📿 Digital Chanting Book บทสวดมนต์
The Discourse on the Great Assembly, continued
The book prints this chant in Pali only. The English here is a working translation made for this edition, not the book's.
“Silokamanukassāmi yattha bhummā tadassitā,
“I shall recite a verse in praise, telling where the earth-devas dwell:
Ye sitā girigabbharaṃ pahitattā samāhitā.
those who cling to the mountain cleft, resolute and composed.
Puthū sīhā’va sallīnā lomahaṃsābhisambhuno,
Many, withdrawn like lions, whose hair stands on end in awe,
Odātamanasā suddhā vippasanna-manāvilā”.
bright of mind, pure, serene and untroubled.”
Bhiyyo pañcasate ñatvā vane kāpilavatthave,
Knowing that more than five hundred were in the Kapilavatthu wood,
Tato āmantayi satthā sāvake sāsane rate:
the Teacher then addressed the disciples who delight in the teaching:
“Devakāyā abhikkantā. Te vijānātha bhikkhavo”.
“The hosts of devas have come. Know them, bhikkhus.”
Te ca ātappa-makaruṃ sutvā buddhassa sāsanaṃ.
And they made an ardent effort, having heard the Buddha's instruction.
Tesaṃ pāturahu ñāṇaṃ amanussāna dassanaṃ.
Knowledge appeared to them, the seeing of non-human beings.
Appeke sata-maddakkhuṃ, sahassaṃ atha sattariṃ.
Some saw a hundred, some a thousand, and some seventy thousand.
Sataṃ eke sahassānaṃ amanussāna-maddasuṃ,
Some saw a hundred thousand non-human beings,
Appeke ’nanta-maddakkhuṃ: disā sabbā phuṭā ahuṃ.
and some saw them without end: every direction was filled.
Tañca sabbaṃ abhiññāya vavakkhitvāna cakkhumā,
Having directly known all of that, having surveyed it, the One with vision
Tato āmantayi satthā sāvake sāsane rate:
then addressed, as Teacher, the disciples who delight in the teaching:
“Devakāyā abhikkantā. Te vijānātha bhikkhavo,
“The hosts of devas have come. Know them, bhikkhus —
Ye vo’haṃ kittayissāmi girāhi anupubbaso.
those whom I shall proclaim to you in words, one after another.
Satta sahassā va yakkhā bhummā kāpilavatthavā,
Seven thousand yakkhas, earth-dwellers of Kapilavatthu,
Iddhimanto jutimanto vaṇṇavanto yasassino.
possessed of power, of radiance, of beauty and of renown,
Modamānā abhikkāmuṃ bhikkhūnaṃ samitiṃ vanaṃ.
came rejoicing to the wood, to the assembly of bhikkhus.
Cha sahassā hemavatā yakkhā nānattavaṇṇino,
Six thousand yakkhas from the Himavā, of varied hues,
Iddhimanto jutimanto vaṇṇavanto yasassino.
possessed of power, of radiance, of beauty and of renown,
Modamānā abhikkāmuṃ bhikkhūnaṃ samitiṃ vanaṃ.
came rejoicing to the wood, to the assembly of bhikkhus.
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