Prajnaparamitopadesa to Quell Seven Calamities
Last updated 2026-09-03
Prajnaparamitopadesa to Quell Seven Calamities is a soundtrack from the album Where Roads Are Pledged to Cross.
Soundtrack Usage
Domains
Media
Where Roads Are Pledged to Cross - Disc 3- Requiem for the Living｜Genshin Impact
Production Credits
| Position | Staff[1] |
|---|---|
| Lyricist | Hsiang Liu (项柳) |
| Composer | Yuxi Wang (王予曦) |
| Arranger | Yuxi Wang (王予曦) |
| Music Copyist | Landon Peng (彭龙飞) |
| Orchestra | Budapest Scoring Orchestra |
| Saxophone | Shihai Li (李世海) |
| Bansuri | Jianan Gu (顾剑楠) |
| Sitar | Arjun Verma |
| Mandolin | Justin Quinn |
| Bouzouki | Justin Quinn |
| Choir | Budapest Scoring Choir |
| Recording Studio | Budapest Scoring, Air-Edel Recording Studios, Largo Studio |
| Recording Engineer | Viktor Szabó, Olly Thompson, Tam (谭云杰) |
| Mixing Engineer | Anzol (鸦雀有声) |
| Mastering Engineer | Anzol (鸦雀有声) |
| Production | HOYO-MiX |
Lyrics
| Lyrics (Sanskrit & Latin) |
Official Sanskrit-Chinese Transliteration & Chinese Translation | English Translation |
|---|---|---|
| M: Anirodham anutpādam | 男：阿难罗昙 阿耨钵昙 / 不生亦不灭 | M: Non-ceasing, non-arising |
| M: Anucchedam aśāśvatam | 男：阿耨遮昙 阿刹缚多 / 不常亦不断 | M: Non-perishing, non-eternal |
| W: Quaeso domine nos plene salva tam | 女：主人啊，求你像这般，赐给我们完全的救恩 | W: We beseech, Lord, save us completely so! |
| T: Hi mama jagad idaṃ | 齐：天摩诃满 荼揭谛檀 / 此世已为我之世 | T: For this world is mine! |
| T: Pūrṇenduvat akhaṇḍam | 齐：普难渡缚 阿羯拏檀 / 诸法圆融如月满 | T: Unbroken like the full moon! |
| M: Bhaviṣyati kathaṃ nāma vibhavaḥ saṃbhavaṃ vinā | 男：婆毗刹耶谛 迦陀那摩 毗婆缚诃 三婆梵毗那 / 若离于成者 云何有坏灭 | M: How then will there be destruction without origination? |
| M: Na janma maraṇaṃ tulyakālaṃ vidyate | 男：那揭摩 摩罗难 荼耶伽蓝 毗耶谛 / 如世间生死 一时俱不然 | M: There is no simultaneous birth and death |
| W: A domine quaeso salva nam sublunaria nihil nisi miserias habent | 女：主人啊，求你拯救我们，因这月下的尘世唯存泪水与苦厄 | W: O Lord, please save us, for this sublunary sphere has nothing but misery! |
| M: Kṣayasya saṃbhavo nāsti nākṣayasyāsti saṃbhavaḥ | 男：刹那娑 三婆缚 那悉谛 那刹那娑悉谛 三婆缚诃 / 有灭无生成 无灭亦无成 | M: The decaying have no origination, the undecaying too have no origination |
| W: Recordare eorum qui innocentes perierunt | 女：请你追想，这世间有多少正直者的消逝，多少无辜者的丧亡？ | W: Remember those who are innocent have perished |
| M: Svapudgalakṛtaṃ duḥkhaṃ yadi duḥkhaṃ punar vinā | 男：娑缚揭罗诃多 昙诃耶谛 钵那毗那 / 若人自作苦 离苦何为人 | M: If suffering is made by oneself, then who is that self without suffering? |
| M: (Na badhyante) na mucyanta udayavyayadharmiṇaḥ | 男：（那跋陀耶谛） 那目遮耶谛 优陀耶 毗耶陀 弥那诃 / 诸行生灭相 正法不曾解[Note 1][2] | M: Those endowed with rise and ruin are (not bound) not liberated |
| W: A domine quaeso salva | 女：主人啊，求你救我们脱离苦厄 | W: O Lord, please save us! |
| T: Hi mama jagad idaṃ | 齐：天摩诃满 荼揭谛檀 / 故曰此世应为我之世 | T: For this world is mine! |
| T: Hi mama jagad idaṃ | 齐：天摩诃满 荼揭谛檀 / 此世已为我之世 | T: For this world is mine! |
| T: Pūrṇendur iva śobhate | 齐：普难渡罗 缚娑婆多 / 诸法清净如月明 | T: Shining like the full moon! |
| T: Pūrṇenduvat akhaṇḍam | 齐：普难渡缚 阿揭拏檀 / 诸法圆融如月满 | T: Unbroken like the full moon! |
| M: Saṃbhavo vibhavaś caiva naika ity upapadyate | 男：三婆缚 毗婆缚说 室迦缚 难迦耶谛 优波钵耶谛 / 生灭若相异 是事则不然 | M: Origination and destruction cannot possibly be one |
| W: Sola mors spem novam parit | 女：唯有灭亡孕育救恩 | W: Only death begets new hope |
| T: Vibhavo nākṣayasya ca | 齐：毗婆缚 那刹那耶迦 / 不灭亦无灭 | T: The undecaying have no destruction |
| M: Baddho na mucyate tāvad abaddho naiva mucyate | 男：跋多那目遮谛 陀婆陀跋多 那缚目遮谛 / 缚者无有解 无缚亦无解 | M: The bound are not liberated as much as the unbound are not liberated |
| M: Na mucyate | 男：那目遮谛 / 无解即无救 | M: Unliberated |
| W: Lunae falsae dissolvere nequeunt nobis fatum | 女：破碎的伪月不会为我等解开缚颈的命运 | W: False moons cannot dissolve our fate |
| T: Kevalaṃ mocayiṣyāmeham | 齐：揭缚蓝 摩迦耶刹 摩阿含 / 唯我当解缚 | T: I alone will be liberated |
| T: Hi mama jagad idaṃ | 齐：天摩诃满 荼揭谛檀 / 故曰此世即为我之世 | T: For this world is mine! |
| M: Exsultate | 男：阿娑陀多 / 亢奋吧 | M: Rejoice! |
| W: Novo mundo nascente | 女：为新世界的诞生 | W: For a new world is born! |
| T: Venerate | 齐：毗那罗多 / 崇拜吧 | T: Revere! |
| T: Pūrṇendur iva śobhate | 齐：普难渡罗 缚娑婆多 / 因我已超越新月的光明 | T: Shining like the full moon! |
Notes
