Tha Ap 55Sayanadāyaka

– Therāpadāna

– The Legends of the Theras

53. Sayanadāyaka

Walt 1277 Padumuttara the Buddha

had pity on the whole world.

I donated a bed to him,

with a mind that was very clear. Verse 1

Walt 1278 Because of that gift of a bed,

food would then just appear to me,

like a seed’s yield in a good field:

that’s the fruit of giving that bed. Verse 2

Walt 1279 I make my bed up in the sky;

I am carrying the whole earth;

I have lordship over creatures:

that is the fruit of a bed -gift . Verse 3

Walt 1280 Then five thousand aeons ago,

there were eight named Mahāvara;

thirty-four hundred aeons hence,

there were four kings with great strength. Verse 4

Walt 1281 The four analytical modes,

and these eight deliverances,

six special knowledges mastered,

I have done what the Buddha taught! Verse 5

Thus indeed Venerable Sayanadāyaka Thera spoke these verses.

The legend of Sayanadāyaka Thera is finished.

Translated by Jonathan S. Walters .

Whitman College, 2017

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