Tha Ap 208Udakadāyaka

– Therāpadāna

– The Legends of the Theras

206. Udakadāyaka

Walt 2294 Seeing the Monk, who was eating,

Extremely Bright and Undisturbed,

bringing water in a small pot,

I gave it to him, Siddhattha. Verse 1

Walt 2295 Now today I am purified;

stainless, with all my doubt destroyed.

Being reborn in existence,

that fruit is reborn for me too . Verse 2

Walt 2296 In the ninety-four aeons since

I gave him water at that time,

I’ve come to know no bad rebirth:

that’s the fruit of giving water. Verse 3

Walt 2297 In the sixty-first aeon hence

there was one man named Vimala,

a wheel-turning king with great strength,

possessor of the seven gems. Verse 4

Walt 2298 The four analytical modes,

and these eight deliverances,

six special knowledges mastered,

I have done what the Buddha taught! Verse 5

Thus indeed Venerable Udakadāyaka Thera spoke these verses.

The legend of Udakadāyaka Thera is finished.

Translated by Jonathan S. Walters .

Whitman College, 2017

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