Cha Ratana Paritta Gāthā The Six Protective Verses from the Discourse on Treasures

Yaṅkiñci vittaṃ idha vā huraṃ vā

Saggesu vā yaṃ ratanaṃ paṇītaṃ

Na no samaṃ atthi tathāgatena.

Whatever wealth in this world or the next,

Whatever exquisite treasure in the heavens,

Is not, for us, equal to the Tathagata.

Idam-pi buddhe ratanaṃ paṇītaṃ

Etena saccena suvatthi hotu.

This, too, is an exquisite treasure in the Buddha.

By this truth may there be well-being.

Khayaṃ virāgaṃ amataṃ paṇītaṃ

Yad-ajjhagā sakyamunī samāhito

Na tena dhammena sam'atthi kiñci.

The exquisite Deathless — dispassion, ending —

Discovered by the Sakyan Sage while in concentration:

There is nothing equal to that Dhamma.

Idam-pi dhamme ratanaṃ paṇītaṃ

Etena saccena suvatthi hotu.

This, too, is an exquisite treasure in the Dhamma.

By this truth may there be well-being.

Yam-buddha-seṭṭho parivaṇṇayī suciṃ

Samādhim-ānantarik'aññam-āhu

Samādhinā tena samo na vijjati.

What the excellent Awakened One extolled as pure

And called the concentration of unmediated knowing:

No equal to that concentration can be found.

Idam-pi dhamme ratanaṃ paṇītaṃ

Etena saccena suvatthi hotu.

This, too, is an exquisite treasure in the Dhamma.

By this truth may there be well-being.

Ye puggalā aṭṭha sataṃ pasatthā

Cattāri etāni yugāni honti

Te dakkhiṇeyyā sugatassa sāvakā

Etesu dinnāni mahapphalāni.

The eight persons — the four pairs —

praised by those at peace:

They, disciples of the One Well-Gone, deserve offerings.

What is given to them bears great fruit.

Idam-pi saṅghe ratanaṃ paṇītaṃ

Etena saccena suvatthi hotu.

This, too, is an exquisite treasure in the Sangha.

By this truth may there be well-being.

Ye suppayuttā manasā daḷhena

Nikkāmino gotama-sāsanamhi

Te pattipattā amataṃ vigayha

Laddhā mudhā nibbutiṃ bhuñjamānā.

Those who, devoted, firm-minded,

Apply themselves to Gotama's message,

On attaining their goal, plunge into the Deathless,

Freely enjoying the Liberation they've gained.

Idam-pi saṅghe ratanaṃ paṇītaṃ

Etena saccena suvatthi hotu.

This, too, is an exquisite treasure in the Sangha.

By this truth may there be well-being.

Khīṇaṃ purāṇaṃ navaṃ n'atthi sambhavaṃ

Viratta-cittāyatike bhavasmiṃ

Te khīṇa-bījā aviruḷhi-chandā

Nibbanti dhīrā yathā'yam-padīpo.

Ended the old, there is no new taking birth.

Dispassioned their minds toward further becoming,

They, with no seed, no desire for growth,

The wise, they go out like this flame.

Idam-pi saṅghe ratanaṃ paṇītaṃ

Etena saccena suvatthi hotu.

This, too, is an exquisite treasure in the Sangha.

By this truth may there be well-being.