ཚའ་མཐའ་མད notes.102

notes.102

102. Our reading here follows the Degé edition (which reads gdung, “to torment, to scorch”) against the readings of Yongle, Lithang, Narthang, and Choné (Kangxi reads rdud), which all read rdung, “to strike, hit” (the Skt. equivalent for that would be kuṭṭayati, cf. Mvy, s.v.). The Tib. gdung byed pa corresponds roughly to the Skt. saṃtāpayati (one would perhaps expect yongs su gdung bar byed pa), which reflects the older name (Tib. gdung) of the hell Heat (Skt. tapana), which in later Tibetan translations is rendered tsha ba. See also the next verse, where we translated gdung byed ba as “inflicts pain.”