Then the goddess of the Bodhi tree praised the Bhagavat with these verses:

“I reverently pay homage to the Buddha who has pure knowledge. I pay homage to the one with the knowledge that preserves the pure Dharma. I pay homage to the one with the knowledge that rejects what is not the Dharma. I pay homage to the one with the knowledge that is not possessed of concepts.

“Oh! The wonderful Buddha has infinite activity! Oh! He is as difficult to see as a fig tree flower! Oh! He is as wonderful as the ocean and the king of mountains! Oh! The wonderful Tathāgata’s light is beyond measure!

“Oh! Wonderful leader, with great prayers! Oh! This wonderful sun of the Śākya clan Has taught such a supremely rare sūtra as this, And thus with his compassion he benefits beings.

“The Muni, lord of complete detachment, rests in equanimity. He has gone into the city of nirvāṇa, of perfect peace. He has entered the gateway of the retention of complete detachment, And he knows the profound fields of activity of complete detachment.

“As the lord of humans remains in complete detachment, In the same way, the bodies of his śrāvaka disciples are empty, All phenomena are devoid of an essence, And all beings also are empty and detached.

“I am constantly thinking of the Bhagavat. I am constantly hoping to see the Bhagavat. Because I am constantly in veneration of him, I am constantly meeting the sun that is the Tathāgata.

“I constantly pay homage to the Bhagavat. I constantly pray in my mind to not lose sight of his face. Though with a longing mind, I constantly serve him, Without any impediments I will never grow weary of it.

“Bhagavat, have compassion in your mind for me And enable me to constantly see your bright face. Bhagavat, the pure saṅgha of your disciples Constantly aspire to liberate devas and humans.

“Your body has a pure nature that is like space, Like an illusion, a mirage, or the moon on water. When you teach the amṛta of the Dharma, We aspire to develop the entire accumulation of qualities.

“Bhagavat, your pure field of activity of love And compassion is an inconceivable field of activity. The śrāvakas and pratyekabuddhas cannot conceive of it. The ṛṣis and bodhisattvas cannot fathom it.

“I pray that the Tathāgata will have kindness for me So that I constantly see his body of great compassion. I pray that, having made offerings tirelessly through the three activities To the lord of love, I will quickly reach the conclusion of forsaking saṃsāra.”

Then the Bhagavat, having listened to those words of praise, said with the voice of Brahmā to the tree goddess, “Noble goddess, that you have praised my pure, truly genuine Dharma body, and in order to benefit yourself and others have recited the wonderful supreme qualities, is excellent, excellent! Through this merit, you will quickly attain the highest, most complete enlightenment of perfect buddhahood, and all beings will meditate and practice in the same way. Everyone who hears you will enter the gateway of the Dharma of the highest amṛta.”