Namo tassa bhagavato arahato sammāsambuddhassa

1.4.3 Dhajaggasuttaṃ - Verses for Protection

“Araññe rukkhamūle vā, suññāgāreva bhikkhavo;

Anussaretha sambuddhaṃ, bhayaṃ tumhāka no siyā.

No ce buddhaṃ sareyyātha, lokajeṭṭhaṃ narāsabhaṃ;

Atha dhammaṃ sareyyātha, niyyānikaṃ sudesitaṃ.

No ce dhammaṃ sareyyātha, niyyānikaṃ sudesitaṃ;

Atha saṅghaṃ sareyyātha, puññakkhettaṃ anuttaraṃ.

Evaṃ buddhaṃ sarantānaṃ, dhammaṃ saṅghañca bhikkhavo;

Bhayaṃ vā chambhitattaṃ vā, lomahaṃso na hessatī”ti.

Paṭhamavaggo, Sakkasaṃyuttaṃ, Sagāthāvaggo, Saṃyuttanikāyo


Vocabulary
  1. anussaretha - (opt.) you should remember
  2. araññe - in the forest
  3. bhayaṃ - fear
  4. chambhitattaṃ - [chambheti (p.p.)] state of stupefaction
  5. hessati - [bhavati (fut.)] will be
  6. lokajeṭṭhaṃ - [loka + jeṭṭhaṃ] world + foremost, highest
  7. lomahaṃso - [loma + haṃso] hair of body + horripilation
  8. narāsabhaṃ - [nara + usabhaṃ] man + bull
  9. niyyānikaṃ - profitable, leading out of saṃsara
  10. puññakkhettaṃ - [puñña + k + khettaṃ] merit + field
  11. rukkhamūle - [rukkha + mūle] at the root of a tree
  12. sareyyātha - [sāreti (opt.)] you should remember
  13. siyā - [atthi (pres. opt.)] should be
  14. suññāgāreva - [suññāgāra + eva] empty space + likewise

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