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Endowed with the blessings of the Noble Dhamma, The path, the fruits, and the attainment, And freed from the stains of eradicated evil, Therefore, He is called Blessed, that Blessed One. Endowed with the blessings of a body Exceeding in virtue and fame, Shining throughout the three worlds, Therefore, He is called Blessed, that Blessed One. For the delight of the eyes of beings, Endowed with a body of incomparable beauty, And adorned with the splendor of all limbs, Therefore, He is called Blessed, that Blessed One. Whatever desired, wished for, and beneficial, Even the welfare of others is accomplished, Thus, endowed with such blessings of desire, Therefore, He is called Blessed, that Blessed One. Endowed with the blessing of effort, Through unsurpassed and supreme virtue, And through the power of profound gravity, Therefore, He is called Blessed, that Blessed One. These six blessings of supreme lordship, Dhamma, fame, splendor, desire, and effort, If they exist in any Conqueror, Therefore, He is called Blessed, that Blessed One. With auspicious, incomparable, unequaled, Endowed with the splendor of unbroken beauty, And radiant with accumulated merit, Therefore, that Blessed One is called "Bhagavā." 26. Just as the glory of his Dhamma-body, So too, the glory of his physical body, Here, it is called "Bhaggasubhāgya," And with these qualities, the Victor is endowed, the Blessed One. 27. Divided by terms such as "kusala" and others, And bound by conditions such as "āyatana" and others, Truly, understood as the nature of a collection of Dhammas, Therefore, that Blessed One is called "Bhagavā." 28. In four ways, in four ways, in four ways, in four ways, Even the ten aspects of the Four Noble Truths, He divided, he divided, he divided, he divided, Therefore, that Blessed One is called "Bhagavā." (Yamakabandhanaṃ) 29. If he cultivated and frequented the divine abodes, The foremost abodes of the gods, unequalled, And the noble abodes, unequalled, And frequented the noble abodes, therefore, That Blessed One is called "Bhagavā." 30. If he cultivated the bliss of bodily seclusion, He cultivated the bliss of mental seclusion and concentration, He frequented seclusion from the substrata of existence, therefore, That Blessed One is called "Bhagavā." 31. He cultivated the round of existence and its cessation, And also the superior human states, He frequented the threefold liberation, therefore, That Blessed One is called "Bhagavā." 32. By the prevention of renewed existence in becoming, This going, known as the craving for existence, If he had abandoned it, by means of the Noble Path, Therefore, that Blessed One is called "Bhagavā." 33. This designation "Bhagavā," a distinguished name, Was not given by mother, father, or others, But upon attaining the state of Enlightenment, That designation became the Tathāgata's. Now, the method found in the Mahāniddesa is explained. 34. With transcendental wisdom, He broke down lust, hatred, and delusion, Therefore, and because he destroyed The thorn of conceit, the Māra of defilements, the Buddha is Bhagavā. 35. Since he is a proponent of analysis, He cultivated, divided, and thoroughly divided the aggregates of the true Dhamma, And having made the transcendental, The measureless states of becoming, therefore, the Buddha is Bhagavā. 36. Since he has developed his body, Always developed his morality, and well-developed his mind, Developed in wisdom, and by all, He is worthy of being well-developed. Then also, the Buddha, the Blessed One; 37. The Blessed One, dwelling in forests, Suitable for seclusion, Far from the noise of people, Forests, lonely lodgings; 38. Mountain caves and rock shelters, Tree roots, open spaces, Cemeteries he frequented, A bed of grass, then also the Buddha, the Blessed One; 39. Of the four kinds of faithful Offerings, robes and other requisites, He was easily satisfied, a partaker, Extremely frugal, then also the Buddha, the Blessed One; 40. A partaker of the taste of the teaching, Of the taste of the Dhamma, and the taste of liberation, Of higher morality, higher mind, And higher wisdom, then also the Buddha, the Blessed One; 41. Of the form and formless Absorptions, of the four immeasurables, He was the destroyer of hindrances, A partaker, then also the Buddha, the Blessed One; 42. Of the eight attainments, Of the eight deliverances, Of the abhibhāyatana, Of the successive dwellings, then also the Buddha, the Blessed One; 43. Of the ten kasina attainments, Of the ten perception developments, Of the foulness attainment, Of mindfulness of breathing, then also the Buddha, the Blessed One; 44. Of right effort and so forth, Of the foundations of mindfulness, the bases of psychic power, Of the qualities well divided Into four, then also the Buddha, the Blessed One; 45. Of the five powers, Of the five faculties, Therefore, the