Tha Ap 142Piyālaphaladāyaka

– Therāpadāna

– The Legends of the Theras

140. Piyālaphaladāyaka

Walt 1934 I was one who harmed others then,

a harmer of other beings.

I rested on a mountain slope

near the Teacher known as Sikhi. Verse 1

Walt 1935 In the evening and the morning

I saw the Buddha, the World-Chief.

But I had nothing to give to

the Biped-Lord, the Neutral One. Verse 2

Walt 1936 Taking a piyāla fruit, I

went into the Buddha’s presence.

The Blessed One accepted it ,

the World’s Best One, the Bull of Men. Verse 3

Walt 1937 Thenceforth for the sake of others

I waited on Sikhi , the Guide,

and with that pleasure in my heart

I passed away right on the spot. Verse 4

Walt 1938 In the thirty-one aeons since

I gave that fruit to the Buddha ,

I’ve come to know no bad rebirth:

that is the fruit of giving fruit. Verse 5

Walt 1939 In the fifteenth aeon ago

there were three men named Mālabhi,

wheel-turning kings with great power,

possessors of the seven gems. Verse 6

Walt 1940 The four analytical modes,

and these eight deliverances,

six special knowledges mastered,

I have done what the Buddha taught! Verse 7

Thus indeed Venerable Piyālaphaladāyaka Thera spoke these verses.

The legend of Piyālaphaladāyaka Thera is finished.

The Summary:

Sobhī and Sudassana too,

Candana, Pupphachadana,

Raho and Campakapupphī

and with Atthasandassaka,

Ekadussī, Sāladada

and Phaladāyaka, the tenth.

By counting there are clearly here

seventy verses plus two more .

The Sobhita Chapter, the Fourteenth.

Translated by Jonathan S. Walters .

Whitman College, 2017

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