Tha Ap 150Phalakadāyaka

– Therāpadāna

– The Legends of the Theras

148. Phalakadāyaka

Walt 1977 A carriage-maker in the city,

I was skilled in working with wood.

Having made a sandalwood plank

I gave it to the World’s Kinsman. Verse 1

Walt 1978 Made of gold, this divine mansion

lights up all of the directions .

Elephant, divine and equine

carriages are provided me . Verse 2

Walt 1979 Palaces and palanquins too

are produced according to wish;

unsifted, gemstones come to me:

that is the fruit of a plank- gift . Verse 3

Walt 1980 In the ninety-one aeons since

I gave him that plank- gift back then ,

I’ve come to know no bad rebirth:

that is the fruit of a plank- gift . Verse 4

Walt 1981 In the fifty-seventh aeon,

four men named Bhavanimmita

were wheel-turning kings with great strength,

possessors of the seven gems. Verse 5

Walt 1982 The four analytical modes,

and these eight deliverances,

six special knowledges mastered,

I have done what the Buddha taught! Verse 6

Thus indeed Venerable Phalakadāyaka Thera spoke these verses.

The legend of Phalakadāyaka Thera is finished.

Translated by Jonathan S. Walters .

Whitman College, 2017

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