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unequalled in his taming. He is the Charioteer, the Conqueror, the Instructor, the Caravan Leader, who helps beings cross the bad path; He himself understands all four noble truths, and awakens the multitude of beings, thus he is the Buddha, Like a lotus blooming with the sun's rays, he is fully blossomed with the knowledge of the path. He is the Blessed One, with defilements broken, having vomited the three existences, a refuge for good people. He partook of the True Dhamma, divided into six parts, worthy of veneration; Among all beings, his qualities are unequalled, immeasurable, glorious, shining with excellent splendor, He is the sole support of gods and humans, with unfailing fame, worthy of our homage. Oh, how auspicious is the arising of a Buddha! It is exceedingly rare in this existence, a supreme good fortune. Therefore, those who aspire to omniscience, to various benefits and unsurpassed happiness, let good people pay homage. By this merit, in this life, freed from fear, evil, and suffering, and in the next, both auspiciously, Having experienced endless, perfect happiness and glory, they will be partakers of the unsurpassed. He has feet adorned with wheels, soft hands and feet, well-planted feet. The Buddha has antelope-like shanks, skin like gold, long heels, the Lord; His private parts are sheathed, his skin exceedingly fine, with webbed hands and feet, He has high insteps, deep blue eyes, and long fingers and toes. Standing without bending, his broad knees touch each other. A single hair in each pore, even teeth, and hair standing up like collyrium; His body is straight like Brahma's, his mouth not too close, he has seven protuberances, His body is like a banyan tree, his jaw like a lion's, the front part of his body like a lion's. He has forty full teeth, an excellent, abundant tongue, beautiful, white fangs. Fine, white hair between his eyebrows, a round, even neck, and full shoulders; The Lord of Sages has a voice like Brahma, again, hidden collarbones, and a head like a turban, Adorned with thirty-two marks, with a soft, sweet taste, I pay homage to that Foremost of the World. The Great Homage is finished. Praise of the Tigumba Cetiya Homage to the Blessed One, the Arahant, the Perfectly Self-Enlightened One. He who, at the foot of Dīpaṅkara, gave up the path within his grasp; S Truly, the perfect enlightenment, Do not doubt! I venerate his hair. 2. Who, having fulfilled The unsurpassed great quest for enlightenment's requisites; Attained Buddhahood, I venerate his excellent hair relic. 3. Having attained Buddhahood, Having passed the six places, he proclaimed; Liberation at the Rājāyatana tree, I venerate his excellent hair. 4. There, even Sakka's offering, Naga creeper, myrobalan; And Anotatta water he partook, I venerate his hair. 5. Then, a stone bowl, Given by the great kings; The Tathāgata accepted, I venerate his hair. 6. Then, by the two brothers, A honey-cake; And gruel he partook, I venerate his glorious hair. 7. Who, to Tapussa and Bhallika, Then gave the two refuges; In the world, for the very first time, I venerate his glorious hair. 8. Then, to those attendants there, He gave his hairs; Desiring the welfare of the world, The Lord, I venerate his hairs. 9. And they, having taken that, In Pokkharabbatī they made; A living hair stupa, Venerate this, the very first of all. 10. On every Uposatha day, Emitting blue rays; That which does the world's welfare, Belonging to the Blessed One, I always venerate. 11. The Cūḷāmaṇi cloth stupa, From the time of the Bodhisatta; This, in the Buddha's era, Is the very first of all, I venerate it. 12. I venerate, I bow, I worship the hair; May this merit be for me, A condition for the destruction of defilements. The praise of the Three-Cluster Stupa is concluded. Vāsamālinī Homage to the Blessed One, the Arahant, the Perfectly Self-Enlightened One. 1. Even grown among victors, You are awakened among the wise; Before dawn, I Construct a dwelling. 2. The great, level shore, Worshipped by excellent men; Leaving the fullness of fear, I bow to the golden form. 3. The excellent man, well-awakened, Whose body is supreme among beings; Compassionate and gentle, We eagerly bow. 4. Bearing welfare, of good conduct, Rejoices in happiness; I bow to that fully awakened one, The conqueror who has gone to the end of bliss. 5. A kinsman, with calmed defilements, Who shines with a golden hue; Empty of the Gotama lineage, Homage to that lion among men. 6. The Buddha, pure, cooled in the world, I am exalted, yoked in yoga; Having vomited the past, abiding in the flood, I also bow, I also rejoice. 7. Who approached Bhogavatī, Cool compassion, friend of the world; His fame in the three realms, indeed, May he grant victory to him and to me. 8. Honored, rough, and roaring, Resembling, beautiful, and happy; Known, bearing, and homage, To him whose virtues are praised. 