13.30 Earth-bearing nagas, seeing Dharma as a dragon's paragon, Brooked no hindrance to the great sage; They turned angry eyes towards Mara, And hissed, and sprang up out of their coils. 13.31 Whereas celestial seers of spotless abodes, Who were set on gaining true Dharma as an end, Wheeled out, in their minds, compassion for Mara: They were not touched by anger, being devoid of all colour. 13.32 Beholding the foot of the bodhi-tree, beseiged By that band of sadistic souls which was Mara's army, Those whose own breath of life was Dharma, and who wanted to free the world, Issued 'Ah's into inner space. 13.33 Still, as a menace to the work of Dharma, Mara's army remained, and the great seer saw it Without wavering and without worrying, Like a lion among moo-cows, Sitting.