Evening Chanting (English)

Reflection on the Thirty-Two Parts

[ Ha꜓nda mayaṃ dvattiṃsākāra-pāṭhaṃ bhaṇāmase ] [ Ayaṃ kho ] me kāyo uddhaṃ pāda꜕ta꜕lā adho kesamatthakā ta꜕ca꜕pa꜕ri꜕yanto pūro nānappa꜕kārassa꜕ a꜕su꜕ci꜕no This, which is my body, from the soles of the feet up, and down from the crown of the head, is a sealed bag of skin filled with unattractive things. Atthi imasmiṃ kāye In this body there are: kesāhair of the head lomāhair of the body nakhānails dantāteeth tacoskin maṃsaṃflesh nahārūsinews aṭṭhībones aṭṭhimiñjaṃbone marrow vakkaṃkidneys hadayaṃheart yakanaṃliver kilomakaṃmembranes pihakaṃspleen papphāsaṃlungs antaṃbowels antaguṇaṃentrails udariyaṃundigested food karīsaṃexcrement pittaṃbile semhaṃphlegm pubbopus lohitaṃblood sedosweat medofat assutears vasāgrease kheḷospittle siṅghāṇikāmucus lasikāoil of the joints muttaṃurine matthaluṅgan’tibrain Evam-ayaṃ me kāyo uddhaṃ pāda꜕ta꜕lā adho kesamatthakā ta꜕ca꜕pa꜕ri꜕yanto pūro nānappa꜕kārassa꜕ a꜕su꜕ci꜕no This, then, which is my body, from the soles of the feet up, and down from the crown of the head, is a sealed bag of skin filled with unattractive things.