The threefold salutation to the Triple Gem in the translated printing, each line followed by a bow.
- When chanted
- Chanted at the opening of a service after the offering; 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
The second chant of the translated half, matching the salutation printed at page 1. The rubric telling the assembly to bow together appears here as it does there.
Like its counterpart, this printing carries the mark on ส๎วากขาโต where the page-1 printing does not — one of the small differences between the two passes.
Meaning and purpose
The three lines work as they do everywhere: a statement about one of the Three Jewels in the third person, then a first-person act of homage, then a prostration made by everybody at once.
The three verbs remain distinct in the Pali — to salute, to pay homage, to bow — and the Thai keeps them distinct too, which a looser rendering could easily have flattened.
For somebody learning, this is the chant where the Thai layer earns its place. The English of all three lines looks nearly identical; the Thai shows that the tradition does not treat them as the same act.
The chant
As the book prints it: page 194 →
page 194อะระหัง สัมมาสัมพุทโธ ภะคะวา,
Arahaṃ sammāsambuddho bhagavā,
พระผู้มีพระภาคเจ้า, เป็นพระอรหันต์, ดับเพลิงกิเลส เพลิงทุกข์สิ้นเชิง, ตรัสรู้ชอบได้โดยพระองค์เอง,
prá-pûu-mii-prá-pâak-jâo, bpen prá-à-rá-hǎn, dàp pləəŋ gì-lèet pləəŋ túk sîn-chəəŋ, dtràt-rúu chɔ̂ɔp dâai dooy prá-oŋ-eeŋ,
The Blessed One is an arahant, who has quenched the fires of defilement and of suffering utterly, and who awakened rightly by himself,
พุทธัง ภะคะวันตัง อะภิวาเทมิ.
Buddhaṃ bhagavantaṃ abhivādemi.
ข้าพเจ้าอภิวาทพระผู้มีพระภาคเจ้า, ผู้รู้ ผู้ตื่น ผู้เบิกบาน.
kâa-pá-jâo à-pí-wâat prá-pûu-mii-prá-pâak-jâo, pûu-rúu pûu-dtʉ̀ʉn pûu-bə̀ək-baan.
I bow low to the Blessed One, the one who knows, who is awake, who has blossomed.
ส๎วากขาโต ภะคะวะตา ธัมโม,
Svākkhāto bhagavatā dhammo,
พระธรรม เป็นธรรมที่พระผู้มีพระภาคเจ้า, ตรัสไว้ดีแล้ว,
prá-tam bpen tam tîi prá-pûu-mii-prá-pâak-jâo, dtràt wái dii lɛ́ɛo,
The Dhamma is the teaching well proclaimed by the Blessed One,
ธัมมัง นะมัสสามิ.
Dhammaṃ namassāmi.
ข้าพเจ้านมัสการพระธรรม.
kâa-pá-jâo ná-mát-sà-gaan prá-tam.
I pay homage to the Dhamma.
สุปะฏิปันโน ภะคะวะโต สาวะกะสังโฆ,
Supaṭipanno bhagavato sāvakasaṅgho,
พระสงฆ์สาวกของพระผู้มีพระภาคเจ้า, ปฏิบัติดีแล้ว,
prá-sǒŋ sǎa-wók kɔ̌ɔŋ prá-pûu-mii-prá-pâak-jâo, bpà-dtì-bàt dii lɛ́ɛo,
The Sangha of the Blessed One's disciples has practised well,
สังฆัง นะมามิ.
Saṅghaṃ namāmi.
ข้าพเจ้านอบน้อมพระสงฆ์.
kâa-pá-jâo nɔ̂ɔp-nɔ́ɔm prá-sǒŋ.
I bow to the Sangha.