Verse 172

संसारचक्‍कं चुण्णेसि, 
भवरज्‍जूनिकन्तको; 
सब्बसङ्खारविचुण्णो, 
बुद्धं तं पणमाम्यहं.       
Saṃsāracakkaṃ cuṇṇesi,
Bhavarajjūnikantako;
Sabbasaṅkhāravicuṇṇo,
Buddhaṃ taṃ paṇamāmyahaṃ.
I bow to the Buddha,
Who shattered the circle of existence,
Snapped the umbilical cord of birth and death,
And demolished all the fabrics of mental conditioning.

Vocabulary

  1. cuṇṇesi (aor. of cuṇṇeti) - grinded, crushed
  2. bhavarajjūnikantako (bhava + rajju + nikanta + ko) - becoming + string, rope + cutting off
  3. vicuṇṇo - crushed to bits

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