འཕགས་པ་དགའ་བ་ཅན་གྱ་མད notes.27

notes.27

27. Missing in Skt1, Skt2, Taishō 791, and NSdh. The Sanskrit text of this passage can be easily found in other texts, such as the Divyāva­dāna (Vaidya 1959, p. 180), Samādhi­rāja­sūtra (Vaidya 1961, p. 2), Saddharma­puṇḍarīka (Vaidya 1960, p. 12), and Lalitavistara (Vaidya 1958, p. 2). It reads, with the most common way this passage is parsed: sa dharmaṃ deśayati sma ādau kalyāṇaṃ madhye kalyāṇaṃ paryavasāne kalyāṇam/ svarthaṃ suvyañjanaṃ kevalaṃ pari­pūrṇaṃ pari­śuddhaṃ paryavadātaṃ brahma­caryaṃ saṃ­prakāśayati sma: “He taught the Dharma that is good in the beginning, good in the middle, good in the end. He expounded the pure conduct that is excellent in meaning, excellent in words, unique, perfect, completely pure, and thoroughly refined.” In Sanskrit, the punctuation varies, but these qualities are meant either as attributes of the Dharma or pure conduct (brahmacarya). Tibetan translators have understood it in different ways. See, for example, The Sūtra on Transmigration Through Existences (Toh 226, ). See also Mvy 1280–89 for each term. This stock phrase is very common in the Pali Canon as well. It reads, with the most common way this passage is parsed: so dhammaṁ deseti ādikalyāṇaṁ majjhekalyāṇaṁ pari­yosāna­kalyāṇaṁ sātthaṁ sabyañjanaṁ/ kevala­pari­puṇṇaṁ pari­suddhaṁ brahma­cariyaṁ pakāseti: “He taught the Dharma, that is good in the beginning, good in the middle, good in the end, excellent in meaning, and excellent in words. He expounded the pure conduct that is unique, perfect, and completely pure.” The Pali pendant for paryavadātaṃ (“thoroughly refined”) is omitted. See, for example, AN 5.30.