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Rh 193. As all the Buddhas have established the supremacy of the Law, Even so do thou, O mighty One, establish the supremacy of the Law.

194. As the moon on the mid-day of the month shines in her purity, Even so do thou, with thy mind at the full, shine in ten thousand worlds.

195. As the sun released by Rāhu glows fervently in his heat, Even so, having redeemed mankind, do thou shine in all thy majesty.

196. As all the rivers find their way to the great ocean, Even so may the worlds of men and angels take refuge in thee.

197. The Bodhisatta extolled with these praises, taking on himself the ten Conditions, Commencing to fulfil these Conditions, entered the forest.

End of the Story of Sumedha.

And the people of the city of Ramma, having returned to the city, kept open house to the priesthood with the Buddha at their head. The Teacher having preached the Law to them, and established them in the three Refuges and the other branches of the Faith, departing from the city of Ramma, living thereafter his allotted span of life, having fulfilled all the duties of a Buddha, in due course attained Nirvāna in that element of annihilation in which no trace of existence remains. On this subject all that need be said can be learnt from the narrative in the Buddhavamsa, for it is said in that work,

198. Then they, having entertained the Chief of the world with his clergy, Took refuge in the Teacher Dīpankara.

199. Some the Buddha established in the Refuges, Some in the five Precepts, others in the ten.

200. To some he gives the privilege of priesthood, the four glorious Fruitions, On some he bestows those peerless qualities the analytical Knowledges.

201. To some the Lord of men grants the eight sublime Acquisitions, On some he bestows the three "Wisdoms and the six supernatural Faculties.

202. In this order the Great Sage exhorts the multitude. Therewith the commandment of the world's Protector was spread wide abroad.

1 Vij. says, "In that order, viz. in the Saraṇāgamana first, then in the Pañcasīla, then in the Dasasīla, and so on."