Verse 41

अहङ्कारा विनिमुत्तो, 
ममङ्कारा मुत्तो मुनि; 
मानावमाना विमुत्तो, 
बुद्धं तं पणमाम्यहं.
    
Ahaṅkārā vinimutto, 
Mamaṅkārā mutto muni; 
Mānāvamānā vimutto, 
Buddhaṃ taṃ paṇamāmyahaṃ.
    
I bow to the Buddha,
Who was completely free from egoism, 
A sage, free from selfish attachments, 
Indifferent to honour and dishonour.

Vocabulary

  1. ahaṅkārā vinimutto - completely free from egoism
    (ahaṅkārā: aham + kārā - ‘maker of I’, pride, arrogance, selfishness)
  2. muni - a sage
  3. mamaṅkārā mutto - free from selfish attachments
    (mamaṅkārā: mama + ṅ + kārā - this is mine + thought: selfishness, self-interest)
  4. mānāvamānā vimutto - indifferent to honour and dishonour
    (mānāvamānā: māna + āvamānā - pride, conceit + disrespect, contempt)

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