འཕགས་པ་ཆས་ཡང་དག་པར་སྡད་པ་ཞས་བྱ་བ་ཐག་པ་ཆན་པའ་མད 7.14

7.14

Facing the Blessed One, he joined his palms, bowed, and asked the Blessed One in verse about the meaning of his smile:

“When you smiled, Great Hero,
The gods and humans of this world,
Perplexed by your smile,
Stopped and stared.

“Hero free of desire,
Omniscient Guide,
You do not smile without reason.
Faultless One, tell us the meaning of your smile.

“Light shines from the mouth of the Sage,
Clear, pure, and astonishing.
Gods, humans, and denizens of the lower realms
Are gladdened by its touch.

“Great Being, from your mouth
Shine forth rays of light.
Tell us about their meaning.
Compassionate One, please explain.

“Rays of light, white in color,
Shine elegantly from between your teeth.
How do these solar rays,
Dawning with exceptional beauty,
Delight the world,
Which until then had been dark as soot?

“Compassionate Protector
Whose eon is at hand,
Free from desire, you do not smile
Without reason or purpose.

“Give us the prophecy out of compassion,
Please dispel our doubts.

“The light that left your mouth,
Once again returned,
And then descended into
The World Protector’s crown

“Has, like lightning,
Painted boundless virtue in the sky.
Guide, all of this reveals
The conduct of an omniscient one.”

The Blessed One then addressed the venerable Ānanda: “Ānanda, the bodhisattva great being Nirārambha will reach buddhahood in twelve eons. During the eon Praised by the Gods he will become the buddha named Great Light in the world Great Joy. He will be perfect in knowledge and conduct, a well-gone one, a world-knower, and a charioteer for people to be tamed.