Tha Ap 139Atthasandassaka

– Therāpadāna

– The Legends of the Theras

137. Atthasandassaka

Walt 1915 Sitting in a large, peaked building,

I saw the Leader of the World,

Undefiled, Possessing Power,

Honored by the Monks’ Assembly. Verse 1

Walt 1916 “Who is not pleased after seeing

a lakh with the three-fold knowledge,

special knowledges, superpowers,

all surrounding the Sambuddha? Verse 2

Walt 1917 Who is not pleased after seeing

Sambuddha with boundless knowledge,

to whom none comes close in knowledge

in this world with its gods and men? Verse 3

Walt 1918 Who is not pleased after seeing

him, the Whole One, the Mine of Gems,

explaining the Dhamma -body

which no one can ever injure?” Verse 4

Walt 1919 Nārada Saragacchiya

by saying these three verses then

praised Buddha Padumuttara,

the Unconquered, the Sambuddha. Verse 5

Walt 1920 Due to that pleasure in my heart

and my praising of the Buddha,

for one hundred thousand aeons

I’ve come to know no bad rebirth. Verse 6

Walt 1921 In the thirtieth aeon hence

the Kṣatriyan named Sukhitta

was a wheel-turner with great strength,

possessor of the seven gems. Verse 7

Walt 1922 The four analytical modes,

and these eight deliverances,

six special knowledges mastered,

I have done what the Buddha taught! Verse 8

Thus indeed Venerable Atthasandassaka Thera spoke these verses.

The legend of Atthasandassaka Thera is finished.

Translated by Jonathan S. Walters .

Whitman College, 2017

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