Tha Ap 512Nāḷikeradāyaka

– Therāpadāna

– The Legends of the Theras

507. {510.} Nāḷikeradāyaka

Walt 5448 In the city, Bandhumatī,

I worked in a hermitage then.

I saw the Spotless One, Buddha,

who was traveling through the sky. Verse 1

Walt 5449 Having taken a coconut,

I gave it to the Best Buddha.

Standing in the sky, the Calm One,

the Great Famed One accepted it . Verse 2

Walt 5450-5451 With a mind that was very clear,

having given Buddha that fruit,

productive of delight for me,

bringing happiness in this world,

I then came to possess great joy

and vast, ultimate happiness.

A gem was truly produced for

me, being reborn here and there. Verse 3-4

Walt 5452 In the ninety-one aeons since

I gave the Buddha fruit back then,

I’ve come to know no bad rebirth:

that is the fruit of giving fruit. Verse 5

Walt 5453 The divine eye is purified;

I’m skilled in meditative states.

Special knowledges perfected:

that is the fruit of giving fruit. Verse 6

Walt 5454 My defilements are now burnt up;

all new existence is destroyed.

Like elephants with broken chains,

I am living without constraint. Verse 7

Walt 5455 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 8

Walt 5456 The four analytical modes,

and these eight deliverances,

six special knowledges mastered,

I have done what the Buddha taught! Verse 9

Thus indeed Venerable Nāḷikeradāyaka Thera spoke these verses.

The legend of Nāḷikeradāyaka Thera is finished.

The Summary:

Kaṇikār’,and Ekapatta,

Kāsumārī, thus Āvaṭa,

Pāra and Mātuluṅga too ,

Ajela, also Amora,

Tāla and thus Nāḷikera:

the verses that are counted here

number just one hundred verses,

avoiding any less or more.

The Kaṇikāra Chapter, the Fifty-First

Translated by Jonathan S. Walters .

Whitman College, 2017

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