possessor of the ten powers, The self-controlled one, then also the Buddha, the Blessed One; 46. Of the enlightenment factors, Of the Noble Eightfold Path, Of the powers of the Tathāgata, Of the ten, then also the Buddha, the Blessed One; 47. Of the four confidences, If of the four analytical knowledges, Of the six Buddha-qualities, Of the six super-knowledges, then also the Buddha, the Blessed One; 48. "Blessed One," this name Was not given by mother and father, brother and sister, By his own friends and ministers, Nor was it designated by relatives and kinsmen; 49. By ascetics, brahmins, Nor by deities, nor composed by anyone, The root of accumulated evil uprooted, At the Bodhi tree, well-awakened. For the sake of attainment, Of those Blessed Ones, the unobstructed knowledge, This is the ultimate deliverance, That is, the Blessed One is the true proclamation; Now the meaning found in the commentary is spoken. 51. The unsurpassed virtue, etc., Qualities, not common to others, Whoever possesses them, Therefore, the Blessed One is called, the All-Enlightened Blessed One; 52. Thus, virtue, concentration, Wisdom, liberation, knowledge of the vision of liberation, Shame, fear of blame, faith, Energy, mindfulness, clear comprehension, these are the qualities; 53. Purity of virtue and purity of view, Three wholesome roots, Three thoughts, right, Three elements, blameless perceptions, three; 54. Four foundations of mindfulness, Four paths to power, right efforts, four qualities, Four kinds of analytical knowledge, Four paths, fruits also, four; 55. Four noble lineages, Four kinds of knowledge that discern origins, Four kinds of confidence, Five factors of exertion, five measures; 56. Also, the fivefold right Concentration, five faculties, five powers, The element of escape, Five qualities that ripen liberation; 57. Five abodes of liberation, Knowledges, six reverences, six frequent abodes, Six places for recollection, Six elements of escape, six kinds of higher knowledge; 58. Six kinds of unsurpassed qualities, Six perceptions leading to detachment, Six uncommon knowledges, Noble wealth, qualities that do not decline; 59. Qualities of the good person, noble qualities, Seven factors of enlightenment, seven perceptions, seven, The statement of the power of the one with taints destroyed, Seven kinds of purification, and the talk of worthy recipients; 60. The attainment of eight kinds of wisdom, The teaching of the cause, rightly, Penetrating the nature of the world, The teaching of eight inopportune times, and the eight liberations; 61. Objects, starting points, Thoughts of the great person, stages of mastery, Eight kinds, nine ways, Factors of exertion rooted in attention; 62. Nine discourses on abodes of beings, And the removal of hatred, and nine kinds of diversity, Nine successive abidings, Nine perceptions, ten kinds of wholesome qualities. The ten kasina spheres, The ten rightnesses, the Nāthakaraṇa qualities, The powers and the Ariyavāsas, And the eleven blessings of loving-kindness; Twelve qualities of the wheel, And thirteen ascetic qualities, Fourteen kinds of wisdom, Fifteen qualities conducive to liberation; Mindfulness of breathing, Sixteen kinds, not tormenting others, Eighteen qualities of the Buddha, Nineteen kinds of wisdom for reflection; Forty-four kinds of Objects of wisdom, knowledge of arising and passing away, Fifty wholesome qualities, Seventy-seven objects of power; Twenty-four crore lakhs Of attainments, the diamond knowledge of the wandering, The knowledge of reflection on the entirety of conditions, The knowledge of teaching; The knowledge of the faculties And inclinations of beings who are not self-controlled, The qualities that have been described, Are the qualities of the Blessed One, therefore he is blessed; The eight qualities beginning with the state of being human, Having brought together for supreme enlightenment, Accomplished with superior powers, To be accomplished by the great Bodhisattvas; The qualities of determination and the five great Gifts, the four bases of sympathy, The three kinds of conduct, the mass of perfections, Become the requisites for enlightenment; From the time of aspiration until enlightenment, Four incalculable eons, With a hundred thousand, these qualities of enlightenment, Are nourished and gathered in the direction of growth; Those accomplishments that are cultivated By the meritorious in the world, Are called blessed, following both round and escape, Of both those blessed ones; The Bodhisattva, before enlightenment, Diligently cultivating the qualities of enlightenment, Was established in that blessedness, Among humans and gods, the most excellent; Thus, the unique, common, and special knowledges, The distinctions of jhāna and attainment, the path and fruit, In the blessedness at the root of enlightenment, Following escape, becoming a Buddha himself, is praised; Twenty-four y