Tha Ap 118Citakapūjaka

– Therāpadāna

– The Legends of the Theras

116. Citakapūjaka

Walt 1725 When Sikhi the Blessed One, the

Kinsman of the World, passed away,

I then lived in the royal sphere,

with the ministers and servants. Verse 1

Walt 1726 Happy, and with a happy heart,

I went to the shrine built for him .

Having turiya -drums played there

I laid a garland of flowers. Verse 2

Walt 1727 Having done pūjā at that shrine

and worshipping the shrine itself ,

happy, and with a happy heart

I then returned to my own house. Verse 3

Walt 1728 Having entered my residence,

I called to mind that shrine- pūjā .

Through that deed for the Biped-Lord,

the World’s Best One, the Bull of Men, Verse 4

Walt 1729 having enjoyed great happiness

among humans and also gods,

I’ve attained the unshaking state

beyond all conquest and defeat. Verse 5

Walt 1730 In the thirty-one aeons since

I offered that flower to him,

I’ve come to know no bad rebirth:

that is the fruit of shrine- pūjā . Verse 6

Walt 1731 In the twenty-ninth aeon thence

there were sixteen different kings then,

all known by the name Uggata,

wheel-turning monarchs with great strength. Verse 7

Walt 1732 The four analytical modes,

and these eight deliverances,

six special knowledges mastered,

I have done what the Buddha taught! Verse 8

Thus indeed Venerable Citakapūjaka Thera spoke these verses.

The legend of Citakapūjaka Thera is finished.

Translated by Jonathan S. Walters .

Whitman College, 2017

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