Tha Ap 53Vidhūpanadāyaka

– Therāpadāna

– The Legends of the Theras

– Vījanī Chapter, the Sixth

51. Vidhūpanadāyaka

Walt 1258 I dedicated a fan to

Padumuttara the Buddha,

the World’s Best One, the Neutral One,

the Such-Like Lord of all Bipeds. Verse 1

Walt 1259 Bringing pleasure to my own heart,

pressing both my hands together,

having worshipped the Sambuddha,

I departed facing the north. Verse 2

Walt 1260 Picking up the fan I gave him

the Teacher, the World’s Chief Leader;

standing in the monks’ Assembly

then spoke these verses about me : Verse 3

Walt 1261 “Because of this gift of a fan

and the resolve in his own heart,

for one hundred thousand aeons

he won’t go to a place of grief. Verse 4

Walt 1262 Resolved, with strenuous effort,

attentive to the heart’s virtue,

he will attain arahantship

when he’s only seven years old . Verse 5

Walt 1263 In sixty thousand aeons hence

he will be sixteen different kings

who’ll all be named Vijamāna,

wheel-turning monarchs with great strength.” Verse 6

Walt 1264 The four analytical modes,

and these eight deliverances,

six special knowledges mastered,

I have done what the Buddha taught! Verse 7

Thus indeed Venerable Vidhūpanadāyaka Thera spoke these verses.

The legend of Vidhūpanadāyaka Thera is finished.

Translated by Jonathan S. Walters .

Whitman College, 2017

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