Bow in prayer to that 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 Siddhartha
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 say every morn the same prayer
Worship Mother Mahamaya Devi as a living mother.
‘Dassa mase urekathwa,
Posethi uddhi karanan
Ayu deegan vassa sathan
Mathu padan nama mahan’
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