THT 268

Known as:	THT 268; B 268
Cite this page as:	Adrian Musitz (translation). "THT 268". 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-tht268 (accessed 14 Jun. 2026).
Edition
Editor:	Adrian Musitz (translation)
Provenience
Main find spot:	Shorchuk
Expedition code:	T III Š 78.6
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	/// ka tka re e pe wa tno su me rsa ta pre tā ko¯ ¯yñä :
a2	/// [c]i¯ ¯ś ña kta po wno lmeṃ mpa ṣe sā tse kṣā nti tā
a3	/// ·ñ· – l[o] o ko wa rpa tsi mā ṣñī klyī ñī au rtse sa toṃ yā mo
b1	/// 20 2 ku·e [m]ā tā ko¯ ¯yñä nau ta lle yo lo o ko ne mce ksa ai lle tā
b2	/// ñī sta mo¯ ¯yä sai mwä sta ta¯ ¯ñä pai ne ne cu ke ma¯ ¯r
b3	/// ·m· lā ṣlñe ai śa mñe e nte tā ko¯ ¯ñ pe pyu

lf	(100-70-1)

a1	/// kätkare epe wat no sumersa tapre tākoy-ñ :
a2	/// ciś ñakta po wnolmeṃmpa ṣes= ātse kṣānti tā
a3	/// ·ñ· – lo oko warpatsi mā ṣ ñī klyīñī aurtsesa toṃ yāmo
b1	/// 20-2 k_u(s)e mā tākoy-ñ nautalle yolo oko nemceksa aille tā
b2	/// ñī stamoy saim wästa tañ painene cukemar
b3	/// (āñ)m(a)lāṣlñe aiśamñe ente tāko-ñ pepyu¬
*	¬(tkoṣ)

a1	... may my (virtue?) be deep(er)... or higher than Sumeru...
a1+	... (may) there be much patience with all beings to you, god...
a3+	... to enjoy the fruit, and it would be necessary for me to... broadly... the deeds...
b1+	Whichever evil fruit would not disappear for me, certainly... would be given...
b2	... my... would stay.
b2+	Refuge and protection, I hide by your feet...
b3	... when compassion and wisdom... would be created for me...

b2	O Schutz [und] Zuflucht, zu(?) deinen Füßen bin ich geborgen(?) ... (Schmidt 1974: 107)

*	The original manuscript is missing. The leaf number is deduced on the basis of the strophe numbers.

Carling 2000: b2 (217); Meunier 2013: a2 a3 (152); Schmidt 1974: b2 (107); Thomas 1952: b1 (31); Thomas 1958a: a1 (138); Thomas 1970: b1 (277)