Mahā Namakkārapāḷi (Great Homage to The Buddha) Pali Chanting with Subtitle & English Translation
Channel: Spiritual Growth
Date: 2021-03-27

Pali Chanting by Ven. U Revata in Standard Pali. 

Namo tassa Bhagavato arahato sammāsambuddhassa. (3x)
[Homage to the Blessed One, the Arahat, the Supreme Self-enlightened One]

1. Sugataṃ sugataṃ seṭṭhaṃ, kusalaṃkusalaṃ jahaṃ;
amataṃ amataṃ santaṃ, asamaṃ asamaṃ dadaṃ. 
Saraṇaṃ saraṇaṃ lokaṃ, araṇaṃ araṇaṃ karaṃ; 
abhayaṃ abhayaṃ ṭhānaṃ, nāyakaṃ nāyakaṃ name.

[1. I pay homage to the excellent Sugata (Buddha),
The well-gone, Who abandoned wholesome
And unwholesome states;
The deathless, peaceful, and peerless One,
Who gave us the peerless deathlessness;
The Refuge, the comprehender of the world,
The undefiled One who made others undefiled;
The safe One, and the leader to the safe place(nibbāna).]

2. Nayanasubhagakāyaṅgaṃ, 
madhuravarasaropetaṃ; 
amitaguṇagaṇādhāraṃ, 
dasabalamatulaṃ vande. 

[2. I venerate the Buddha who is endowed
With an auspicious body pleasing to the eye,
And with a sweet and excellent voice;
The bearer of immeasurable qualities,
The matchless One with the ten powers.]

3. Yo buddho dhitimāññadharako, 
saṃsāre anubhosi kāyikaṃ; 
dukkhaṃ cetasikañca lokato, 
taṃ vande naradevamaṅgalaṃ. 

[3. The Buddha, the concentrated One,
And the bearer of the perfect knowledge,
Underwent, for the sake of the world,
Physical and mental suffering in the saüsàra.
I venerate Him who is a blessing for men and devas.]

4. Bāttiṃsatilakkhaṇacitradehaṃ, 
dehajjutiniggatapajjalantaṃ; 
paññādhitisīlaguṇoghavindaṃ, 
vande munimantimajātiyuttaṃ. 

[4. I venerate the Sage (the Buddha)
Who, with his thirty two marks, 
Had a charming body Emitting light and shining;
Who experienced the profusion of the qualities
Of wisdom, concentration, and virtue,
And was worthy for his last birth.]

5. Pātodayaṃ bāladivākaraṃva, majjhe yatīnaṃ lalitaṃ sirīhi; 
puṇṇindusaṅkāsamukhaṃ anejaṃ, 
vandāmi sabbaññumahaṃ munindaṃ.
 
[5. I venerate the lord of the sages, the omniscient One,
Who, like the new sun in the early morning,
Is, among Seers, gracious with splendour, 
With a face similar to a full moon, and free of lust.]

6. Upetapuñño varabodhimūle, sasenamāraṃ sugato jinitvā; 
abojjhi bodhiṃ aruṇodayamhi, namāmi taṃ mārajinaṃ abhaṅgaṃ.

[6. The Sugata endowed with merits 
Conquered, under the Bodhi tree, Māra with its army,
And at dawnrise realized Enlightenment.
I pay homage to the conqueror of Māra, The undefeated One.]

7. Rāgādichedāmalañāṇakhaggaṃ, 
satīsamaññāphalakābhigāhaṃ; 
sīloghalaṅkāravibhūsitaṃ taṃ, 
namāmibhiññāvaramiddhupetaṃ.
 
[7. I pay homage to the Buddha
Who, after seizing the `shield' of mindfulness,
And being adorned and embellished
With the profusion of virtue,
Cut off the mental impurities of lust and so on
With the ‘sword’ of knowledge;
And who was endowed
with the excellent Supernormal power
Called ‘higher knowledge’.]

*Extracted from Chanting Booklet Produced by Pa Auk Meditation Centre, Singapore.