Verse 141

पाणातिपाता विरतो,
चत्तदण्डो अहिंसको;
अमितमेत्तवारिधि,
बुद्धं तं पणमाम्यहं.  
Pāṇātipātā virato,
Cattadaṇḍo ahiṃsako;
Amitamettavāridhi,
Buddhaṃ taṃ paṇamāmyahaṃ.  
I bow to the Buddha,
Who abstained from doing violence to living beings,
Had no desire to punish others, non-violent,
Like a rain cloud he shed boundless loving-kindness.  

Vocabulary

  1. pāṇātipātā - killing (pāṇā + atipātā - living beings + slaying, killing, destroying)
  2. virato (pp. of viramati) - abstain, refrain, stop
  3. catta (pp. of cajati) - give up, sacrifice
  4. daṇḍo - stick
  5. ahiṃsako - non-violent
  6. amita (a + mita: pp. of miṇāti) - not in measure, boundless, limitless
  7. vāridhi/vārida - rain cloud

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