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For the greedy one who has spoken, for the end of suffering, And I bow to the task, the peak of training. 37. You shone without greed with smoke, with high splendor, Standing, having overcome those, a tree with deep roots; From whom, even the greedy one fills them twice, The Conqueror, I worship the Buddha, for the sake of benefit. 38. In a delightful place for people, with ten broad lakes, In the best sage's hut, on the path of noble ones; He abandoned the very defiled, the auspicious talk, And here, in the third, he established this, I bow. 39. In Vesālī, you dwelt, acting skillfully, You knew them, in them you gained this and that; Among the townspeople, you shared comfort and long life, Among these excellent ones, I bow, incomparable giver. 40. Suppiya spoke harsh words from that, Muttika endured the praise of virtues as it was; The young man went a long way, wandering, The good people bowed to the best Buddha from afar. 41. The pure one, friendly, approached then, The Brahma who delighted in drinking young women; Standing alone, he spoke of virtues, This one bows to the Conqueror, the one who teaches the path. 42. Knowing all, he gave the liberation of the mind, The Elder Ānanda, known for the Coḷisutta; Before the body, for the sake of worldly action, At the height of that place, compassion arises, I bow. 43. Having well-spoken the middle morality, another, Accumulated here, for a long time, leading; And he awakened to the broken, descending, I bow well to the one who has gone forth, pure here. 44. Indeed, he spoke of great virtue, beloved, The Brahma's abode is delightful and charming to me; Even a moving word, sometimes, O mother, I bow to that excellent wise one, even if exhausted. 45. Having conquered delusion in the first victory, Dwelling in the beautiful Isipatana forest. Disturbing all, speaking with splendor, I bow to the Conqueror, the subduer of the terrible. 46. By day In this prosperous city, he resided, Relying on that multitude of people, firm in mind; Knowing that unborn one, dwelling in the forest, I bow to this excellent man, who brings welfare. Having made abundant human offerings, Seeing the third, he himself made the fourth; Having made the assembly free from defilement and greatly exalted, Having dispelled other destinies, I bow. In the city of Ajaya, he resided there, In the great jewel-like forest, where birds sang; Indeed, he, the lord, resided, bringing welfare and auspiciousness, I bow to this one, desired by both, well-pleased. In the sixth year, the sage resided there in that forest, Having reached the Makula mountain, supporting all; Having abandoned defilements, the excellent country of human existence, I bow to the devoted one, who shakes off Mara, the little, the small. Surely, he observed the fast here, and again beyond, In the great city of the thirty-three gods, unconquered, full of qualities of happiness; He spoke what was praised by ages, indeed, what was false and most foolish, I bow to the one who has offered, who is incomparable, noble, and has a firm mind. The Victorious Lord, in the Susumāra Bhesakalāvana, Resided, possessed of vast knowledge, indeed, in the abode of joy; Pure, with an upright body, having ended the remaining suffering of division, Having abandoned even the subtle, I bow to this one, the ender. In the great and beautiful, and also there in the cool, He resided in Kusambi, in the ninth year, within; He brought ultimate happiness, having abandoned the meaning here, indeed, I bow to him, dispelling the low, in the abode of all teachers. In the Pālileyyaka forest, having abandoned the elephants, He attended to the chief of elephants, in the tenth, having abandoned fools; He resided happily, physically and mentally, then he was pleased, I bow to him, endowed with great effort, who has gone beyond Mara. From here, having reached Nāḷa, he resided in Dijagāma, in the tenth, With beneficial support, one who is superior here in debates, the speaker; Having stood firm with many opposing meanings, even in the month of Māgha, at that time, In the sense of separation, having abandoned craving, even by those who desire, indeed. In Verañjā, two more, then ten beyond, He dwelt in a blue place, making an end to sorrow in the supreme forest; Tired here, he dwelt in a delightful place for birds, To the pure-minded, Medhaṅkara, the sorrowless giver, I bow. Who, on the complete, moving mountain, even on the peak, Dwelt in beauty, blooming, desired by others, immeasurable; And in the dwelling made in Sāvatthī, on the fourteenth, To the cutter of desires, the sage, I bow, with relatives at the gates. Sakko, in Kapilavastu, having subdued the proud, who is fivefold, Skillful, in Kapilavastu, he dwelt here with the twin miracles, mighty, O others; The Yakṣa, having tamed the skilled in the city, even in the sixteen crooked ones, To the foremost, having been stirred, having matured, I bow, to the Awakener, the sage of wisdom. In the hard-to-reach city, who, from above ten, resorted to the royal palace, But having made seven on the bank, abandoning trembling, Under the tree, full of delight, moving, giving eighteen, Endowed with virtues, I bow here, a hand-elephant, enduring bodily fatigue. In the moving measure, likewise, in the immovable, even in twenty, playfully, If he is a part, in welfare, before, he dwelt, served by heroes; In the delightful city made by others, even in twenty, this, In Hārita, I dwell, abandoning, I bow, even at the root, conquered, exhausted. Having made five times five, then with a lump, in the Jetavana, Who, with mutual affection, by those seated, caused them to be made; In the former former monastery, by means of a snare, he caused the turn to be dwelt, To the purest, stainless, ancient, ultimate mind, I bow. By this merit, may I serve pure good people in the cycle of existence, May I be well-received by them, endowed with a pure retinue, free from illness; Long-lived, greatly wise, easily obtaining fame and wealth, and a good friend, And the divine path of the world, with an equal mind, may I attain Nibbāna. Ka. The Teaching perishes. And in the Kali Yuga, three hundred and ninety-six years (passed); When one thousand two hundred and fourteen (years had passed), the entire country was disturbed. By a war of brothers, the city then became ashes; The assembly of monks, suffered great blows, even came to loss of life, (as recorded) in the scriptures. Even in the Udisaka cetiya, having scattered, that steadfast one from his group is indeed destroyed; Having abandoned what was before, he should dwell in the northern forest, in the potters' village. There, by hundreds of people, even the people (said), "Sirs, dwell here, for all you ascetics, we will attend upon you." There, for a few days, he indeed dwells, having considered the comfort. There in the forest, delighted, he practiced well the noble Dhamma, the Tripitaka, esteemed by good ascetics. Diligent, having embraced (it), well-born, he attends well to the park of the small river. That city, made by hundreds of ministers, and its eastern great treasury, provided means of support, indeed, with much shade, for even the pure ascetic here at the time of dwelling. In the month of Phagguṇa, on the sixth day, having composed, indeed completed, by this one, the supreme (work) was reached. May love indeed succeed, may a good deity protect, and may it grow in the Buddha's teaching. Vāsamālinī is completed.