Verse 81

चक्‍कवत्ती धम्मराजा, 
धम्मचक्‍कविभूसितो; 
अधम्मचक्‍कं विभञ्‍जि, 
बुद्धं तं पणमाम्यहं.
Cakkavattī dhammarājā, 
Dhammacakkavibhūsito; 
Adhammacakkaṃ vibhañji, 
Buddhaṃ taṃ paṇamāmyahaṃ.
I bow to the Buddha,
Who was a universal monarch
And a king of righteousness,
Adorned with the Wheel of Dhamma,
He had shattered the vicious wheel of unrighteousness.

Vocabulary

  1. cakkavattī - a universal monarch
  2. rājā - king
  3. dhammacakka - Wheel of Dhamma
  4. vibhūsito - adorned
  5. vibhañji - broke, destroyed
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