Mangala Sutta

YaṁWhich maṇgalaṁblessing dvādasahitwelve in number

Cintayiṁsureflect upon / consider sadevakaO devas / gods

Sotthānaṁwelfare / well-being nādhigacchantido not attain

Aṭṭhatiṁsañca33 (deities) maṇgalaṁblessing

Desitaṁspoken / taught Devadevenaby Deva Deva

Sabbapāpavināsanaṁdestroying all evil

Sabbalokahitatthāyafor the welfare of all worlds

Maṇgalaṁthe highest blessing taṁthat bhaṇāma he.I proclaim / declare

EvaṁThus mehave I sutaṁheard

EkaṁAt one samayaṁtime / occasion Bhagavāthe Blessed One Sāvatthiyaṁin Sāvatthī

viharatiwas dwelling Jetavanein Jeta’s Grove Anāthapiṇḍikassaof Anāthapiṇḍika ārāmepark / monastery

AthaThen khoindeed aññatarāa certain devatādeity / deva abhikkantāyaradiant / shining rattiyāat night abhikkantavaṇṇāradiant / shining

kevalakappaṁthroughout the night JetavanaṁJeta’s Grove obhāsetvāilluminating yenaby which Bhagavāthe Blessed One tenupasaṅkamiapproached

UpasaṅkamitvāHaving approached Bhagavantaṁthe Blessed One abhivādetvāpaying homage ekamantaṁto one side aṭṭhāsistood

EkamantaṁTo one side ṭhitāstanding khoindeed sāthat devatādeity

Bhagavantaṁthe Blessed One gāthāyain verse ajjhabhāsiaddressed

Bahūmany devāgods manussāhumans caand

maṅgalāniblessings acintayuṁpondered

Ākaṅkhamānādesiring sotthānaṁwell-being

brūhitell maṅgalamuttamaṁhighest blessing

Asevanānon-association bālānaṁwith fools

paṇḍitānañcawith the wise sevanāassociation

Pūjāhonoring pūjaneyyānaṁthe worthy

etaṁthis maṅgalamuttamaṁhighest blessing

Paṭirūpadesavāsoliving in a suitable place caand

pubbeformerly caand katapuññatāhaving done merit

Attasammāpaṇidhiright self-direction caand

etaṁthis maṅgalamuttamaṁis the highest blessing

Bāhusaccaṁmuch learning caand sippañcaskill

vinayodiscipline caand susikkhitowell-trained

Subhāsitāwell-spoken caand yāwhich vācāspeech

etaṁthis maṅgalamuttamaṁis the highest blessing

Mātāpitumother and father upaṭṭhānaṁsupporting

puttadārassaof children and spouse saṅgahocare

Anākulāunconfused caand kammantāwork

etaṁthis maṅgalamuttamaṁis the highest blessing

Dānaṁgiving caand dhammacariyāliving in accordance with Dhamma

ñātakānaṁto relatives caand saṅgahosupport

Anavajjāniblameless kammāniactions

etaṁthis maṅgalamuttamaṁis the highest blessing

Āratīrefraining viratīabstaining pāpāfrom evil

majjapānāfrom intoxicants caand saṁyamorestraint

Appamādoheedfulness caand dhammesuin wholesome states

etaṁthis maṅgalamuttamaṁis the highest blessing

Gāravorespect caand nivātohumility

santuṭṭhicontentment caand kataññutāgratitude

Kālenaat the right time dhammasavanaṁlistening to Dhamma

etaṁthis maṅgalamuttamaṁis the highest blessing

Khantīpatience caand sovacassatābeing easy to correct

Samaṇānaṁof ascetics caand dassanaṁseeing

Kālenaat the right time dhammasākacchādiscussion of Dhamma

etaṁthis maṅgalamuttamaṁis the highest blessing

Tapoausterity caand brahmacariyaṁholy life

Ariyasaccānaṁof the noble truths dassanaṁseeing

Nibbānasacchikiriyārealization of Nibbāna caand

etaṁthis maṅgalamuttamaṁis the highest blessing

Phuṭṭhassawhen touched lokadhammehiby worldly conditions

cittaṁmind yassawhose nanot kampatishakes

Asokaṁsorrowless virajaṁstainless khemaṁsecure

etaṁthis maṅgalamuttamaṁis the highest blessing

Etādisānisuch things katvānahaving done

sabbatthameverywhere aparājitāunconquered

Sabbatthaeverywhere sotthiṁsafety gacchantithey go

taṁthat tesaṁfor them maṅgalamuttaman-tiis the highest blessing