「藏語」 南無姑如曼殊廊喀耶
Homage to the Guru Manjushri.
「漢譯」 敬禮尊重妙音
Homage to the noble, serene sound of wisdom.
俱胝圓滿妙善所生身， 成滿無邊眾生希願語；
如實觀見無餘所知意， 於是釋迦尊主稽首禮。
From countless perfect virtues, his body came to be, His speech fulfills the boundless hopes of all who hear; His mind sees all that is, with nothing left unclear— To Shakyamuni, master, I bow in reverence here.
是無等師最勝子， 荷佛一切事業擔， 現化遊戲無量土，
禮阿逸多及妙音。 如極難量勝者教， 造釋密意贍部嚴，
名稱徧揚於三地， 我禮龍猛無著足。 攝二大車善傳流，
深見廣行無錯謬， 圓滿道心教授藏， 敬禮持彼然燈智。
徧視無央佛語目， 賢種趣脫最勝階， 悲動方便善開顯，
敬禮此諸善知識。 今勤瑜伽多寡聞， 廣聞不善於修要，
觀視佛語多片眼， 復乏理辯教義力， 故離智者歡喜道。
圓滿教要勝教授， 見已釋此大車道， 故我心意徧勇喜。
諸有偏執暗未覆， 具辨善惡妙慧力， 欲令暇身不唐捐，
諸具善者專勵聽。
Homage to the peerless Teacher and his foremost heirs, Bearers of all the Buddha’s works, Manifesting countless realms in playful display— I bow to Ajita and to Mañjuśrī.
To the victors’ teachings, vast and hard to fathom, They composed commentaries, ornaments of Jambudvīpa, Their fame spread throughout the three worlds— I bow to Nāgārjuna and Asaṅga.
Who skillfully carried the two great traditions, The profound view and vast conduct, free from error, The treasury of instructions for the complete path— I bow to Dīpaṃkara, the lamp of wisdom.
Beholding the eyes of countless Buddha teachings, The best steps for fortunate beings to escape saṃsāra, Moved by compassion, skillfully revealing the means— I bow to these spiritual friends.
Now many practitioners lack broad learning, While those with broad learning lack practical skill, They view the Buddha’s words with partial vision, And lack the power of reasoning to discern true meaning— Thus, they stray from the path that delights the wise.
Seeing the complete essence of the teachings and supreme instructions, I have explained this great tradition, So my mind is filled with joyful courage.
Those not shrouded by partial bias, Possessing discerning wisdom of good and evil, Who wish not to waste this precious human life— Let all who are virtuous listen with focused effort.
此中總攝一切佛語扼要，徧攝龍猛、無著二大車之道軌。往趣一切種智地位勝士法範，三種士夫，一切行持所有次第無所缺少。依菩提道次第門中，導具善者趣佛地理，是謂此中所詮諸法。
Here, the essence of all the Buddha’s teachings is fully gathered, encompassing the paths of the two great masters, Nagarjuna and Asanga. It serves as the definitive guide for those aspiring to reach the state of omniscience, laying out the complete sequence of practice for all three types of practitioners, with nothing missing. Through the stages of the path to enlightenment, it leads those with good fortune toward the ground of Buddhahood—this is what is explained in this text.
此中傳有二派釋儀：勝那蘭陀諸智論師，許由三種清淨門中詮釋正法，謂軌範語淨，學者相續淨，所說法清淨。後時止迦摩囉室囉，聖教盛行，彼諸智者，則許三種而為初要，謂正法造者殊勝，正法殊勝，如何講聞彼法規理。今於此中，應如後釋。
Here, there are two traditions of commentary: The wise scholars of glorious Nalanda hold that the Dharma should be explained through three aspects of purity—the purity of the teacher's words, the purity of the students' minds, and the purity of the teachings themselves. Later, when the sacred teachings flourished at Vikramashila, those wise masters held that three preliminary points were essential: the excellence of the author of the Dharma, the excellence of the Dharma itself, and the proper way to teach and listen to it. Here, we should follow the latter interpretation.