Khandha Paritta The Group Protection

Virūpakkhehi me mettaṃ

Mettaṃ Erāpathehi me

Chabyā-puttehi me mettaṃ

Mettaṃ Kaṇhā-Gotamakehi ca

I have good will for the Virupakkhas, the Erapathas, the Chabya descendants, & the Black Gotamakas.

Apādakehi me mettaṃ

Mettaṃ di-pādakehi me

Catuppadehi me mettaṃ

Mettaṃ bahuppadehi me

I have good will for footless beings, two-footed, four-footed, & many-footed beings.

Mā maṃ apādako hiṃsi

Mā maṃ hiṃsi di-pādako

Mā maṃ catuppado hiṃsi

Mā maṃ hiṃsi bahuppado

May footless beings, two-footed beings, four-footed beings, & many-footed beings do me no harm.

Sabbe sattā sabbe pāṇā

Sabbe bhūtā ca kevalā

Sabbe bhadrāni passantu

Mā kiñci pāpam'āgamā

May all creatures, all breathing things, all beings — each & every one — meet with good fortune. May none of them come to any evil.

Appamāṇo Buddho,

Appamāṇo Dhammo,

Appamāṇo Saṅgho,

The Buddha, Dhamma, & Sangha are limitless.

Pamāṇa-vantāni siriṃ-sapāni,

Ahi vicchikā sata-padī uṇṇānābhī sarabū mūsikā,

There is a limit to creeping things — snakes, scorpions, centipedes, spiders, lizards, & rats.

Katā me rakkhā, Katā me parittā,

Paṭikkamantu bhūtāni.

I have made this protection, I have made this spell. May the beings depart.

So'haṃ namo Bhagavato,

Namo sattannaṃ Sammā-sambuddhānaṃ.

I pay homage to the Blessed One, homage to the seven Rightly Self-awakened Ones.