Buddhasahassanāmāvali - Verse 41
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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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