Walt 1767 I was a learned mantra-knower
who had mastered the three Vedas.
While standing in the open air
I saw the Leader of the World, Verse 1Walt 1768 wandering the woods like a lion,
untrembling like a tiger-king,
the Great Sage, like an elephant,
a mātaṅga in three-fold rut. Verse 2Walt 1769 Picking up some jasmine flowers,
I tossed them up into the air.
By the power of the Buddha,
they fully surrounded him there. Verse 3Walt 1770 The Great Hero stood unmoving,
the World-Leader, Omniscient One.
On all sides they scattered flowers,
thus covering the Bull of Men. Verse 4Walt 1771 There a canopy of flowers
with stems inside and blossoms out
having covered him for a week
afterward then disappeared. Verse 5Walt 1772 And having seen that miracle,
marvel making hair stand on end,
I pleased my heart in the Buddha,
the Well-Gone-One, the World-Leader. Verse 6Walt 1773 Due to that pleasure in my heart,
incited by my wholesome roots,
for one hundred thousand aeons,
I’ve come to know no bad rebirth. Verse 7Walt 1774 In the fifteen-thousandth aeon
there were five more than twenty men,
wheel-turning kings with great power,
all known as Cīnamāla then. Verse 8Walt 1775 The four analytical modes,
and these eight deliverances,
six special knowledges mastered,
I have done what the Buddha taught! Verse 9
Thus indeed Venerable Sereyyaka Thera spoke these verses.
The legend of Sereyyaka Thera is finished.