Tha Ap 313Ārakkhadāyaka

– Therāpadāna

– The Legends of the Theras

– Ārakkhadāyaka Chapter, the Thirty-Second

311. Ārakkhadāyaka

Walt 2768 A fence was constructed by me

for the Great Sage, Dhammadassi,

and I provided protection

for the Best Biped, the Neutral One. Verse 1

Walt 2769 It was eighteen-hundred aeons

ago that I did that karma.

Through that good karma’s remaining

effect, I am now an arahant. Verse 2

Walt 2770 The four analytical modes,

and these eight deliverances,

six special knowledges mastered,

I have done what the Buddha taught! Verse 3

Thus indeed Venerable Ārakkhadāyaka Thera spoke these verses.

The legend of Ārakkhadāyaka Thera is finished.

Translated by Jonathan S. Walters .

Whitman College, 2017

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