Tha Ap 96Sucidāyaka

– Therāpadāna

– The Legends of the Theras

94. Sucidāyaka

Walt 1571 I was formerly a blacksmith

in the fine city Bandhumā.

I gave the gift of a needle

to Vipassi, the Sage so Great. Verse 1

Walt 1572 Due to such karma my knowledge

is now just like a top diamond.

I have no lust, I’m fully free;

I have attained arahantship. Verse 2

Walt 1573 With knowledge I learn everything

about all past existences

and present ones and future ones:

that is the fruit of needle-gifts. Verse 3

Walt 1574 In the ninety-first aeon thence

lived seven Vajirasamas,

wheel-turning kings with great power,

possessors of the seven gems. Verse 4

Walt 1575 The four analytical modes,

and these eight deliverances,

six special knowledges mastered,

I have done what the Buddha taught! Verse 5

Thus indeed Venerable Sucidāyaka Thera spoke these verses.

The legend of Sucidāyaka Thera is finished.

Translated by Jonathan S. Walters .

Whitman College, 2017

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