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and defilements; who has no attachment for the twofold sensuality and
threefold existence; who has full deliverance from the bonds of desire and
passion for all sense objects such as the aggregates,
the sense-spheres, etc.;
who is able to walk up and down on the divine road of the eight
attainments; and who has sought such noble qualities as the observance of
the code of moral precepts (
sīlakkhandha
).
Anoma-nāmaṁ nipuṇattha-dassiṁ,
paññā-dadaṁ kāmālaye asattaṁ,
taṁ passatha sabba-viduṁ sumedhaṁ,
ariye pathe kamamānaṁ Mahesiṁ.
O honourable fellow Devas, behold with your own clear eyes the Buddha
Gotama, who has extraordinary epithets through undiminished attributes,
such as being a Perfectly Self-Awakened One (
Sammā-sambuddha
); who
thoroughly sees the significance of the questions presented by those of
subtle intelligence; who disseminates extraordinary knowledge by giving
instruction in a sweet and pleasant voice so that others may be moral and
knowledgeable; who has no clinging with passion and wrong view such as
‘I’ and ‘mine,’ to the various sensual objects craved for through passion
and wrong view; who analytically knows all; who is endowed with
knowledge of the perfections that forms the foundation of omniscience;
who is able to walk up and down on the divine road of the eight
attainments; and who has sought noble qualities such as the observance of
the code of moral precepts.
Sudiṭṭhaṁ vata no ajja,
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suppabhātaṁ suhuṭṭhitaṁ,
yaṁ addasāma Sambuddhaṁ, ogha-tiṇṇam-anāsavaṁ.
O honourable fellow Devas, as we have had the good fortune of beholding
the Buddha with our eyes that has culminated in the attainment of the
paths and fruitions; the Buddha who has crossed over the rough waters of
the fourfold flood and who has eliminated the fourfold pollutants (
āsava
).
Our sight of the Buddha, our opportune beholding of his person, has
happened today indeed! Such an arrival of the dawn, such a daybreak
leaving behind all gloom and blemishes has taken place indeed! Getting
up from deep slumber, being wide awake from a sleep without greed,
hatred and delusion, has indeed now occurred!
Ime dasa-satā Yakkhā, iddhimanto yasassino,
sabbe taṁ saraṇaṁ yanti, tvaṁ no Satthā anuttaro.