Verse 66

अग्गलद्धो अग्गक्खातो,
अग्गपन्थपकासको;
अग्गवा अग्गदस्सावि,
बुद्धं तं पणमाम्यहं.
Aggaladdho aggakkhāto,
Aggapanthapakāsako;
Aggavā aggadassāvi,
Buddhaṃ taṃ paṇamāmyahaṃ.
I bow to the Buddha,
Who was ahead of all and the most renowned,
The first to discover and share the Noble Path,
And the foremost amongst all who perceived with insight the path.

Vocabulary

  1. laddho (pp. of labhati) - obtained, received
  2. agga + akkhāto (pp. of akkhāti) - foremost + announced, declared
  3. pantha + pakāsako - path + explaining, making known
  4. dassāvī - one who sees
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