Tha Ap 234Bhājanadāyaka

– Therāpadāna

– The Legends of the Theras

232. Bhājanadāyaka

Walt 2428 In the city, Bandumatī,

I was a potter at that time.

For a long time I protected

vessels for the monks’ Assembly. Verse 1

Walt 2429 In the ninety-one aeons since

I protected the monks’ vessels,

I’ve come to know no bad rebirth:

the fruit of protecting vessels. Verse 2

Walt 2430 In the fifty-third aeon hence

was one named Anantajāli,

a wheel-turning king with great strength,

possessor of the seven gems. Verse 3

Walt 2431 The four analytical modes,

and these eight deliverances,

six special knowledges mastered,

I have done what the Buddha taught! Verse 4

Thus indeed Venerable Bhājanadāyaka Thera spoke these verses.

The legend of Bhājanadāyaka Thera is finished.

Translated by Jonathan S. Walters .

Whitman College, 2017

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