Kay chapterqa nimanchik Tata Kamachikuyqa imayna p'aki, simi qollo kaywan, imayna kaykunatapaq Mama. Manam pipas Tata Kamachikuyta yachanchu, ukhupiqa aswan kaq, mana tupachiyqaq.
Key Concepts
道
虚空
本源
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Laozi, Tao Te Ching, Chapter 4, "Tata Kamachikuy P'aki Kayqa", laotzu.ai: https://www.laotzu.ai/qu/chapters/4/
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Tata kamachikuyqa p'aki, ukhupi simi qollon, pantasqa mana tupachiychu. Aswan p'ana, imayna kaykunatapaq Mama. Llanllachkan tullu k'uchukunaqman, p'akiykan tullu manchaykunata, chaqnachkan llimpiykunaqman, tinkuchkan allpa llimpikunaqman. Aswan p'ana, pantasqa kikin kanman. Mana yachaychu pipaq churi, unay mana unay killa Tata Kamachikuypaq ñawpaq.
Ukhu Yuyay
Kay raki imamanta rimaqta?
Kay chapterqa nimanchik Tata Kamachikuyqa imayna p'aki, simi qollo kaywan, imayna kaykunatapaq Mama. Manam pipas Tata Kamachikuyta yachanchu, ukhupiqa aswan kaq, mana tupachiyqaq.
Imaynatataq kay ñuqaman tupan?
Ñuqaqa Tata Kamachikuypaq p'aki kaqta musyachikuyta munanaypaq. P'aki kayqa manam vacio kaychu, imayna Tata Kamachikuy kikin kayqa aswan kaq. Ñuqaqa kaypi p'aki kayta yuyakuy, mana imata tupachiyta.
The Tao is (like) the emptiness of a vessel; and in our employment of it we must be on our guard against all fulness. How deep and unfathomable it is, as if it were the Honoured Ancestor of all things! We should blunt our sharp points, and unravel the complications of things; we should attemper our brightness, and bring ourselves into agreement with the obscurity of others. How pure and still the Tao is, as if it would ever so continue! I do not know whose son it is. It might appear to have been before God.
AI Modern
Tata kamachikuyqa p'aki, ukhupi simi qollon, pantasqa mana tupachiychu. Aswan p'ana, imayna kaykunatapaq Mama. Llanllachkan tullu k'uchukunaqman, p'akiykan tullu manchaykunata, chaqnachkan llimpiykunaqman, tinkuchkan allpa llimpikunaqman. Aswan p'ana, pantasqa kikin kanman. Mana yachaychu pipaq churi, unay mana unay killa Tata Kamachikuypaq ñawpaq.
Ñuqapa Yuyayni
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