Tha Ap 473Naḷamāliya

– Therāpadāna

– The Legends of the Theras

– Naḷamāli Chapter, the Forty-Eighth

468. {471.} Naḷamāliya

Walt 4936 I saw the Leader of the World,

the Golden-Colored Sambuddha,

Sacrificial Recipient,

flying along the forest top. Verse 1

Walt 4937 Having taken a reed-flower,

I am setting out all the time.

There I saw him , the Sambuddha,

the Flood-Crosser, Undefiled One. Verse 2

Walt 4938 Happy, with pleasure in my heart,

I offered that reed-flower to

the Great Hero, Worthy of Gifts,

the Pitier of the Whole World. Verse 3

Walt 4939 In the thirty-one aeons since

I presented him that flower,

I’ve come to know no bad rebirth:

that’s the fruit of Buddha- pūjā . Verse 4

Walt 4940 My defilements are now burnt up;

all new existence is destroyed.

Like elephants with broken chains,

I am living without constraint. Verse 5

Walt 4941 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 4942 The four analytical modes,

and these eight deliverances,

six special knowledges mastered,

I have done what the Buddha taught! Verse 7

Thus indeed Venerable Naḷamāliya Thera spoke these verses.

The legend of Naḷamāliya Thera is finished.

Translated by Jonathan S. Walters .

Whitman College, 2017

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