Let’s remember the Mother who gifted a noble teacher

The full moon on this Vesak Day, so serene,
Shone brightly, casting its mellowed golden beams,
Over the sylvan garden at Lumbini
The ideal place for solace and peace.

To the melodious songs of birds and dancing trees,
The fragrance of flowers scenting the breeze,
Beautiful Mahamaya Devi, King Suddodhana's queen
With her retinue rested here, enjoying peace.

This day we should reveredly remember,
Mahamaya Devi the Queen Mother,
To whom a prince was born, named Siddharta,
Who enunciated the Eightfold path to attain Nibbana.

His knowledge of life was boundlessly vast,
None could equal nor ever surpass.
Ending suffering in Sansara, He found at last,
And attained Buddhahood and showed us the path.

Let us on this eventful day remember,
With gratitude and bow in prayer,
To that Mother who gifted a noble teacher,
To the world, He preached the Dhamma.

As done in our homes, worship and adore,
Our mothers who bore hardships untold,
Let us not forget to say the same prayer every morn,
To Mahamaya Devi, mother of the greatest being ever born.
"Dassa mase urekathwa, posethi uddhi karang
Ayu deegan vassa sathan, mathu padang nama mahang"

By G.A.D. Sirimal, Boralesgamuwa