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Moving like golden Mount Meru, adorned with a red blanket, Pure like the full moon, surrounded by stars. 357. Accompanied by twenty thousand, with minds serene and steadfast, Proceeding with glorious splendor, directly for sixty leagues. 358. Dwelling one league each day, the Buddha, Reached the excellent city of his birth in two months. 359. The Buddha, his lotus face shining with purity, His radiance like a hundred suns, With wheel-marked feet, the abode of virtue, The sole refuge of the triple world, the foremost of the tamed. 360. With golden pitchers, arches, incense, Garlands, flutes, drums, and kettledrums, With parasols, banners, chowries, and fans, Suddhodana and others worshipped him. 361. Having reached the well-adorned city, the beautiful, The best of sages, delightful, Fragrant with flowers, adorned with stamens, crowded with banks. 362. Filled with blooming lotuses, a reservoir of clear water, Decorated with peacock circles, shining with stages. 363. With charming walkways, palaces, adorned with creeper pavilions, The excellent one entered the delightful Nigrodha Grove. 364. "Our Siddhattha, son, grandson," Thinking thus, the proud-minded Sakyans arose. 365. Young princes, to the young princes, they said this: "You should bow to Siddhattha, we will not bow to him." 366. Having said this, they sat down before him, The untamed tamer, the tamed one, the unique eye of the three worlds. 367. Knowing their intention, "The relatives do not bow to me; Now I will make them bow," then and there. 368. Having attained the supernormal absorption of the element of the foot, Having risen from the absorption, like a golden swan, golden-hued, radiant. 369. Having ascended into the sky, the elixir of all beings' eyes, At the foot of the Gandamba tree, like a miracle. 370. An extraordinary, supreme miracle, In that delightful place, the best of sages performed. 371. Having seen that wonder, King Suddhodana, the best of men, Filled with joy and delight, the sole leader of the Sakyan clan. 372. Having adorned his own beautiful head With the lotus-like feet of the Teacher, he did so, and all the Sakyans did likewise. 373. The wise one, at the end of the shower of arrows, delightful, Having rained down the rain of Dhamma, pleasing to the minds of beings. 374. Having destroyed the great dust of delusion, with the Sangha, on the second day, He entered the excellent city for alms, in due order. 375. His lotus-like feet, lotuses in many ways, Sprang up and received him, from place to place. 376. With clusters of bodily light, the city gates, towers, and mansions, Became reddish-yellow, then the walls and so forth. 377. Walking, he entered... Having taken alms in the city streets; The hero, the illuminator of the world, peaceful, tamed, radiant. 378. In a delightful palace, generating joy, Yasodharā, Seeing from the lion window, stood full of love. 379. Adorned with the bright rays of jewels, the excellent Rāhula, Having called him and shown him, "This is your father." 380. Having approached the abode of Suddhodana, the famous one, Having paid homage, surrounded by many women. 381. "O King, your son, with the grace of the king of gods, formerly in the city, Having wandered, now wanders for alms from house to house." 382. Having announced, having announced, she went to her own mansion, Her beautiful eyes filled with a flood of joyful tears. 383. Then the king of the remaining kings, like Indra from Lanka, Trembling, having gone quickly to the presence of the Conqueror. 384. "O Sakyan bull, do not, do not follow your lineage; Even an emperor in the lineage has never before wandered for alms." 385. Thus spoken by the king, the lord of sages, the crest of virtues, "This is your lineage, O Great King, but mine is the lineage of Buddhas. 386. The lineage of Buddhas," thus he declared the lineage of the Buddhas; Then, standing there, teaching the supreme Dhamma. 387. "One should rise and not be negligent, practice the Dhamma," and so on, the excellent Verse, charming, speaking, bringing welfare to the hearers. 388. Having given the taste of the highest vision, having satisfied him, the supreme one, Requested by him, approached his abode. 389. Together with twenty thousand such, the best of bipeds, Having satisfied him with sweet rice and drink, the lord of the earth, 390. With the crest-jewel's rays, golden with folded hands, Having paid homage with the kings, sat near the Conqueror. 391. Those hundreds of beautiful royal ladies also, Permitted by the king, sat there then. 392. Having taught the sweet Dhamma, the jewel of the three worlds, the Conqueror, "Today I will not go to Bimbā's mansion. 393. Lest it break her heart with sorrow," the compassionate one, Having taken the foremost pair of disciples, went to the mansion with his father. 