Pathamakabhanavaram-15 - Suriyaparittam

15: Suriyaparittaṁ

suriyo rāhugahito, ~ mutto yassānubhāvato,
sabbaveribhayaṁ nāsaṁ ~ parittaṁ taṁ bhaṇāmahe.

evaṁ me sutaṁ:
ekaṁ samayaṁ bhagavā sāvatthiyaṁ viharati jetavane anāthapiṇḍikassa ārāme. tena kho pana samayena suriyo devaputto rāhunā asurindena gahito hoti. atha kho suriyo devaputto bhagavantaṁ anussaramāno, tāyaṁ velāyaṁ imaṁ gāthaṁ abhāsi:

⏑−−−¦⏑−−−¦¦−⏑−−¦⏑−⏑−
“namo te buddhavīratthu, ~ vippamuttosi sabbadhi! PPV: sabbadhī Metre: all lines in this sutta are to be understood as the pathyā form of Siloka unless otherwise indicated.

−−⏑⏑¦⏑−−−¦¦−⏑−⏑¦⏑−⏑−
sambādhapaṭipannosmi ~ tassa me saraṇaṁ bhavā” ti. [1]

atha kho bhagavā suriyaṁ devaputtaṁ ārabbha rāhuṁ asurindaṁ gāthāya ajjhabhāsi:

⏑−⏑−¦⏑⏑−−¦¦⏑⏑−⏑¦⏑−⏑− savipulā
“tathāgataṁ arahantaṁ, ~ suriyo saraṇaṁ gato,

−⏑−−¦⏑−−−¦¦−−−−¦⏑−⏑−
rāhu surⁱyaṁ pamuñcassu! ~ buddhā lokānukampakā. MPP, PPV, PPV2: lokānukampakā ti. [2]

−−⏑−¦−,⏑⏑¦−⏑−⏑− Jagatī
yo andhakāre tamasī pabhaṅkaro,

−−⏑−,¦−⏑−¦−⏑−− Tuṭṭhubha x 3
verocano maṇḍalī uggatejo,

−−⏑⏑¦−,⏑−¦−⏑−−
mā rāhu gilī caraṁ antalikkhe! Metre: the opening in this line is irregular.

⏑−⏑⏑,¦−⏑⏑¦−⏑−−
pajaṁ mama rāhu pamuñca surⁱyan!”-ti, [3]

atha kho rāhu asurindo suriyaṁ devaputtaṁ muñcitvā, taramānarūpo yena vepacitti asurindo tenupasaṅkami, upasaṅkamitvā saṁviggo lomahaṭṭhajāto, ekam-antaṁ aṭṭhāsi. ekam-antaṁ ṭhitaṁ kho rāhuṁ asurindaṁ vepacitti asurindo gāthāya ajjhabhāsi:

−⏑−⏑¦⏑−−−¦¦−⏑−−¦⏑−⏑−
“kin-nu santaramāno va ~ rāhu surⁱyaṁ pamuñcasi?

−−⏑−¦−,−−−¦¦−⏑−−¦⏑−⏑− mavipula
saṁviggarūpo āgamma ~ kin-nu bhīto va tiṭṭhasī?” ti. [4]

−⏑−−¦⏑−−−¦¦−−−⏑¦⏑−⏑−
“sattadhā me phale muddhā, ~ jīvanto na sukhaṁ labhe,

−⏑−−¦⏑−−−¦¦−−−−¦⏑⏑⏑−
- buddhagāthābhigītomhi - ~ no ce muñceyya suriyan”-ti. Metre: the cadence in this line is incorrect, we should probably read sūriyan, m.c. and also count the sarabhatti vowel towards the metre. [5]

last updated: March 2006