A Reconstructed Tocharian Reading

Translation

A 392 — 7.11-17

Praise to the Worthy One, whose compassion stands where the world is dark. Wrong view and doubt seize beings, Brahmins and common people alike, but the Buddha's light is not overcome.

A 422 — 6.25-29

Great power is not praised for itself. It is praised when it becomes mercy. The Lord of beings is praised because his wisdom gives sight to those wrapped in night, and because his compassion reaches the world that cannot heal itself.

H 149.35 — 12, 6d-end

Mahākāśyapa, Ānanda, and the noble ones stand near the revealed good. The poem gives Sanskrit and Tocharian names so praise may be carried faithfully. Let darkness be named as darkness; let compassion be named as compassion; let the Worthy One be praised.

IOL Toch 74 — 1.18a-21c

Praise to the Worthy One, whose compassion stands where the world is dark. Wrong view and doubt seize beings, Brahmins and common people alike, but the Buddha's light is not overcome.

IOL Toch 202 — 10.8a-14a

Great power is not praised for itself. It is praised when it becomes mercy. The Lord of beings is praised because his wisdom gives sight to those wrapped in night, and because his compassion reaches the world that cannot heal itself.

IOL Toch 203 — 11.9d-12c

Mahākāśyapa, Ānanda, and the noble ones stand near the revealed good. The poem gives Sanskrit and Tocharian names so praise may be carried faithfully. Let darkness be named as darkness; let compassion be named as compassion; let the Worthy One be praised.

THT 4158 — 2.8-11

Praise to the Worthy One, whose compassion stands where the world is dark. Wrong view and doubt seize beings, Brahmins and common people alike, but the Buddha's light is not overcome.

1:1 Translation

A 392 — 7.11-17

• kudṛṣṭivimati

a1 Brahmin ///

a2 n2 defilement; and; this; affliction, depravity; you ///

a3 n3 sāphalyam, āgata ///

a4 n4 fruit, result, effect; to make, turn into; this ///

a5 n5 road, path; nirvāṇa

a6 becoming; count, number ///

b1 n7 n8 Brahmin; not; and; to lead, bring

b2 excellent, superior

b3 excellent, superior; three ///

b4 n12 not; brahmanic; road, path; fall down ///

b5 n13 o, hello

b6 o, hello; good, pleasant; that which is good, a good being; good, well; having gone; independent, special ///

A 422 — 6.25-29

a1 n1 /// meaning. Sanskrit ///

a2 n2 /// Sanskrit . Having great power n7 ///

a3 n3 /// "having skill". Sanskrit (: 486) ///

b1 n4 /// so (it is) said. Sanskrit ///

b2 n5 /// Sanskrit ///

b3 n6 /// "speaking [only] one-sidedly" /// (: 496) ///

H 149.35 — 12, 6d-end

a1 /// saṃsāra ///

a2 /// compassion

a3 /// Buddha; Mahākāśyapa; Nanda

a4 lyāṇasyāsya, āloko, tamasevāvaguṇṭhita

a5 /// this

b1 /// yamānaguṇaujasa, janitavraṇadoṣasya, kalpānt

b2 ramatāntarai, danāgasya, śrīr

b3 /// Buddha

b4 /// some, any

b5 Buddha; to command; to paint, write; pertaining to rank/worth/position/glory; wish

IOL Toch 74 — 1.18a-21c

a1 /// this; you ///

a2 /// to go; world, people; who; this ///

a3 /// mahā, meghaughamuktā ///

a4 /// as much/as many; how much, how long? ///

b1 /// four ///

b2 /// to make disappear, destroy ///

b3 /// full ///

b4 /// support and refuge; protector/often epithet of the Buddha ///

IOL Toch 202 — 10.8a-14a

a1 having seen ///

a2 having seen; pertaining to snow; mountain, hill ///

a3 vāḍī, kundakmū ///

a4 pertaining to snow; mountain, hill ///

a5 water; making laugh ///

a6 sitaprabhāvadātā ///

b1 part, portion, share; also; however ///

b2 vajrāṅkurāvaḍyā, waśīr, dharmāmṛtarasā

b3 Law; righteousness, condition, dharma

b4 prtng to jasmine; you

b5 you; pertaining to the tooth; rise

b6 rise; far , away, long; world, people ///

IOL Toch 203 — 11.9d-12c

• sthānā

a1 place, position; flower

a2 flower; to dismiss, emit ///

a3 n1 + gen./acc. because of/for the sake of; speaks/says; is called ///

a4 is

a5 is called ///

a6 mñemeṃ, bhāvyante ///

THT 4158 — 2.8-11

a1 n1 /// nirhṛ ///

a2 n2 /// is; having been put ///

a3 /// having been put; to honour, venerate ///

b1 n3 /// having been put; to honour, venerate ///

b2 n4 /// mind ///

b3 n5 /// to honour, venerate ///

Source-Close Translation

A 392 — 7.11-17

• broken words around kudṛṣṭivimati

a1 Brahmin ///

a2 n2 defilement ///

a3 n3 broken words around sāphalyam, āgata ///

a4 n4 broken words in the field of affliction, depravity; you; fruit, result, effect ///

