འཕགས་པ་བདག་མད་པ་དྲས་པ་ཞས་བྱ་བ་ཐག་པ་ཆན་པའ་མད notes.19

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19. Translation of this verse is tentative. The Sanskrit and the two Chinese translations all differ slightly. The Skt. reads: “Just as a lightning in the midst of clouds, Is no longer seen after a moment, With the view of transcendent insight, The supreme state should be cultivated.” (abhrāntare yathā vidyut kṣaṇād api na dṛśyate | prajñā­pāramitādṛṣṭyā bhāvayet paramaṃ padam ||.) Taishō 1643 reads: “Just as a moon in the midst of clouds Is no longer seen after a moment, Using profound insight, One realizes that the conditioned is like an illusion.” (如月處雲中 剎那而不現 以甚深般若 達有為如幻.) Taishō 846 reads: “Just as lightning is no longer seen after a moment, observe that the perfection of insight and virtuous actions are also thus.” (如電之住剎那不見。觀彼般若波羅蜜多。及作諸善。亦復如是.)