About ten months after the dream, the Queen was expecting her child and so she went to the King and said
“My dear, I have to go back to my parents. My baby is about due now.”Since it was the custom in India, for a wife to have her baby in her father’s house, the King agreed saying
“Very well, I will make the necessary arrangements for you to go.”
The King then sent soldiers ahead to clear the road and some were retained to guard the Queen as she was carried in a decorated palanquin. The Queen left Kapilavatthu in a long procession of soldiers and retainers, for the capital of her father’s kingdom.
On the way to the Koliya country, they passed a garden called Lumbini Park. This garden was near the kingdom called Nepal, at the foot of the Himalayan Mountains. At that time, the park was full of sweet scented flowers growing on the Sala trees and thousands of birds, bees and other insects had flocked to the trees.
The beautiful park with its trees and scented flowers and busy birds and bees attracted the Queen. Since the park was a good resting place, the Queen ordered the bearers to stop there for a while. However, as she rested underneath one of the Sala trees, her baby boy was born. It was an auspicious day. The birth took place on a VESAK full moon day, in the year 623 B.C.
According to the legends about this Birth, the baby began to walk seven steps forward and at each step, a lotus flower appeared on the ground where his foot should have been.
Another legend tells us that the baby said:
Aggohamsmi Lokassa (I am the chief in the world)
Jettho Lamasmi Lakassa (There is no equal to me)
Settho Hamasmi Lokassa (I am supreme)
Aya mantima jati (This is my last birth)
Natthi dani punabhavo (No Rebirth for me)
After the birth of her baby son, Queen Maha Maya immediately returned to Kapilavatthu.
When the King learnt of this he was very happy and there was rejoicing all over the country.
