The Death of the Sun's Daughter
Near the holy door in turf hut
The Sun's daughter -- Njávesheatne
Tired of life's heavy burdens
Yearned to 'scape, to another place
Wishes to see God, the master
The Thunder God, foe of giants
Wants to see the Sun, her father.
She awaits the spirit of death,
In turf hut near the holy door
The Sun's daughter -- Njávesheatne
She who corralled the wild reindeer
Gave it then to the Sun's children
On her last journey she shall fare
He stands by her bed, her son,
The evil Áhchesheane's bane
At the foot of the bed a girl
Young daughter of Áhchesheane
The Sun's beautiful daughter speaks
She's hard to hear, weak is her voice
Hear her words, and remember them!
The Sun's beautiful daughter says:
The Sun's setting, night is coming
Darkness blankets lovely Sápmi
Morning will come, will it not?
There were bodhisattvas and mahasattvas, eighty thousand of them, none of them ever regressing in their search for anuttara-samyaksambodhi. All had gained dharanis, delighted in preaching, were eloquent, and turned the wheel of the Law that knows no regression. They had made offerings to immeasurable hundreds and thousands of Buddhas, in the presence of various Buddhas had planted numerous roots of virtue, had been constantly praised by the Buddhas, had trained themselves in compassion, were good at entering the Buddha wisdom, and had fully penetrated the great wisdom and reached the farther shore. Their fame had spread throughout immeasurable worlds and they were able to save countless hundreds of thousands of living beings.
Their names were Bodhisattva Manjushri, Bodhisattva Perceiver of the World's Sounds, Bodhisattva Gainer of Great Authority, Bodhisattva Constant Exertion, Bodhisattva Never Resting, Bodhisattva Jeweled Palm, Bodhisattva Medicine King, Bodhisattva Brave Donor, Bodhisattva Jeweled Moon, Bodhisattva Moonlight, Bodhisattva Full Moon, Bodhisattva Great Strength, Bodhisattva Immeasurable Strength, Bodhisattva Transcending the Threefold World, Bodhisattva Bhadrapala, Bodhisattva Maitreya, Bodhisattva Jeweled Accumulation, and Bodhisattva Guiding Leader. Bodhisattvas and mahasattvas such as these numbering eighty thousand were in attendance.