Tha Ap 477Kummāsadāyaka

– Therāpadāna

– The Legends of the Theras

472. {475.} Kummāsadāyaka

Walt 4986 When Vipassi, the Sage So Great,

was going about as he wished,

seeing that his bowl was empty,

I filled it with barley porridge. Verse 1

Walt 4987 In the ninety-one aeons since

I gave that alms food at that time,

I’ve come to know no bad rebirth:

that’s the fruit of barley porridge. Verse 2

Walt 4988 My defilements are now burnt up;

all new existence is destroyed.

Like elephants with broken chains,

I am living without constraint. Verse 3

Walt 4989 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 4990 The four analytical modes,

and these eight deliverances,

six special knowledges mastered,

I have done what the Buddha taught! Verse 5

Thus indeed Venerable Kummāsadāyaka Thera spoke these verses.

The legend of Kummāsadāyaka Thera is finished.

Translated by Jonathan S. Walters .

Whitman College, 2017

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