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Minor Readings 6 खुद्दकपाठ 6

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Ratanasutta

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    खुद्दकपाठkhud·da·ka·pā·ṭha 6

    Khuddakapāṭha 6

    Basic Passages 6

  2. 2

    रतनसुत्तra·ta·na·sut·ta

    Ratanasutta

    Gems

  3. 3

    यानीधyā·nī·dha भूतानिbhū·tā·ni समागतानि,sa·mā·ga·tā·ni

    Yānīdha bhūtāni samāgatāni,

    Whatever beings have gathered here,

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    भुम्मानिbhum·mā·ni वाvā यानिyā·ni वva अन्तलिक्खे;an·ta·lik·khe

    Bhummāni vā yāni va antalikkhe;

    on the ground or in the sky;

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    सब्बेवsab·be·va भूताbhū·tā सुमनाsu·ma·nā भवन्तु,bha·van·tu

    Sabbeva bhūtā sumanā bhavantu,

    may beings all be of happy heart,

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    अथोपिa·tho·pi सक्कच्चsak·kac·ca सुणन्तुsu·ṇan·tu भासितं।bhā·si·taṃ

    Athopi sakkacca suṇantu bhāsitaṁ.

    and listen carefully to what is said.

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    तस्माtas·mā हिhi भूताbhū·tā निसामेथni·sā·me·tha सब्बे,sab·be

    Tasmā hi bhūtā nisāmetha sabbe,

    So pay heed, all you beings,

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    मेत्तंmet·taṃ करोथka·ro·tha मानुसियाmā·nu·si·yā पजाय;pa·jā·ya

    Mettaṁ karotha mānusiyā pajāya;

    have love for humankind,

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    दिवाdi·vā चca रत्तोrat·to चca हरन्तिha·ran·ti येye बलिं,ba·liṃ

    Divā ca ratto ca haranti ye baliṁ,

    who day and night bring offerings;

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    तस्माtas·mā हिhi नेne रक्खथrak·kha·tha अप्पमत्ता।ap·pa·mat·tā

    Tasmā hi ne rakkhatha appamattā.

    please protect them diligently.

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    यंyaṃ किञ्चिkiñ·ci वित्तंvit·taṃ इधi·dha वाvā हुरंhu·raṃ वा,vā

    Yaṁ kiñci vittaṁ idha vā huraṁ vā,

    There’s no wealth this life or the next,

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    सग्गेसुsag·ge·su वाvā यंyaṃ रतनंra·ta·naṃ पणीतं;pa·ṇī·taṃ

    Saggesu vā yaṁ ratanaṁ paṇītaṁ;

    no sublime gem in the heavens,

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    नna नोno समंsa·maṃ अत्थिat·thi तथागतेन,ta·thā·ga·te·na

    Na no samaṁ atthi tathāgatena,

    that equals the Realized One.

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    इदम्पिi·dam·pi बुद्धेbud·dhe रतनंra·ta·naṃ पणीतं;pa·ṇī·taṃ

    Idampi buddhe ratanaṁ paṇītaṁ;

    This sublime gem is in the Buddha:

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    एतेनe·te·na सच्चेनsac·ce·na सुवत्थिsu·vat·thi होतु।ho·tu

    Etena saccena suvatthi hotu.

    by this truth, may you be well!

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    खयंkha·yaṃ विरागंvi·rā·gaṃ अमतंa·ma·taṃ पणीतं,pa·ṇī·taṃ

    Khayaṁ virāgaṁ amataṁ paṇītaṁ,

    Ending, dispassion, the undying, the sublime,

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    यदज्झगाya·daj·jha·gā सक्यमुनीsak·ya·mu·nī समाहितो;sa·mā·hi·to

    Yadajjhagā sakyamunī samāhito;

    attained by the Sakyan Sage immersed in samādhi;

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    नna तेनte·na धम्मेनdham·me·na समत्थिsa·mat·thi किञ्चि,kiñ·ci

    Na tena dhammena samatthi kiñci,

    there is nothing equal to that Dhamma.

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    इदम्पिi·dam·pi धम्मेdham·me रतनंra·ta·naṃ पणीतं;pa·ṇī·taṃ

    Idampi dhamme ratanaṁ paṇītaṁ;

    This sublime gem is in the Dhamma:

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    एतेनe·te·na सच्चेनsac·ce·na सुवत्थिsu·vat·thi होतु।ho·tu

    Etena saccena suvatthi hotu.

    by this truth, may you be well!

