Tha Ap 272Taraṇiya

– Therāpadāna

– The Legends of the Theras

270. Taraṇiya

Walt 2578 Vipassi Buddha, Golden One,

was standing on a river bank,

Worthy of Homage, the Teacher,

Honored by the Monks’ Assembly. Verse 1

Walt 2579 Boats for crossing the great ocean

were not to be found in that place.

Having gone forth from that river

I helped the World’s Leader across. Verse 2

Walt 2580 In the ninety-one aeons since

I helped the Best Person to cross,

I’ve come to know no bad rebirth:

that is the fruit of ferrying. Verse 3

Walt 2581 The four analytical modes,

and these eight deliverances,

six special knowledges mastered,

I have done what the Buddha taught! Verse 4

Thus indeed Venerable Taraṇiya Thera spoke these verses.

The legend of Taraṇiya Thera is finished.

The Summary:

Ukkhepi, Tela and Candi,

Dipada and Biḷālida,

Maccha, Java, Salaḷada,

Rakkhasa, Taraṇa makes ten

and here the verses are counted

as exactly forty plus one.

The Padumukkhepa Chapter, the Twenty-Seventh

Translated by Jonathan S. Walters .

Whitman College, 2017

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