394. The Buddha sat down, entering there on the Buddha's seat; Shining with a network of six-colored rays, like the sun. 395. Adorned with a network of rays, her body like powdered red arsenic; Trembling like a golden vine, Bimbā came near the Teacher, her lips like bimba fruit. 396. With the cool, supreme water of touch on the Teacher's feet; She extinguished the great fire of sorrow, with her heart as fuel. 397. The king declared to the Teacher many virtues of Bimbā; The Sage also revealed the Candakinnara Jātaka. 398. Then, for Prince Nanda, three auspicious events occurred; Marriage, anointing, and house-entering. 399. Even before the auspicious events, the Radiant One ordained him; Taking him, unwilling, to the delightful, excellent monastery. 400. And also Prince Rāhula, adorned with princely ornaments, Following him, seeking his inheritance, his own son. 401. Uttering the dear words, "Your shade is happiness to me"; "Give me my inheritance," he said, "give me my inheritance." 402. Taking him to the monastery, he ordained him without compare; Giving the jewel of the true Dhamma as an inheritance to that wise one. 403. Having departed from there, the Sugata, like the sun, then Developing the lotus-hearts of beings with rays of the true Dhamma, approached Rājagaha again. 404. In a beautiful grove teeming with flowers, in a pond radiant with lotuses and water lilies; In the auspicious Sītavana, with its white sand adorned with walking paths, the Sugata dwells. 405. Then the chief merchant Sudatta, Taking much merchandise in carts; From Sāvatthi to delightful Rājagaha, Went to the house of his merchant friend. 406. By him, the fortunate one, he was told that a Buddha Had arisen in the world, the chief of bipeds; With joyful, elated mind, He thought night was dawn. 407. Having departed from there, in the absence of darkness, By the power of the devas, on the great path; Having gone to that delightful Sītavana, Shining like a full moon. 408. Seeing him, the great sage, blazing like a lamp-tree, Bringing joy to the eyes, he... Having received the excellent foot-dust, The wise one, on his head. 409. Having heard the profound, subtle, pure, and excellent Dhamma; Having attained the fruit of Stream-entry, adorned with a thousand insights. 410. Having invited the Fully Enlightened One, the leader of the world, with the Saṅgha; Having given a donation with delicious food, bringing happiness. 411. For the arrival of the Teacher in the excellent city of Sāvatthī; Having taken the pledge, while going on the road in between. 412. At every league, he gave beautiful, bright artwork; He gave excellent monasteries, having them built with much wealth. 413. Having come again to Sāvatthī, adorned with hundreds of palaces; Shining with archways, moats, ramparts, gate towers, and so on. 414. As if mocking even the king of the gods at all times; Full of all prosperity, adorned with dance, song, and so on. 415. "In which place should he reside?" the Blessed One, the leader of the world; Looking around everywhere for a suitable site for a monastery. 416. Seeing the park of Prince Jeta, like Nandana; Full of shade, water, and so on, he considered the land. 417. Having bought it with a layer of crores of gold coins, the greatly famous one; In that excellent, delightful place for humans and gods. 418. Always beautiful with the sound of the net of small bells, like a flock of peacocks, Delightful, with a roof covered with various jewels, adorned with strings of pearls; Shining brightly with various colored canopies, decorated with flowers and so on, He had a beautiful, excellent, very large, and supreme Perfumed Chamber built. 419. Also a large residence for the three Jinas, Shining with canopies, various beds, and seats; Well-decorated with pavilions, bowers, and so on, Always captivating the mind and eyes. 420. Also, fine, clean, white sand, A beautiful, large terrace with railings; A pond with very cool, pleasant water, Full of fragrant lotuses and water lilies. 421. Well-bloomed Sāla trees, Asana trees, Soga trees, Nāga trees, Punnāga trees, Pūga trees, and so on, shining; The delightful Jetavana by name, The merchant had the best monastery built. 422. With high, excellent mountains, Protected by beautiful ramparts and excellent gate towers; Fulfilling all the wishes of the people, The wish-fulfilling gem of a monastery. He so shone. 423. Then Anāthapiṇḍika sent a messenger To invite the sage. Hearing the messenger's words, The teacher, then, Set out with a great company of monks. 424. Departing from there gradually, He arrived at the excellent Sāvatthi. 425. Holding aloft many bright and beautiful flags, Young men went forth to meet the teacher, like gods. 426. Then, behind them, young women went forth, Carrying lovely, full water-pots, like goddesses. 427. The merchant's wife, adorned with many ornaments, Carrying a full bowl, with hundreds of other women. 428. The great merchant, with hundreds of great merchants,