1.1“Jātimadena mattohaṁ,I was drunk with the pride of birth1.2bhogaissariyena ca;and wealth and authority.1.3Saṇṭhānavaṇṇarūpena,I wandered about intoxicated1.4madamatto acārihaṁ.with my own gorgeous body.

2.1Nāttano samakaṁ kañci,No one was my equal or my better—2.2atirekaṁ ca maññisaṁ;or so I thought.2.3Atimānahato bālo,I was such an arrogant fool,2.4patthaddho ussitaddhajo.stuck up, waving my own flag.

3.1Mātaraṁ pitarañcāpi,I never paid homage to anyone:3.2aññepi garusammate;not even my mother or father,3.3Na kañci abhivādesiṁ,nor others esteemed as respectable.3.4mānatthaddho anādaro.I was stiff with pride, lacking regard for others.

4.1Disvā vināyakaṁ aggaṁ,When I saw the foremost leader,4.2sārathīnaṁ varuttamaṁ;the most excellent of charioteers,4.3Tapantamiva ādiccaṁ,shining like the sun4.4bhikkhusaṅghapurakkhataṁ.at the fore of the mendicant Saṅgha,

5.1Mānaṁ madañca chaḍḍetvā,I discarded conceit and vanity,5.2vippasannena cetasā;and, with a clear and confident heart,5.3Sirasā abhivādesiṁ,I bowed down with my head5.4sabbasattānamuttamaṁ.to the supreme among all beings.

6.1Atimāno ca omāno,The conceit of superiority <j>and the conceit of inferiority6.2pahīnā susamūhatā;have been given up and eradicated.6.3Asmimāno samucchinno,The conceit “I am” is cut off,6.4sabbe mānavidhā hatā”ti.and every kind of conceit is destroyed.

6.5… Jento purohitaputto thero ….