Tha Ap 290Sattāhapabbajita

– Therāpadāna

– The Legends of the Theras

288. Sattāhapabbajita

Walt 2655 Honored and revered were the monks

of Vipassi, the Blessed One.

Calamity’d befallen me;

there was a family rift at home. Verse 1

Walt 2656 Entering renunciation

in order to allay my grief,

I spent a week there blissfully,

desiring the Teacher’s teaching. Verse 2

Walt 2657 In the ninety-one aeons since

I went forth a renouncer then,

I’ve come to know no bad rebirth:

the fruit of renunciation. Verse 3

Walt 2658 In the sixty-seventh aeon

hence, there were seven lords of earth

who were all called Sunikkhama,

wheel-turning monarchs with great strength. Verse 4

Walt 2659 The four analytical modes,

and these eight deliverances,

six special knowledges mastered,

I have done what the Buddha taught! Verse 5

Thus indeed Venerable Sattāhapabbajita Thera spoke these verses.

The legend of Sattāhapabbajita Thera is finished.

Translated by Jonathan S. Walters .

Whitman College, 2017

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