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With peaks adorned by many celestial beauties, Very high, like the color of a blue peacock's neck, This is Samantagiri, my dwelling, O Sage; 747. Thus, with a pleased mind, named Sumana, Having spoken, having bowed, ready to depart, Kāsātha, that Sage too, accepting his words, With all the monks, the Jina departed into the sky; 748. Even insentient mountain feet and beginnings, Nāgas, supaṇṇas, beasts, and birds, because of them, Vijjādharas, immortals, asuras, four-faced ones, Gathering, made a great and wondrous festival, Sumana; 749. As the Sage departed, the triple world prospered, Mountain kings rejoiced, tree kings awakened, Beast kings were delighted, bird kings sang sweetly, Great rain fell, the heat subsided; 750. As the Sugata went through the sky, the sun was calm then, Clouds warded off the sun's heat, and sprinkled water on the earth, A gentle, fragrant, pleasing breeze brought cool happiness, Gods, etc., with flags, umbrellas, and chowries in hand, worshiped and honored; 751. With water, hintāla, aga, sindi, pūga, Tāla, ambasa, sāla, and great trees, They stand, like those with chowries in hand, Covered with flowers, even the sky's courtyard. 752. Thus the one lord of the world, While the great festival was proceeding, Filling the directions and intermediate directions, With six-colored rays, ascended the mountain king. 753. There, on the summit of the surrounding mountain, the world's lord, Scattering a mass of six-colored rays in the directions, Surrounded by monks, to the edge of the surrounding sea, He stood, of incomparable beauty, looking around. 754. Adorn the peak of Adam's Peak in Lanka, A great, priceless jewel of the people's king, Granting desires, giving blessings, unparalleled in the three worlds, Now, indeed, worship and serve it always. 755. Then the chiefs of gods with celestial maidens, On the rocky peaks of Lanka, in great assembly, Struck the drums, all spontaneously resounding, Scattered divine flowers and ornaments from the sky. 756. The entire sky of Lanka was a canopy of umbrellas, Crowded with flags and banners of various colors, The space between the directions filled with various fragrant flowers, The sky adorned with rows of priceless lamps. 757. On that day, with jeweled arches, Beautiful with rows of lamps and full pots, The entire sky, earth, and all moving and unmoving things, Were reddened by the six-colored rays surrounding the body of the Buddha. 758. The surrounding mountains were like garlands and wreaths, Bowing and circling as if conscious, All the trees, vines, and so forth there, Danced like divine actors with lowered branches. 759. Thus, then, in this great wonder and miracle, Generated by the Buddha's power, here occurring, Having seen the wise one's footprint, the monk Sudhāsī, With a supremely joyful mind, elated, spoke thus: 760. Those soft, tender, red feet, Like fully blossomed red lotuses, With round, successive, long fingers, And rows of beautiful, raised, pointed nails; 761. With golden tortoise-like, raised insteps, Hidden ankles and long heels, Perfectly placed on the level ground, Not soiled by dust or the like, with pure skin; 762. With the grace of a well-trained elephant, bull, swan, or lion, Wherever he goes, The uneven ground becomes like a drumhead, Covered with flowers and the like. And well adorned; 763. Paths open of themselves, Stumps, thorny roots, and thickets all, Deep waters, impassable mud, Abandon their nature, become delightful; 764. Mountains sink to the earth, When the Best of Feet of the Conqueror is extended, Fire is extinguished even in the hell's belly, And lotuses and others receive the feet; 765. For here on your soles, O Ascetic, With navel, felly, and wreath, Well-placed, endowed with a thousand spokes, Is seen the great, excellent wheel; 766. And surrounding that wheel, Are the auspicious mark, the swastika, and the ear-ornaments, Palaces, noble seats, and brimming bowls, White parasols, swords, and peacock-feather fans; 767. Blue and other kinds of lotuses and water lilies, Mount Meru, the seven continents, and the great oceans, The seven rivers, the seven great lakes, The Himalayas, and half of the Cakkavāḷa mountain; 768. The moon, stars, and the six deva-worlds, The abode of the Great Father, the human world, Golden ships, palanquins, and conch shells, Mount Kailāsa, banners, and arches; 769. Wish-fulfilling jewels, parasols, cows with calves, A pair of fish, a wheel-turning monarch with his army, Lions, horses, elephants, tiger-kings, Swans, bulls, kinnaras, peacocks; 770. Herons, the elephant king Erāvaṇa, Pairs of ruddy geese, makaras, and others, Various great auspicious marks of yours, Shining forth, are ever resplendent; 771. At whose birth, the earth trembled, And wide, seven-day lotuses, Received the feet, These are those wonders in the world; 772. At the