UMA CHIDUN current - The Knowledge Base

I bow down as well to his two sons,$ the princes,
who shine in the midst of a mass
of the princes and princesses of the Victors—
the two who took on the heavy burden
of freeing infinite beings on infinite worlds
with their extraordinarily potent deeds.
[$His two sons: The two sons here would be the two principal disciples of
Gautama Buddha: Shariputra and Maudgalyayana.]
,RGYAL BA'I RING LUGS SPYI DANG KHYAD PAR DU,
,RTEN 'BREL ZAB MO'I DE NYID 'GREL BA LA,
,SA STENG 'DI NA 'GRAN PA'I ZLA DANG BRAL,
,KLU SGRUB SNYING PO RTAG TU RGYAL GYUR CIG
May you always be victorious, Nagarjuna Heart,
without equal on this entire planet
in explaining, in general, the system
of the Victors—and more especially
the essence of the profound,
dependent origination.
,YAB SRAS DGONGS PA MTHAR THUG THAL 'GYUR DU,
,'GREL BA'I SROL 'BYED GRUB MCHOG SANGS RGYAS BSKYANGS,
,SROL 'DZIN ZLA MED DPAL LDAN ZLA BA'I ZHABS,
,ZHI BA LHA DANG BCAS PA'I ZHABS LA 'DUD,
I throw myself down as well
at the holy feet of that highest adept,
Buddhapalita, who opened the door
of the system that interprets
the true thought of the father and son$
as being that of the Consequence group.
I also bow at the feet of the one
who kept this system in the world:
the Moon that cannot be eclipsed,
and I kneel as well to Shantideva.
[$The father and son: The “father and son” here are Arya Nagarjuna and his