Excellent Attributes 殊勝功德 Teachings on Ratana Sutta 《寶經》的教法

Ratana Sutta 寶 經
Verse One 偈一
Yānīdha bhūtāni samāgatāni,
Bhummāni vā yāni va antalikkhe;
Sabbeva bhūtā sumanā bhavantu, 
Athopi sakkacca suṇantu bhāsitaṁ.

Whatsoever beings are here assembled, those of the earth or those of the air, may all of them be happy! Let them all listen attentively to my words!
任何來此聚會的眾生，無論是住在地上或天空的，
但願一切眾生都快樂，願他們細心聆聽我說。

Pali-English Nissaya Translation巴漢逐字翻譯
(yānīdha = yāni + idha)
yāni bhūtāni = whatever beings (in this case, referring to the deities)無論任何眾生（在此是指諸神）
bhummāni vā = whether terrestrial或住在地上
antalikkhe vā = or celestial或住在天空
samagatāni = that are assemble聚會
idha = here在此;
sabbeva = (May) all（願）一切
(te) bhūtā = (those) beings（那些）眾生
bhavantu = be是
sumanā = happy快樂
athopi = Moreover而且
suṇantu = (May they) listen（願他們）聆聽
bhāsitaṁ = to (my) words（我）說
sakkacca = attentively細心

Explanation 解釋
Yānīdha bhūtāni samāgatāni, bhummāni vā yāni’va antalikkhe, sabbe’va bhūtā sumanā bhavantu.──’Whatever beings are here assembled, whether celestial or terrestrial may every being be happy’. ‘Bhūta’ here means any kind of living beings, be they human beings, animals, devas or spirits. The one word ‘Bhūta’ covers every being; all the existing living beings. Here there are so many invisible living beings that we cannot see because our naked eyes are not powerful enough to see everything. Known and unknown, visible and invisible ──living always exist. We deny the existence of invisible beings due to our limited understanding but we do experience good and bad events through the influence of such living beings.
「任何來此聚會的眾生，無論是住在地上或天空的，但願一切眾生都 快樂。」在此，(bhūta）是指任何眾生，無論是人、動物、神或鬼。「眾生」這一詞含蓋了一切有情。有許多眾生是我們看不見的，因為我們的肉眼沒有能力看見一切東西。無論知或不知，見或不見，永遠都有眾生存在。雖然我們會因為自己的知見有限而否認見不到的眾生存在，但是我們還是會因為他們的影響而體驗好事或壞事。

Here, first we radiate loving kindness towards them. This is the Buddhist attitude. Whenever we want to get rid of problems or disturbances which are created by others we radiate loving kindness to them. We do not want to frighten them. So there has never been any occasion where the Buddha’s own disciples ever radiated hatred or sent curses towards any living beings in the name of the practice. That is not real Buddhist attitude.
在此，首先我們向他們散播慈愛。這是佛教的態度。 為了要化解別人製造的問題或干擾，我們向他們散播慈愛。我們不想要嚇他們。所以我們不曾見到有任何佛弟子以修行的名譽對任何眾生散播恨或詛咒。

Athopi sakkacca suṇantu bhāsitaṁ.──”moreover may they attentively listen to my words.” When the Buddha began to speak human beings, divine beings, non human beings became attentive. Then he continued with the second verse.
「願他們細心聆聽我說。」當佛陀說話時，人、神與非人都細心聆聽。 接著他繼續唸第二個偈子。

Source:
Excellent Attributes 殊勝功德
Teachings on Ratana Sutta 《寶經》的教法
Venerable Dhammasubho 淨法尊者
Credit go to Bhante Santagavesaka