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13. Moraparittaṁ
pūrento bodhisambhāre ~ nibbatto morayoninaṁ.
yena saṁvihitārakkhaṁ ~ mahāsattaṁ vane carā
cirassaṁ vāyamantā pi, ~ neva sakkhiṁsu gaṇhituṁ.
“brahmamantan”-ti akkhātaṁ, ~ parittaṁ taṁ bhaṇāmahe.
⏑−⏑−,¦−⏑−¦−⏑−− Tuṭṭhubha Metre: all lines in this sutta are to be understood as Tuṭṭhubha unless otherwise indicated.01
“udetayaṁ cakkhumā ekarājā,
⏑−⏑−¦−,⏑⏑¦−⏑−−
harissavaṇṇo paṭhavippabhāso,
−−⏑−¦−⏑,⏑¦−⏑−−¦¦⏑⏑−⏑−− irregular This line is hypermetric through the repetition of paṭhavippabhāsaṁ, which has probably arisen through imitation of the preceding line.02
taṁ taṁ namassāmi harissavaṇṇaṁ paṭhavippabhāsaṁ,
⏑−⏑−¦−,⏑⏑¦−⏑⏑⏑− Note the very unusual resolution in this line at the 10th syllable.03
tayajja guttā viharemu divasaṁ. [1]
−−⏑−,¦−⏑−¦−⏑−−
ye brāhmaṇā vedagū sabbadhamme
−−⏑−,¦−⏑−¦−⏑−−
te me namo - te ca maṁ pālayantu!
⏑−⏑−¦−−,⏑¦−⏑−⏑− Jagatī x 2
namatthu buddhānaṁ! namatthu bodhiyā!
⏑−⏑−¦−−,⏑¦−⏑−⏑−
namo vimuttānaṁ! namo vimuttiyā!” Metre: the last 2 lines both show the unusual heavy 6th syllable.04
⏑−−⏑¦−−−−¦¦−−⏑⏑¦⏑−⏑− irregular
imaṁ so parittaṁ katvā ~ moro carati esanā. [2]
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