PK NS 53

Known as:	PK NS 53
Cite this page as:	Georges-Jean Pinault; Adam A. Catt (collaborator); Timothée Chamot-Rooke (collaborator); Hannes A. Fellner (collaborator); Athanaric Huard (collaborator); Bernhard Koller (collaborator); Véronique Kremmer (collaborator). "PK NS 53". 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-pkns53 (accessed 18 Apr. 2025).
Edition
Editor:	Georges-Jean Pinault; Adam A. Catt (collaborator); Timothée Chamot-Rooke (collaborator); Hannes A. Fellner (collaborator); Athanaric Huard (collaborator); Bernhard Koller (collaborator); Véronique Kremmer (collaborator)
Provenience
Expedition code:	498.4
Collection:	Bibliothèque nationale de France, fonds Pelliot Koutchéen (Paris)
Language and Script
Language:	TB
Text contents
Title of the work:	Meditation on the Pratītyasamutpāda
Text genre:	Literary
Text subgenre:	Doctrine
Object
Material:	ink on paper
Form:	Poṭhī

Transliteration

a1	[wa] ·[pa] ll[e] – – – – [ll]· • ma sa¯ ¯k ma la [k]l· [w]· – ·y· – yo ko ma ksā¯ ¯u^• ykā ssaṃ [ñ]· ṣṣa [y]· ko • e rsnā
a2	ṣṣa yo ko • sn[ai] [e] (–) ·[ṣa] yo ko • e ṅka lñe ma ksu • pi¯ ¯ś e ṅka lñe cci ā ntsi • ma ske [lle] ma ksu • ykā ssaṃ ñe ṣṣe
a3	ma ske lle • e rsnā ssu ma ○ ske lle • snai e rsna ma ske lle • ca me¯ ¯l ma ksu • a ntse ntso ka llā lñe • ktsai tsa ññe
a4	ma ksu • a ntse ntso pke ○ lñe • sru ka lñe ma ksū • a ntse ntso kau ta l[ñ]e • ·e – [w]o tra śa kwi lyyā sa sa pra
a5	tī tya sa mu tpā¯ ¯t \|\| kuse ṣo tri ceṃ śa kwi lyyā sa ntso • ka ṣṣī we s̝s̝aṃ mī ṣe [ra] [pā] ·[ñe] (– – – –) ·ā t·aṃ ·e (–) [s̝a] lle •
a6	[mī] ṣe ne lāṃ sra mta yā mo rnta • śa ktā lye ra ai śa lle • a kwa mpe re ra ñe – – – – – – – – – – – –
b1	tta lle ra ta ka lñe • pyā py[o] [ra] [wa] ·pa lñe • pyā py ai ri ta lñe ra [y]· – – – – – – – – – – – – –
b2	pā kri ne sa lle ra ne sa lñe • o [k]o śe śśa [n]mu ra ca me¯ ¯l^• o ko ntse – – – – – – – – – – – – [l]ñ·
b3	ra sru ka lñe • na no we ○ s̝s̝aṃ \|\| te te [m]u ta ṅki ta rre kra [a] kn[ā] tsa ññe [•] – – mo ṣe pi ta ṅki ta rre
b4	ka ntse trā ppa lle ra [yā] ○ mo rnta • ta trā ppa ṣ[e] pi kl[ā] [y]a lñe ra śa ktā lye • ka klā ya ṣe pi pī le
b5	yā mu ra ñe me r·a – [p]e [ṭā] la ntse ko yñi ra ṣka syä llo¯ ¯ñ pī le nä tkau ra ta ka lñ[e] • ·ä tkau pī le ra ṣe¯ ¯k la kle
b6	[w]a rpa lñe • – – – – lñe ra yo ko • pi le ·e sā· ·e – – lñe ra e ṅ[ka] lñe • pi le [ntse] pke lñe ra ne sa l[ñ]e •

