Walt 1748 Right when Well-Gone Atthadassi
had achieved final nirvana,
I was born in a spirit’s womb;
I possessed great glory back then. Verse 1Walt 1749 “It’s a bad attainment for me,
a bad dawn, a bad arising,
that I should find such opulence
when the Eyeful One’s passed away.” Verse 2Walt 1750 Discerning what I was thinking,
the follower named Sāgara
with a wish for my upliftment,
then came into my presence there: Verse 3Walt 1751 “Why are you grieving? Do not fear!
o you knower of the Teaching,
by the Buddha have been given
the seeds of everyone’s success. Verse 4Walt 1752 He who’d worship the Sambuddha,
Siddhattha, Leader of the World,
should worship even one small bone
after the final nirvana. Verse 5Walt 1753 When the heart’s pleasure is the same
there is the same priceless merit.
Therefore having built a stupa,
worship the Victor’s relics there.” Verse 6Walt 1754 After hearing Sāgara’s words,
I then built a Buddha-stupa.
For five years I attended to
that Sage’s ultimate stupa. Verse 7Walt 1755 Due to that deed for the Biped-Lord,
the World’s Best One, the Bull of Men,
having enjoyed great happiness,
I attained my arahantship. Verse 8Walt 1756 In the seventh aeon ago
there were four named Bhūripañña,
wheel-turning kings with great power,
possessors of the seven gems. Verse 9Walt 1757 The four analytical modes,
and these eight deliverances,
six special knowledges mastered,
I have done what the Buddha taught! Verse 10
Thus indeed Venerable Paccupaṭṭhānasaññaka Thera spoke these verses.
The legend of Paccupaṭṭhānasaññaka Thera is finished.