Tha Ap 170Dussadāyaka

– Therāpadāna

– The Legends of the Theras

168. Dussadāyaka

Walt 2087 In lovely Tivarā City,

I was the son of the king then.

After having received a gift,

I gave it to the Calm Buddha . Verse 1

Walt 2088 The Blessed One accepted it ;

he touched the cloth with both his hands.

After accepting, Siddhattha

then rose up in the air, the sky. Verse 2

Walt 2089 When the Buddha was going away,

that cloth flew off behind him then .

I brought pleasure to my heart there:

‘the Buddha is the Top Person.” Verse 3

Walt 2090 In the ninety-four aeons since

I gave that cloth to him back then,

I’ve come to know no bad rebirth:

that is the fruit of giving cloth. Verse 4

Walt 2091 In the sixty-seventh aeon

there was a wheel-turning monarch,

a lord of people with great strength,

known by the name Parisuddha. Verse 5

Walt 2092 The four analytical modes,

and these eight deliverances,

six special knowledges mastered,

I have done what the Buddha taught! Verse 6

Thus indeed Venerable Dussadāyaka Thera spoke these verses.

The legend of Dussadāyaka Thera is finished.

Translated by Jonathan S. Walters .

Whitman College, 2017

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