THT 266

Known as:	THT 266; B 266
Cite this page as:	Adrian Musitz (translation). "THT 266". 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-tht266 (accessed 13 May 2026).
Edition
Editor:	Adrian Musitz (translation)
Provenience
Main find spot:	Shorchuk
Expedition code:	T III Š 79.22
Collection:	Berlin Turfan Collection
Language and Script
Language:	TB
Linguistic stage:	classical
Script:	classical
Text contents
Text genre:	Literary
Text subgenre:	Kāvya
Verse/Prose:	verse
Object
Manuscript:	THT 266-272
Material:	ink on paper
Form:	Poṭhī
Number of lines:	3

Transliteration

a1	mo wi na ske ma¯ ¯r ci¯ ¯ś ña kta de śī¯ ¯t tā – ¯ñä 6 ṣa¯ ¯ñä e mpe ly[e] –
a2	ra ñcsa pa rma ○ ṅka nta ka rstā wa po saṃ sā rṣṣeṃ¯ ¯ts – pā ta¯ ¯r mā ta¯ ¯r sasū
a3	we rṣṣe la re ṣṣa na ñe mna ceṃ¯ ¯ts po ka rstā wa : la rau wñe sa sasū we rṣṣe
lf	100 60 2
b1	a ra¯ ¯ñcä nne cau ka nte¯ ¯ñä ṣa¯ ¯ñä śau¯ ¯l ra mno : mā wa lke kca e pi ṅte tsa· k·
b2	lyeṃ ka a ○ ra ñciṃ ceṃ¯ ¯ts ñi¯ ¯ś śau wwa 7 la klā lye ṅkaṃ¯ ¯ts ka
b3	la tsi mā ñi mau ka a ra ñce ṣe me kṣaṃ nra – kau tsi pyā ktsi skā ra tsi pa r··

100-60-2

a1	mo winaskemar ciś ñakta deśīt tā(ko-)ñ 6 ṣañ empelye (a)¬
a2	¬rañcsa pärmaṅkänta kärstāwa po saṃsārṣṣeṃts (:) pātär mātär s_äsū¬
a3	¬werṣṣe lareṣṣana ñemna ceṃts po kärstāwa : larauwñesa s_äsūwerṣṣe
b1	arañcnne caukanteñ ṣañ śaul ram no : mā walke kca epiṅte tsä(r)k(a)
b2	lyeṃ ka arañciṃ ceṃts ñiś śauwwa 7 lakl= ālyeṅkäṃts ka¬
b3	¬latsi mā ñi mauka arañce ṣeme kṣaṃn ra (:) kautsi pyāktsi skāratsi pär··

a1	... I confess...
a1	May there be a confession from me to you, lord!
a1+	With my own terrible heart, I cut off the hopes of all the beings of saṃsāra.
a2+	Of father, mother, sons - the names of all of them I cut off.
a3+	With the love of sons, they hid me in their heart like their own life.
b1+	Not within long, I killed their torturable hearts
b2+	My heart did not desist for even a moment from bringing suffering to others.
b3	Killing, hitting, abusing...

a1	... bekenne ich zu dir, o Gott: Möge mir Verzeihung sein! (Schmidt 1974: 415)

*	On IDP, recto and verso are reversed.

Tamai 2011	C1
Tamai 2011	C14

Carling 2000: a3 b1 (212); Krause 1952: b2 (187); Peyrot 2013b: b2 b3 (784); Schmidt 1974: a1 (415); Thomas 1952: b1 b2 (35); Thomas 1997: a3 (109)