GEMSTONES OF THE GOOD DHAMMA – PART 1: AYACANA – REQUEST

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1. Namo te purisajañña
namo te purisuttama
sadevakasmim lokasmim
natthi te patipuggalo.

Homage to you so nobly bred.
Homage to you amongst men supreme.
Peerless are you in all the world.
May all worship be given to you.

2. Namo te buddha vir’atthu
vippamutto’si sabbadhi
sambadhapatippanno’smi
tassa me saranam bhava.

Homage to you, Enlightened Hero,
you who are completely free.
I have fallen into great distress,
be my refuge and my shelter.

3. Passam’aham devamanussaloke
akiñcanam brahmanam iriyamanam
tam tam namassami samantacakkhu
pamunca mam Sakka kathamkathahi.

In the world of gods and men, I see
this brahman true, this simple man.
You I worship, All-seeing One,
so free me Sakka,^[1] from my doubts.

4. Anusasa brahme karunayamano
vivekadhammam yam aham vijaññam
yathaham akaso’va avyapajjamano
idh’eva santo asito careyyam.

O Brahma,^[2] out of compassion teach me
the lofty Dhamma so I may understand,
and relying on nothing else,
may live unclouded like the sky.

5. Ye ca samkhatadhammase
ye ca sekha puthu idha
tesam me nipako iriyam
puttho pabruhi marisa.

Those who have understood the Dhamma
and those who train themselves in it:
O wise and truly gracious one,
tell me how they live their lives.

FOOTNOTES AND REFERENCES:

Sakka (Sakya): the Buddha’s clan name.

Brahma: he addresses the Buddha by the name of a deity.