Tha Ap 517Nāgapupphiya

– Therāpadāna

– The Legends of the Theras

512. {515.} Nāgapupphiya

Walt 5479 I gave an ironwood flower

to the Gold-Colored Sambuddha,

Sacrificial Recipient,

who had entered onto the road. Verse 1

Walt 5480 In the ninety-one aeons since

I gave him that flower back then,

I’ve come to know no bad rebirth:

that is the fruit of giving fruit. Verse 2

Walt 5481 My defilements are now burnt up;

all new existence is destroyed.

Like elephants with broken chains,

I am living without constraint. Verse 3

Walt 5482 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 5483 The four analytical modes,

and these eight deliverances,

six special knowledges mastered,

I have done what the Buddha taught! Verse 5

Thus indeed Venerable Nāgapupphiya Thera spoke these verses.

The legend of Nāgapupphiya Thera is finished.

Translated by Jonathan S. Walters .

Whitman College, 2017

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