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pratītya-samutpāda-hṛdaya-kārikā

Strophes of the heart of interdependent arising

    I prostrate before the young Manjushri!
    What are the twelve different members?
    Muni proclaimed interdependent arising. All these are completely united into three: obscurations-kleshas, deeds, and suffering. The first, eighth, and ninth are the obscurations-kleshas. The second and tenth are deeds. The remaining seven are also suffering. The twelve items combine into three. From the three, two arise. From two, seven arise. And even out of seven arises three. This wheel of being so revolves again and again. All beings [are] cause and fruition. And there are no living beings there. From phenomena [that are] only emptiness, empty phenomena arise, [which then] disappear. Apparitions with the absence of self and mine - emanate from the mouth. And though [appearing] rebirth as that of an oil lamp, a mirror, a seal, a fiery crystal, a sour seed, an echo, clusters, the sage apprehends as that which is not borne. Even the smallest particles are marked by the disappearance of everything. One who is not versed in aspects does not see objects as arising from such conditions. So there is nothing for clarification. There is nothing for establishment. See in the right way the true essence. If you see the true, you will be completely liberated.
    Thus concludes the stanzas of the heart of interdependent arising compiled by Acharya Noble Nagarjuna.
    Translated by Lama Karma Paljor (O.E. Filippov).