Verse 179

खीणासयो खीणबीजो, 
खीणछन्दो खीणासवो; 
खीणतण्हो खीणभिज्झो,
बुद्धं तं पणमाम्यहं.
Khīṇāsayo khīṇabījo,
Khīṇachando khīṇāsavo;
Khīṇataṇho khīṇabhijjho,
Buddhaṃ taṃ paṇamāmyahaṃ.
I bow to the Buddha,
Who removed all the deposits of mental defilements,
Destroyed all the seeds of cravings and passions,
And cleared all desires and subjugated all raging greeds.

Vocabulary

  1. khīṇabījo (khīṇa: pp. of khīyati + bījo) - destroyed, exhausted + seed
  2. āsayo - inclination; dependence
  3. āsavo - ‘that which flows’, intoxication
  4. abhijjho - greed, covetousness

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