Passage

(1) snyan ngag dang/ sdeb sbyor dang/ ming gi mngon brjod la sogs pa 'jig rten pa'i gtsug lag dang mthun pas drang ba'i don gtso cher ston pa dag tu ni/ bsam yas pa ngag gi dbang po tshul khrims blo gros kyis sbyar ba zhes 'byung ngo

(2) gang du gsang sgnags phyi nang gi gnas thun mong du mthun par ston pa rnams su ni/ rdo rje gzi brjid kyis zhes 'byung ngo

(3) zab mo'i gnas gang zhig theg pa'i rim pas ston pa dang/ don dang tshig gi gnas ting nge 'dzin gyi tshoms gtso bor ston pa dag tu ni/ dri med 'od zer gyis zhes 'byung ngo

(4) gnas lugs bsam gyis mi khyab pa'i klong yangs par ston pa dag tu ni klong chen rab 'byams kyis zhes 'byung ngo

(5) theg pa dang/ grub pa dang/ de kho na nyid la sogs pa rgya cher 'byung ba rnams su ni/ kun mkhyen ngag gi dbang pos zhes 'byung ba yin no/

Note

In this passage (contained in the colophon), Klong chen pa provides an interpretation of five (the first actually combines three) of his epithets.

by David Higgins

Passage

dam tshig chen po a la la
klong chen rab 'byams klong re yangs
dri med 'od zer 'od re gsal
sna tshogs rang grol rang re grol
rtogs pa chu bo klong chen yin
dgongs pa dri med 'od gsal yin
snang srid sna tshogs rang grol yin
bdag gi ming gis kun la khyab
kun gyi chos nyid bdag la khyab

Note

Klong chen pa poetically evokes the inner meaning of three of his epithets Klong chen rab 'byams pa, Dri med 'od zer and Sna tshogs rang grol, using the poetic convention of word play (Skt. śliṣṭa, Tib. sbyar). The last two lines ("My name encompasses the whole/ The spirit of the whole encompasses me") provide an example of parivṛtti (Tib. yongs brjes) or "barter." (On the śliṣṭa, see Klong chen pa's commentary on Daṇḍin's Kāvyādarśa, the Tshig su bcad pa'i bstan bcos me tog gi rgyan {116131:474.2}; on the parivṛtti, see {116131:475.2}.)

by David Higgins

Passage

[chos dbyings mdzod:25] klong yangs klong yangs klong chen yangs pa'i nang [chos dbyings mdzod kyi 'grel pa:102b]

klong chen rab 'byams klong gsal klong 'byams pas
klong gcig gnyis med bde klong 'khyil pa ni
sna tshogs rang grol chos nyid zad sar phyin
mi 'gyur lhun grub 'dun ma legs pa'i rtse

Note

In this passage, Klong chen pa interpolates two of his epithets.

by David Higgins

Passage

ming gi rnam grangs du ma sbyar ba yod de/ klong chen rab 'byams pa [408] dang/ klong gsal dri med dang/ rdo rje gzi brjid dang/ rdo rje sems dpa' dang/ dri med 'od zer dang/ blo gros mchog ldan dang/ tshul khrims blo gros dang/ ngag gi dbang po dang/ pad+ma las grol dang/ sna tshogs rang grol dang/ bsam yas pa zhes bya bas rdzogs tshig gi gnas su bstan pa'o/

Note

In this passage, Klong chen pa provides a list of eleven of his epithets.

by David Higgins