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in the forenoon and in the evening, in the first watch of the night and in the last watch, constantly, continuously, without interruption, should pay homage to the Buddha. This shows the exhortation. The commentary on the five verses is concluded. Thus, this commentary, named "Illuminator of the Buddha's Qualities," was composed by the venerable Elder Bhaddanta Reva, the purifier of the Dispensation, whose unshakeable and clear knowledge moves through the three Pitakas with their commentaries. It reveals the qualities of the Buddha, subtle, profound, and very difficult to perceive, qualities difficult to comprehend, generating joy in the minds of good people. It is a homage revered by ancient teachers, explained by means of sound and meaning, and by means of meter and embellishment. Conclusion. This (commentary) was written in the great monastery area praised as Mantale city, a mine of the jewels of Buddha, Dhamma, and Sangha, illuminating the Buddha's Dispensation like the sun and moon. This city was the capital, known as Ratanāpuñja, crowded with various families, the abode of virtuous people with merit and wealth, and of monks with morality, concentration, and wisdom. It was built by the great Dhamma King, named Sirīpavaravijayānantayasapaṇḍita Tribhavanādityādhipatimahādhammarājādhirāja, who caused the Pāli of the three Pitakas to be inscribed on stone, and held the Fifth Council. Residing there, a lay follower of good qualities, and his attendant lay follower, having made a common wholesome wish for the realization of Nibbāna, caused to be built a delightful, two-storied, grand monastery, named Suvaṇṇavatī because it was plastered with gold. In this monastery, for monks seeking knowledge, who came from the eight directions, the three Pitakas with their commentaries day by day... By him who constantly, unceasingly recited and resided, who moved with unshakable, profound knowledge in the three Pitakas with their commentaries; who was the chief and most excellent among the group of Dhamma teachers devoted to the Pariyatti Sāsana in Mandalay City; who was honored with the titles 'Revatābhipaṇḍitadhajasāsanavaṃsamahādhammarājaguru' and 'Aggamahāpaṇḍita'; who was the chief great leader of the Mūladvādasasāsana Karā Mahāgaṇa; by the Elder, the Great Leader, the Purifier of the Sāsana, renowned as 'Sāsanāpruñño Ācariya': this commentary, named 'Buddhaguṇappadīpikā', a lamp of the Buddha's qualities, illuminating the hidden meanings of the homage paid by praising the Buddha with words revealing his qualities, spoken by the Blessed One in various places in the Pāli canon by the ancients, and which is profound like the mass of water supporting the earth, and extremely difficult to see like an object hidden by a mountain, and exceedingly subtle and fine like the tip of a hair split a hundredfold, and which reveals the Buddha's qualities, difficult for ordinary people's knowledge to comprehend, was made to illuminate wisdom and for the growth of the Sāsana, relying on the method of commentary found in various commentaries and sub-commentaries. And thus – When the cyclic year arrived, two thousand four hundred; and eighty-nine, when the Sakka era arrived. In the year one hundred and thirty-seven, in the month of Phussa, on the seventh day of the dark fortnight, on a Buddha day, it was completed. Sāmañña. And by me, who composed this, whatever merit has been accumulated; may I, by that merit, attain the supreme enlightenment. Having rescued many beings from saṃsāra, to the cessation of craving; may I realize Nibbāna, with the supreme knowledge of the path. May rulers always protect this populace with Dhamma; May all beings be happy, may they illuminate the Buddha's teaching. And may the people in Myanmar always be free from harm; May they always have wholesome intentions, and attain the deathless state. Named 'Buddhaguṇappadīpikā', the Homage Commentary is completed.