བསླབ་པ་ལྔའ་ཕན་ཡན་གྱ་མད notes.55
The Benefits of the Five Precepts notes.55
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55. We interpret the phrase dga’ ba’i sems in dga’ ba’i sems dang ’bral bar ’gyur ro as rendering the Pali pasannacitta (Skt. prasannacitta); cf. PED, s.v. “pasanna”: “°citta: devotion in their heart.” We think that dga’ ba here renders pasanna, although this is not a standard translation equivalent. The Pali pasāda (Skt. prasāda) has two basic meanings: (1) “clarity” and (2) “faith,” “joy,” etc. “Unhappy” or “dissatisfied” has already been expressed two sentences prior: rtag tu sems mi dga’ bar ’gyur ba dang.