From:
9. Bojjhaį¹
gaparittaį¹The Safeguard about the Factors of Awakening
Introductory Verses
Saį¹sÄre saį¹sarantÄnaį¹ sabbadukkhavinÄsaneWhile rolling on through the rounds of birth and death all suffering is destroyed
Sattadhamme ca Bojjhaį¹
ge MÄrasenapamaddane.(by) the seven Factors of Awakening, which crush MÄraās army.
BujjhitvÄ ye cime sattÄ tibhavÄ muttakuttamÄ,Having Awakened to these seven they are supremely released from the three worlds,
AjÄtim-ajarÄbyÄdhim amataį¹ nibbhayaį¹ gatÄ.and have gone to (that state where there is) no birth, no ageing, no sickness, no death and which is free from fear.
Evam-Ädiguį¹Å«petaį¹ anekaguį¹asaį¹
gahaį¹Being endowed with this quality and a collection of countless other qualities
OsadhaƱ-ca imaį¹ mantaį¹: Bojjhaį¹
gaƱ-ca bhaį¹Ämahe.it is a medicinal mantra: we will recite those factors of Awakening.
The Safeguard
Bojjhaį¹
go satisaį¹
khÄto dhammÄnaį¹ vicayo tathÄ,The Factors of Awakening are agreed upon as mindfulness, and then investigation of the (nature of) things,
VÄ«riyaį¹ pÄ«ti-passaddhi Bojjhaį¹
gÄ ca tathÄpare,And after that the Factors of Awakening of energy, joyful-interest and calm,
SamÄdhupekkhabojjhaį¹
gÄ: satte te SabbadassinÄ(Then) the Factors of Awakening of concentration and equanimity: these seven
MuninÄ sammad-akkhÄtÄ, bhÄvitÄ bahulÄ«katÄwere well-proclaimed by the All-Seeing Sage, when developed and practiced
Saį¹vattanti abhiƱƱÄya NibbÄnÄya ca BodhiyÄ:They lead to deep knowledge, Emancipation and Awakening:
Etena saccavajjena sotthi te hotu sabbadÄ!By this declaration of the truth may you be safe at all times!
Ekasmiį¹ samaye NÄtho MoggallÄnaƱ-ca Kassapaį¹At one time The Lord, having seen that MoggallÄna and Kassapa
GilÄne dukkhite disvÄ, Bojjhaį¹
ge satta desayi,Were sick and suffering, taught these seven Factors of Awakening,
Te ca taį¹ abhinanditvÄ rogÄ mucciį¹su taį¹
khane:And having rejoiced in them, they were freed from illness in an instant:
Etena saccavajjena sotthi te hotu sabbadÄ!By this declaration of the truth may you be safe at all times!
EkadÄ DhammarÄjÄ pi gelaƱƱenÄbhipÄ«įø·ito,One day the Dhamma-King was oppressed by sickness,
Cundattherena taį¹ yeva bhaį¹ÄpetvÄna sÄdaraį¹,And after the Elder Cunda had recited them with respect,
SammoditvÄna ÄbÄdhÄ tamhÄ vuį¹į¹hÄsi į¹hÄnaso:Having rejoiced he rose from that affliction on the spot:
Etena saccavajjena sotthi te hotu sabbadÄ!By this declaration of the truth may you be safe at all times!
PahinÄ te ca ÄbÄdhÄ tiį¹į¹annam-pi Mahesinaį¹These afflictions were abandoned by these three Great Seers,
MaggahatÄkilesÄ va pattÄnupattidhammataį¹:Just as the defilements are destroyed by the path, attained in accordance with nature:
Etena saccavajjena sotthi te hotu sabbadÄ!By this declaration of the truth may you be safe at all times!