a1 | /// [t]ra ṅka¯ ¯s̝ bho bho ku¯ ¯s tṣā na¯ ¯s̝ tma |
a2 | /// [b]ā dha ri brā mna¯ ¯cä ka kmu śla wä kta su rñe tsa rtlā |
a3 | /// ·[l]· [s]·¯ ¯s̝t || kā tkmāṃ a kma lyo bā dha ri tra ṅka¯ ¯s̝ kā su |
a4 | /// [k]· p· kly[i] tā kā • śtwa rtmāṃ tri wä¯ ¯lts we ka¯ ¯nt wṣe ñka tka rṣo¯ ¯m wṣe |
a5 | /// ·cu [kli] sā || ma ndo dha ri naṃ || ka lnmāṃ mla ṅkmāṃ ye twe syo ñka tye ṣna kcu ñya na |
a6 | /// ·y· lya lyu kwa ṣtu śla po to ra ke nṣa cwe : ptā ñka tka ṣyā rki śo ṣṣaṃ pā ka rnā tsu bā |
a7 | /// rā ṇa sri ya ckā tse : 1 || smi māṃ a kma lyo klyo mme tra¯ ¯k tra ṅka¯ ¯s̝ ä ntā a |
a8 | /// ·ā¯ ¯s ype yä ntwaṃ pā ṣā na kṣu laṃ ma ska tra ka¯ ¯r || ta mka klyu ṣu ra¯ ¯s̝ ā ṣā ni¯ ¯k |
b1 | /// [kta] ñno kte ta nne kwe ñā¯ ¯r || mo gha rā je tra ṅka¯ ¯s̝ pe rā kte nu upā dhyā yku cne tā |
b2 | /// ā rki śo ṣṣaṃ pā ka rtā¯ ¯s̝ || bā dha ri tra ṅka ṣpe rā¯ ¯k ñi se kuya lte ka klyu ṣu ñi |
b3 | /// rsa mta nne wka nyo kā ruṃ kri tāṃ tsra ṣṣu ne wä rs̝s̝a ltsu ne yo ka knu wra so mṣi wā |
b4 | /// [ka] śto ra¯ ¯s̝ : wkaṃ wä knā saṃ sā rṣi nā¯ ¯s klo pa ntyo wā wne sku¯ ¯nt ā rki |
b5 | /// r· ·[mnu] kā kro pu kā swo ne yu mmā ga¯ ¯t ype yaṃ śtwa rmā rlā |
b6 | /// – s̝ta ntwaṃ sa mpu kwra sa śśi pu¯ ¯k wä knā : cmo lu lya lypa |
b7 | /// [p]· nu ṣa kka¯ ¯ts klo pa¯ ¯s̝ tsa lpa s̝ta¯ ¯r : 1 || nä ṣpe nu |
b8 | /// ·[n]· re sga ndhā rve śśi yo¯ ¯s̝ ymāṃ wsā lwä¯ ¯s̝ |
a1 | ... (Bādhari) says: Hello, who is there? |
a1+ | Then ... (the noble Metrak), having come to Bādhari the Brahmin, respectfully raising his hand ... |
a3 | ... did you sleep (well)? || With a face full of joy, Bādhari says: |
a3+ | Good, ... I have become (120) years old. |
a4 | 43,200 nights have gone by. |
a4+ | (Not) one (single) night (did I sleep as well as) I slept last night. |
a5 | || In the Mandodhari [tune] || With ornaments touching each other and making a (pleasant) noise, a god came to stand before me in the dark. |
a6 | The Buddha-god the teacher has appeared in the world, oh Bā(dhari), |
a6 | Having brightened the house by (his own shining rays), he spoke politely to me: |
a6+ | The Buddha-god the teacher has appeared in the world, oh Bā(dhari), (you should know that! |
a7 | (you should know that! He made turn the excellent wheel of the Law) close to the city of Benares. || With a smile on his face, the noble Metrak says: |
a7+ | Where then (is at this moment this venerable one? |
a8 | Bādhari says:) Right now he is on Mount Pāṣāṇaka in the lands of Magadha. |
a8+ | Having heard that, the venerable (Metrak says for himself: |
b1 | To me also) the gods ... told precisely that last night. || Mogharāja says: |
b1+ | Oh teacher, is it to be believed that (in such a Kaliyuga era, in a short lifetime a Buddha) will appear in the world? |
b2 | || Bādhari says: My son, it is to be believed. Why? |
b2+ | I (have) heard (it from the clever wise men of the past.) |
b3+ | This is such a way excellent being, merciful, grateful (?), full of strength and energy (not even) having taken into account (a bad epoch of that sort), (for the love of) the world tormented by all manner of woes of the circle of existences, (who searches for the place pertaining to the rank of Buddha), he, with gathered virtues, (after vanquishing) the four Māra generals in the land of Magadha, (obtains the rank of Buddha as the excellent Buddha-god. |
b6 | || In the Maitär [tune] || At (all) times, this one, for all beings, in all manner of ways, (of) births and acts (knowing all the tortures, he teaches the Law to everyone who is to be freed from the Saṃsāra), |
b7 | 1 || |
b7 | also he certainly does free from woe (distant and close people). |
b7+ | (If) I also |
b8 | ... (day and night, in the sky, proceeding from the garments of the gods, the Asuras, the Nāgas, and the Yakṣas,) of the Kinnaras and the Gandharvas ... |
n1 | The brahmin Bādhari is speaking, cf. MaitrHami 2, 1 a4-5; the end of the Tocharian fragment corresponds roughly to MaitrHami 2, 2 a4-7 (for Uy. references, cf. Ji et al. 1998: 18). |
n3 | Cf. A 214: a1. |
n4 | mandodharinaṃ: a stanza of 4 x 18 (7/7/4) syllables. In the Uyghur text, the costume of the god is described with more details, cf. MaitrHami 2, 1 a22 ff. Note also the parallel in YQ I.7: a1. |
n6 | Cf. A 214: a3. |
n7 | smimāṃ, etc: see MaitrHami 2, 1 a29-30. |
n8 | Cf. A 214: a4. |
n9 | Cf. A 214: b5. |
n10 | For the first part of this line, cf. A 214: a5 and compare MaitrHami 2, 1 b5 ff. According to Ji et al. 1998: 72, the form mogharāje should also be read in A 214: a6, after a closer look at the published photograph (plate 27); see also MaitrHami 2, 1 b9. |
n11 | Cf. A 214: a6, middle of the line. |
n14 | Cf. A 214: a7. |
n15 | Cf. A 214: b1. |
n16 | Cf. A 214: b2. |
n17 | Cf. A 214: b3. |
n18 | maitraṃ: a stanza of 4 x 12 (5/7) syllables. For the following eulogy, cf. MaitrHami 2, 1 b27 ff. |
n20 | Cf. A 214: b4. |
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