Tha Ap 185Koṭumbariya

– Therāpadāna

– The Legends of the Theras

183. Koṭumbariya

Walt 2163-2164 Happy, and with a happy heart,

I approached the Best among Men,

shining like a dinner-plate tree,

sitting down amidst the mountains,

like the ocean without measure,

extending as far as the earth,

worshipped by the gods’ assembly,

of the best race of bulls of men. Verse 1-2

Walt 2165 I once offered to the Buddha

Sikhi, the Kinsman of the World,

a piece of cloth which I had filled

with seven flowers I had plucked. Verse 3

Walt 2166 In the thirty-one aeons since

I did pūjā with that flower,

I’ve come to know no bad rebirth:

that’s the fruit of Buddha- pūjā . Verse 4

Walt 2167 In the twentieth aeon hence

I was a greatly powerful

wheel-turning monarch with great strength,

known by the name Mahāṇela. Verse 5

Walt 2168 The four analytical modes,

and these eight deliverances,

six special knowledges mastered,

I have done what the Buddha taught! Verse 6

Thus indeed Venerable Koṭumbariya Thera spoke these verses.

The legend of Koṭumbariya Thera is finished.

Translated by Jonathan S. Walters .

Whitman College, 2017

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