Tha Ap 285Paccuggamaniya

– Therāpadāna

– The Legends of the Theras

283. Paccuggamaniya

Walt 2633-2634 With a mind that was very clear,

I went out and gave greetings to

Siddhattha Buddha , World’s Torch,

the Physician for Every World,

the Bull of Men, who had arrived

like a lion in the forest,

like a bull of the finest breed,

splendid like an arjuna tree. Verse 1-2

Walt 2635 In the ninety-four aeons since

I went to meet the Bull of Men,

I’ve come to know no bad rebirth:

that’s the fruit of going to meet. Verse 3

Walt 2636 In the twenty-seventh aeon

hence there was one ruler of men,

a wheel-turning king with great strength,

who was named Suparivāra. Verse 4

Walt 2637 The four analytical modes,

and these eight deliverances,

six special knowledges mastered,

I have done what the Buddha taught! Verse 5

Thus indeed Venerable Paccuggamaniya Thera spoke these verses.

The legend of Paccuggamaniya Thera is finished.

Translated by Jonathan S. Walters .

Whitman College, 2017

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