Verse 178

दम्भहन्ता गब्बहन्ता, 
वट्टहन्ता अरहन्तो; 
बीजहन्ता बाधाहन्ता, 
बुद्धं तं पणमाम्यहं.
Dambhahantā gabbahantā,
Vaṭṭahantā arahanto;
Bījahantā bādhāhantā,
Buddhaṃ taṃ paṇamāmyahaṃ.
I bow to the Buddha,
Who completely annihilated conceit and arrogance,
Stopped the cycles of birth and death and attained the state of Summum Bonum,
By destroying all seeds of mental conditioning and inner obstacles.

Vocabulary

  1. hanta (pp. of hanati) - killed
  2. dambha - fraud, hypocrisy
  3. gabba - pride
  4. vaṭṭa - circle, round (of rebirth)
  5. bīja - seed
  6. bādhā - hindrance, affliction, contradiction

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