Rong-zom-pa & the Susiddhikaratantra

Note the citation in Rong-zom-pa’s dKon mchog ’grel (p. 226.18–22): bya ba rgyud kyi tshul las kyang | theg pa chung ngu pa rnams dang lung pa gcig gi chu la yang mi btung ngo || zhes lhan cig mi mnal bar gsungs la | sngags pa khyim pa rnams kyis phyag bya bar gsungs te | ’di skad du | mchod rten mthong na bskor ba bya || dge slong mthong na phyag kyang ’tshal || lha rnams mthong na mchod par bya || slob dpon mthong na bkur bar bya || zhes gsungs pa lta bu’o ||. This verse lines can be found in the Sādhanopāyikapaṭala of the Susiddhikaratantra (Bᴷ,  vol. 96, p. 601.14–15): mchod rten mthong na phyag bya zhing || dge slong mthong na’ang phyag bya’o || lha dag mthong na’ang rim gro bya || bla ma mthong na’ang mchod par bya ||. The verse can be also be found verbatim in the Kṛṣṇayamāritantrapañjikā called the Ratnapradīpa by Ratnākaraśānti (D1919) translated by Vinayacandra and Chos-kyi-shes-rab. See Ratnapradīpa (Bᵀ, vol. 23, p. 1140.6–7): mchod rten mthong na phyag bya zhing || dge slong mthong na’ang phyag bya’o || lha dag mthong na rim gro bya || bla ma mthong na mchod pa bya ||. Note that the verse cited by Rong-zom-pa above seems to be a different translation. But a huge chunk of the text from the Susiddhikaratantra has also been cited in his Dam tshig mdo rgyas (pp. 276.10–280.10) where he specifies his source. But the verse occurring there reads (p. 279.22–24): mchod rten mthong na phyag bya zhing || dge slong mthong na’ang phyag bya’o || lha dag mthong na rim ’gro [= gro] bya || bla ma mthong na’ang mhcod par bya ||.

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