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The ten-thousand world-systems Shook, like a struck bronze bowl; 4. On that day of the birth festival, A golden hue of his own body arose, A great light illuminating The hollows of the ten-thousand world-systems; 5. The spontaneous playing Of untuned leather-covered drums and kettledrums, Became the place For the announcement in the world of the unsurpassed Dhamma teaching; 6. The spontaneous playing Of drums, trumpets, flutes, conches, and lutes, Became the cause For attaining progressive dwelling and meditation; 7. The cutting of bonds of ropes and snares, Of houses, chains, and other fetters, Became the initial cause For the disappearance of pride in animals, birds, and humans; 8. The announcement of the cessation of diseases And the attainment of happiness for the great multitude in the worlds, Through the seeing of the Four Noble Truths, Became the place for the teaching of the Four Truths; 9. For the blind from birth on earth, Who had various wonderful forms as their object, There arose the divine eye, A source for attaining the eye of the three worlds; 10. The drinking of the nectar of praise and song With cupped hands of hearing by the deaf, Was the cause For the realization of the superhuman divine ear element; 11. On that day, the clear appearance Of mindfulness for those born dull-witted and so on, Became the place For the arising of the foundations of mindfulness for him whose mindfulness was previously established; 12. The walking on the roads, The beautiful lotus-like footprint arrangement, for the lame, Was the sign For the attainment of the former speed of the four bases of power in the world; 13. With sweet voices, those born mute Spoke praises and songs like bards, On earth, the hunchbacked person A place it was for the removal of crookedness. 14. "A refuge, the best of men he will be, For deliverance from the wretched state of beings." Even elephants made elephant-sounds, Horses neighed, as if in joy. 15. The four clear discriminations He will penetrate in the future, surely. From that very cause, Ships quickly approached from foreign lands. 16. Of itself, a shining forth then Of jewels, a mine of worldly treasures. The rays of the Dhamma, of the Sun of the Solar Race, A place it was for the spreading forth of brightness. 17. Musical instruments made a mingled sound, As if here they were proclaiming his virtues. Open, the regions in all directions, As if filled with the spreading of fame. 18. Of all the fire of defilements, By the showing forth of the state of final Nibbāna, In the hells, the rows of blazing flames Then, in that birthplace, attained coolness. 19. For the gaining of the fourfold confidence-knowledge Of him who was confident in assemblies, Then in the worlds, the great rivers, And even the small rivers, had no overflowing. 20. A light arose, having dispelled The darkness in the spaces between the worlds. The destruction of the darkness of delusion, That was the cause for the gaining of the light of path-knowledge. 21. The taste of perfect deliverance would be his, The eighty-four thousand sections of the Dhamma, Sweet, the water of the four oceans, Continuous, free from waves. 22. In the regions, in the four directions, Of the fierce wind there was no blowing then. It became a prior sign for himself, For the breaking of the bones of the hostile view. 23. Of branches of trees with new shoots and leafy crowns, The state of being covered with flowers, Became a prior cause for the adorning of the body with the flowers of deliverance. 24. Of the moonbeam, the awakener of the lotus ponds, There was then an exceeding shining forth, At the arising of the Buddha-moon of mindfulness, For the gladdening of the minds of the multitude of people. 25. Purity and coolness, the calming of the hot sun, A sign it became, the foremost, For the gaining of the happiness of mind and body in that birth. 26. Gag Having crossed over the flood of evil desires, Then the earth trembled for the birds, It was a place of refuge, For good people, having well heard the Buddha's teaching. 27. Then, rain fell from the sky, An untimely gift of water in the four continents, From the Buddha, it was the cause, Of an unbroken rain of Dhamma falling in assemblies. 28. Then, festive games and celebrations, Even for the gods in their own mansions, Having approached, there, there, exclamations, It was the cause of the arising of joy for the Bodhi. 29. Doors of mansions opened by themselves, Closed were the windows and air vents, For the attainment of the path leading to the cessation of suffering, They brought a sign. 30. On that day, the giving of sweet food, In their own realms to the hungry, Was a sign for themselves, For the attainment of mindfulness directed to the body. 31. On the day of the birth festival, thirst, Vanished from the poor people in the world of the departed, Of the happy one, having attained equanimity and Buddhahood. 