It was so welcome for me 
during the Gayā spring festival 
to see the Awakened One 
teaching the supreme Dhamma. 

He was glorious, the tutor of a community, 
a leader who had realized the highest. 
In all the world with its gods, 
he was the victor of unequaled vision. 

A great giant, a great hero, 
a great light free of defilement. 
With the utter ending of all defilements, 
the teacher fears nothing from any quarter. 

For a long time, sadly, I was corrupted, 
fettered by the bond of wrong view. 
That Blessed One, Senaka, 
released me from all ties.