The Buddha-Carita or The Life of Buddha by Ven. Aśvaghoṣa

Buddha-carita, or The Life of Buddha - 9
bhujena yasyābhihatāḥ patato dviṣaddvipedrāḥ samarāgaṇeṣu |
udvātamuktāprakaraiḥ śirobhirbhaktyeva puṣpājalibhiḥ praṇemuḥ || 1.11*
11. Falling smitten by his arm in the arena of battle, the lordly elephants of his
enemies bowed prostrate with their heads pouring forth quantities of pearls as if they
were offering handfuls of flowers in homage.
atipratāpādavadhūya śatrūnmahoparāgāniva tigmabhānuḥ |
udyotayāmāsa jana samatātpradarśayannāśrayaṇīyamārgān || 1.12*
12. Having dispersed his enemies by his preeminent majesty as the sun disperses the
gloom of an eclipse, he illuminated his people on every side, showing them the paths
which they were to follow.
dharmārthakāmā viṣaya mitho ’nya na veśamācakramurasya nītyā |
vispardhamānā iva tūgrasiddheḥ sugocare dīptatarā babhūvuḥ || 1.13*
13. Duty, wealth, and pleasure under his guidance assumed mutually each other’s
object, but not the outward dress; yet as if they still vied together they shone all the
brighter in the glorious career of their triumphant success.
udārasakhyaiḥ sacivāirasakhyaiḥ ktāgrabhāvaḥ sa udagrabhāvaḥ |
śaśī yathā bhairaktānyathābhaiḥ śakyedrarājaḥ sutarā rarāja || 1.14*
14. He, the monarch of the Śākyas, of native pre-eminence, but whose actual preeminence
was brought about by his numberless councillors of exalted wisdom, shone
forth all the more gloriously, like the moon amidst the stars shining with a light like
its own. 1
tasyātiśobhāvistātiśobhā raviprabhevāstatamaḥ prabhāvā |
samagradevīnivahāgradevī babhūva māyāpagateva māyā || 1.15*
15. To him there was a queen, named Māyā, as if free from all deceit (māyā) — an
effulgence proceeding from his effulgence, like the splendour of the sun when it is
free from all the influence of darkness, a chief queen in the united assembly of all
queens.
prajāsu māteva hitapravttā gurau jane bhaktirivānuvttā |
lakṣmīrivādhīśakule ktābhā jagatyabhūduttamadevatā yā || 1.16*
16. Like a mother to her subjects, intent on their welfare, — devoted to all worthy of
reverence like devotion itself, — shining on her lord’s family like the goddess of
prosperity, — she was the most eminent of goddesses to the whole world.
1 Or perhaps ‘shining with its light undimmed by the stars.’