Walt 1663 In the Himalayan region,
I dwelt on a mat made of leaves.
Not feeling any greed for food,
I was always happy back then. Verse 1Walt 1664Digging up roots like kaḷamba,
biḷāli and takkaḷi too
I ate them prepared by adding
jujube, marking-nut, and bel. Verse 2Walt 1665 Padumuttara, World-Knower
Sacrificial Recipient,
discerning what I was thinking,
came into my presence just then. Verse 3Walt 1666 Taking some biḷāli roots for
the Great Elephant who had come,
the God of Gods, the Bull of Men,
I placed them in his alms-bowl then. Verse 4Walt 1667 The Great Hero then consumed them
which made me extremely happy.
After eating, the Omniscient One
spoke this verse to me at that time: Verse 5Walt 1668 “You’ve brought pleasure to your own heart
by giving me these roots to eat.
For one hundred thousand aeons
you’ll come to know no bad rebirth.” Verse 6Walt 1670 This is my last going around;
all new existence is destroyed.
I am bearing my last body
in the Buddha’s dispensation. Verse 7Walt 1669 In the fifty-fourth aeon thence
the one known as Sumekhali
was a wheel-turner with great strength,
possessor of the seven gems. Verse 8Walt 1671 The four analytical modes,
and these eight deliverances,
six special knowledges mastered,
I have done what the Buddha taught! Verse 9
Thus indeed Venerable Biḷālidāyaka Thera spoke these verses.
The legend of Biḷālidāyaka Thera is finished.