Verse 23

यथा अदक्खि अक्खासि,
भगवा भूरिञाणवा,
निक्‍कामो निम्मलो नाथो,
बुद्धं तं पणमाम्यहं.
Yathā adakkhi akkhāsi,
Bhagavā bhūriñāṇavā,
Nikkāmo nimmalo nātho,
Buddhaṃ taṃ paṇamāmyahaṃ.
I bow to the Buddha,
Who expounded what he experienced,
The Exalted One, full of Wisdom,
Free from lust, a pristine pure guardian of mankind.

Vocabulary

  1. adakkhi (aor. of dakkhati, dassati) - saw, experienced, recognized
  2. akkhāsi (aor. of akkhāti) - taught, expounded
  3. bhagavā - Exalted One,
  4. bhūriñāṇavā (bhūri + ñāṇavā) - abundant + wisdom
  5. nikkāmo (ni + k + kāmo) - free from lust
  6. nimmalo - pristine pure
  7. nātho - guardian of humankind
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