Verse 37

आसामुत्तो इस्सामुत्तो, 
एजामुत्तो मुत्त-इणो; 
मानमुत्तो वानमुत्तो, 
बुद्धं तं पणमाम्यहं.
    
Āsāmutto issāmutto, 
Ejāmutto mutta-iṇo; 
Mānamutto vānamutto,
Buddhaṃ taṃ paṇamāmyahaṃ.
    
I bow to the Buddha,
        Who did not entertain hopes, he was free from envy, 
        Released from longing and all liability, 
        He was free from vanity and lust.
    

Vocabulary

  1. āsāmutto - did not entertain hopes
  2. āsā + mutto - desire, hope, longing + liberated
  3. issāmutto - free from envy
  4. ejāmutto - free from craving
  5. ejā + mutto - desire, lust, motion + liberated
  6. mutta-iṇo - free from debt
  7. mānamutto - free from vanity
  8. vānamutto - free from lust
  9. vāna - 'jungle' (of desire, lust)
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