Tha Ap 457Akkamanadāyaka

– Therāpadāna

– The Legends of the Theras

452. {455.} Akkamanadāyaka

Walt 4823 I gave a plank for stepping on

to Kakusandha, the Great Sage,

the Brahmin, the Perfected One,

going during the siesta. Verse 1

Walt 4824 Within the present aeon, since

I gave him that donation then,

I’ve come to know no bad rebirth:

that is the fruit of a foot-plank. Verse 2

Walt 4825 My defilements are now burnt up;

all new existence is destroyed.

Like elephants with broken chains,

I am living without constraint. Verse 3

Walt 4826 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 4827 The four analytical modes,

and these eight deliverances,

six special knowledges mastered,

I have done what the Buddha taught! Verse 5

Thus indeed Venerable Akkamanadāyaka Thera spoke these verses.

The legend of Akkamanadāyaka Thera is finished.

Translated by Jonathan S. Walters .

Whitman College, 2017

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