10: The Story of Sātāgiri and Hemavata – 476
Venerable Buddha of sun-bright glory, all these divine Yakkhas, who are
endowed with supernormal powers, derived from their past meritorious
deeds; who possess plenty of excellent gains and retinue; whose number is
1,000, with their bodies infused with the spirit of the great supermundane
refuge, approach together with us to seek protection, believing you to be a
shelter. You are our supreme teacher beyond compare, who helps and
advises us, giving instruction so that we are able to build the first
exquisitely decorated palace of the noble ones.
Te mayaṁ vicarissāma, gāmā gāmaṁ nagā nagaṁ,
namassamānā Sambuddhaṁ, Dhammassa ca Sudhammataṁ.
Venerable Buddha of sun-bright glory, from today onwards we will move
from one divine village to another, from one divine mountain to another,
to proclaim like town-criers, exhorting people to walk the path to Nibbāna
and singing in praise of the respective glories of the Three Treasures; we
shall proclaim, paying respects to the state of the Buddha, with our
clasped hands placed on our heads and our joyous devotion meant for the
genuine Buddha, the Lord of the Three Worlds, and full of immeasurable
attributes and also to the state of the Dhamma, the way out from the
round of suffering, of the teaching which is tenfold, its constituents being
the four paths, the four fruitions, Nibbāna and the mass of Dhamma parts.
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