The verse for lighting the victory candle, in the book's translated printing with Thai beside the Pali.
- When chanted
- Chanted at the lighting of the victory candle; this is the printing that carries a Thai translation.
A note on this chant. The book prints this chant in Pali only, with no Thai translation. The English here is a working translation prepared for this edition — it is not the book's own, and has not yet been checked by a teacher.
Historical background
From page 193 the book starts again and prints the same chants a second time, now with a Thai translation set beneath each Pali line. This is one of those second printings.
Nothing in the Pali has changed. What the reader gains is the คำแปล — the rendering — which the first printing did not carry.
Meaning and purpose
The verse itself is the same four lines: the Buddha whose knowing is all-knowing, the Dhamma supreme and beyond the world, the Sangha standing in the paths and their fruits, and then the wish that all dangers perish.
What the Thai adds is not information but access. Somebody following the second half of this book can hear what they are chanting as they chant it, line by line, without knowing Pali.
That is worth saying plainly because it changes what the book is. The first half is a service book for people who already know what the words mean or do not need to; the second half is the same material offered to somebody who wants to understand it.
The chant
As the book prints it: page 193 →
page 193พุทโธ สัพพัญญุตะญาโณ ธัมโม โลกุตตะโร วะโร
Buddho sabbaññutañāṇo dhammo lokuttaro varo
The Buddha, of omniscient knowledge; the Dhamma, supramundane and excellent;
สังโฆ มัคคะผะลัฏโฐ จะ อิจเจตัง ระตะนัตตะยัง
Saṅgho maggaphalaṭṭho ca iccetaṃ ratanattayaṃ
and the Sangha, established in path and fruit — such is the Triple Gem.
เอตัสสะ อานุภาเวนะ สัพพะทุกขา อุปัททะวา
Etassa ānubhāvena sabbadukkhā upaddavā
By its power, may all sufferings, misfortunes
อันตะรายา จะ นัสสันตุ สัพพะโสตถี ภะวันตุ โน
Antarāyā ca nassantu sabbasotthī bhavantu no
and dangers perish, and may every blessing be ours.