[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Buddhist Literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha) › [Buddhist Sanskrit literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit) › [Bodhisattva path, ethics and meditation manuals](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.marga) › [Bodhicaryāvatāra](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.marga.bodhicaryavatara) › [བྱང་ཆུབ་སེམས་དཔའི་སྤྱོད་པ་ལ་འཇུག་པ](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.marga.bodhicaryavatara*bo) › [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.marga.bodhicaryavatara*bo~en-mt) › 8 # བྱང་ཆབ་སམས་དཔའ་སྤྱད་པ་ལ་འཇག་པ 8 English (machine translation) 8 - **Language:** English ### [8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.marga.bodhicaryavatara*bo~en-mt.8) To the lords of sages, the supreme objects of worship, / I offer delightful māndārava flowers, lotuses, / utpalas, and all fragrant flowers, / and well-arranged, lovely garlands. / I also offer to them clouds of incense / whose alluring sweet fragrance pervades everywhere. / I offer to them divine foods, / an assortment of meals, food, and drink. / I also offer precious lamps / arranged upon golden lotuses. / Upon the smoothed ground anointed with incense, / I scatter delightful loose flowers. / Immeasurable celestial palaces echoing with charming hymns of praise, / radiant and adorned with hanging strings of pearls and jewels, / which adorn the sky— / these too I offer to those of compassionate nature. / Beautiful parasols adorned with jewels, with golden handles, / whose rims are adorned with lovely ornaments, / elegantly shaped and graceful to behold— / these too I continually offer raised up to the lords of sages. / In addition, may an assembly of offerings, / accompanied by pleasant music and sweet melodies / that alleviate the suffering of sentient beings, / abide continuously as distinct clouds! / May a rain of precious gems, flowers, and the like / fall unceasingly / upon all the jewels of the true Dharma, / the stūpas, and the images! / Just as Mañjughoṣa and the others / made offerings to the Jinas, / so do I make offerings to the Tathāgatas, / the protectors, along with their sons. / To the oceans of virtues, / I sing praise with oceans of melodic branches. / May those clouds of melodious praises / truly arise everywhere! / To all the Buddhas who have gone in the three times, / to the Dharma, and to the supreme Saṅgha, / with bodies bowed down, numbering as many / as the atoms of all fields, I pay homage. / To the foundations of bodhicitta - [Previous: 7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.marga.bodhicaryavatara*bo~en-mt.7) - [Next: 9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.marga.bodhicaryavatara*bo~en-mt.9) ## Translations (1) - [Bodhicaryāvatāra—Chapter 2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.marga.bodhicaryavatara*bo~en-pearcey-2.p18) — Adam Pearcey 2007, English ## Linked texts (1) - [བྱང་ཆུབ་སེམས་དཔའི་སྤྱོད་པ་ལ་འཇུག་པ](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.marga.bodhicaryavatara*bo.8) — Classical Tibetan --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.marga.bodhicaryavatara*bo~en-mt.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.marga.bodhicaryavatara*bo~en-mt.8) · Pramāṇa