Ratana Sutta ရတနာ့သုတ်

by Hla Min

Update : 6th October 2026

Ratana / Yadanar

Ratana ရတနာ means Gem (precious jewel)

Ratana Sutta

• Second Sutta in “Paritta Pali”
• Ashin Ananda အရှင်အာနန္ဒာ recited the Sutta at Vesali ဝေသာလီ
• Assertion of truth
• To overcome three calamities ကပ်ကြီးသုံးပါး — massive losses due to famine, diseases, and
  [destructive] weapons

Triple Gems

• Buddha ဗုဒ္ဓ
  The Blessed One, the Worthy One, the Enlightened One
• Dhamma ဓမ္မ
  Teachings of the Buddha
• Sangha သံဃာ
  Monastic Order of the Buddha; Congregation of [paramatta] monks

Three Refuges သရဏဂုံ

• I take refuge in the Buddha
• I take refuge in the Dhamma
• I take refuge in the Sangha

Sutta သုတ္တန်

Pali in Burmese script

Pali Text & English Translation