Passage

(commentary to line 1) bha ni bha ga ste btsun mo'i pad ma'o/ bha ga'i rang bzhin ni stong pa nyid kyi rnam par gnas so/ de lta bu'i stong pa nyid kyi don bsgoms shig ces pa ste/ de bsgoms shes na bha ga'i don rtogs pa'o/

passage translation (English)

23 Bha The very cleft (bhaga), to stay within its nature openness.

Therein no good or evil thus speak (bhanayi) I, the Archer

With the teacher's message, one enjoys (buntsa) the five delights

Not straying (bhati) into errancy, Mind as such is space.

Passage

rgyud thams cad kyi gleng gzhir ston pa rdo rje 'chang sangs rgyas dang byang chub sems dpa'i 'khor gyis bskor nas rdo rje btsun mo'i bha ga la bzhugs so/ zhes pas de bzhin gshegs pa rnams gnyug mar gnas pa'i gzhal med khang ni rdo rje btsun mo bha ga nyid na/ de'i rang bzhin ni rnam par thar pa'i sgo gsum las 'das pa ma yin pa mtshon phyir chos 'byung sogs su bstan nam/ ma bstan kyang rung ste dngos por snang ba'i gnas nyi tshe bar rgya yongs su chad pa'i nges pa dang bral ba mkha' kyab kyi bha ga shes rab kyi pha rol tu phyin ma'i gnas su grub pa gang zhig re zhig gdul bya 'dul byed dang bstun nas dam tshig chen po'i gzhal med khang gru bzhi pa la sogs par byin gyis brlabs pa'i tshul/ de nas de bzhin gshegs pa mi bskyod pas de bzhin gshegs pa thams cad kyi btsun mo'i bha ga la dam tshig chen po'i dkyil 'khor grub bzhir byin gyis brlabs pa ni zhes bya ba la sogs pas bstan to/ de ltar gru bzhir brlabs pa bzhin du dgyes rdor las/

rdo rje btsun mo'i bha ga ni
e yi rnam pa'i cha byad gzugs
sangs rgyas rin chen za ma tog
bde ba can na rnam du bzhugs/

yum gyi bha ga'i klong

Note

In this passage, 'Jigs med gling pa elaborates on the meaning of bhaga in the context of the maṇḍala.

by David Higgins

Passage

yum lnga'i rnam dag tu sbyor ba'i dbyings na/ snang srid 'khor 'das kyi chos thams cad gnas pas/ snang srid thams cad yum gyi bhaga'i klong zhes bya'o/