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    यंyaṃ बुद्धसेट्ठोbud·dha·seṭ·ṭho परिवण्णयीpa·ri·vaṇ·ṇa·yī सुचिं,su·ciṃ

    Yaṁ buddhaseṭṭho parivaṇṇayī suciṁ,

    The purity praised by the highest Buddha,

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    समाधिमानन्तरिकञ्ञमाहु;sa·mā·dhi·mā·nan·ta·ri·kañ·ña·mā·hu

    Samādhimānantarikaññamāhu;

    is said to be the “immersion with immediate fruit”;

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    समाधिनाsa·mā·dhi·nā तेनte·na समोsa·mo नna विज्जति,vij·ja·ti

    Samādhinā tena samo na vijjati,

    no equal to that immersion is found.

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    इदम्पिi·dam·pi धम्मेdham·me रतनंra·ta·naṃ पणीतं;pa·ṇī·taṃ

    Idampi dhamme ratanaṁ paṇītaṁ;

    This sublime gem is in the Dhamma:

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    एतेनe·te·na सच्चेनsac·ce·na सुवत्थिsu·vat·thi होतु।ho·tu

    Etena saccena suvatthi hotu.

    by this truth, may you be well!

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    येye पुग्गलाpug·ga·lā अट्ठaṭ·ṭha सतंsa·taṃ पसत्था,pa·sat·thā

    Ye puggalā aṭṭha sataṁ pasatthā,

    The eight individual persons praised by the good

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    चत्तारिcat·tā·ri एतानिe·tā·ni युगानिyu·gā·ni होन्ति;hon·ti

    Cattāri etāni yugāni honti;

    are the four pairs of the Holy One’s disciples;

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    तेte दक्खिणेय्याdak·khi·ṇey·yā सुगतस्सsu·ga·tas·sa सावका,sā·va·kā

    Te dakkhiṇeyyā sugatassa sāvakā,

    they are worthy of religious donations,

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    एतेसुe·te·su दिन्नानिdin·nā·ni महप्फलानि;ma·hap·pha·lā·ni

    Etesu dinnāni mahapphalāni;

    what’s given to them is very fruitful.

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    इदम्पिi·dam·pi सङ्घेsaṅ·ghe रतनंra·ta·naṃ पणीतं,pa·ṇī·taṃ

    Idampi saṅghe ratanaṁ paṇītaṁ,

    This sublime gem is in the Saṅgha:

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    एतेनe·te·na सच्चेनsac·ce·na सुवत्थिsu·vat·thi होतु।ho·tu

    Etena saccena suvatthi hotu.

    by this truth, may you be well!

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    येye सुप्पयुत्ताsup·pa·yut·tā मनसाma·na·sā दळ्हेन,da·ḷhe·na

    Ye suppayuttā manasā daḷhena,

    Dedicated to Gotama’s dispensation,

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    निक्कामिनोnik·kā·mi·no गोतमसासनम्हि;go·ta·ma·sā·sa·nam·hi

    Nikkāmino gotamasāsanamhi;

    strong-minded, free of sense desire,

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    तेte पत्तिपत्ताpat·ti·pat·tā अमतंa·ma·taṃ विगय्ह,vi·gay·ha

    Te pattipattā amataṁ vigayha,

    they’ve attained the goal, plunged into freedom from death,

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    लद्धाlad·dhā मुधाmu·dhā निब्बुतिंnib·bu·tiṃ भुञ्जमाना;bhuñ·ja·mā·nā

    Laddhā mudhā nibbutiṁ bhuñjamānā;

    and enjoy the quenching they’ve freely gained.

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    इदम्पिi·dam·pi सङ्घेsaṅ·ghe रतनंra·ta·naṃ पणीतं,pa·ṇī·taṃ

    Idampi saṅghe ratanaṁ paṇītaṁ,

    This sublime gem is in the Saṅgha:

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    एतेनe·te·na सच्चेनsac·ce·na सुवत्थिsu·vat·thi होतु।ho·tu

    Etena saccena suvatthi hotu.

    by this truth, may you be well!

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    यथिन्दखीलोya·thin·da·khī·lo पथविस्सितोpa·tha·vis·si·to सिया,si·yā

    Yathindakhīlo pathavissito siyā,

    As Indra’s pillar rooted in earth

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    चतुब्भिca·tub·bhi वातेहिvā·te·hi असम्पकम्पियो;a·sam·pa·kam·pi·yo

    Catubbhi vātehi asampakampiyo;

    is not shaken by the four winds,

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    तथूपमंta·thū·pa·maṃ सप्पुरिसंsap·pu·ri·saṃ वदामि,va·dā·mi

    Tathūpamaṁ sappurisaṁ vadāmi,

    I say a true person is like this,

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    योyo अरियसच्चानिa·ri·ya·sac·cā·ni अवेच्चa·vec·ca पस्सति;pas·sa·ti

    Yo ariyasaccāni avecca passati;

    who sees the noble truths in experience.