Transcription

a1	(warpalñe) (mäksu) (•) (sak) wa(r)palle (lakle) (warpa)ll(e) • ma sak ma lakl(e) w(arpal)y(e) (•) yoko mäksā_u ykāssäṃñ(e)ṣṣa y(o)ko • ersnā¬
a2	ṣṣa yoko • snai e(rsnāṣ)ṣa yoko • eṅkalñe mäksu • piś eṅkalñecci āntsi • mäskelle mäksu • ykāssäṃñeṣṣe
a3	mäskelle • ersnāssu mäskelle • snai ersna mäskelle • camel mäksu • antsentso källālñe • ktsaitsäññe
a4	mäksu • antsentso pkelñe • srukalñe mäksū • antsentso kautalñe • (s)e (klyo)woträ śak wi lyyāsasa pra¬
a5	tītyasamutpāt ॥ k_use ṣotri ceṃ śak wi lyyāsantso • käṣṣī weṣṣäṃ mīṣe rapā(l)ñe (ramt) – (akn)āt(s)aṃ(ñ)e (lkā)ṣ(ṣ)älle •
a6	mīṣene lāṃs ramtä yāmornta • śäktālye ra aiśalle • akwam pere ra ñe(m) (ersna) – – – – – – – – –
b1	ttalle ra takälñe • pyāpyo ra wa(r)palñe • pyāpyai ritalñe ra y(oko) – – – – – – – – – – – –
b2	pākri nesalle ra nesalñe • oko śeśśanmu ra camel okontse (pkelñe) (ra) (ktsaitsäññe) (•) (okontse) (kauta)lñ(e)
b3	ra srukalñe • nano weṣṣäṃ ॥ tetemu täṅki tärrek ra aknātsaññe • (tete)moṣepi täṅki tärre¬
b4	käntse trāppalle ra yāmornta • tatrāppaṣepi klāyalñe ra śäktālye • kaklāyaṣepi pīle
b5	yāmu ra ñem er(sn)a (•) peṭāläntse koyñi ra ṣkas yälloñ pīle nätkau ra takälñe • (n)ätkau pīle ra ṣek lakle
b6	warpalñe • (sāṃtke) (rita)lñe ra yoko • pile(n)e sā(ṃtk)e (laupa)lñe ra eṅkalñe • pilentse pkelñe ra nesalñe •

Translation

a1	(What is sensation) [vedanā-]? Experiencing pleasure, experiencing suffering; experiencing neither pleasure nor suffering. What is thirst [tṛṣṇā-]?
a1+	Thirst pertaining to sensuality; thirst pertaining to form; thirst pertaining to the formless.
a2	What is attachment [upādāna-]? The five aggregates [skandha-] of attachment. What is existence [bhava-]?
a2+	sensual existence; material existence; immaterial existence.
a3	What is birth [jāti-]? Acquisition of the aggregates.
a3+	What is old age? [jarā-]
a4	Maturation of the aggregates. What is death [maraṇa-]? Splitting of the aggregates.
a4+	This is called the pratītyasamutpāda- with twelve parts.
a5	What is the mark [lakṣaṇa-] of these twelve parts? The teacher states: One (should) (see) ignorance (like) plowing a field.
a6	The acts [are] like work in a field. Consciousness [is] like the seed. Name [and] (form) [nāma-rūpa-] [are] like sprout [and] stalk.
b1	Contact [is] like ...-ing. Sensation [is] like the flower. Thirst is like desiring the flower.
b2	Existence is like the (fruit) becoming visible. The birth is like the fruit being bound. Old age is like maturation of the fruit.
b2+	Death is like the splitting of the fruit.
b3	Again he states: Ignorance is like a man born completely blind.
b3+	The acts are like the stumbling of a man born completely blind.
b4	The seed is like the falling of the one who stumbled.
b4+	Name and form is like a wound having been inflicted on the one who has fallen.
b5	The six sense functions [are] like the openings of a boil. Contact is like the wound having been squeezed.
b5+	The constant sensation of suffering is like the wound having been squeezed.
b6	Thirst is like desiring a remedy. Attachment is like rubbing a [scil. unsuitable] remedy on a wound. Existence is like the festering [lit. maturation] of the wound.