Tha Ap 354Yavakalāpiya

– Therāpadāna

– The Legends of the Theras

349. {352.} Yavakalāpiya

Walt 3145 In Aruṇavatī City,

I was a barley grower then.

Seeing the Buddha on the road,

I spread out a sheaf of barley. Verse 1

Walt 3146 Sikhi, Chief Leader of the World,

Merciful, Compassionate One,

discerning what I was thinking,

sat down on that sheaf of barley. Verse 2

Walt 3147 Seeing the seated Spotless One,

the Great Meditator, Leader,

and generating great delight,

I passed away right on the spot. Verse 3

Walt 3148 In the thirty-one aeons since

I did that good karma back then,

I’ve come to know no bad rebirth:

the fruit in spreading out barley. Verse 4

Walt 3149 The four analytical modes,

and these eight deliverances,

six special knowledges mastered,

I have done what the Buddha taught! Verse 5

Thus indeed Venerable Yavakalāpiya Thera spoke these verses.

The legend of Yavakalāpiya Thera is finished.

Translated by Jonathan S. Walters .

Whitman College, 2017

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