Safeguard Recitals (a book of protection chants)

Supplementary Texts - 196
8. Aṅgulimālaparittaṁ
The Aṅgulimāla Safeguard
Parittaṁ yaṁ bhaṇantassa, nisinnaṭṭhānadhovanaṁ
° The water that washed the seat of the one reciting
udakam-pi vināseti, sabbam-eva parissayaṁ,
that safeguard destroys all dangers,
“Sotthinā gabbhavuṭṭhānaṁ, yaṁ ca sādheti taṁ bhaṇe,”
“Reciting it will acomplish safety for the child in the womb,”
Therass' Aṅgulimālassa, Lokanāthena bhāsitaṁ.
The Elder Aṅgulimāla was told by the Friend of the World.
Kappaṭṭhāyimahātejaṁ, parittaṁ taṁ bhaṇāmahe:
We will recite that safeguard of great power that lasts for an aeon:
Yatohaṁ bhagini ariyāya jātiyā jāto
Sister, since my birth in the Ariyan birth
Nābhijānāmi sañcicca pāṇaṁ jīvitā voropetā,
I am not aware of having intentionally taken the life of any living being,
Tena saccena sotthi te hotu sotthi gabbhassā ti.
By this truth, may you be be safe, and may the child in your womb be safe.
9. Bojjhaṅgaparittaṁ
The Safeguard about the Factors of Awakening
Introductory Verses
Saṁsāre saṁsarantānaṁ sabbadukkhavināsane
While rolling on through the rounds of birth and death all suffering is destroyed
Sattadhamme ca Bojjhaṅge Mārasenapamaddane.
(by) the seven Factors of Awakening, which crush Māra’s army.
Bujjhitvā ye cime sattā tibhavā muttakuttamā,
Having Awakened to these seven they are supremely released from the three worlds,
Ajātim-ajarābyādhim amataṁ nibbhayaṁ gatā.
and have gone to (that state where there is) no birth, no ageing, no sickness, no death and which
is free from fear.
Evam-ādiguṇūpetaṁ anekaguṇasaṅgahaṁ
Being endowed with this quality and a collection of countless other qualities
Osadhañ-ca imaṁ mantaṁ: Bojjhaṅgañ-ca bhaṇāmahe.
it is a medicinal mantra: we will recite those factors of Awakening.