Tha Ap 447Utuḷhipupphiya

– Therāpadāna

– The Legends of the Theras

442. {445.} Utuḷhipupphiya

Walt 4747 Taking an utuḷhi flower,

I offered it to the Bodhi,

when that banyan tree had grown large,

in the golden-colored sunlight. Verse 1

Walt 4748 Within the present aeon, since

I offered a flower back then,

I’ve come to know no bad rebirth:

that’s the fruit of Bodhi -pūjā . Verse 2

Walt 4749 My defilements are now burnt up;

all new existence is destroyed.

Like elephants with broken chains,

I am living without constraint. Verse 3

Walt 4750 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 4

Walt 4751 The four analytical modes,

and these eight deliverances,

six special knowledges mastered,

I have done what the Buddha taught! Verse 5

Thus indeed Venerable Utuḷhipupphiya Thera spoke these verses.

The legend of Utuḷhipupphiya Thera is finished.

Translated by Jonathan S. Walters .

Whitman College, 2017

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