Tha Ap 222Pāpanivāriya

– Therāpadāna

– The Legends of the Theras

220. Pāpanivāriya

Walt 2369 The Blessed One, Piyadassi’s

walkway was purified by me,

with a covering made of reeds

to block the wind and heat for him . Verse 1

Walt 2370 For the sake of punishing sin,

there is achievement of goodness.

To destroy defilements I

worked hard in the dispensation. Verse 2

Walt 2371 In the eleventh aeon hence

lived one known as Aggideva,

a wheel-turning king with great strength,

possessor of the seven gems. Verse 3

Walt 2372 The four analytical modes,

and these eight deliverances,

six special knowledges mastered,

I have done what the Buddha taught! Verse 4

Thus indeed Venerable Pāpanivāriya Thera spoke these verses.

The legend of Pāpanivāriya Thera is finished.

The Summary:

Hatthi, Pānadhi, Sacca,

Ekasaññi and Raṁsiya,

Saṇṭhita and Tālavaṇṭī,

likewise Akkantasaññaka;

Sappi and Pāpanivārī,

make four plus fifty verses here .

The Hatthi Chapter, the Twenty-Second

Translated by Jonathan S. Walters .

Whitman College, 2017

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