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    इदम्पिi·dam·pi सङ्घेsaṅ·ghe रतनंra·ta·naṃ पणीतं,pa·ṇī·taṃ

    Idampi saṅghe ratanaṁ paṇītaṁ,

    This sublime gem is in the Saṅgha:

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    एतेनe·te·na सच्चेनsac·ce·na सुवत्थिsu·vat·thi होतु।ho·tu

    Etena saccena suvatthi hotu.

    by this truth, may you be well!

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    येye अरियसच्चानिa·ri·ya·sac·cā·ni विभावयन्ति,vi·bhā·va·yan·ti

    Ye ariyasaccāni vibhāvayanti,

    Those who fathom the noble truths

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    गम्भीरपञ्ञेनgam·bhī·ra·pañ·ñe·na सुदेसितानि;su·de·si·tā·ni

    Gambhīrapaññena sudesitāni;

    taught by the one of deep wisdom,

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    किञ्चापिkiñ·cā·pi तेte होन्तिhon·ti भुसंbhu·saṃ पमत्ता,pa·mat·tā

    Kiñcāpi te honti bhusaṁ pamattā,

    do not take an eighth life,

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    नna तेte भवंbha·vaṃ अट्ठममादियन्ति;aṭ·ṭha·ma·mā·di·yan·ti

    Na te bhavaṁ aṭṭhamamādiyanti;

    even if they are hugely negligent.

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    इदम्पिi·dam·pi सङ्घेsaṅ·ghe रतनंra·ta·naṃ पणीतं,pa·ṇī·taṃ

    Idampi saṅghe ratanaṁ paṇītaṁ,

    This sublime gem is in the Saṅgha:

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    एतेनe·te·na सच्चेनsac·ce·na सुवत्थिsu·vat·thi होतु।ho·tu

    Etena saccena suvatthi hotu.

    by this truth, may you be well!

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    सहावस्सsa·hā·vas·sa दस्सनसम्पदाय,das·sa·na·sam·pa·dā·ya

    Sahāvassa dassanasampadāya,

    When they attain to vision

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    तयस्सुta·yas·su धम्माdham·mā जहिताja·hi·tā भवन्ति;bha·van·ti

    Tayassu dhammā jahitā bhavanti;

    they give up three things:

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    सक्कायदिट्ठीsak·kā·ya·diṭ·ṭhī विचिकिच्छितञ्च,vi·ci·kic·chi·tañ·ca

    Sakkāyadiṭṭhī vicikicchitañca,

    substantialist view, doubt, and any

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    सीलब्बतंsī·lab·ba·taṃ वापिvā·pi यदत्थिya·dat·thi किञ्चि।kiñ·ci

    Sīlabbataṁ vāpi yadatthi kiñci.

    attachment to precepts and observances.

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    चतूहपायेहिca·tū·ha·pā·ye·hi चca विप्पमुत्तो,vip·pa·mut·to

    Catūhapāyehi ca vippamutto,

    They’re freed from the four places of loss,

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    छच्चाभिठानानिchac·cā·bhi·ṭhā·nā·ni अभब्बa·bhab·ba कातुं;kā·tuṃ

    Chaccābhiṭhānāni abhabba kātuṁ;

    and cannot do six things.

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    इदम्पिi·dam·pi सङ्घेsaṅ·ghe रतनंra·ta·naṃ पणीतं,pa·ṇī·taṃ

    Idampi saṅghe ratanaṁ paṇītaṁ,

    This sublime gem is in the Saṅgha:

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    एतेनe·te·na सच्चेनsac·ce·na सुवत्थिsu·vat·thi होतु।ho·tu

    Etena saccena suvatthi hotu.

    by this truth, may you be well!

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    किञ्चापिkiñ·cā·pi सोso कम्मkam·ma करोतिka·ro·ti पापकं,pā·pa·kaṃ

    Kiñcāpi so kamma karoti pāpakaṁ,

    Even if they do a bad deed

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    कायेनkā·ye·na वाचाvā·cā उदu·da चेतसाce·ta·sā वा;vā

    Kāyena vācā uda cetasā vā;

    by body, speech, or mind,

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    अभब्बa·bhab·ba सोso तस्सtas·sa पटिच्छदाय,pa·ṭic·cha·dā·ya

    Abhabba so tassa paṭicchadāya,

    they are unable to conceal it;

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    अभब्बताa·bhab·ba·tā दिट्ठपदस्सdiṭ·ṭha·pa·das·sa वुत्ता;vut·tā

    Abhabbatā diṭṭhapadassa vuttā;

    this, it’s said, is the inability <j>of one who has seen the truth.

