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 - 127<br />
Na naṁ jāti nivāresi brahmalokūpapattiyā. [24]<br />
Birth did not prevent him from being reborn in the brahma worlds.<br />
Ajjhāyakakule jātā, brāhmaṇā mantabandhuno,<br />
Brahmins, though born in a family <strong>of</strong> scholars, and acquainted with the lore,<br />
te ca pāpesu kammesu abhiṇham-upadissare. [25]<br />
are continuously to be seen (doing) deeds that are bad.<br />
Diṭṭheva dhamme gārayhā samparāye ca duggatiṁ. 1<br />
Reproachable in this life, in the next life they have an unhappy destiny.<br />
Na te jāti nivāreti duggaccā garahāya vā. [26]<br />
Birth does not prevent reproach or an unhappy destiny.<br />
Na jaccā vasalo hoti, na jaccā hoti brāhmaṇo,<br />
One is not an outcaste by birth, by birth one is not a brahmin,<br />
kammanā vasalo hoti kammanā hoti brāhmaṇo” ti. [27]<br />
by deeds one becomes an outcaste, one becomes a brahmin by deeds.”<br />
Evaṁ vutte Aggikabhāradvājo brāhmaṇo Bhagavantaṁ etad-avoca:<br />
After this was said, the brahmin Aggikabhāradvāja said this to the Gracious One:<br />
“Abhikkantaṁ bho Gotama! Abhikkantaṁ bho Gotama!<br />
“Excellent, reverend Gotama! Excellent, reverend Gotama!<br />
Seyyathā pi bho Gotama nikkujjitaṁ vā ukkujjeyya,<br />
Just as, reverend Gotama, one might set upright what has been overturned,<br />
paṭicchannaṁ vā vivareyya, mūḷhassa vā maggaṁ ācikkheyya,<br />
or open up what has been closed, or show a path to one who is lost,<br />
andhakāre vā telapajjotaṁ dhāreyya cakkhumanto rūpāni dakkhintī ti,<br />
or bear an oil lamp in the darkness so that one who has eyes can see forms,<br />
evam-evaṁ bhotā Gotamena anekapariyāyena Dhammo pakāsito. 2<br />
just so has the Dhamma been made clear by reverend Gotama in more than one way.<br />
Esāhaṁ bhavantaṁ 3 Gotamaṁ saraṇaṁ gacchāmi,<br />
I go to the reverend Gotama for refuge,<br />
Dhammañ-ca bhikkhusaṅghañ-ca.<br />
and to the Dhamma, and to the Saṅgha <strong>of</strong> monks.<br />
Upāsakaṁ maṁ bhavaṁ Gotamo dhāretu<br />
Please bear it in mind, reverend Gotama, that I am a lay disciple<br />
ajjatagge 4 pāṇupetaṁ saraṇaṁ gatan”-ti.<br />
who has gone for refuge from today forward for as long as I have the breath <strong>of</strong> life.”<br />
1 CBhp: duggatī<br />
2 CBhp: pakasati<br />
3 CBhp, PPV2: Bhagavantaṁ<br />
4 CBhp: ajjagagge, presumably by mistake
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