144. Saparivāriya

Tha-ap 146

A grassy ridge path between green valleys and distant blue hills.

Walt 1955 The Victor, Padumuttara,
the World’s Best One, the Bull of Men,
like a blazing column of fire,
the Sambuddha then passed away. Verse 1

Walt 1956 When the Great Hero passed away,
a stupa was piled up there then.
Day and night they attended on
the ultimate best relic-womb. Verse 2

Walt 1957 With a pleased heart and happy mind
I made a sandalwood railing,
and giving mounds of incense too,
the stupa was then suitable. Verse 3

Walt 1958 Transmigrating in existence,
whether it’s human or divine,
I saw no inferior state:
that’s the fruit of former karma. Verse 4

Walt 1959 In the fifteen-hundredth aeon
ago, there were eight people.
All of them were named Samatta,
wheel-turning kings with great power. Verse 5

Walt 1960 The four analytical modes,
and these eight deliverances,
six special knowledges mastered,
I have done what the Buddha taught! Verse 6

Thus indeed Venerable Saparivāriya Thera spoke these verses.

The legend of Saparivāriya Thera is finished.

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