Tha Ap 302Anusaṁsāvaka

– Therāpadāna

– The Legends of the Theras

300. Anusaṁsāvaka

Walt 2713 I saw Vipassi, the Victor,

wandering about for alms food.

I gave an owl’s measure of food

to the Best Biped, Neutral One. Verse 1

Walt 2714 Happy, with pleasure in my heart,

I greeted Buddha at that time.

I sang the praises of Buddha,

wishing for the ultimate goal. Verse 2

Walt 2715 In the ninety-one aeons since

I sang the Buddha’s praises then ,

I’ve come to know no bad rebirth:

that’s the fruit of singing praises. Verse 3

Walt 2716 The four analytical modes,

and these eight deliverances,

six special knowledges mastered,

I have done what the Buddha taught! Verse 4

Thus indeed Venerable Anusaṁsāvaka Thera spoke these verses.

The legend of Anusaṁsāvaka Thera is finished.

The Summary:

Citaka and Pārichatta,

Sadda, Gosīsasanthara,

Pada, Padesa, Saraṇa,

Amba and Saṁsāvaka too:

there are forty-seven verses

which are counted by those who know.

The Citakapūjaka Chapter, the Thirtieth

Then there is the Summary of Chapters:

Kaṇṇikāra, Hatthidada,

Ālamban’, Udakāsana,

Tuvara and Thomana too,

Ukkhepa, Sīsupadhāna,

Paṇṇada and Citapūji:

in total all the verses here

do number four times one hundred

plus one more than fifty as well.

Twenty-five hundred verses all

plus seventy-two more than that:

three hundred apadāna poems

are counted by those who see truth.

The Third Hundred is finished.

Translated by Jonathan S. Walters .

Whitman College, 2017

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