Tha Ap 38Adhimutta

– Therāpadāna

– The Legends of the Theras

36. Adhimutta

Walt 1086 When the World-Chief Atthadassi,

the Ultimate Man, passed away,

with a mind that was very clear

I summoned the monks’ Assembly. Verse 1

Walt 1087 Inviting the Assembly-gem

which was upright and well-settled,

and having built a pavilion,

I fed sugar cane to those monks. Verse 2

Walt 1088 In whichever womb I’m reborn,

whether it’s human or divine,

I surpass all other creatures;

that is the fruit of good karma. Verse 3

Walt 1089 In the eighteen hundred aeons

since I gave him that gift back then,

I’ve come to know no bad rebirth:

that’s the fruit of sugar-cane gifts. Verse 4

Walt 1090 The four analytical modes,

and these eight deliverances,

six special knowledges mastered,

I have done what the Buddha taught! Verse 5

Thus indeed Venerable Adhimutta Thera spoke these verses.

The legend of Adhimutta Thera is finished.

Translated by Jonathan S. Walters .

Whitman College, 2017

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