Tha Ap 224Ajinadāyaka

– Therāpadāna

– The Legends of the Theras

222. Ajinadāyaka

Walt 2378 Thirty-one aeons in the past,

I made mats for the multitude.

I saw the Buddha, Stainless One,

Sacrificial Recipient. Verse 1

Walt 2379-2380 I gave a leather garment to

Sikhi, the Kinsman of the World.

Through that karma, O Biped Lord,

O World’s Best, O Bull of Men,

experiencing happiness,

I destroyed my defilements.

I now possess my last body

in the Buddha’s dispensation. Verse 2-3

Walt 2381 In the thirty-one aeons since

I gave that deer -leather to him ,

I’ve come to know no bad rebirth:

that is the fruit of deer -leather . Verse 4

Walt 2382 In the fifth aeon after that

there was a king, Sudāyaka,

a wheel-turning king of great strength,

possessor of the seven gems. Verse 5

Walt 2383 The four analytical modes,

and these eight deliverances,

six special knowledges mastered,

I have done what the Buddha taught! Verse 6

Thus indeed Venerable Ajinadāyaka Thera spoke these verses.

The legend of Ajinadāyaka Thera is finished.

Translated by Jonathan S. Walters .

Whitman College, 2017

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