Katha Buddha Jaya Mangala

1. Bahung sahassang-abhi-nimmita-savudhantang


Grimekhalang udita-ghora-sasena-marang

Danadi-dhamma-vidhina jitava munindo

Tan-tejasa bhavatu te jaya-mangalagang.



(Creating a form with 1,000 arms, each equipped with a weapon,

Mara, on the elephant Girimekhala, uttered a frightening roar together with his troops.

The Lord of Sages defeated him by means of such qualities as generosity:

By the power of this, may you have victory blessings.)



2. Maratirekang-abhi-yujjhita-sabba-ratting

Ghorang-panalavaka-makkhang-athaddha-yakkhang

Khanti-sudanta-vidhina jitava munindo

Tan-tejasa bhavatu te jaya-mangalagang.



(Even more frightful than Mara making war all night

Was Alavaka, the arrogant unstable ogre.

The Lord of Sages defeated him by means of well-trained endurance:

By the power of this, may you have victory blessings.)



3. Nalagiring gaja-varang atimatta-bhutang

Davaggi-cakkang-asaniva sudaru-nantang

Mettang-buseka-vidhina jitava munindo

Tan-tejasa bhavatu te jaya-mangalagang.



(Nalagiri, the excellent elephant, when maddened,

Was very horrific, like a forest fire, a flaming discus, a lightning bolt.

The Lord of Sages defeated him by sprinkling the water of good will:

By the power of this, may you have victory blessings.)



4. Ukkhitta-khaggang-atihattha sudaru-nantang

Dhavan-ti-yojana-pathan-guli-malavantang

Iddhi-bhisan-khata-mano jitava munindo

Tan-tejasa bhavatu te jaya-mangalagang.



(Very horrific, with a sword upraised in his expert hand,

Garlanded-with-Fingers ran three leagues along the path.

The Lord of Sages defeated him with mind-fashioned marvels:

By the power of this, may you have victory blessings.)



5. Katvana katthang-udarang iva gabbhiniya

Cincaya duttha-vacanang jana-kaya-majjhe

Santena soma-vidhina jitava munindo

Tan-tejasa bhavatu te jaya-mangalagang.



(Having made a wooden belly to appear pregnant,

Cinca made a lewd accusation in the midst of the gathering.

The Lord of Sages defeated her with peaceful, gracious means:

By the power of this, may you have victory blessings.)



6. Saccang vihaya mati-saccaka-vada-ketung

Vada-bhiro-pita-manang ati-andha-bhutang

Panya-padipa-jalito jitava munindo

Tan-tejasa bhavatu te jaya-mangalagang.



(Saccaka, whose provocative views had abandoned the truth,

Delighting in argument he had become thoroughly blind.

The Lord of Sages defeated him with the light of discernment:

By the power of this, may you have victory blessings.)



7. Nando-pananda-bhujagang vibudhang mahidhing

Puttena thera-bhujagena dama-payanto

Iddhu-padesa-vidhina jitava munindo

Tan-tejasa bhavatu te jaya-mangalagang.

(Nandopananda was a serpent with great power but wrong views.

The Lord of Sages defeated him by means of a display of marvels,

Sending his son (Moggallana), the serpent-elder, to tame him:

By the power of this, may you have victory blessings.)



8. Duggaha-ditthi-bhujagena sudattha-hatthang

Brahmang visuddhi-juting-iddhi-baka-bhidhanang

Yana-gadena vidhina jitava munindo

Tan-tejasa bhavatu te jaya-mangalagang.



(His hands bound tight by the serpent of wrongly held views,

Baka, the Brahma, thought himself to be pure in his radiance and power.

The Lord of Sages defeated him by means of his words of knowledge:

By the power of this, may you have victory blessings.)



9. Etapi buddha-jaya-mangala-attha-gatha

Yo vacano dina-dine sarate matan-di

Hitva-naneka-vivi-dhani cupa-ddavani

Mokkhang sukhang adhi-gameyya naro sapanno.



(These eight verses of the Buddha's victory blessings:

Whatever person of discernment

Recites or recalls them day after day without lapsing,

Destroying all kinds of obstacles,

Will attain emancipation and happiness.)