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devanagari

yad    rupam       sa     wunyata      ya     wunyata      tad    rupam
   |               |               |               |               |                |               |              |
N.n.         N.n.          N.f.           N.f.           N.f.           N.f.           N.n.         N.f.
Nom.sg. Nom.sg.   Nom.sg.    Nom.sg.    Nom.sg.     Nom.sg.     Nom.sg.   Nom.sg.
   |________|                |________|               |_________|               |________|
          |_________________|                                |_________________|
                        |____________________________________|



Vocabulary:

yad, n., rel.pron.: what

sa, f., pron.: she

ya, f., rel.pron.: what

tad, n. pron., that



Translation:

What is the form, that is emptiness; what is emptiness, that is the form.



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Commentary:

    And again, Avalokitewvara repeats his statement - he must have felt Wariputra was really stupid!
    Identification of the form and emptiness is thus (on the third repetition) completed. Probably the authors felt that those who don't get it even after being told thrice are really hopeles cases...

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