a5 n5 broken words around ytār, nervāṃ

a6 becoming ///

b1 n7 n8 Brahmin

b2 broken words around pravarās

b3 broken words around lmeṃ ///

b4 n12 broken words around brāmaṇi, ytār ///

b5 n13 broken words around sarvaṃ, sanāt

b6 broken words around kāsu, yruñci ///

A 422 — 6.25-29

a1 n1 /// meaning. Sanskrit ///

a2 n2 /// Sanskrit . Having great power n7 ///

a3 n3 /// "having skill". Sanskrit (: 486) ///

b1 n4 /// so (it is) said. Sanskrit ///

b2 n5 /// Sanskrit ///

b3 n6 /// "speaking [only] one-sidedly" /// (: 496) ///

H 149.35 — 12, 6d-end

a1 /// saṃsāra ///

a2 /// compassion

a3 /// Buddha; Mahākāśyapa; Nanda

a4 broken words around lyāṇasyāsya, āloko, tamasevāvaguṇṭhita

a5 /// broken words around daurasā, tvadṛte, jagaṃ

b1 /// broken words around yamānaguṇaujasa, janitavraṇadoṣasya, kalpānt

b2 broken words around ramatāntarai, danāgasya, śrīr

b3 /// Buddha

b4 /// broken words around māptaś, śatakam, kṛtir

b5 Buddha

IOL Toch 74 — 1.18a-21c

a1 /// broken words in the field of you; to go; world, people ///

a2 /// broken words around śaiṣṣe ///

a3 /// broken words around mahā, meghaughamuktā ///

a4 /// broken words in the field of you; to go; world, people ///

b1 /// broken words in the field of you; to go; world, people ///

b2 /// broken words in the field of you; to go; world, people ///

b3 /// broken words in the field of you; to go; world, people ///

b4 /// broken words around nātha ///

IOL Toch 202 — 10.8a-14a

a1 broken words in the field of having seen; pertaining to snow; mountain, hill ///

a2 broken words in the field of having seen; pertaining to snow; mountain, hill ///

a3 broken words around vāḍī, kundakmū ///

a4 broken words around śiñcaccepi, ṣlentse ///

a5 broken words around lāññe, ṣṣeñca ///

a6 broken words around sitaprabhāvadātā ///

b1 broken words around pakeṃtse ///

b2 broken words around vajrāṅkurāvaḍyā, waśīr, dharmāmṛtarasā

b3 broken words around sekavāsitāyā, kundendukumudādī

b4 broken words in the field of having seen; pertaining to snow; mountain, hill

b5 broken words around kemeṣṣepi

b6 broken words in the field of having seen; pertaining to snow; mountain, hill ///

IOL Toch 203 — 11.9d-12c

• broken words around sthānā

a1 broken words around ntaravilāsin

a2 broken words around pramuñcati ///

a3 n1 broken words around ṣarmtsa ///

a4 broken words around kcwī

a5 broken words around kaklāwau ///

a6 broken words around mñemeṃ, bhāvyante ///

THT 4158 — 2.8-11

a1 n1 /// broken words around nirhṛ ///

a2 n2 /// broken words in the field of having been put; to honour, venerate ///

a3 /// broken words in the field of having been put; to honour, venerate ///

b1 n3 /// broken words in the field of having been put; to honour, venerate ///

b2 n4 /// mind ///

b3 n5 /// broken words around nāsam ///

Colophon

This Good Works Translation was made from inspected Tocharian transliterations/transcriptions for the witnesses grouped here as Varṇārhavarṇastotra Fragments, 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.

A 392 — 7.11-17

A 392. Language: Skt.; TA. Lines: 7. CEToM: https://cetom.univie.ac.at/?m-a392.

• (kudṛṣṭivimati)

a1 grasto n1 : brāhmaṇa kiṃ bhavi(ṣyati) ///

a2 n2 śkaṃ tom kleśāñ tñi ā(kṣiñluneyäṣ) ///

a3 n3 sāphalyam āgataḥ 10(-2) ///

a4 n4 oko lyockäṣt täm(y)o ///

a5 n5 oktasi ytār nervāṃ /// (sa)

a6 dṛśa n6 kaś cid bhava(ti) ///

b1 n7 n8 mā śkaṃ kāse klo /// (brāhmaṇa)

b2 pravarās n9 trayaḥ 10(-5) /// (śpā)

b3 lmeṃ n10 n11 tre : 10-5 na (h)i ///

b4 n12 mā brāmaṇi ytār kl(awanträ) ///

b5 n13 loke sarvaṃ tat tava śā(sanāt) /// (e)

b6 he n14 kāsu kälko yruñci ///

A 422 — 6.25-29

A 422. Language: Skt.; TA. Lines: unknown. CEToM: https://cetom.univie.ac.at/?m-a422.

