Tha Ap 221Sappidāyaka

– Therāpadāna

– The Legends of the Theras

219. Sappidāyaka

Walt 2362-2363 Seated in a splendid palace,

surrounded by harem women,

having seen a monk who was ill

I helped him back to his own home

where the Great Hero had entered,

the God of Gods, the Bull of Men.

Then I gave clarified butter

to him, Siddhattha, the Great Sage. Verse 1-2

Walt 2364 Seeing him, Quieter of Fear,

his Face and Senses Very Clear,

having worshipped that Teacher’s feet,

I kept very well in the past. Verse 3

Walt 2365 Having seen me extremely pleased,

with sense-faculties perfected,

the Hero flew into the sky

just like a swan-king in the air. Verse 4

Walt 2366 In the ninety-four aeons since

I gave him that gift at that time,

I’ve come to know no bad rebirth:

the fruit of clarified butter. Verse 5

Walt 2367 In the seventeenth aeon hence

there lived one named Jutideva,

a wheel-turning king with great strength,

possessor of the seven gems. Verse 6

Walt 2368 The four analytical modes,

and these eight deliverances,

six special knowledges mastered,

I have done what the Buddha taught! Verse 7

Thus indeed Venerable Sappidāyaka Thera spoke these verses.

The legend of Sappidāyaka Thera is finished.

Translated by Jonathan S. Walters .

Whitman College, 2017

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