Verse 115

सुद्धिलद्धो बुद्धिलद्धो, 
इद्धिलद्धो लद्धनिधि; 
उपलद्धछळभिञ्‍ञो, 
बुद्धं तं पणमाम्यहं.
    
Suddhiladdho buddhiladdho, 
Iddhiladdho laddhanidhi; 
Upaladdhachaḷabhiñño, 
Buddhaṃ taṃ paṇamāmyahaṃ.
    
I bow to the Buddha,
Who had achieved purity, intellect, 
Attained psychic powers, laid his hands on all treasures, 
And had acquired the sixfold special kinds of knowledge.

Vocabulary

  1. laddho (pp. of labhati)- achieved
  2. suddhil - purity
  3. buddhi - intellect
  4. iddhi - psychic powers
  5. laddhanidhi (laddha + nidhi) - treasure + gained
  6. upaladdhachaḷabhiñño - acquired the sixfold special kinds of knowledge
    (upaladdha + cha+ ḷ + abhiñño) – attained + six + special higher knowledge1

[1] The six ‘special kinds of knowledge’ consist of: iddhividha - psychic powers, dibbasota - divine ear, cetopariyañāṇa - ability of reading the mind of others, pubbenivāsānussati - recollection of past existences, dibbacakkhu - divine eye, and āsavakkhayañāṇa - destruction of the impurities.

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