9. Victory banner among crowds of beings, Standing playfully in great happiness; I bow to the auspicious, diffused light, May he grant welfare and happiness to me. 10. Auspicious, born of full merit, Whose virtues are praised by birth and kin; The stainless conqueror who broke enmity, I (bow to) his feet of wisdom. 11. Mindfulness, wisdom, pure, who shines, Praised sage, whose body is happy; Lord, son of man, excellent man, The victorious, excellent, bull-like, generous one. 12. Who is the Buddha, supreme, playful among crowds, Transcendent, fearless, abiding in happiness; Having crossed over, excellent, bearing welfare, I bow to the lord of sages, stainless conqueror. 13. Lord of devas, chief of the excellent assembly of elders, The end of existence, Nibbāna; Faultless, shattering the dust of battle, I bow to him, auspicious-faced, golden-hued. 14. Known as a banner in the Gotama clan, Born like Meru in the field of the world; Having shattered Māra at the chief sacred ground, Most wise. O wise one, speak! Having reflected, I venerate the Lord who is served. 15. The Buddha, pure, lord of immeasurable virtues, Joined, freed, like the moon, dispelling darkness; In the sky, that splendor, like the sun's heat, Firm and stable, is your homage. 16. Who conquered Māra, indeed, conquered all, Indeed, of measured essence, he attained stability; Full of accumulated merit, I bow to him, Full of wisdom, he is of understanding. 17. Like a golden image, incomparable, The supreme hero, honored and served; The lotus-born, the guide to the distant realm, To the form of man and god, I bow to him. 18. When the gods went, he went twice, On the moving rock, he taught his kinsmen; In the upper realm, he spent three seasons, To the Buddha, in my mind, I bow. 19. Hear the exalted, the great elder, Spoken subtly, straight, and thus; Speaking of divine images and actions, To the mighty, praised, spoken of, I bow. 20. In the divine city, guarded by the excellent ones, In the city where Siddhattha was born; In the city of Saṅka, awakened by the great hosts, In other worships, I do not bow. 21. Who is praised as auspicious, silver, strong, The pair offered, he is golden, desirable; Established in mind, red, pleasing, Gone with grace, that beautiful one, I bow to him. 22. The cherished lute, friendly, offered, Very pleasant, the banner, the Bilva, appointed; Placed at the boundary, praised widely, I bow to the one exhausted, subtle, gentle. 23. He enlightened the good destiny, having taken the bowl, He descended, I heard, knowing the meaning; The king worshipped the Sākiya lineage, The wise one, the substratum, spoke the Dhamma. 24. These four, requested, he spoke, Having obtained enjoyments, desired, freed from the flood; The doer, pleased, I bow to him, adorned with a robe, In that world, indeed, his sandals. 25. The seven worlds, flowed, who is the banner, There, the guardian, created, mind-born, foremost. O, awakened from sorrow, Bhaddā! He embraced the practice of faith, high homage. 26. For known immortals standing above, A hair-tip it is for the Victors; Devasuyāma is known as a Victor, Therefore, O happiness, he bowed now. 27. Served with full flowers, Like an elephant, praised, gone to the sky; To that beautiful one, my victory bowed, Giving indeed the power of merit. 28. In this former life, the mother's life was short, In those well-known directions, in the womb; Here, adorned with wind-palms, golden, "Father, father!" he worshipped, I salute the thirty. 29. Above, the lotus-born shines, He offers, illuminated by white light; The well-done, the deathless enlightenment freed, I well-bow to the world-foot, the foremost. 30. The Victor who well-beheld this discipline in the forest, O, standing in death, the bird, ill-spoken; Here in evil, more agitated, the sage's cutting, I bow to the great enlightenment, abandoned by suffering. 31. Who, having resorted to that prolonged pride of birth, By angers, by worlds, spoke ill of the wise; Even in the past, even at the root, he abandoned views, With all attainments, I salute the desired. 32. In Verañja, the best city, adorned, In the dark-blue smoky forest, resounding; In the peaceful, very large, known cool place, Again, I salute the unique one, indeed, in this going. 33. Even now, that Sāriputta, stainless, Having resorted to him, even by death, from where is there a path? Here, the Buddha, out of compassion, begged for discipline, Even though venerable, I salute him who is well-conquered. 34. That excellent sage, remembered in the forest, Risen as the chief in the Gotama lineage; Going, endowed with virtues, gone to salute, Giving the city, radiant, joined with the caravan. 35. Who sat in the Lord's hut-house, In the wealthy, very vast, who is the lord of sages; The sage who obtained gains, with defilements cut, He bowed, radiant, to him who had exhausted (defilements). 36. First Here, may all be accomplished for the desired one, For the first learner here, for benefit and happiness;