Tha Ap 332Saparivārachattadāyaka

– Therāpadāna

– The Legends of the Theras

330. Saparivārachattadāyaka

Walt 2907 Padumuttara, World-Knower,

Sacrificial Recipient,

was raining down the Dhamma -rain

like the rainwaters from the sky. Verse 1

Walt 2908 I saw him then , the Sambuddha,

preaching the path to deathlessness.

Bringing pleasure to my own heart,

I then went back to my own house. Verse 2

Walt 2909 Taking an adorned umbrella,

I approached the Ultimate Man.

Happy, and with a happy heart,

I lifted it up in the sky. Verse 3

Walt 2910 One of the foremost followers,

controlled like a well-built vehicle,

going up to the Sambuddha

then held it up over his head. Verse 4

Walt 2911 Full of Pity, Compassionate,

the Buddha, the World’s Chief Leader,

sitting in the monks’ Assembly,

then spoke these verses about me : Verse 5

Walt 2912 “He who gave me this umbrella,

adorned, delightful to the mind,

because of that mental pleasure

will not go to a bad rebirth. Verse 6

Walt 2913 And seven times among the gods

he will exercise divine rule,

and thirty-six times he will be

a powerful wheel-turning king. Verse 7

Walt 2914 In one hundred thousand aeons,

arising in Okkāka’s clan,

the one whose name is Gotama

will be the Teacher in the world. Verse 8

Walt 2915 Worthy heir to that one’s Dhamma ,

Dhamma ’s legitimate offspring,

knowing well all the defilements

he’ll reach nirvana, undefiled.” Verse 9

Walt 2916 Understanding the Buddha’s speech,

those majestic words he uttered,

happy, with pleasure in my heart,

I gave rise to even more speech. Verse 10

Walt 2917 Abandoning the human womb,

I attained the womb of a god.

My superb heavenly mansion

rose up tall, delighting the mind. Verse 11

Walt 2918 When I go out from that mansion,

a white umbrella is carried.

I am getting that perception:

the fruit of previous karma. Verse 12

Walt 2919 Falling from the world of the gods

I came into the human state,

thirty-six times a wheel-turner,

seven hundred aeons ago. Verse 13

Walt 2920 After falling from that body,

I went on to the Thirty-Three.

Transmigrating I by and by

came back again to human life . Verse 14

Walt 2921 They carried a white umbrella

for me leaving my mother’s womb.

Then at the age of seven years,

I went forth into homelessness. Verse 15

Walt 2922 There was a man named Sunanda,

a brahmin master of mantras.

Bringing a crystal umbrella

, gifted the chief follower. Verse 16

Walt 2923 The great hero, the great speaker

Sāriputta expressed his thanks.

Hearing his expression of thanks,

I recalled my previous deed. Verse 17

Walt 2924 Pressing both my hands together,

I brought pleasure to my own heart.

Remembering my past karma,

I attained the arahant-state. Verse 18

Walt 2925 Then standing up from my seat, I—

hands pressed together on my head—

saluted him, the Sambuddha,

and uttered these words at that time : Verse 19

Walt 2926-2927 “One hundred thousand aeons hence

Padumuttara the Buddha,

World Knower, Unmatched in the World,

Sacrificial Recipient,

the Self-Become One, Chief Person,

did take up in both of his hands

the umbrella given by me,

all-adorned and decorated. Verse 20-21

Walt 2928 O! the Buddha! O! the Teaching!

O! Our Teacher’s accomplishment!

Through the gift of one umbrella,

I was reborn in no bad state. Verse 22

Walt 2929 My defilements are now burnt up;

all new existence is destroyed.

knowing well all the defilements,

without defilements I now live. Verse 23

Walt 2930 The four analytical modes,

and these eight deliverances,

six special knowledges mastered,

I have done what the Buddha taught! Verse 24

Thus indeed Venerable Saparivārachattadāyaka Thera spoke these verses.

The legend of Saparivārachattadāyaka Thera is finished.

The Summary:

Ummāpupphi and Pulina,

Hāsa, Sañña, Nimittaka,

Saṁsāvaka and Nigguṇḍi,

Sumana, Pupphachattaka,

and Suparivāracchatta:

one hundred plus seven verses.

The Ummāpupphiya Chapter, the Thirty-Third

Translated by Jonathan S. Walters .

Whitman College, 2017

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