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Buddhasahassanāmāvali - Verse 41
Verse 41
अहङ्कारा विनिमुत्तो,
ममङ्कारा मुत्तो मुनि;
मानावमाना विमुत्तो,
बुद्धं तं पणमाम्यहं.
Ahaṅkārā vinimutto,
Mamaṅkārā mutto muni;
Mānāvamānā vimutto,
Buddhaṃ taṃ paṇamāmyahaṃ.
I bow to the Buddha,
Who was completely free from egoism,
A sage, free from selfish attachments,
Indifferent to honour and dishonour.
Vocabulary
- ahaṅkārā vinimutto - completely free from egoism
- ahaṅkārā: aham + kārā - ‘maker of I’, pride, arrogance, selfishness
- muni - a sage
- mamaṅkārā mutto - free from selfish attachments
- mamaṅkārā: mama + kārā - selfishness, self-interest
- mānāvamānā vimutto - indifferent to honour and dishonour
- mānāvamānā: māna + āvamānā - pride, concet + disrespect, contempt
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