Verses on Dhamma 11.8.p2

11.8.p2

So hi bodhirukkhamūle nisinno sūriye anatthaṅgateyeva mārabalaṃ viddhaṃsetvā paṭhamayāme pubbenivāsapaṭicchādakaṃ tamaṃ padāletvā majjhimayāme dibbacakkhuṃ visodhetvā pacchimayāme sattesu kāruññataṃ paṭicca paccayākāre ñāṇaṃ otāretvā taṃ anulomapaṭilomavasena sammasanto aruṇuggamanavelāya sammāsambodhiṃ abhisambujjhitvā anekehi buddhasatasahassehi avijahitaṃ udānaṃ udānento imā gāthā abhāsi –

For the Teacher, sitting at the foot of the Bo-tree, before the set of sun, overcame the force of Māra; in the first watch, drove away the darkness that veils previous states of existence; in the middle watch, acquired Supernatural Vision; and in the last watch, out of pity for living beings, by focussing his thoughts on Dependent Originations and meditating on it both forwards and backwards, at sunrise he obtained Complete Enlightenment. Thereupon he breathed forth a Solemn Utterance common to countless thousands of Buddhas, pronouncing the following Stanzas,