Tha Ap 172Pañcaṅguliya

– Therāpadāna

– The Legends of the Theras

170. Pañcaṅguliya

Walt 2099 The Blessed One known as Tissa,

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

the Sage, inside his scented hut,

was wholesomely passing the time. Verse 1

Walt 2100 Taking a garland and some scents,

I went to the Victor’s presence.

Quietly, on the Blessed One,

I made a scented palm-print then . Verse 2

Walt 2101 In the ninety-two aeons since

I offered those perfumes to him ,

I’ve come to know no bad rebirth:

the fruit of a scented palm-print. Verse 3

Walt 2102 In the seventy-second aeon

I was the king, Sayampabha,

a wheel-turner with great power,

possessor of the seven gems. Verse 4

Walt 2103 The four analytical modes,

and these eight deliverances,

six special knowledges mastered,

I have done what the Buddha taught! Verse 5

Thus indeed Venerable Pañcaṅguliya Thera spoke these verses.

The legend of Pañcaṅguliya Thera is finished.

The Summary:

Supārī and Kaṇaverī,

Khujjaka, Desapūjaka,

Kaṇikāra, Sappidada,

Yūthika, Dussadāyaka,

Māḷa and Pañcaṅgulika,

four and fifty verses.

The Supāricariya Chapter, the Seventeenth.

Translated by Jonathan S. Walters .

Whitman College, 2017

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