Tha Ap 351Tiṇḍukaphaladāyaka

– Therāpadāna

– The Legends of the Theras

346. {349.} Tiṇḍukaphaladāyaka

Walt 3132 I saw the Buddha, Stainless One,

the Flood-Crosser, Undefiled One,

sitting down on a mountainside,

shining like a dinner-plate tree. Verse 1

Walt 3133 Seeing wild mangosteen in bloom,

I broke off sprigs with fruit on them .

Happy, my heart filled with pleasure,

I gave them to him , Vessabhu. Verse 2

Walt 3134 In the ninety-one aeons since

I gave that fruit to the Buddha ,

I’ve come to know no bad rebirth:

that is the fruit of giving fruit. Verse 3

Walt 3135 The four analytical modes,

and these eight deliverances,

six special knowledges mastered,

I have done what the Buddha taught! Verse 4

Thus indeed Venerable Tiṇḍukaphaladāyaka Thera spoke these verses.

The legend of Tiṇḍukaphaladāyaka Thera is finished.

Translated by Jonathan S. Walters .

Whitman College, 2017

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