Verse 181

निक्खीलो चापि निस्सल्‍लो, 
निस्सूलो निब्बानरतो; 
निप्पमादो निब्बन्धनो, 
बुद्धं तं पणमाम्यहं.

Nikkhīlo cāpi nissallo,
Nissūlo nibbānarato;
Nippamādo nibbandhano,
Buddhaṃ taṃ paṇamāmyahaṃ.

I bow to the Buddha,
Entirely without callousness, without darts or stakes,
He took delight in Nibbana,
And was free from indolence and bondage.

Vocabulary

  1. nikkhīlo (ni + k + khīlo) - without callousness*
  2. sallo - dart, thorn, arrow
  3. sūlo - stake, lance
  4. bandhano - bondage
  5. nippamādo (ni + p + pamādo) - without + negligence, indolence, carelessness
  6. nibbānarato (nibbāna + rato: pp. of ramati) - Nibbana + took delight in

[*] When ni forms a negation then the first consonant of the following word gets dublicated: ni + k + khīlo. If the first letter of the following word is a vowel, then ni turns into nir: niraggalo (un + obstructed).

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