Paritta

What a gatha is, the five short chants Theravada Buddhists recite, and the Dhammapada's 26 chapters, with each text linked where the story mentions it.

The Mangala Sutta (Khuddakapatha 5): the Buddha answers a deva's question on the highest blessings with thirty-eight ethical and spiritual qualities.

The Ratana Sutta (Khp 6, Sn 2.1): the Buddha's protective discourse on the Three Jewels, taught at Vesali in a time of plague and fear.

A Buddhist protective verse from Majjhima Nikaya 86, in which the arahant Aṅgulimāla wishes safety to a mother in labour and her child.

Eight Pali verses recalling the Buddha's victories over Mara, Alavaka, the elephant Nalagiri, Angulimala and others, chanted as a protective paritta.