[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) › [Hymns, epistles and poetry](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.stotra) › [Dvādaśakāranayastotram](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.stotra.dvadasakaranayastotra) › [མཛད་པ་བཅུ་གཉིས་ཀྱི་ཚུལ་ལ་བསྟོད་པ](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.stotra.dvadasakaranayastotra*bo) › Great Praise of the Twelve Acts of the Buddha # Great Praise of the Twelve Acts of the Buddha Translation of [མཛད་པ་བཅ་གཉས་ཀྱ་ཚལ་ལ་བསྟད་པ (མཛད་པ་བཅུ་གཉིས་ཀྱི་ཚུལ་ལ་བསྟོད་པ)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.stotra.dvadasakaranayastotra*bo) - **Language:** English - **Date:** 2008 CE - **Translator:** [rigpa-translations](https://indike.org/pramana/person/rigpa-translations) - **Extent:** 68 passages, 568 words - **Text:** complete digital text - **Source:** lotsawahouse · Rigpa Translations (tr.), Great Praise of the Twelve Acts of the Buddha, Lotsawa House (version 2.2-20250416) · CC BY-NC 4.0 (Lotsawa House); shown with attribution on a non-commercial site ## Contents - [p1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.stotra.dvadasakaranayastotra*bo~en-translations.p1) - [p2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.stotra.dvadasakaranayastotra*bo~en-translations.p2) - [p3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.stotra.dvadasakaranayastotra*bo~en-translations.p3) - [p4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.stotra.dvadasakaranayastotra*bo~en-translations.p4) - [p5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.stotra.dvadasakaranayastotra*bo~en-translations.p5) - [p6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.stotra.dvadasakaranayastotra*bo~en-translations.p6) - [p7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.stotra.dvadasakaranayastotra*bo~en-translations.p7) - 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[p2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.stotra.dvadasakaranayastotra*bo~en-translations.p2) Unconquerable by others, you vanquished Māra's hordes, ### [p3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.stotra.dvadasakaranayastotra*bo~en-translations.p3) Your physical form resplendent, like a mountain of gold. ### [p4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.stotra.dvadasakaranayastotra*bo~en-translations.p4) To you, the King of the Śākyas, I pay homage! ### [p5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.stotra.dvadasakaranayastotra*bo~en-translations.p5) You I shall praise, who first awakened the mind of enlightenment, ### [p6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.stotra.dvadasakaranayastotra*bo~en-translations.p6) Then completed the accumulations of merit and wisdom, ### [p7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.stotra.dvadasakaranayastotra*bo~en-translations.p7) And now in this age, through the vast sway of your actions, ### [p8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.stotra.dvadasakaranayastotra*bo~en-translations.p8) Have become the lord and protector of living beings. ### [p9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.stotra.dvadasakaranayastotra*bo~en-translations.p9) Homage to you, who, having taught the gods, ### [p10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.stotra.dvadasakaranayastotra*bo~en-translations.p10) Knew the time had come to tame the human world, and ### [p11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.stotra.dvadasakaranayastotra*bo~en-translations.p11) Descending from the god realm like a great elephant, ### [p12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.stotra.dvadasakaranayastotra*bo~en-translations.p12) Foresaw the family of your birth and entered the womb of Māyādevī. ### [p13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.stotra.dvadasakaranayastotra*bo~en-translations.p13) Homage to you, prince of the Śākyas, born after ten months ### [p14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.stotra.dvadasakaranayastotra*bo~en-translations.p14) In the auspicious Lumbinī grove, where ### [p15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.stotra.dvadasakaranayastotra*bo~en-translations.p15) Brahmā and Indra revered you, your supreme marks ### [p16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.stotra.dvadasakaranayastotra*bo~en-translations.p16) Proving you were destined to be enlightened. ### [p17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.stotra.dvadasakaranayastotra*bo~en-translations.p17) Homage to you, lion among men, in all your youthful vigour, ### [p18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.stotra.dvadasakaranayastotra*bo~en-translations.p18) Displaying your prowess in the games at Aṅga-Magadha, ### [p19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.stotra.dvadasakaranayastotra*bo~en-translations.p19) Where you triumphed over the proud contestants, ### [p20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.stotra.dvadasakaranayastotra*bo~en-translations.p20) So that not one could stand as your rival. ### [p21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.stotra.dvadasakaranayastotra*bo~en-translations.p21) Homage to you, who, to comply with worldly convention, ### [p22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.stotra.dvadasakaranayastotra*bo~en-translations.p22) And avoid all misdeeds, took on a queen and courtiers ### [p23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.stotra.dvadasakaranayastotra*bo~en-translations.p23) And by acting with such skilful means, ### [p24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.stotra.dvadasakaranayastotra*bo~en-translations.p24) So you ruled the kingdom. ### [p25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.stotra.dvadasakaranayastotra*bo~en-translations.p25) Homage to you, who saw that saṃsāra is wholly futile, ### [p26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.stotra.dvadasakaranayastotra*bo~en-translations.p26) Renounced the life of a householder, ### [p27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.stotra.dvadasakaranayastotra*bo~en-translations.p27) And, travelling through the sky, ### [p28](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.stotra.dvadasakaranayastotra*bo~en-translations.p28) Ordained yourself before the Viśuddha Stūpa. ### [p29](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.stotra.dvadasakaranayastotra*bo~en-translations.p29) Homage to you, who, intent on persevering till enlightened, ### [p30](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.stotra.dvadasakaranayastotra*bo~en-translations.p30) For