Tha Ap 206Taraṇiya

– Therāpadāna

– The Legends of the Theras

204. Taraṇiya

Walt 2285 Atthadassi, the Blessed One,

the Biped Lord, the Bull of Men,

honored by his followers then

approached the bank of the Ganges. Verse 1

Walt 2286 The Ganges was quite hard to cross

with even banks full to the brim.

I took across the group of monks

and the Buddha, Supreme Biped. Verse 2

Walt 2287 In the eighteen-hundredth aeon

since I did that good karma then,

I’ve come to know no bad rebirth:

that is the fruit of ferrying. Verse 3

Walt 2288 In the thirteen-hundredth aeon

there were five named Sabhogava,

wheel-turning monarchs with great strength,

possessors of the seven gems. Verse 4

Walt 2289 The four analytical modes,

and these eight deliverances,

six special knowledges mastered,

I have done what the Buddha taught! Verse 5

Thus indeed Venerable Taraṇiya Thera spoke these verses.

The legend of Taraṇiya Thera is finished.

Translated by Jonathan S. Walters .

Whitman College, 2017

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