Āṭānāṭiya Paritta
Homage to the Seven Past Buddhas
Vipassissa namatthu
Cakkhumantassa sirīmato
Sikhissa-pi namatthu
Sabba-bhūtānukampino
Homage to Vipassī, possessed of vision & splendor.
Homage to Sikhī, sympathetic to all beings.
Vessabhussa namatthu
Nhātakassa tapassino
Namatthu Kakusandhassa
Māra-senappamaddino
Homage to Vesabhū, cleansed, austere.
Homage to Kakusandha, crusher of Māra’s host.
Konāgamanassa namatthu
Brāhmaṇassa vusīmato
Kassapassa namatthu
Vippamuttassa sabbadhi
Homage to Konāgamana, the Brahman who lived the life perfected.
Homage to Kassapa, everywhere released.
Aṅgīrasassa namatthu
Sakya-puttassa sirīmato
Yo imaṁ dhammam-adesesi
Sabba-dukkhāpanūdanaṁ.
Homage to Aṅgīrasa, splendid son of the Sakyans,
who taught this Dhamma—the dispelling of all stress.
Ye cāpi nibbutā loke
Yathābhūtaṁ vipassisuṁ
Te janā apisuṇā
Mahantā vītasāradā
Those unbound in the world, who have seen things as they have come to be,
Great Ones of gentle speech, thoroughly mature:
Hitaṁ deva-manussānaṁ
Yaṁ namassanti Gotamaṁ
Vijjā-caraṇa-sampannaṁ
Mahantaṁ vītasāradaṁ
Even they pay homage to Gotama, the benefit of human & heavenly beings,
consummate in knowledge & conduct, the Great One, thoroughly mature.
Vijjā-caraṇa-sampannaṁ
Buddhaṁ vandāma Gotamanti
We revere the Buddha Gotama, consummate in knowledge & conduct.
