A Reconstructed Tocharian Reading

Translation

IOL Toch 133

Know the six doors: eye, ear, nose, tongue, body, and mind. Each meets its object, and from meeting comes feeling.

The untrained heart runs from feeling into thirst. Therefore the wise guard the doors, knowing that bondage begins where contact is not understood.

1:1 Translation

IOL Toch 133

a1 internal; ascesis lit. burning, torment ///

a2 ascesis lit. burning, torment ///

a3 confidence ///

a4 /// internal(ly); ascesis lit. burning, torment; confidence ///

b1 /// internal(ly); ascesis lit. burning, torment; confidence ///

b2 name; to shape, form ///

b3 six; to touch ///

b4 seizing, clinging; adherence, attachment; clear/obvious ///

Source-Close Translation

IOL Toch 133

a1 broken words around kalñe, eneṅk, lyśalñe ///

a2 broken words around lyśalñe, ṣotrītse ///

a3 broken words around ntālñe, ṣotrītse ///

a4 /// broken words in the field of internal(ly); ascesis lit. burning, torment; confidence ///

b1 /// broken words in the field of internal(ly); ascesis lit. burning, torment; confidence ///

b2 broken words around wrātalñe ///

b3 broken words around ṣkas, lloñi ///

b4 broken words around eṅkalñe, eṅkalñe, pākri ///

Colophon

This Good Works Translation was made from inspected Tocharian transliterations/transcriptions for the witnesses grouped here as Ṣaḍāyatana Fragment — IOL Toch 133, indexed by CEToM. The reconstructed English reading is independently derived from the source text and lexical controls exposed in the source records. Existing CEToM translation-control lines, where present, were consulted only for checking the direction of difficult or damaged passages and were not copied as the English body.

The source is damaged and discontinuous. This page is therefore a reconstructed reading from damaged witnesses, not a restored Tocharian base text and not a complete-work claim.

Compiled and formatted for the Good Work Library by the New Tianmu Anglican Church, 2026.

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Source Text: Tocharian Witnesses

Tocharian source text inspected through CEToM. Presented here for reference, study, and verification alongside the English reading above.

IOL Toch 133 — unplaced

IOL Toch 133. Language: TB. Lines: 4. CEToM: https://cetom.univie.ac.at/?m-ioltoch133.

a1 – – kalñe eneṅk(ā)meṃ pälyśalñe • yā° ///

a2 °ñ pälyśalñe ṣotrītse la° ///

a3 späntālñe ṣotrītse me – ///

a4 /// ॥ i° ///

b1 /// y· – ///

b2 ñem wrātalñe ṣärmats(e) ///

b3 °na ṣkas yälloñi • takä(lñe) ///

b4 eṅkalñe ṣärmatse eṅkalñe pākri ///

Source Colophon

The source text follows Tocharian transliterations/transcriptions available through CEToM, https://cetom.univie.ac.at/, as cached for the 2026-05-10 Good Works source scout. Ancient source text and faithful transcription are used as source material. Modern translations, commentary, and scholarly notes exposed by CEToM were treated as controls only.

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