Verse 108

        पापसुञ्‍ञो पुञ्‍ञसुञ्‍ञो,
        अहंसुञ्‍ञो सुञ्‍ञममो;
        कङ्खासुञ्‍ञो सङ्कासुञ्‍ञो,
        बुद्धं तं पणमाम्यहं.
    
        Pāpasuñño puññasuñño,*
        Ahaṃsuñño suññamamo;
        Kaṅkhāsuñño saṅkāsuñño,
        Buddhaṃ taṃ paṇamāmyahaṃ.
    
        I bow to the Buddha,
        Who was beyond demerit and merit,
        Beyond egoism and selfishness,
        And void of all doubts and suspicion.
    

* The pair pāpasuñño, puññasuñño expresses a stage where one has beyond identification with both demerit and merit, beyond the karmic duality of unwholesome and wholesome. This dual term does not emphasize only a neutral moral sense but rather points to the liberation-oriented transcendence of both bad and good kamma.


Vocabulary

  1. pāpa - evil, demerit, wrongdoing
  2. puñña - righteous, meritorious
  3. ahaṃ - I
  4. mamo (gen./dat. of ahaṃ) - me, mine
  5. kaṅkhā - doubt
  6. saṅkā - doubt, suspicion

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