Safeguard Recitals (a book of protection chants)

The Third Recital - 149
The West
Yattha coggacchati 1 suriyo, Ādicco maṇḍalī mahā,
That place where the sun goes down, the son of Aditi, the great circle,
yassa coggacchamānassa divaso pi nirujjhati, [23]
while that one is going down the light of day comes to an end,
yassa coggate suriye, saṁvarī ti pavuccati,
and after the sun has gone down, it is said to be night-time,
rahado pi tattha gambhīro, samuddo saritodako, [24]
there is a deep lake in that place, an ocean where the waters have flowed,
evaṁ naṁ tattha jānanti samuddo saritodako,
thus in that place they know there is an ocean where the waters have flowed,
ito sā Pacchimā disā, iti naṁ ācikkhatī jano. [25]
from here that is the Westerly direction, so the people declare.
Yaṁ disaṁ abhipāleti Mahārājā yasassi so,
That direction is watched over by a resplendent Great King,
nāgānaṁ ādhipati, Virūpakkho iti nāma so. [26]
he is the master of the nāgas, Virūpakkha, such is his name.
Ramatī naccagītehi, nāgehi purakkhato,
He delights in song and dance, he is honoured by nāgas,
puttā pi tassa bahavo, ekanāmā ti me sutaṁ, [27]
he also has a great many sons, all of one name, so I have heard,
asītiṁ dasa eko ca, Indanāmā mahabbalā,
they are eighty and ten and one, Inda by name, ones of great strength,
te cāpi Buddhaṁ disvāna, Buddhaṁ ādiccabandhunaṁ, [28]
they, having seen the Awakened One, the Buddha, kinsman of the sun,
dūrato 2 va namassanti, mahantaṁ vītasāradaṁ:
from afar, do reverence him, who is great and fully mature:
“Namo te purisājañña! Namo te purisuttama! [29]
“Reverence to you, excellent one! Reverence to you, supreme one!
Kusalena samekkhasi, amanussā pi taṁ vandanti,
You have looked on us with goodness, the non-human beings worship you,
sutaṁ netaṁ abhiṇhaso, tasmā evaṁ vademase: [30]
we have heard this repeatedly, therefore we should speak like this:
1 PPV2: coggacchatī
2 PPV2: durato