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    इदम्पिi·dam·pi सङ्घेsaṅ·ghe रतनंra·ta·naṃ पणीतं,pa·ṇī·taṃ

    Idampi saṅghe ratanaṁ paṇītaṁ,

    This sublime gem is in the Saṅgha:

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    एतेनe·te·na सच्चेनsac·ce·na सुवत्थिsu·vat·thi होतु।ho·tu

    Etena saccena suvatthi hotu.

    by this truth, may you be well!

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    वनप्पगुम्बेva·nap·pa·gum·be यथya·tha फुस्सितग्गे,phus·si·tag·ge

    Vanappagumbe yatha phussitagge,

    Like a tall forest tree crowned with flowers

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    गिम्हानमासेgim·hā·na·mā·se पठमस्मिंpa·ṭha·mas·miṃ गिम्हे;gim·he

    Gimhānamāse paṭhamasmiṁ gimhe;

    in the first month of summer;

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    तथूपमंta·thū·pa·maṃ धम्मवरंdham·ma·va·raṃ अदेसयि,a·de·sa·yi

    Tathūpamaṁ dhammavaraṁ adesayi,

    that’s how he taught the superb Dhamma,

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    निब्बानगामिंnib·bā·na·gā·miṃ परमंpa·ra·maṃ हिताय;hi·tā·ya

    Nibbānagāmiṁ paramaṁ hitāya;

    leading to extinguishment, the ultimate benefit.

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    इदम्पिi·dam·pi बुद्धेbud·dhe रतनंra·ta·naṃ पणीतं,pa·ṇī·taṃ

    Idampi buddhe ratanaṁ paṇītaṁ,

    This sublime gem is in the Buddha:

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    एतेनe·te·na सच्चेनsac·ce·na सुवत्थिsu·vat·thi होतु।ho·tu

    Etena saccena suvatthi hotu.

    by this truth, may you be well!

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    वरोva·ro वरञ्ञूva·rañ·ñū वरदोva·ra·do वराहरो,va·rā·ha·ro

    Varo varaññū varado varāharo,

    The superb, knower of the superb, giver of the superb, bringer of the superb;

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    अनुत्तरोa·nut·ta·ro धम्मवरंdham·ma·va·raṃ अदेसयि;a·de·sa·yi

    Anuttaro dhammavaraṁ adesayi;

    taught the superb Dhamma supreme.

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    इदम्पिi·dam·pi बुद्धेbud·dhe रतनंra·ta·naṃ पणीतं,pa·ṇī·taṃ

    Idampi buddhe ratanaṁ paṇītaṁ,

    This sublime gem is in the Buddha:

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    एतेनe·te·na सच्चेनsac·ce·na सुवत्थिsu·vat·thi होतु।ho·tu

    Etena saccena suvatthi hotu.

    by this truth, may you be well!

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    खीणंkhī·ṇaṃ पुराणंpu·rā·ṇaṃ नवna·va नत्थिnat·thi सम्भवं,sam·bha·vaṃ

    Khīṇaṁ purāṇaṁ nava natthi sambhavaṁ,

    The old is ended, nothing new is produced;

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    विरत्तचित्तायतिकेvi·rat·ta·cit·tā·ya·ti·ke भवस्मिं;bha·vas·miṃ

    Virattacittāyatike bhavasmiṁ;

    their minds have no desire for future rebirth.

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    तेte खीणबीजाkhī·ṇa·bī·jā अविरूळ्हिछन्दा,a·vi·rū·ḷhi·chan·dā

    Te khīṇabījā avirūḷhichandā,

    Withered are the seeds, there’s no desire for growth,

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    निब्बन्तिnib·ban·ti धीराdhī·rā यथायंya·thā·yaṃ पदीपो;pa·dī·po

    Nibbanti dhīrā yathāyaṁ padīpo;

    those attentive ones are extinguished like this lamp.

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    इदम्पिi·dam·pi सङ्घेsaṅ·ghe रतनंra·ta·naṃ पणीतं,pa·ṇī·taṃ

    Idampi saṅghe ratanaṁ paṇītaṁ,

    This sublime gem is in the Saṅgha:

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    एतेनe·te·na सच्चेनsac·ce·na सुवत्थिsu·vat·thi होतु।ho·tu

    Etena saccena suvatthi hotu.

    by this truth, may you be well!

