7: The Attainment of Buddhahood – 368
ugghosayuṁ Bodhi-maṇḍe pamoditā,
Supaṇṇa-saṅghāpi jayaṁ Mahesino.
This unique victory, acclaimed by this inanimate earth and sky that
rumbled as if animate, belongs only to the Buddha, who by means of
omniscience, without leaving out even the tiniest detail, possesses the
knowledge of all the truth worthy of knowing; who is the depository of
the incomparable glory of glories in the whole of the 10,000 world-
element. This victory is celebrated by humans, Devas and Brahmas
resounding throughout the sky. And it is the vile and wicked Māra who
suffers utter defeat, a complete rout and total retreat, fearing the power of
the Buddha, and who is blinded by ignorance and marched with a great
army as if it would cause upheavals in
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the eight quarters of the
earth’s surface, and started the offensive with intimidation trying to
capture the Bodhi-crested throne (
Bodhi-makuṭa-pallaṅka
).
Thus, on this day of the great victory, the full moon day of May (
Vesākha
),
in the year 528
BCE
, at the site of the unconquered throne where
omniscience was attained by the Buddha, all the hosts of the Garuḷas,
happy and delighted with the victory of the Buddha, who has cultivated
such extraordinary attributes as the aggregates of moral conduct
(
sīlakkhanda
), proclaim the victory resoundingly, and so loud as to reach
the whole of the 10,000 world-element.
Jayo hi Buddhassa sirīmato ayaṁ,
Mārassa ca pāpimato parājayo,
ugghosayuṁ Bodhi-maṇḍe pamoditā,
jayaṁ tadā deva-gaṇā Mahesino.
This unique victory, acclaimed by this inanimate earth and sky that
rumbled as if animate, belongs only to the Buddha, who by means of
omniscience, without leaving out even the tiniest detail, possesses the
knowledge of all the truth worthy of knowing; who is the depository of
the incomparable glory of glories in the whole of the 10,000 world-
element. This victory is celebrated by the humans, Devas and Brahmas
resounding throughout the sky.
It is the vile and wicked Māra who suffers utter defeat, a complete rout
and total retreat, fearing the power of the Buddha, and who is blinded by
ignorance and marched with a great army as if it would cause upheavals
in the eight quarters of the earth’s surface, and started the offensive with