[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Buddhist Literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha) › [Buddhist Sanskrit literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit) › [Mahāyāna sūtras](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.mahayanasutra) › [Sūtras on the bodhisattva's conduct](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.mahayanasutra.bodhisattva) › [Rājadeśa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.mahayanasutra.bodhisattva.rajadesa) › [རྒྱལ་པོ་ལ་གདམས་པ་ཞེས་བྱ་བ་ཐེག་པ་ཆེན་པོའི་མདོ](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.mahayanasutra.bodhisattva.rajadesa*bo) › [Advice to a King (1)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.mahayanasutra.bodhisattva.rajadesa*bo~en-84000) › notes.20 # རྒྱལ་པ་ལ་གདམས་པ་ཞས་བྱ་བ་ཐག་པ་ཆན་པའ་མད notes.20 Advice to a King (1) notes.20 - **Language:** English ### [notes.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.mahayanasutra.bodhisattva.rajadesa*bo~en-84000.notes.20) 20. bdag nyid gar ’gro gtol med bar do ’byung. Skilling translates: “You have no idea where to go, and you’re at your tether’s end.” We suggest that the term bar do here refers here to the liminal or intermediate state (antarābhava) between births. - [Previous: notes.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.mahayanasutra.bodhisattva.rajadesa*bo~en-84000.notes.19) - [Next: notes.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.mahayanasutra.bodhisattva.rajadesa*bo~en-84000.notes.21) - [Up: notes](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.mahayanasutra.bodhisattva.rajadesa*bo~en-84000.notes) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.mahayanasutra.bodhisattva.rajadesa*bo~en-84000.notes.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.mahayanasutra.bodhisattva.rajadesa*bo~en-84000.notes.20) · Pramāṇa