**9. Jayasena's** *Ratnapadmaraganidhi ¯* **: Tibetan Edition and English Translation**

**(D 1v1)**//rgya gar skad du/ shr¯ı d. a k¯ a r ¯ n. a ba ta ntra ma n. d. a la tsa kra **sya** sa dha na ra tna pa dma r ¯ a ga ni dhi n ¯ a ma/ ¯ <sup>1185</sup> bod skad du/ dpal mkha' 'gro rgya mtsho'i rgyud kyi dkyil 'khor gyi 'khor lo'i sgrub thabs **rin po che** pa dma ra ga'i ¯ **(D 1v2)** gter zhes bya ba/<sup>1186</sup>

In the Indian language, [it is] *Sr´ ¯ıd. ak¯ ar¯ n. avatantraman. d. alacakrasya sadhana[ ¯ m. ] ratnapadmaraganidhi[r] n ¯ ama ¯* ("The sadhana of the wheel of ma ¯ n. d. ala in the Glorious *D. ak¯ ar¯ n. ava Tantra*, entitled *Precious Ruby Treasury*"). In Tibetan, [it is] *Dpal mkha' 'gro rgya mtsho'i rgyud kyi dkyil 'khor gyi 'khor lo'i sgrub thabs pa dma ra ga'i gter zhes bya ¯ ba* ("The sadhana of the wheel of man ¯ . d. ala in the glorious *D. ak¯ arn ¯ . ava Tantra*, entitled *Precious Ruby Treasury*").1187

dpal bcom ldan 'das mkha' 'gro rgya mtsho la phyag 'tshal lo/

I bow to Glorious D. ak¯ arn ¯ . ava ("Ocean of D. akas"), the Blessed One. ¯

## **9.1. Opening**

/gang zhig sangs rgyas thams cad kyi/ /thugs rjes kun bsdus ngo bo'i sku/

/dngos kun gcig bsdus rang bzhin **(D 1v3)** te/ /rgyud kyi phyag can lhan skyes zhal//

/gnyis med shes rab phag mo dang/ /lhan cig bzhugs pa de la 'dud/

/mkhyen pa'i gsung gi 'od zer gyis/ /snod ldan blo mun sel mdzad cing//

/**(D 1v4)** don gyi bdud rtsis tshim mdzad pa/ /mtsho skyes la sogs bla ma'i tshogs/

/zla ba lta bu rnams la 'dud//

/dpal ldan mkha' 'gro rgya mtsho yi/ /bla ma'i man ngag mngon rtogs rim/

<sup>1185</sup> This line is not included in P. ♦ tsa kra sya ] *corr.*; tsa kra s.ya D.

<sup>1186</sup> This line is not included in P. ♦ sgrub thabs rin po che ] *em.*; sgrub thabs D; cf. sa dha na ra tna D ¯ (1v1) and sgrub thabs rin po che D (colophon, 35r7).

<sup>1187</sup> The Tibetan title provided in the opening includes no word corresponding to *ratna* (of the Sanskrit *ratnapadmaraga ¯* ). However, in the colophon (D 35r7), the title is *rin po che pa dma ra ga'i gter ¯* (*ratnapadmaraga ¯* ).

/ji bzhin rtogs **(D 1v5)** pa'i nus med kyang/ /bdag nyid dran phyir bri bar bya//

Having bowed to [the Blessed One], whose body is naturally all-inclusive because of all Buddhas' compassion,<sup>1188</sup> who is by nature a collected body of all things, whose hands are tantras, whose faces are the innate (\**sahaja*), who is nondual, and who resides along with wisdom (\**prajña¯*), Var¯ ah¯ ¯ı, and having bowed to the moon-like teachers starting with Saroruha, [who] dispel the darkness in the minds of those suitable by means of rays of words of wisdom [and who are] satisfied with the nectar (\**amr.ta*) of the real, I shall write a manual [of meditation for practitioners] to comprehend vividly the teacher's instruction of glorious *D. ak¯ ar¯ n. ava* after having recalled [the instruction], although I am not capable of understanding [it] precisely.
