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What supreme love he has shown,

brave, fearless, and founded on goodness!

His body, by no means slender in virtue,* has instantly become a vessel of supreme veneration!

Gentle in generosity and sturdy as the earth,

how intolerant he is of the sorrows of others!

His accomplishment in bravery

reveals my own harsh qualities!

The world should never be commiserated

for gaining a protector such as him.

Desire surely sighs deeply on this day,

quivering with fear of defeat!

I pay homage in every manner to this illustrious being, a refuge for all living creatures, a source of immense compassion and boundless goodness, a true Bodhi·sattva.”

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Ajita then informed his fellow ascetics of what had happened.

The pupils were astonished

by the Bodhi·sattva’s deeds,

and with gandharvas, yakshas,* snakes and chief deities, they strewed the earth bearing the treasure of his bones with showers of garlands, clothes, ornaments and sandal powder.*