Verse 14

महाभयं पदालेसि,
छम्भच्छिन्‍नो भयनुदो;
महादुक्खक्खन्धनुदो,
बुद्धं तं पणमाम्यहं.

Mahābhayaṃ padālesi,
Chambhacchinno bhayanudo;
Mahādukkhakkhandhanudo,
Buddhaṃ taṃ paṇamāmyahaṃ.

I bow to the Buddha,
Who destroyed all terror,
Drove away all forms of fear and stupefaction,
And expelled the greatest mass of suffering.

Vocabulary

  1. mahābhayaṃ - great fear
  2. padālesi (caus./aor. padāleti) - cleared, broke, destroyed
  3. chambhacchinno - cut off stupefaction
    (chambha + c + chinno: pp. of chindati – extreme fear + cut asunder)
  4. bhayanudo - drove away all forms of fear
    (bhaya + nudo: adj. of nudati – remove, dispel)
  5. mahādukkhakkhandhanudo - expelled greatest mass of suffering
    (mahā + dukkha + k + khandha + nudo – great + suffering + multitude + dispel)

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