Tha Ap 342Ukkhittapadumiya

– Therāpadāna

– The Legends of the Theras

337. {340.} Ukkhittapadumiya

Walt 3060 In the city, Haṁsavatī,

I was a florist at that time.

Plunging into a lotus lake,

I gathered some lotus blossoms. Verse 1

Walt 3061-3062 The Victor Padumuttara

was the Master of Everything.

Along with one hundred thousand

such-like ones whose minds were peaceful,

pure ones with defilements destroyed,

six special knowledge-possessors,

the Ultimate Person approached

desirous of my improvement. Verse 2-3

Walt 3063 Having seen him , the God of Gods,

the Self-Become One, World-Leader,

breaking off the stems I tossed those

lotuses into the air then. Verse 4

Walt 3064 “If you are a Buddha, Hero,

the World’s Best One, the Bull of Men,

let these lotuses by themselves

go and be carried on your head.” Verse 5

Walt 3065 The World’s Best One, the Bull of Men,

the Great Hero then wishing so,

through the power of the Buddha,

those blooms were carried on his head. Verse 6

Walt 3066 Due to that karma done very well,

with intention and firm resolve,

discarding my human body,

I went to Tāvatiṁsa then . Verse 7

Walt 3067 There my well-constructed mansion

was known as “One Hundred Petals.”

It rose up sixty leagues in height ;

and it was thirty leagues in width. Verse 8

Walt 3068 A thousand times the lord of gods,

I exercised divine rule then .

And seventy-five times I was

a king who turned the wheel of law . Verse 9

Walt 3069 There was also much local rule,

innumerable by counting.

I experienced own-karma,

formerly well done by myself. Verse 10

Walt 3070 Due to just that single lotus,

experiencing good fortune,

I realized the Teaching of

the Blessed Buddha , Gotama. Verse 11

Walt 3071 My defilements are now burnt up;

all new existence is destroyed.

Like elephants with broken chains,

I am living without constraint. Verse 12

Walt 3072 In the hundred thousand aeons

since I offered him that flower,

I’ve come to know no bad rebirth:

the fruit of a single lotus . Verse 13

Walt 3073 The four analytical modes,

and these eight deliverances,

six special knowledges mastered,

I have done what the Buddha taught! Verse 14

Thus indeed Venerable Ukkhittapadumiya Thera spoke these verses.

The legend of Ukkhittapadumiya Thera is finished.

The Summary:

Gandhodaka and Pūjani,

Punnāga, Ekadussika,

Phusita and Pabhaṇkara,

Kuṭida, Uttarīyaka,

Savani, Ekapadumi:

the clump of verses there numbers

one hundred verses and also

forty-four additional ones .

The Gandhathūpiya Chapter, the Thirty-Fourth

Translated by Jonathan S. Walters .

Whitman College, 2017

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