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    यानीधyā·nī·dha भूतानिbhū·tā·ni समागतानि,sa·mā·ga·tā·ni

    Yānīdha bhūtāni samāgatāni,

    Whatever beings have gathered here,

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    भुम्मानिbhum·mā·ni वाvā यानिyā·ni वva अन्तलिक्खे;an·ta·lik·khe

    Bhummāni vā yāni va antalikkhe;

    on the ground or in the sky:

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    तथागतंta·thā·ga·taṃ देवमनुस्सपूजितं,de·va·ma·nus·sa·pū·ji·taṃ

    Tathāgataṁ devamanussapūjitaṁ,

    the Realized One is honored by gods and humans!

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    बुद्धंbud·dhaṃ नमस्सामna·mas·sā·ma सुवत्थिsu·vat·thi होतु।ho·tu

    Buddhaṁ namassāma suvatthi hotu.

    We bow to the Buddha! May you be safe!

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    यानीधyā·nī·dha भूतानिbhū·tā·ni समागतानि,sa·mā·ga·tā·ni

    Yānīdha bhūtāni samāgatāni,

    Whatever beings have gathered here,

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    भुम्मानिbhum·mā·ni वाvā यानिyā·ni वva अन्तलिक्खे;an·ta·lik·khe

    Bhummāni vā yāni va antalikkhe;

    on the ground or in the sky:

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    तथागतंta·thā·ga·taṃ देवमनुस्सपूजितं,de·va·ma·nus·sa·pū·ji·taṃ

    Tathāgataṁ devamanussapūjitaṁ,

    the Realized One is honored by gods and humans!

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    धम्मंdham·maṃ नमस्सामna·mas·sā·ma सुवत्थिsu·vat·thi होतु।ho·tu

    Dhammaṁ namassāma suvatthi hotu.

    We bow to the Dhamma! May you be safe!

  88. 88

    यानीधyā·nī·dha भूतानिbhū·tā·ni समागतानि,sa·mā·ga·tā·ni

    Yānīdha bhūtāni samāgatāni,

    Whatever beings have gathered here,

  89. 89

    भुम्मानिbhum·mā·ni वाvā यानिyā·ni वva अन्तलिक्खे;an·ta·lik·khe

    Bhummāni vā yāni va antalikkhe;

    on the ground or in the sky:

  90. 90

    तथागतंta·thā·ga·taṃ देवमनुस्सपूजितं,de·va·ma·nus·sa·pū·ji·taṃ

    Tathāgataṁ devamanussapūjitaṁ,

    the Realized One is honored by gods and humans!

  91. 91

    सङ्घंsaṅ·ghaṃ नमस्सामna·mas·sā·ma सुवत्थिsu·vat·thi होतूति।ho·tū·ti

    Saṅghaṁ namassāma suvatthi hotūti.

    We bow to the Saṅgha! May you be safe!

  92. 92

    रतनसुत्तं।ra·ta·na·sut·taṃ

    Ratanasuttaṁ.

    (Pāli only)

Sources. Sanskrit: Satyavedaḥ, the New Testament in Sanskrit (Calcutta Baptist Missionaries, 1851; J. Wenger’s revision of W. Carey’s version). Digital text © 2018 SanskritBible.in, via eBible.org, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0; changed here: arranged by verse and every word linked to the dictionary (links made automatically). Old Testament Sanskrit: the Old Testament in Sanskrit, Calcutta Baptist Mission Press, 1848–1852 (public domain), read by OCR from the Internet Archive scans of the Boston University School of Theology copy; unproofread, with machine clean-up only. Pāli Canon: Mahāsaṅgīti Tipiṭaka Buddhavasse 2500 (based on the Vipassana Research Institute’s Chaṭṭha Saṅgāyana edition), from SuttaCentral bilara-data, CC0; Devanagari and pronunciation made automatically from the Roman text. Pāli English: Bhikkhu Sujato (suttas) and Bhikkhu Brahmali (Vinaya), SuttaCentral, CC0. Pāli word meanings: the Pali Text Society’s Pali-English Dictionary (Rhys Davids & Stede), corrected reprint © The Pali Text Society, CC BY-NC 3.0, digital text from BuddhaDust; word matching automatic. English: King James Version (1769), public domain; words the translators added are in italics. Word meanings and pronunciations: Monier-Williams, Sanskrit–English Dictionary (1872), via this site’s Sanskrit dictionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); English↔Sanskrit word matches made automatically and may need checking.