Tha Ap 515Kosumbhaphaliya

– Therāpadāna

– The Legends of the Theras

510. {513.} Kosumbhaphaliya

Walt 5468 I gave a margosa fruit to

the Golden-Colored Sambuddha,

the God of Gods, the Bull of Men,

who had entered onto the road. Verse 1

Walt 5469 In the thirty-one aeons since

I gave him that fruit at that time,

I’ve come to know no bad rebirth:

that is the fruit of giving fruit. Verse 2

Walt 5470 My defilements are now burnt up;

all new existence is destroyed.

Like elephants with broken chains,

I am living without constraint. Verse 3

Walt 5471 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 5472 The four analytical modes,

and these eight deliverances,

six special knowledges mastered,

I have done what the Buddha taught! Verse 5

Thus indeed Venerable Kosumbhaphaliya Thera spoke these verses.

The legend of Kosumbhaphaliya Thera is finished.

Translated by Jonathan S. Walters .

Whitman College, 2017

Legends of the Buddhist Saints (Apadāna) is released under the Attribution, Non-Commercial, Share Alike license.

This is the first-ever complete translation of Apadāna into a Western language.

For more information, visit apadanatranslation.org