The queen who was
adored by everyone.
The perfect beauty, lady
with ophidian power, appearance of a perfect woman
She was devoted by everyone;
she was the lioness for all the women who dwell on Earth
She was perfect with
all the qualities of all time.
She was the queen of
the island Lanka
Her absolute beauty
enchanted the world, Devi Pattini, who was gifted with prosperity
She was the light of
all the suns, all the moons and all the stars
She was prepared with
all the qualities and equipped paramitha
She is... Prajapathi
The sound of musical
anklet comes from the Shore of Anothattha Lake
The Damaru (a Sri
Lankan drum) is played according to the sound of those musical anklets
The royal princesses
are dancing to the drums
As they dance, the
mansion of the celestial nymphs is created
The princesses are
wearing garlands, they look like that they are from Alakamanda
The beauty of their
dance, and the strength and talent they have in dancing... they must be the
daughters of Asura clan.
They dance by Anothattha
Lake, which is surrounded by mountains.
The sound and shine of
their gem tinklers mixed with the beauty of those princesses, can easily defeat
the beauty of the Moon
Knowing that, and being
defeated by the beauty of the princesses, the Moon hides away.
The daughters of
Vessawana are wearing blue garlands
They have been dancing
all day and sweating
After hearing the proficiency
of Hela Dancing
The Sun dived in to
Anothattha Lake, looking for the Moon
When sunlight fell on
her body from far away,
Marks of fortune could
be seen in her body
She will protect the
power of her clan; she will have the most pride,
Said those marks.
She dreamt about
bearing a Bodhisattva son
That dream will come
true in this life time
Said those marks in her
body
Prajapathi.... Maha Devi......
Her beautiful hair, that
looks like a dark cloud that is about to rain. She was wearing a head-dress
made of gold and gems.
Wearing a white dress
that was made out of the beautiful Moon rays
She was in love for the
first time at Waramgala
The hill country of
Dumbara is getting ready
Playing thirty-five
ragas in music
Dhundhubhi drums are reverberating
from Kimbulwath Pura
The maiden of Koliya Pura
is coming
The fights of the era
are ending
Both parties are
gathered at one wedding
The power of the Asura
clan will be re-established
Surrounded by charming
girls, The Maiden Prajapathi is shinning like the new Moon
The royal crowds from
Dimbulagala and Gampola are here
Kingdom of Virata and
Panchala also support now
Everyone talks about
the goodness of them
It predicts some fortunate
events
She became the wife of
King Suddhodana
Since their horoscopes
matched perfectly
She decided to be
married to him
The flag of the fowl
and lion was combined with the symbol of Sun
This marked the
beginning of a new era in Thun Helaya
This is the fourth era
of this aeon
The sound of ‘Thath’
‘Dith’ ‘Thon’ ‘Nam’ can be heard from the four corners of this land.
With her calm mind, she
thinks about her future son and wished for a bodhisathwa
As she fell asleep, she
saw that dream of white elephant entering to her stomach (womb)
She told about the
dream to Suddhodana and sent him to astrologers to discover the meaning of it.
She waited by the
window till her husband brings the good news and enjoyed the singing of birds
She became a mother at
a full moon day as she wished.
The mist of Hanthana Mountains
came to comfort her
The wind coming through
the paddy fields of Magadha, the kingdom of Sura, refreshed her
Her relatives from
Paranimmitha Wasavarti kingdom brought her comforting food, sweets
King Sakra invited her
to visit his mansion at any time
The embryo is growing
like a waxing moon
The mangoes of Ambul
Ambe village became more sweetened
Blue water lilies
bloomed at Dambulla
She spent a week at the
palace of Birani at Matale
Flowers with much
fragrance were bloomed at Gandhara
Sithulpawwa was filled
with the fruits called ‘Kara’
A comfortable bed was
being made at Dehigolla
And her relatives from
Kosala kingdom are coming to see her
The autogenic rice was
filled in golden plates
She had garments of
Kasi to prepare clothes for her unborn
The Vesak month is
getting closer and she is ready to go to her parents
The roads are decorated
with lanterns
Rituals are taking
place at Weraganthota, Mahiyangane to bless her
The sound of the
rituals can be heard far away from Kandanhena
The Moon is leaving
after spreading dew
The sun arrived but
lowered its heat to comfort her
Wind was blowing at
Bambaragala, forest of Sal trees
A son like a full moon
was born to the Heladeepa
My son who looks like a
moon (shines like a moon)
My son who will become
the Buddha
Fowl in the morning,
cuckoo in the afternoon and Cicada at night will sing the same thing
It is the qualities of
a fortunate mother who lived two thousand years ago
Though it came from sky
as rain, or it was streaming in rivers, every drop of water is chanted with
paritta
Everything talks about
her... the beauty, the charm and the
qualities of the mother
Her two sons Nanda and
Siddhartha are beside her, protecting her
Their songs for the
mother can be heard from all the way down at Kuragala
Though it is from
Kapila Pura, or Kambhoja or Asura Pura, it is a river of goodness that flows
The songs for this
lovely mother are like the soft moon rays that flow on Earth
Ask from the peacocks
that dance in the morning, about the stories in their colorful feathers
Ask for the truth from
every Sal tree in the forest
Which auspicious time
made this month of Vesak so fructiferous?
The Sun bows
down at the Samanala Kanda (Himagira) to honour the quality of this mother.
The Rohini River,
also known as Ganga is murmuring sweet stories
Garments of
Maa loku Devi, the mother of Buddha is kept at Salukanda
She entered
the battle field with her hair wrapped around the sword
She is the
one who defeated the enemy; there is no debate on that
Prajapathi:
Dear father
Vesamuni, dear mother Soma Devi, and my dear brothers of Sumana clan
My son has
more protection in the forest, the kind of protection he would not have at
Atharagiriya or Maddawa
The comfort
of Anawathaptha, or the Buddha Walawwa (mansion of Buddha), or
Wanawasala has no meaning anymore
Being the universal monarch (Sakwithi) is unnecessary
when he is about to become the Buddha
My son is searching for
the path of enlightenment
Look at the strength of
the enlightened one, my son will protect the power of Siv-Helaya
Come from the four
corners of the land and look at my son’s effort at the Bodhi tree terrace
Between the Earth and
sky, in this land of Hela clan, if anyone attains the status of Buddha, he
would be none other than my son
This Hela Bima is the
land of Buddha
This is the power of
Buddha
This is the name of the
Buddha,
And... She is the
mother of Buddha
The monks are the clan
of Buddha
This is the teachings
of Buddha
This is the command of
Buddha
She is the mother of
Buddha
She, the Pattini, the
Hela Devi ended her task of this era
She was granted the
permission to enter the Buddha’s clan as a monk
Her son, Gautama Buddha
came to Kuragala looking for her mother
There, he orated Dharma
at Pandupul Asana (the throne of King Sakra)
And his mother Maha
Devi was enlightened.
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