Tha Ap 212Vātātapanivāriya

– Therāpadāna

– The Legends of the Theras

210. Vātātapanivāriya

Walt 2313 With a mind which was very clear,

I gave a single umbrella

to the Blessed One named Tissa,

the God of Gods, the Neutral One. Verse 1

Walt 2314 The badness in me is suppressed;

there is achievement of goodness.

Umbrella carried in the sky:

the fruit of previous karma. Verse 2

Walt 2315 This is my last transmigration,

all existences are canceled.

I now possess my last body

in the Buddha’s dispensation. Verse 3

Walt 2316 In the ninety-two aeons since

I gave that umbrella back then,

I’ve come to know no bad rebirth:

that’s the fruit of umbrella-gifts. Verse 4

Walt 2317 The seventy-second aeon hence

there were eight lords of the people,

all known as Mahānidāna,

kings who were wheel-turning monarchs. Verse 5

Walt 2318 The four analytical modes,

and these eight deliverances,

six special knowledges mastered,

I have done what the Buddha taught! Verse 6

Thus indeed Venerable Vātātapanivāriya Thera spoke these verses.

The legend of Vātātapanivāriya Thera is finished.

The Summary:

Kaṇikāra and Vinela,

and Kiṅkinī with Taraṇa,

Nigguṇḍipuppha, ‘dakada,

Salaḷa and Koraṇḍaka,

Ādhāraka, Vātātapa:

there are eight and forty verses.

Kaṇikārapupphiya Chapter, the Twenty-First

Translated by Jonathan S. Walters .

Whitman College, 2017

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