Tha Ap 312Pabbhāradāyaka

– Therāpadāna

– The Legends of the Theras

310. Pabbhāradāyaka

Walt 2763 I cleaned up a mountain cave

for Piyadassi, the Blessed One,

and looked after the water pot

for the Neutral One’s consumption. Verse 1

Walt 2764-2765 Piyadassi, the Greatest Sage,

the Buddha, explained that for me

“a mil- kaṇḍa cent- bheṇḍu large

sacrifice post will come to be,

made out of gold, covered in flags;

a not small group of gems as well.”

Having given a mountain cave,

I joyed an aeon in heaven. Verse 2-3

Walt 2766 In the thirty-second aeon

lived the ruler named Susuddha,

a wheel-turning king with great strength,

possessor of the seven gems. Verse 4

Walt 2767 The four analytical modes,

and these eight deliverances,

six special knowledges mastered,

I have done what the Buddha taught! Verse 5

Thus indeed Venerable Pabbhāradāyaka Thera spoke these verses.

The legend of Pabbhāradāyaka Thera is finished.

The Summary:

Kesara, Gandha and Anna,

Dhammasañña and Phala too,

Pasāda, Ārāmadāyi,

Lomaka, Buddhasaññaka,

and Pabbhārada; the verses,

they say, are one less than fifty.

The Padumakesariya Chapter, the Thirty-First

Translated by Jonathan S. Walters .

Whitman College, 2017

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