- ↑ The original quote from MMK 16:5 is 诸行生灭相 不缚亦不解 "The conditioned elements, whose nature (dharma) is arising and destruction, neither are bound nor released." Dharma refers to the universal law that sustains things in Indian-origin religions, including Buddhism. The quote is meant to show that all beings are inherently neither bound nor in need of liberation. However, the Chinese translation replaces 不缚亦不解 with 正法不曾解 "The dharma has never been liberated" where dharma, in this context, refers to the Heavenly Principles. Dottore distorts this quote by obscuring 不缚 "unbound" to attribute the sufferings of the sublunary world to the Heavenly Principles, providing justification for his actions against the Divine.
Trivia
- Most of the Sanskrit lyrics are derived from Mūlamadhyamakakārikā, a foundational text of Mahayana Buddhism credited to the monk Nāgārjuna, widely considered one of the most important Buddhist philosophers.
- Lines 1-2 ("Non-ceasing, non-arising" / "Non-perishing, non-eternal") quotes from the opening lines of Chapter 1.
- These lines also appear elsewhere in Genshin Impact, in the form of Sumeru Script writing on the Khvarena Monument in Gavireh Lajavard, linked to the game's version of Nagarjuna, the founder of Sumeru's Order of Skeptics.
- Lines 6-7 and 9 ("How then will there be destruction without origination?" / "There is no simultaneous birth and death." / "The decaying have no origination, the undecaying too have no origination") quotes from Chapter 21.
- Line 11 ("If suffering is made by oneself, then who is that self without suffering?") quotes from Chapter 12.
- Line 13 and 22 ("Those endowed with rise and ruin are not liberated" / "The bound are not liberated as much as the unbound are not liberated") quotes from Chapter 16.
- Line 19 ("Origination and destruction cannot possibly be one") quotes from Chapter 18.
- Lines 1-2 ("Non-ceasing, non-arising" / "Non-perishing, non-eternal") quotes from the opening lines of Chapter 1.
- The Sanskrit line "Hi mama jagad idaṃ" has slightly different official translations in three of the four times it appears throughout the song.
- The Sanskrit line "Pūrṇendur iva śobhate" has a radically different official translation between the two times it appears in the song.
- The following soundtracks share a leitmotif:
- Threefold Falsehood
- Four Unspeakables
- Unpromised Promise
- Branches They Bore Homeward
- Fall of Falsehood
- Prajnaparamitopadesa to Quell Seven Calamities
- A Traveler on a Winter's Night
- Myriad Sins
- Advaita of the Perpetual World
Etymology
- The title of this song is derived from Prajñāpāramitopadeśa, meaning "commentaries on Prajñāpāramitā," which are a collection of Mahayana Buddhist scriptures with the literal Sanskrit meaning of "the Perfection of Wisdom" or "Transcendental Knowledge."
- The "Seven Calamities" in the song's title refer to the seven elements and nations of Teyvat which were separated from the Light Realm by the Heavenly Principles.
- One of the titles of the Heavenly Principles is "Lord of the Seven Calamities."[3]
Other Languages
| Language | Official Name | Literal Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| English | Prajnaparamitopadesa to Quell Seven Calamities | — |
| Chinese (Simplified) | 七见断灭智论抄 Qījiàn Duànmiè Zhìlùn-chāo | Excerpt of the Treatise of Great Wisdom on the Annihilation of the Seven Heretical Views[• 1] |
| Chinese (Traditional) | 七見斷滅智論抄 Qījiàn Duànmiè Zhìlùn-chāo | |
| Japanese | 七見断滅智論抄 Shichiken Danmetsu Chiron-shou | Excerpt of the Treatise of Great Wisdom on the Annihilation of the Seven Heretical Views[• 1] |
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Chinese and Japanese: 断灭/斷滅 Duànmiè / 断滅 Danmetsu refers to the Buddhist heterodox doctrine of Annihilationism (Sanskrit: उच्छेदवाद Ucchedavāda), positing that death causes extinction, i.e., the self ceases to exist rather than reincarnating.
七见/七見 Qījiàn / 七見 Shichiken is a Buddhist term that refers to the "seven heretical views" held by Buddhist heterodox doctrines.
References
- ↑ NetEase Cloud Music: Prajnaparamitopadesa to Quell Seven Calamities 七见断灭智论抄
- ↑ Bilibili: 【原神】多托雷boss战斗曲「七见断灭智论抄」梵拉歌词解析 - 思原杂谈7
- ↑ Book: Hymns of the Far North, Vol. 2