Safeguard Recitals (a book of protection chants)

Evaṁ me sutaṁ:
Thus I have heard:
The Seven Extra Discourses - 123
27. Vasalasuttaṁ 1
The Discourse on the Outcastes
ekaṁ samayaṁ Bhagavā Sāvatthiyaṁ viharati
at one time the Gracious One was dwelling near Sāvatthī
Jetavane Anāthapiṇḍikassa ārāme.
at Anāthapiṇḍika’s grounds in Jeta’s Wood.
Atha kho Bhagavā pubbanhasamayaṁ nivāsetvā,
Then the Gracious One, having dressed in the morning time,
pattacīvaram-ādāya Sāvatthiyaṁ piṇḍāya pāvisi.
after picking up his bowl and robe, entered Sāvatthī for alms.
Tena kho pana samayena Aggikabhāradvājassa brāhmaṇassa
Then at that time in the brahmin Aggikabhāradvāja’s
nivesane aggi pajjalito hoti āhuti paggahitā. 2
residence the (sacrificial) fire was burning, and the offering had been taken up.
Atha kho Bhagavā Sāvatthiyaṁ sapadānaṁ piṇḍāya caramāno,
Then, as the Gracious One was going from house to house for alms in Sāvatthī,
yena Aggikabhāradvājassa brāhmaṇassa nivesanaṁ tenupasaṅkami.
he approached the brahmin Aggikabhāradvāja’s residence.
Addasā kho Aggikabhāradvājo brāhmaṇo
The brahmin Aggikabhāradvāja saw the Gracious One coming from afar,
Bhagavantaṁ dūrato va 3 āgacchantaṁ,
saw the Gracious One coming from afar,
disvāna Bhagavantaṁ etad-avoca:
and having seen him, he said this to the Gracious One:
“Tatreva muṇḍaka! Tatreva samaṇaka! Tatreva vasalaka! Tiṭṭhāhī!”ti.
“Right there, shaveling! Right there, little ascetic! Right there, outcaste! Halt!”
Evaṁ vutte Bhagavā Aggikabhāradvājaṁ brāhmaṇaṁ etad-avoca:
After this was said, the Gracious One said this to the brahmin Aggikabhāradvāja:
“Jānāsi pana tvaṁ brāhmaṇa vasalaṁ vā vasalakaraṇe vā dhamme?” ti
“But do you know, brahmin, what an outcaste is, or what things make one an outcaste?”
“Na khvāhaṁ bho Gotama jānāmi, vasalaṁ vā vasalakaraṇe vā dhamme.
“I certainly do not know, reverend Gotama, what an outcaste is, or what things make one an
outcaste.
1 PPV: Aggikabhāradvājasuttaṁ
2 PPV: paggahītā
3 PPV: ca