32. The gaining of loving-kindness by hostile people, On that day, even for crows and crow enemies, It was a place for the endless world of beings, For the cultivation of the divine abodes of Brahmā. 33. Just as with the arising of the fruit of the path of mindfulness, The fear of existence vanished for the Tathāgatas, At the great festival of mindfulness, fear or terror, Was not for those gone to the animal realm. 34. The approach of affection for beings, For the voice that brings joy to the heart, Like the manifestation of the taste of harmony, Of the Buddha's teaching for the disciples. 35. As if for the white fame planted, Of you in this earth's water basin, Like streams of water from a constructed machine, Streams of water touched the surface of the earth. 36. The earth, covered with five-colored, Lotus blossoms, a burden of rows of bees, shone, Aquatic and terrestrial, taking pollen, Everywhere on earth, flowers bloomed. 37. On branches, vines, trunks, and limbs, Then, hundreds of petals were well-flowered, As if for the sight of the heroic man, They were eyes widely opened. 38. Above, above, becoming seven by seven, Hundreds of petals arising from the stone surface, Your miracle, so difficult They say that here, not because of closed doors. 39. By the creeper of his own perfections, by the creeper adorned with flower-like smiles, he adorned as far as the peak of existence, the three worlds with a flag-garland at his birth festival. 40. Beautiful like an inverted lotus, he established the glory of a lotus forest in the sky, as if saying, "I will give a shower of lotus flowers on earth," he rained down a shower of Dhamma. 41. Lovely, lovely in the beauty of form, they practiced the Dhamma on the stage of desirelessness, the bees, the houses of honey-drinking, did not approach the Dhamma-lovers on that day. 42. Lakshmi, the abode of lotuses, entered the world, carrying abundant new incarnations, the earth, adorned with mountains, trembled as if overwhelmed by the abundance of offerings. 43. Beautiful, beautiful women then performed plays in many moonlights, a very heroic, long-scattered star cluster shone more brightly than the sun. 44. The wind, the wind blowing gently, drove away the weariness of the people, the clouds, the clouds extinguished forest fires, and brought prosperity of crops everywhere. 45. Clear, clear was the delightful fame, the abode of eloquence, skilled in measure, good people, and not-good people, revered his feet marked with the sign of the wheel. 46. The earth, the lords of the earth, united, then ruled with the ten virtues, the heart, with speech pleasing to the mind, they established friendship with the unfriendly. 47. Intoxicated, very intoxicated, even the lordly elephants then behaved peacefully with the kings of beasts, strong, and not-strong, other beasts then showed respect to one another. 48. In the world, on the day of birth of the one eye of the world, things were very bright, weapons laid down, not laid down, created fear only for the evil one, not for others. 49. The sounds of divine drums, lutes, And instruments were played, divine dances shown, The sky like a stage for gods' assemblies, A supreme offering to the thirty-three. 50. In the golden-hued wife, heavy with child, Like Nandana grove, a grove of love, With auspicious signs, great and wondrous, In that eye-pleasing one, devotion will be auspicious. Thus, in the Jinavaṃsadīpa, composed by the monk named Medhānanda, a treasure of delight for the hearts of all poets, in the section on the near causes, the description of the occurrence of various previous omens is completed. The seventh chapter. 1. Pure of lineage, with all relatives, Taking the prince, the eye of the three worlds, They went to Kapilavatthu, A city adorned, the crest jewel of cities. 2. Then, one skilled in super-knowledge, a sage, With all defilements quelled by concentration, Dwelled near Suddhodana, the king, A family priest, named Devala the ascetic. 3. That ascetic, desiring solitude, Came to the heavens for his daytime retreat, To understand the matter, he asked the deities About the auspicious festival being celebrated. 4. "Your patron's excellent son, Having defeated Māra and his army, Will attain enlightenment, A great festival is happening," they said. 5. Prompted by this account, The ascetic, powerful with psychic power, After disappearing from the abode of gods, Appeared in the king's residence. 6. Desiring to see the prince, He sat on a well-prepared, great throne, And said to King Suddhodana, "I have come here to see your son." 7. The king, whose diadem was kissed By the feet of ascetics, Brought forth the prince, Adorned and decorated. 8. Because of his own nature, The son did not pay homage to the ascetic, But the lotus feet marked with wheels Turned and rested on the ascetic's matted hair. 9. Taking the prince,