Tha Ap 146Saparivāriya

– Therāpadāna

– The Legends of the Theras

144. Saparivāriya

Walt 1955 The Victor, Padumuttara,

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

like a blazing column of fire,

the Sambuddha then passed away. Verse 1

Walt 1956 When the Great Hero passed away,

a stupa was piled up there then .

Day and night they attended on

the ultimate best relic-womb. Verse 2

Walt 1957 With a pleased heart and happy mind

I made a sandalwood railing,

and giving mounds of incense too,

the stupa was then suitable. Verse 3

Walt 1958 Transmigrating in existence,

whether it’s human or divine,

I saw no inferior state:

that’s the fruit of former karma. Verse 4

Walt 1959 In the fifteen-hundredth aeon

ago, there were eight people.

All of them were named Samatta,

wheel-turning kings with great power. Verse 5

Walt 1960 The four analytical modes,

and these eight deliverances,

six special knowledges mastered,

I have done what the Buddha taught! Verse 6

Thus indeed Venerable Saparivāriya Thera spoke these verses.

The legend of Saparivāriya Thera is finished.

Translated by Jonathan S. Walters .

Whitman College, 2017

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