For the monks and nuns
Cira-parinibbutampi taṃ bhagavantaṃ uddissa arahantaṃ sammāsambuddhaṃ
Remembering the Blessed One, the Noble Lord, and Perfectly Enlightened One, who long ago attained Parinibbāna,
Saddhā agārasmā anagāriyaṃ pabbajitā
We have gone forth with fa°ith from home to homelessness,
Tasmiṃ bhagavati brahma-cariyaṃ carāma
And like the Blessed One, we practice the Holy Life,
Bhikkhūnaṃ sikkhāsājīva-samāpannā
Being fully equipped with the bhikkhus’ system of training.
Taṃ no brahma-cariyaṃ imassa kevalassa dukkha-kkhandhassa antakiriyāya saṃvattatu
May this Holy Life lead us to the end of this whole mass of suffering.