The Perfection of Love (1st)

“When in a wood I was Sāma the black, ^[1]

created by Sakka.

I led the lions and tigers

in the forest by love.

Surrounded by lions and tigers,

leopards, bears, buffaloes,

spotted deer, and wild boar,

I stayed in the forest.

None were scared of me,

nor I of them.

Sustained by the power of love

I delighted in the forest then.”