Buddhasahassanāmāvali - Verse 141
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Verse 141
पाणातिपाता विरतो, चत्तदण्डो अहिंसको; अमितमेत्तवारिधि, बुद्धं तं पणमाम्यहं.
Pāṇātipātā virato, Cattadaṇḍo ahiṃsako; Amitamettavāridhi, Buddhaṃ taṃ paṇamāmyahaṃ.
I bow to the Buddha, Who abstained from doing violence to living beings, Had no desire to punish others, non-violent, Like a rain cloud he shed boundless loving-kindness.
Vocabulary
- pāṇātipātā - killing, destroying living beings
- virato (pp.) viramati - abstain, refrain, stop
- catta (pp.) cajati - give up, sacrifice
- daṇḍo - stick
- ahiṃsako - non-violent
- amita: a + mita (pp.) miṇāti - not measured: boundless
- vāridhi/vārida - rain cloud
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