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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 Devas, 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 Brahma-gaṇā pi tādino ti.
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 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 Brahmas, 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
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resoundingly in the sky and so loud as to reach
the whole of the 10,000 world-elements.
All the Devas and Brahmas, who had their abodes in the other 10,000 world-
elements beside this one, also congregated in the presence of the Bodhisatta,