Shouting and singing and playing music, they clap their hands and dance. I ask you, dwellers on Mount Meru’s peak, quickly dispel my doubt, good fellows!”

“The being intent on awakening, a peerless gem, has been born in the human realm <j>for the sake of welfare and happiness, in Lumbinī, a village in the Sakyan land. That’s why we’re so happy, in such excellent spirits.

He is supreme among all beings, the peak individual, captain of men, supreme among all creatures. He will roll forth the wheel in the grove of the seers, roaring like a mighty lion, lord of beasts.”

Hearing this, he swiftly descended and right away approached Suddhodana’s home. Seated there he said this to the Sakyans, “Where is the boy? I too wish to see him!”

Then the Sakyans showed their son <j>to the one named Asita—the boy shone like burning gold well-wrought in the forge; dazzling with glory, of peerless beauty.