time of offering for homage, Your feet, brought by your father, To the ascetic Devala, Were, "Yours are these," in his matted locks, O sir; 773. Into the head, the pure lotus pond, Of King Suddhodana by name, Filled with the waters of joy, Your feet were lotuses; 774. Those feet which, at the end of walking, Subdued the mountains that rivaled the rising of Meru, Received, These are those wonders in the world; 775. That which, while being worshipped by the lord of gods, By whose power, even one whose life was spent, In his own place, the sword Even so, O wise one, of great glory, your lotus feet; 776. Even the path of the Devas, the enemy of the moon, So highly exalted, lying down as you are, Could not see even the end of your foot, Wonderful is the form of this lotus foot; 777. Near the Ganges, in the presence of the lord of the Ganges, On the bank of the crooked Nammadā, The mark of the foot was made by the lord of sages, May that compassion of yours be for me too; 778. Worshipped by the ascetic Saccaka, You made Saccaka bound to a rock, The mark of the foot for the good of the world, May that grace be for me too, as I receive it; 779. Having heard his words, the lord, Seeing the great future prosperity, Being honored by the worlds in the world, Made a mark with his left foot; 780. Enlightened on the eighth autumn day, In the month of Vesākha, on the full moon, The mark of the foot was made in the afternoon, With the Devas, with the ascetics, in great splendor; 781. As on the forehead of an acrobat, A royal seal is marked, So indeed is the mark of the Jina's foot, On Samantakūṭa, worthy of reverence; 782. Then an untimely cloud rained, Raining various jewels from the sky, Likewise, all around, flowers and garments, And golden dust of the color of the Jina; 783. Then, having gone to the Sugata, the Blessed One, In that mountain cave on the slope, Where he sat for the day's retreat, That is well-known as the Blessed One's cave; 784. Then those Arahants, the spiritual sons of the Sugata, Having well honored everything with perfumes and the like, Having paid homage and circumambulated, Each made their day's retreat there; 785. Creepers, clinging to branches, Hanging down, thick with sap, With fully blossomed mango blossoms, Seem to be paying homage, with bent tips; 786. The trees stand there like dancers, Having raised their branches full of flowers like hands, Seeming to pay homage, with bent tips, They always display wonders of pride; 787. Likewise, the high and low mountains also, Seeming to pay homage to the footprint, Stand with their peaks all around, This too is always a great wonder there; 788. In that... In a space the size of a threshing floor, Marked by the noble footprint, Though many people gather, There is always space, indeed a footprint; 789. When great beings had gathered, And departed like clouds, They cleansed the ground well with water, This too was a constant wonder there; 790. Such wonders exist For a stone touched by a foot, What great wonder should not be told Of the unique, taintless Lord of the world? 791. Having spent the day in seclusion, the Blessed One with the Sangha, For a while in that place, While being honored by the world with its gods, Then from the sky, he went to Rohana; 792. There, the Sage with the Sangha, at Dīghavāpiya, At the place of the Thūpa, on the excellent ground, Making that ground heavy, He sat in the state of cessation, without passion; 793. Then from the sky, the Blessed One to Anuradhapura, And to the ground where the Bodhi tree stood, To the place of the great auspicious Cetiya, And likewise to the place of the undiminished Akkhanti; 794. Having attained undisturbed joy, he sat, With his disciples, foreseeing the future, "The relics of the Bodhi tree are established by me, They will bring increase to the world," he said; 795. Having risen, pleased, from cessation, the Blessed One Went to the place of the excellent Silāthūpa, Having stood there, indicated the Dhamma, And from the sky, went to the delightful Jetavana; 796. Thus, the King of Dhamma, who acted for the welfare of beings, free from the host of defilements, The footprint that he made on the beautiful Sumanagiri peak in lovely Laṅkārāma, That gives heaven and liberation, like the Sage, when the mind is pleased, Therefore, O! O! Be delighted and pay homage to that, well praised, praised indeed; Thus ends the description of Samantakūṭa. End of the text. 1. After the completion of this description of Sumana Mountain, May good intentions quickly reach the hands of those who are virtuous; 2. Requested by the forest-dwelling, virtuous, wise one, Known on earth by the name of Rāhula Thera; 3. Known in the world like the sun in the sky, Araññaratanānanda Mahāthera, the great leader; 4 Like life itself, a great poet of the Teacher's doctrine, The essence, in good practice, having crossed the Teacher's ocean; 5.