a1 n1 /// wram • āśayānuguṇaṃ mi(tam) ///

a2 n2 /// (av)y(a)yam • tsopats cämplam ///

a3 n3 /// ṣāñatsum (•) (pari)pūrṇa(m) ///

b1 n4 /// (ta)nn(e) w(e)wñu • pr(atiṣev)y(aṃ) vip(aryayāt) ///

b2 n5 /// y· • tavānekāṃśavādina(ḥ) ///

b3 n6 /// (ṣo)ma-kälyme träṅkäntāñ 20(-9) ///

H 149.35 — 12, 6d-end

H 149.35. Language: Skt.; TB. Lines: 5. CEToM: https://cetom.univie.ac.at/?m-h14935.

a1 /// (sarvākārabalope)te tvayy api prahṛtaṃ yayā 6 aho saṃsāradaurā(tmyam) ///

a2 /// (karuṇātma)ka 7 nānāgatabhyaṃ noktaṃ na netrī na pravṛtitā • na

a3 /// (mahākāśyapānanda)pramukhā kṛtabuddhayaḥ guptaye na samādiṣṭāḥ ka

a4 (lyāṇasyāsya) /// • saty āloko 'pi loko 'yaṃ tamasevāvaguṇṭhita 10

a5 /// (tva)daurasā 10-1 tvadṛte tu jagaṃ nātha gatam arthān(t)araṃ

b1 /// (mlā)yamānaguṇaujasaḥ janitavraṇadoṣasya kalpānt(a)

b2 (ramatāntaraiḥ) /// (hṛ)danāgasya sarasaḥ śrīr ivāciranāśinīḥ 10-4

b3 /// – ṇaṃ buddhānāṃ vaśavartinām iti 10-5 ॥ varṇārhavarṇe

b4 /// (sa)māptaś ca • catuḥśatakam kṛtir ācāryabhadantamā

b5 (tṛceṭasya) /// (yāt)k(a) paiykatsi : pañäkti perneṣṣe akālk(s)a : ॥ ॥

IOL Toch 74 — 1.18a-21c

IOL Toch 74. Language: Skt.; TB. Lines: 4. CEToM: https://cetom.univie.ac.at/?m-ioltoch74.

a1 /// – ॥ tvayaiva tu • ci(sa) ///

a2 /// (ja)no yam śaiṣṣe se ///

a3 /// (mahā)meghaughamuktā(nāṃ) ///

a4 /// ·e (•) (k)iyat ko(s) ///

b1 /// (śt)w(āra) k·t· • – ///

b2 /// (glapa)yitum nautästsi ///

b3 /// (i)te mäsketrä • lok(o) ///

b4 /// °ne • nātha • saim-wä(sta) ///

IOL Toch 202 — 10.8a-14a

IOL Toch 202. Language: Skt.; TB. Lines: 6. CEToM: https://cetom.univie.ac.at/?m-ioltoch202.

a1 ly(e)ly(ak)u ///

a2 centso • saphalam ///

a3 vāḍī • kundakmū° ///

a4 • śiñcaccepi ṣlentse tsäṅk· ///

a5 lāññe war keräṣṣeñca • na • – ///

a6 °ñca 10 sitaprabhāvadātā ///

b1 °pi • pakeṃtse • pāk(e)s(a) rano • – ///

b2 vajrāṅkurāvaḍyā • waśīräṣṣ· /// (dharmāmṛtarasā)

b3 sekavāsitāyāḥ pelai(kn)e /// (kundendukumudādī)

b4 nām kuntä(ṣṣ)e /// (ta)

b5 ñ kemeṣṣepi se(r)k(entse) /// (pirko)

b6 meṃ • lo(k)e (ś)ai(ṣṣ)e(ne) ///

IOL Toch 203 — 11.9d-12c

IOL Toch 203. Language: Skt.; TB. Lines: 6. CEToM: https://cetom.univie.ac.at/?m-ioltoch203.

• (sthānā)

a1 ntaravilāsin(ī) • yk(e) /// (pyapyai)

a2 no • pramuñcati • tärkana(ṃ) ///

a3 n1 ṣarmtsa • gī{r}yase • westrä ///

a4 yasya • mäkcwī • asi • ne(st) /// (vi)

a5 śr(u)taḥ kaklāwau • 10-1 (a)t(r)ai(va) ///

a6 – (cämpa)mñemeṃ • pra(bhāvyante) ///

THT 4158 — 2.8-11

THT 4158. Language: Skt.; TA. Lines: 3. CEToM: https://cetom.univie.ac.at/?m-tht4158.

a1 n1 /// (evā)bh(i)nirhṛ(t)y(a) ///

a2 n2 /// te : to – ///

a3 /// – s·· ///

b1 n3 /// ·ār ·n· ///

b2 n4 /// y· cittaratnā ///

b3 n5 /// (wi)nāsam ///

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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