśim ṣek ; kallau ynāñmñe : 20
21a	paikalñesa ; droha(vārg) ; (akālk) kñītär-ñ ; serkeṃne ; po cmela(ṣṣ)e(ṃ)
21b	/// 11σ a4; māntalñe ; k_uce ṣ krentäṃne :
21c	kauṣ(e)ntai ra ; sanaṃne ; mā wer ścono ; wṣī-ñä (nta) ; (tarkoym) traṅko :
21d	aknātsaimpa ; ṣe ś(malñe) ; /// 7σ ; 1σ (kre)a5ntäṃmpan3 n4 : 20-1
22a	po krentaunaṃts ; śmoññai ce ; paikalñesa ; smṛtivārg ; s= akālk kñitär-ñ
22b	(kektsenne) (ykweṣṣ) ; (īmesa) ; (p)elaiknenta ; po karso(ym) ; /// 4σ
22c	4σ ; a6ṣek āksoym ; tarya śpālmeṃ ; naumyenta ; araṃśne= eṅku :
22d	papāṣṣorñe ; aiśam(ñ)e ; (ompalskoñe) ; (mā) (marsoym) ; (snai) (mīyä)ṣ(lyñ)e : 20-2
23a	pra(kīrṇaka,vārg) /// 2σ ; 7σ ; pra(kīrṇaka,vārg)b1āksau tākoy-ñ :
23b	im(e)ṣṣan(a) ; ṣarn(e)s(a) ; pa(nn)oym y(a)kweṃ ; y(ä)llo(ṃ)ṣṣeṃ ; w· – – –
23c	/// …ñ(eṣ)ṣ(e) ; ṣarm«†ä» – ///
23d	7σ ; b2(tä)rkarmeṃn5 ltu ; meñe ra ; yaim astare 20-3
24a	paikalñesa ; _udakavārg ; po ekṣalyiṃ ; po(yśñana) ; – – – –
24b	– – ññes= āk ; paṣṣīm(a)r«†ä» ; /// 11σ
24c	(mā) – b3n6 …tse ra ; krañīwe ; orotsñesa ; meṃṣīmar ; ynauṣkak skāyoym :
24d	lykaśkeṃ ra(no) ; (yolaiñe) ; (po) (pra)ṅkäṣṣim ; kärtsauñeś ; – – – – (20-4)
25a	1σ (puṣpavārg) ; (pai)b4(kāmai)n7 ; mäkte kroṅśaṃts ; cäñcarñe ; pyapyaiṃ warssi :
25b	tūsa auṣap ; maiyyātst(s)e ; (po) (krentaunaśc) ; tsaṅkoy ñi ; akālk rmamñe :
25c	śī(laṣṣ=) (āstreṃ) ; (weresa) ; (yaitoṣ) (tākoṃ) ; (po) b5(wnolmi) ; ce yāmorsa :
25d	sapūlempa ; menāk tā ; karsoym kektseñ ; kautātsai ; (mā) (treñcīmar) (20-)5
26a	paikalñesa ; aśvavārg ; colaṃ ya(kweṃ) ; (yälloṃṣṣeṃ) ; (yātäṣṣimar)
26b	(kälṣa)b6(mñeṣṣai) ; (mai)yyasa ; keke(nu) ñiś ; ṣek tākoym ; po cmelane :
26c	aiś(a)mñ(e)ṣṣe ; sārathiṃ ; kä(lloym) (śpālmeṃ) ; (a)naiśai ; yātäṣṣitär-ñ :
26d	pelaikne(n)e ; /// 3σ ; 11σ

Translation

a1	In this way indeed may I make manifest the excellent eightfold noble path. Through the seeing of the four truths may all obtain the pure eyes of wisdom. 19.
a2	(I have written the Satkāravarga) [understanding] this gain [and] pride (= Skt. lābha-satkāra-) as the enemy of (all the virtues). He [= the enemy] tears out the skin of moral behavior [and] (he cuts into small pieces the whole me)at of wisdom. He breaks the bones of the energy [and] (he cooks the marrow) of meditation (completely. Like the snake with sharp venom),
a3	even more than that, may I avoid always gain [and] pride. 20. Through the writing of the Droha(varga may) my (wish) come true in the circles of all births. (May I not feel) anger (towards an evil person, even an angry one),
a4	and even less towards good people. Even towards a murderous enemy may hate [and] enmity not reside in me (at all [and] may I abandon) the sin. (May I not have a) m(eeting) with an ignorant one ([and] may I come together)
a5	with go(od people). 21 Through the writing of the Smṛtivarga, this fondation of all virtues, may my wish come true. (By consciousness directed towards the body may I) understand all qualities [= dharma], (each by its own mark.)
a6	May I always awake (the good awakening) having seized in the heart the three excellent jewels. (May I not forget) the observance, the wisdom, (the meditation, without making ha)rm. 22 (I have written) the Pra(kīrṇakavarga) ...
b1	... may it be told by me! May I stretch the horses of the sense functions with the two hands of consciousness! ... the cause ...
b2	like the moon coming out from [behind] the clouds I went [through as a] pure [one]. 23. Through the writing of the Udakavarga (may I attend) all the feasts of omni(science) ... May I observe the zeal through ...
b3	May I (not) be sorrowful because of the greatness like the ... may I strive as always. May I reject every evilness even a small one, ... the goodness! (24. I have written the Puṣpavarga:)
b4	As it is the pleasure of bees to smell flowers, may the wish [and] the inclination (towards all virtues) be more powerfull than that! (With the pure smell of the good cond)uct [= śīla] (may all the beings become)
b5	(decorated) through this deed! May I understand this body [as being] fragile, somewhat like a pot, [and] may (I) not cling [to it]! 25. Through the writing of the Aśvavarga (may I tame) the fierce ho(rses of the sense functions)!
b6	May I myself be always provided with the (fo)rce (of patience) in all births! (May I o)btain the chariot driver of the wisdom, (the excellent one,) may he tame me (ac)curately, [being] (resolute) in the Law ...

Commentary

Parallel texts

	PK AS 4A a4 - PK AS 5B a5, PS Uv 67

Philological commentary

	In b6 there are four signs missing between the fragments of the same leaf, in b5 seven, b4 five, b3 six, b2 nine, b1 = ?.
n1	Instead of the plural aiśamñeṣṣeṃ the parallel text PK AS 4A a 5 has the correct dual form aiśamñeṣṣi.
n2	The parallel text PK AS 4A b 2 has ñiś instead of ṣek.
n3	The parallel text PK AS 4A b 3 has the phrase with sandhi krentäṃmp= eṣe, which makes the complete last colon. Either we have a mistake here or again a different wording.
n4	The parallel text PK AS 5B a 3 has menāk ksa instead of menāk tā.
n6	Note that the parallel PS Uv 67 a 5 seems to have the locative sg. B_orotsñene .
n7	akalk _\ has a small virama stroke.

Remarks

	PK NS 27 is the right part of an almost complete leaf, the left part has the press mark PK NS 23.2; there is no direct joint between the pieces. The gap between the two fragments varies between three and ten akṣaras.

Linguistic commentary

n5	The sandhi consists of a perlative-ending sa + āk ‘zeal’.

References

other

Lévi 1933: 59, 60

Bibliography

Lévi 1933

Lévi, Sylvain. 1933. Fragments de textes koutchéens. Udānavarga, Udānastotra, Udānālaṁkāra et Karmavibhaṅga, publiés et traduits avec un vocabulaire et une introduction sur le «tokharien». Paris: Imprimerie Nationale.

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