Safeguard Recitals (a book of protection chants)
A Pāli and English line by line (interlinear) version of this major collection of chanting texts from the Theravāda tradition.
A Pāli and English line by line (interlinear) version of this major collection of chanting texts from the Theravāda tradition.
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The Seven Extra Discourses - 122<br />
“Itthisoṇḍiṁ vikiraṇiṁ, purisaṁ vā pi tādisaṁ,<br />
“A woman given to drink, a spendthrift, or a man <strong>of</strong> similar sort,<br />
issariyasmiṁ ṭhāpāpeti, 1 taṁ parābhavato mukhaṁ.” [22]<br />
appointing (such a one) as overlord, that is a cause <strong>of</strong> ruination.”<br />
“Iti hetaṁ vijānāma, ekādasamo so parābhavo.<br />
“Indeed it is so, this we know, this is the eleventh ruin (<strong>of</strong> man).<br />
Dvādasamaṁ Bhagavā brūhi, kiṁ parābhavato mukhaṁ?” [23]<br />
Please tell us, Gracious One, what is the twelfth cause <strong>of</strong> ruin?”<br />
“Appabhogo mahātaṇho, khattiye jāyate kule,<br />
“One who is poor, but has great craving, who is born in a family <strong>of</strong> nobles,<br />
so ca 2 rajjaṁ patthayati, taṁ parābhavato mukhaṁ. [24]<br />
and who wants to be king, that is a cause <strong>of</strong> ruination.<br />
Ete parābhave loke paṇḍito samavekkhiya,<br />
The wise man who reflects on (the cause <strong>of</strong>) these ruins in the world,<br />
ariyo dassanasampanno, sa lokaṁ bhajate sivan” ti. [25]<br />
a noble one, endowed with insight, partakes <strong>of</strong> the auspicious world.”<br />
1 MPP: ṭhāpeti; PPV2: ṭhapāpeti<br />
2 PPV: sodha
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