Just as a disease is to be known, the cause of the disease is to be relinquished,<br>The state of well-being is to be attained, and medicine is to be relied upon,<br>Suffering, [its] cause, its cessation, and likewise the path, respectively,<br>Are to be known, to be relinquished, to be reached, and to be relied upon. +
Just as Brahmā, without moving away<br>From the abode belonging to Brahmā,<br>Effortlessly displays his appearance<br>Everywhere in the sphere of the gods, +
Just as Brahmā does not move away from his palace and yet his constant manifestation in the desire realm<br>Is seen by the gods, with their desire for objects being relinquished through this seeing,<br>So the Sugata does not move away from the kāya of the genuine dharma and yet is seen by the suitable ones<br>In all worlds, with their stains always being relinquished in their entirety by this seeing. +
Just as, by virtue of his own previous aspiration prayers<br>And as a result of the virtues of the gods,<br>Brahmā manifests his appearance without effort,<br>So does the self-arisen one by means of the nirmāṇakāya. +
Descending [from Tuṣita], entering into a womb, being born, arriving at his father’s palace,<br>Engaging in amorous sports, living in the forest, vanquishing Māra,<br>Attaining great awakening, and teaching the path to the city of peace—<br>Displaying [such feats], the sage does not reach the sight of those who do not thrive [through virtue]. +
When the sun warms them, the hosts of lotuses bloom<br>And kumuda [flowers] close at the very same time.<br>However, just as the sun does not think about the blooming and closing of these<br>Water-born [flowers] as being a quality or a flaw, the sun of the noble one here [does not think thus either]. +
"Deliverance" [refers to] the ten bhūmis;<br>"The cause of that," to the two accumulations;<br>"The result of that," to supreme awakening;<br>"Taking hold," to the beings of awakening; +