Verses sharing the merit of the service with the devas and with all beings, closing in a blessing on the Dhamma, the Sangha, the rains and those who rule.
- When chanted
- Chanted at the very end of the morning service, after which the book marks the service complete.
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
ปัตติทานะ is the giving over of merit — puñña, the good accumulated by an action. The tradition holds that merit is not spent by being shared, so a service ends by handing on what it has just made rather than by keeping it. Almost every formal chanting in this book closes with some form of this.
It is the last chant of the morning service, and the book says so on the page: below the final verse it prints จบพิธีทำวัตรเช้า, centred and bold. That line closes the whole service rather than this chant, so it has no field here and is kept in the page note.
The chant falls into two movements of different character, and the second begins at ฐาตุ จิรัง. No Thai rendering is printed, so the chant stands at the Pali and an English translation written for this edition.
Meaning and purpose
The first movement addresses the devas of the place — those dwelling in the stupa, the dwelling and the Bodhi enclosure, here and there — and what is offered them is ธัมมะทาเนนะ, the gift of Dhamma. Not goods, and not praise: the merit of the service just completed. What is asked in return is modest, that they bring safety within the monastery.
It then widens in a deliberate order, and the order is the argument. Elder, middling and newly ordained bhikkhus; then monastery helpers, donors and lay followers; then villages, lands, towns and their rulers; then all living beings; and finally the four ways of being born — from the womb, from eggs, from moisture, or spontaneously arisen. By the end nothing that lives has been left outside the sentence.
The closing movement stops sharing and starts blessing, and it asks for ordinary conditions rather than spiritual ones: that the Dhamma stand long and the Sangha be united, that rain fall in season and the earth come to plenty, and that rulers protect their people as a mother and father protect their own child. This is why the chant is kept for the end. A service that closed on its own praise would finish facing inward; this one finishes by turning what was made in the room outward, to the weather and the government and everyone not present.
The chant
As the book prints it: page 7 and page 8 →
หันทะ มะยัง ปัตติทานะคาถาโย ภะณามะ เส.
Handa mayaṃ pattidāna-gāthāyo bhaṇāma se.
Now let us recite the verses for sharing merit.
ยา เทวะตา สันติ วิหาระวาสินี,
Yā devatā santi vihāravāsinī,
Whatever devas dwell in this monastery,
ถูเป ฆะเร โพธิฆะเร ตะหิง ตะหิง,
Thūpe ghare bodhighare tahiṃ tahiṃ,
in the stupa, the dwelling, the Bodhi enclosure, here and there,
ตา ธัมมะทาเนนะ ภะวันตุ ปูชิตา,
Tā dhammadānena bhavantu pūjitā,
may they be honoured with the gift of Dhamma,
โสตถิง กะโรนเตธะ วิหาระมัณฑะเล,
Sotthiṃ karontedha vihāramaṇḍale,
and bring safety here within this monastery.
เถรา จะ มัชฌา นะวะกา จะ ภิกขะโว,
Therā ca majjhā navakā ca bhikkhavo,
Elder, middling and newly ordained bhikkhus,
สารามิกา ทานะปะตี อุปาสะกา,
Sārāmikā dānapatī upāsakā,
monastery helpers, donors and lay followers,
คามา จะ เทสา นิคะมา จะ อิสสะรา,
Gāmā ca desā nigamā ca issarā,
villages, lands, towns and their rulers —
สัปปาณะภูตา สุขิตา ภะวันตุ เต,
Sappāṇabhūtā sukhitā bhavantu te,
may all living beings be happy.
ชะลาพุชา เยปิ จะ อัณฑะสัมภะวา,
Jalābujā yepi ca aṇḍasambhavā,
Those born from the womb, and those born from eggs,
สังเสทะชาตา อะถะโวปะปาติกา,
Saṃsedajātā athavopapātikā,
born of moisture, or spontaneously arisen,
นิยยานิกัง ธัมมะวะรัง ปะฏิจจะ เต,
Niyyānikaṃ dhammavaraṃ paṭicca te,
depending on the excellent Dhamma that leads out,
สัพเพปิ ทุกขัสสะ กะโรนตุ สังขะยัง.
Sabbepi dukkhassa karontu saṅkhayaṃ.
may they all bring about the ending of suffering.
ฐาตุ จิรัง: The Closing Blessing
ฐาตุ จิรัง สะตัง ธัมโม ธัมมัทธะรา จะ ปุคคะลา
Ṭhātu ciraṃ sataṃ dhammo dhammaddharā ca puggalā
May the Dhamma of the good stand long, and those who uphold it,
สังโฆ โหตุ สะมัคโค วะ อัตถายะ จะ หิตายะ จะ
Saṅgho hotu samaggo va atthāya ca hitāya ca
may the Sangha be united, for welfare and for benefit,
อัมเห รักขะตุ สัทธัมโม สัพเพปิ ธัมมะจาริโน
Amhe rakkhatu saddhammo sabbepi dhammacārino
may the true Dhamma protect us, and all who walk in Dhamma,
วุฑฒิง สัมปาปุเณยยามะ ธัมเม อะริยัปปะเวทิเต
Vuḍḍhiṃ sampāpuṇeyyāma dhamme ariyappavedite
may we attain growth in the Dhamma made known by the Noble Ones.
ปะสันนา โหนตุ สัพเพปิ ปาณิโน พุทธะสาสะเน
Pasannā hontu sabbepi pāṇino buddhasāsane
May all living beings have faith in the Buddha's teaching,
สัมมา ธารัง ปะเวจฉันโต กาเล เทโว ปะวัสสะตุ
Sammā dhāraṃ pavecchanto kāle devo pavassatu
may the rain god send down showers in season,
วุฑฒิภาวายะ สัตตานัง สะมิทธัง เนตุ เมทะนิง
Vuḍḍhibhāvāya sattānaṃ samiddhaṃ netu medaniṃ
and bring the earth to plenty for the growth of beings.
มาตาปิตา จะ อัต๎ระชัง นิจจัง รักขันติ ปุตตะกัง
Mātāpitā ca atrajaṃ niccaṃ rakkhanti puttakaṃ
As mother and father ever protect their own child,
เอวัง ธัมเมนะ ราชาโน ปะชัง รักขันตุ สัพพะทา.
Evaṃ dhammena rājāno pajaṃ rakkhantu sabbadā.
so may rulers ever protect their people by Dhamma.