Dharani for averting calamity

‘曩謨三満哆母駄喃’ is a phonetic transcription expressing homage to all Buddhas.

An invocation concerning the unobstructed working of the Buddha’s teaching is followed by the introductory mantra sound ‘怛姪他.’ This is not a sentence translated by joining the meanings of the Chinese characters.

‘唵’ (on) is a mantra sound; it is not replaced here with an ordinary word.

This phrase repeats short sounds and ‘吽.’ No sentence composed from the meanings of the characters has been assigned to it.

This is a phonetic phrase repeating the same sounds, not a confirmed word-for-word translation.

Continuing the previous line, this passage repeats sounds in recitation. Separate calamities or effects have not been assigned to individual lines.

This prayer phrase is transmitted through sound. The reading given by the source is preserved rather than turned into a conjectural sentence.

The phonetic transcription continues. A single, definite sentence meaning has not been established from this sequence of characters.

This phonetic phrase repeats sounds. The repetitions remain as part of the original.

This phrase includes the closing ‘娑婆訶’ (sowaka). The dharani as a whole is recited to calm calamities and wish for peace; this explanation is not a complete literal translation of each sound.