Creating a form with 1,000 arms, each equipped with a weapon,<br />Māra, on the elephant Girimekhala, uttered a frightening roar together with his troops.<br />The Lord of Sages defeated him by means of such qualities as generosity:<br />By the majesty of this, may you have the highest victory blessing.<br /><br />Even more frightful than Māra making war all night was Āḷavaka, the arrogant unstable ogre.<br />The Lord of Sages defeated him by means of well-trained endurance:<br /><br />Nāḷāgiri, the excellent elephant, when maddened, was very horrific,<br />like a forest fire, a flaming discus, a lightning bolt.<br />The Lord of Sages defeated him by sprinkling the water of goodwill:<br />By the majesty of this, may you have the highest victory blessing.<br />By the majesty of this, may you have the highest victory blessing.<br />[By the majesty of this, may you have victory blessings.<br /><br />Very horrific, with a sword upraised in his expert hand,<br />Garlanded-with-Fingers ran three leagues along the path.<br />The Lord of Sages defeated him with mind-fashioned marvels:<br />By the majesty of this, may you have the highest victory blessing.<br /><br />Having made a wooden belly to appear pregnant,<br />Ciñcā made a lewd accusation in the midst of the gathering.<br />The Lord of Sages defeated her with peaceful, gracious means:<br />By the majesty of this, may you have the highest victory blessing.<br /><br />Saccaka, whose provocative views had abandoned the truth,<br />his mind delighting in argument, had become thoroughly blind.<br />The Lord of Sages defeated him with the light of discernment:<br />By the majesty of this, may you have the highest victory blessing.<br /><br />Nandopananda was a serpent with great power but wrong views.<br />The Lord of Sages defeated him by means of a display of marvels,<br />sending his son (Moggallāna), the serpent-elder, to tame him:<br />By the majesty of this, may you have the highest victory blessing.<br /><br />His hands bound tight by the serpent of wrongly held views,<br />Baka, the Brahmā, thought himself pure in his radiance & power.<br />The Lord of Sages defeated him by means of his words of knowledge:<br />By the majesty of this, may you have the highest victory blessing.<br /><br />These eight verses of the Buddha’s victory blessings:<br />Whatever person of discernment<br />recites or recalls them day after day without lapsing,<br />destroying all kinds of obstacles,<br />will attain emancipation & happiness.<br /><br />#buddhahindi #buddhahindi #buddhateachings #buddhism #buddhastory #tripitaka #nameless #jayamangalgatha #jayamangalgathahindi
