Tha Ap 531Āmaṇḍaphaladāyaka

– Therāpadāna

– The Legends of the Theras

526. {529.} Āmaṇḍaphaladāyaka

Walt 5611 The Victor, Padumuttara,

was a Master of Everything.

RIsing up from meditation,

the World-Leader walked back and forth. Verse 1

Walt 5612 Having taken a khāri -load,

I was carrying fruit just then.

I saw the Buddha, Stainless One,

the Great Sage, walking back and forth. Verse 2

Walt 5613 Happy, with pleasure in my heart,

hands pressed together on my head,

saluting him , the Sambuddha,

I gave him a castor-oil fruit. Verse 3

Walt 5614 In the hundred thousand aeons,

since I gave that fruit at that time,

I’ve come to know no bad rebirth:

that’s the fruit of castor-oil fruit . Verse 4

Walt 5615 My defilements are now burnt up;

all new existence is destroyed.

Like elephants with broken chains,

I am living without constraint. Verse 5

Walt 5616 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 6

Walt 5617 The four analytical modes,

and these eight deliverances,

six special knowledges mastered,

I have done what the Buddha taught! Verse 7

Thus indeed Venerable Āmaṇḍaphaladāyaka Thera spoke these verses.

The legend of Āmaṇḍaphaladāyaka Thera is finished.

Translated by Jonathan S. Walters .

Whitman College, 2017

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