།མདོ་རྒྱུད་བསྟན་བཅོས་རྣམས་ལས་གསུངས་པའི་དོན། །དམ་པ་རྣམས་ཀྱི་གསུང་གི་རྗེས་འབྲངས་ནས། །རྒྱལ་སྲས་རྣམས་ཀྱི་ལག་ལེན་སུམ་ཅུ་བདུན། །རྒྱལ་སྲས་ལམ་ལ་སློབ་འདོད་དོན་དུ་བཀོད།

[AP] Here I have set down for those who wish to follow the bodhisattva path,

Thirty-seven practices to be adopted by all the buddhas’ heirs,

Based on what is taught in the sutras, tantras and treatises,

And following the instructions of the great masters of the past.

[KM] Following the teachings of the holy ones

On what is written in the sutras, tantras, and commentaries,

I set out these thirty-seven practices of a bodhisattva

For those who intend to train in this path.

[AB] Having followed the words of the hallowed beings and the meaning of what has been declared in the sutras, tantras, and treatises, 

I have arranged (these) practices of bodhisattvas, thirty and seven, for the purposes of those who wish to train in the bodhisattva path.