THT 67

Known as:	THT 67; B 67
Cite this page as:	Melanie Malzahn; Hannes A. Fellner. "THT 67". 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-tht67 (accessed 19 May 2026).
Edition
Editor:	Melanie Malzahn; Hannes A. Fellner
Provenience
Main find spot:	Shorchuk
Expedition code:	T III Š 95 Frgm
Collection:	Berlin Turfan Collection
Language and Script
Language:	TB
Linguistic stage:	classical
Script:	classical
Text contents
Title of the work:	Udānālaṅkāra
Passage:	uncertain
Text genre:	Literary
Text subgenre:	Doctrine
Verse/Prose:	verse
Object
Manuscript:	Udānālaṅkāra B
Material:	ink on paper
Form:	Poṭhī
Number of lines:	8

Transliteration

a1	/// : e śne sā kwa r·i – – – ṅwā rsau me
a2	/// : s· sā rṣṣe wro cce [pe] – – tsa lpmo yma¯ ¯r
a3	/// ma¯ ¯r ka ttā ka ññe ṣṣeṃ : wä ssa nm[ā] rkwī na
a4	/// ¯ñä [8] ma kte ri na [ṣ]·e – we rtsyai la
b5	/// lle : [t]· m· i ndr[i] nta ṣṣi [t]w· [r]· pa ṣṣa llyi :
b6	/// lñ· m· cwi ma rse lyi : e mpreṃ tsñe – kla
b7	/// [tr]e ṅka¯ ¯l ne mce¯ ¯k – ·[ā] l(·)e [:] yai nmwa kre
b8	/// yo ytra ṣa ña [ñ]¯ – – – kle śa nma

Xx	a1/// :
Xx	eśnesā-k war (ñ)i(ś) (päst) ; (e)ṅw= ārsau-me a2n1 (:) (ñke)
Xx	/// :
Xx	s(aṃ)sārṣṣe wrocce ; pe(lemeṃ) tsälp{†mo}ymar
Xx	a3///
Xx	(yetweṃ) (rinaske)mar ; kattākäññeṣṣeṃ :
8d	wässanm= ārkwīna a4/// ñ 8
9a	mäkte rinaṣ(ṣ)e(ñca) ; wertsyai lab5(ntuññe)
Xx	/// lle :
Xx	t(e)m(eṃ) indrintaṣṣi ; tw(e)r(i) paṣṣallyi :
Xx	b6n2 /// lñ(e) ; m(ā) cwi märselyi :
Xx	empreṃtsñe – klä b71σ ; /// treṅkäl ; nemcek (spärk)āl(l)e :

*	yainmwa kre¬
b8	¬(ntaunasa)n3 /// (skā)yoyträ ṣañ añ(mantse) kleśanma

a1	... Only [with] (hol)ding (back) the water in the eyes [it is that] I leave you (now) ...
a2	... From the great pris(on) of the Saṃsāra I want to be released.
a3	... I (give away the ornaments) of householdership, the white garments ...
a4	... [8d] Like the one giving up [his] followers [and his] (royal dignity) [9a]
b5	... Because of that the gates of the senses must be guarded.
b6	... must not be forgotten by him. The truth (he teaches?) ...
b7	... the attachment (will) certainly (disappear). (By) the virtues reached ...
b8	... must strive of oneself the kleśas ...

*	There is a great likelihood that this fragment and THT 66 belong to one and the same leaf. The 4x11-syllable-metre (rhythm = 6/5) we have already met in THT 64. Since there is only one strophe number (8) preserved in this fragment, and because of the scantiness of both fragments, recto and verso side cannot be determined with any certainty. The translation, too, is frequently in the dark. Between the fragments there appears to be a gap of about 10-12 syllables.
n1	According to Sieg and Siegling 1983: 94 fn. 5 tsälpmoymar is a writing error for correct tsälpoymar.
n2	Since empreṃtsñe – klä – constitutes a colon with six syllables, a form of the causative stem of ākl- ‘to teach' seems the most likely restitution.
n3	Because of the accent, the only likely restoration is a gen. añ(mantse).

*	The original manuscript is missing, but was the remnant of the right side of a leaf, composed of two fragments and badly damaged. Probably belongs to the same leaf as THT 66.