Tha Ap 444Koladāyaka

– Therāpadāna

– The Legends of the Theras

439. {442.} Koladāyaka

Walt 4724 I was dressed in deer-leather then,

wearing garments made out of bark.

Carrying a khāri load, I

brought jujubes to the ashram. Verse 1

Walt 4725 At that time the Buddha, Sikhi,

was alone with nobody else.

He then approached my hermitage,

shining brightly all of the time. Verse 2

Walt 4726 Bringing pleasure to my own heart,

worshipping the Compliant One,

taking them with both of my hands

I gave the Buddha jujubes. Verse 3

Walt 4727 In the thirty-one aeons since

I gave that fruit to him back then,

I’ve come to know no bad rebirth:

the fruit of giving jujubes. Verse 4

Walt 4728 My defilements are now burnt up;

all new existence is destroyed.

Like elephants with broken chains,

I am living without constraint. Verse 5

Walt 4729 Being in Best Buddha’s presence

was a very good thing for me.

The three knowledges are attained;

I have done what the Buddha taught! Verse 6

Walt 4730 The four analytical modes,

and these eight deliverances,

six special knowledges mastered,

I have done what the Buddha taught! Verse 7

Thus indeed Venerable Koladāyaka Thera spoke these verses.

The legend of Koladāyaka Thera is finished.

Translated by Jonathan S. Walters .

Whitman College, 2017

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