ATTHAVISATI PARITTA----Chant Of Twenty-Eight Buddhas

 Chant Of Twenty-Eight Buddhas

ATTHAVISATI PARITTA

1. Tanhankaro mahāvīro — Medhankaro mahāyaso 

Tanhankara, the great hero; Medhankara, of great honour;

Saranankaro lokahito — Dīpankaro jutindharo. 

Saranankara, abode of love; Dīpankara, the lustrous light.

2. Kondañño jana-pāmokkho — Mangalo puri-sāsabho

Kondañña, the people’s lord; Mangala, the Man Supreme;

Sumano Sumano dhīro — Revato rati vaddhano. 

Sumana, the good-hearted sage; Revata, who enhanced joy.

3. Sobhito gunasampanno — Anomadassī januttamo

Sobhita, with virtue crowned; Anomadassi, chief of men;

Padumo loka pajjoto — Nārado vara sārathī.

Paduma, a guiding lamp to all worlds; Nārada, the charioteer unsurpassed.

4. Padumuttaro sattasāro — Sumedho agga puggalo 

Padumuttara, peerless being; Sumedha, the paramount;

Sujāto sabba lokaggo — Piyadassī narāsabho. 

Sujāta, chief of all the worlds; Piyadassī, mankind’s lord.

5. Atthadassī kāruniko — Dhammadassī tamonudo 

Atthadassī, compassion-grained; Dhammadassī, who dispelled gloom;

Siddhattho asamo loke — Tisso varada samvaro. 

Siddhattha, matchless in the world; Tissa, restrained giver of the best.

6. Phusso varada sambuddho — Vipassī ca anūpamo 

Phussa, all-seeing donor of the goal; Vipassī, the unrivalled one;

Sikhī sabba hito satthā — Vessabhū sukhadāyako.

Sikhī, leader of boundless love; Vessabhū, dispenser of bliss.

7. Kakusandho satthavāho — Konāgamano ranañjaho 

Kakusandha, caravan-guide of sentient beings; Konāgamana, done with strife;

Kassapo siri-sampanno — Gotamo sakya pungavo.

Kassapa, of perfect radiance; Gotama, the Sakya’s glory.

8. Tesam saccane sīlena — Khanti metta balena ca 

By the power of their Truthfulness and Virtues; Patience and Loving-kindness,

Tepi mam/tvam anurakkhantu — Ārogyena sukhena cā’ti. 

may it be a shield around me/you, may health and happiness be mine/yours!

9. Attha vīsati’me Buddhā — Puretvā dasa pāramī 

These twenty-eight Buddhas, having fulfilled the Ten Perfections,

Jetvā mārāri sangāmam — Buddhattam samupāgamum. 

defeated the hosts of the Evil One, and attained Enlightenment.

Etena sacca vajjena — Hotu me/te jayamangalam. 

By the power of this truth, may joyous victory be mine/yours!