six years practised austerities on the banks of the Nairañjanā, ### [p31](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.stotra.dvadasakaranayastotra*bo~en-translations.p31) And taking diligence to its ultimate perfection, ### [p32](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.stotra.dvadasakaranayastotra*bo~en-translations.p32) Attained the supreme samādhi. ### [p33](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.stotra.dvadasakaranayastotra*bo~en-translations.p33) Homage to you, who, seeking to make meaningful ### [p34](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.stotra.dvadasakaranayastotra*bo~en-translations.p34) All your efforts, made throughout beginningless time, sat ### [p35](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.stotra.dvadasakaranayastotra*bo~en-translations.p35) Unmoving in the vajra posture beneath the bodhi-tree in Magadha ### [p36](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.stotra.dvadasakaranayastotra*bo~en-translations.p36) And awakened into true buddhahood, attaining perfect enlightenment. ### [p37](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.stotra.dvadasakaranayastotra*bo~en-translations.p37) Homage to you, who, in your compassion, ### [p38](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.stotra.dvadasakaranayastotra*bo~en-translations.p38) Gazed at once upon living beings, then ### [p39](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.stotra.dvadasakaranayastotra*bo~en-translations.p39) Turned the wheel of Dharma in sacred places like Vārāṇasī, ### [p40](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.stotra.dvadasakaranayastotra*bo~en-translations.p40) And established disciples in the three vehicles. ### [p41](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.stotra.dvadasakaranayastotra*bo~en-translations.p41) Homage to you, who destroyed evil-minded opponents, ### [p42](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.stotra.dvadasakaranayastotra*bo~en-translations.p42) By defeating the six teachers of the tīrthikas, Devadatta and the rest, ### [p43](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.stotra.dvadasakaranayastotra*bo~en-translations.p43) As well as the māras in Vārāṇasī; ### [p44](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.stotra.dvadasakaranayastotra*bo~en-translations.p44) You were the mighty sage, victorious in battle. ### [p45](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.stotra.dvadasakaranayastotra*bo~en-translations.p45) Homage to you, who performed great miracles in Śrāvastī, ### [p46](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.stotra.dvadasakaranayastotra*bo~en-translations.p46) Unmatched in their splendour in all the three realms, ### [p47](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.stotra.dvadasakaranayastotra*bo~en-translations.p47) And through the offerings made by gods, humans and other beings, ### [p48](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.stotra.dvadasakaranayastotra*bo~en-translations.p48) Caused the teachings to prosper and increase. ### [p49](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.stotra.dvadasakaranayastotra*bo~en-translations.p49) Homage to you, who, to spur the lazy on to the Dharma, ### [p50](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.stotra.dvadasakaranayastotra*bo~en-translations.p50) Left your body, though immortal and like a vajra, ### [p51](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.stotra.dvadasakaranayastotra*bo~en-translations.p51) And passed into parinirvāṇa ### [p52](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.stotra.dvadasakaranayastotra*bo~en-translations.p52) In the pure abode of Kuśinagara. ### [p53](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.stotra.dvadasakaranayastotra*bo~en-translations.p53) Homage to you, who, to show that you had not in reality perished, ### [p54](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.stotra.dvadasakaranayastotra*bo~en-translations.p54) And so that beings of the future could gain merit, ### [p55](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.stotra.dvadasakaranayastotra*bo~en-translations.p55) Emanated a wealth of relics, and caused ### [p56](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.stotra.dvadasakaranayastotra*bo~en-translations.p56) Your remains to be divided into eight portions. ### [p57](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.stotra.dvadasakaranayastotra*bo~en-translations.p57) Through the merit of briefly praising in this way, ### [p58](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.stotra.dvadasakaranayastotra*bo~en-translations.p58) The great acts of the lord who is master of the teachings, ### [p59](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.stotra.dvadasakaranayastotra*bo~en-translations.p59) May the actions of all living beings ### [p60](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.stotra.dvadasakaranayastotra*bo~en-translations.p60) Come to equal those of the Sugata himself. ### [p61](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.stotra.dvadasakaranayastotra*bo~en-translations.p61) O Tathāgata, may I and others have a form, ### [p62](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.stotra.dvadasakaranayastotra*bo~en-translations.p62) An entourage, a lifespan, a pure realm ### [p63](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.stotra.dvadasakaranayastotra*bo~en-translations.p63) And sublime marks of perfection ### [p64](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.stotra.dvadasakaranayastotra*bo~en-translations.p64) Exactly like you. ### [p65](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.stotra.dvadasakaranayastotra*bo~en-translations.p65) Through the power of our praising you and this prayer, ### [p66](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.stotra.dvadasakaranayastotra*bo~en-translations.p66) In whatever lands we dwell, may ### [p67](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.stotra.dvadasakaranayastotra*bo~en-translations.p67) Illness, negativity, poverty, and conflict be quelled, ### [p68](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.stotra.dvadasakaranayastotra*bo~en-translations.p68) And Dharma and auspiciousness increase and spread. --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.stotra.dvadasakaranayastotra*bo~en-translations](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.stotra.dvadasakaranayastotra*bo~en-translations) · Pramāṇa