Tha Ap 345Dhajadāyaka

– Therāpadāna

– The Legends of the Theras

340. {343.} Dhajadāyaka

Walt 3093 The Teacher then was named Tissa,

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

Having seen his passing away,

I hoisted a flag at that place . Verse 1

Walt 3094 Due to that karma done very well,

with intention and firm resolve,

discarding my human body,

I went to Tāvatiṁsa then . Verse 2

Walt 3095 And afterwards, three hundred times,

I ruled over the world of gods.

And furthermore five hundred times

I was a king who turned the wheel. Verse 3

Walt 3096 There was also much local rule,

innumerable by counting.

I experienced own-karma,

formerly well done by myself. Verse 4

Walt 3097 In the ninety-two aeons since

I did that good karma back then,

I’ve come to know no bad rebirth:

that’s the fruit of giving a flag. Verse 5

Walt 3098 Today, if I should wish for it ,

the world with forests and mountains

is covered by a khoma cloth:

the fruit ofwhat I did back then. Verse 6

Walt 3099 The four analytical modes,

and these eight deliverances,

six special knowledges mastered,

I have done what the Buddha taught! Verse 7

Thus indeed Venerable Dhajadāyaka Thera spoke these verses.

The legend of Dhajadāyaka Thera is finished.

Translated by Jonathan S. Walters .

Whitman College, 2017

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