Tha Ap 214Pānadhidāyaka

– Therāpadāna

– The Legends of the Theras

212. Pānadhidāyaka

Walt 2324 One time I gave a pair of shoe s

to a forest-dwelling rishi

who’d long practiced austerities,

grown old, with cultivated thought. Verse 1

Walt 2325 Because of that deed, Biped Lord,

Best in the World, O Bull of Men,

I enjoy every vehicle:

that is the fruit of past karma. Verse 2

Walt 2326 In the ninety-one aeons since

I did that good karma back then,

I’ve come to know no bad rebirth:

that’s the fruit of a pair of shoes. Verse 3

Walt 2327 Seventy-seven aeons hence

there were eight of the royal caste

known by the name of Suyāna,

wheel-turning monarchs with great strength. Verse 4

Walt 2328 The four analytical modes,

and these eight deliverances,

six special knowledges mastered,

I have done what the Buddha taught! Verse 5

Thus indeed Venerable Pānadhidāyaka Thera spoke these verses.

The legend of Pānadhidāyaka Thera is finished

Translated by Jonathan S. Walters .

Whitman College, 2017

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