150. Pallaṅkadāyaka

Tha-ap 152

A willow branch touching the surface of still water.

Walt 1988 I gave Sumedha, the World’s Best,
the Blessed One, the Neutral One,
a well-made couch for him to use,
which had an upper covering. Verse 1

Walt 1989 At that time that well-made couch was
studded with the seven gemstones.
In accordance with my thinking,
that is always produced for me. Verse 2

Walt 1990 In the thirty thousand aeons
since I gave him that couch back then,
I’ve come to know no bad rebirth:
that is the fruit of a couch-gift. Verse 3

Walt 1991 In the twenty-thousandth aeon,
there were three named Suvaṇṇābha,
wheel-turning kings with great power,
possessors of the seven gems. Verse 4

Walt 1992 The four analytical modes,
and these eight deliverances,
six special knowledges mastered,
I have done what the Buddha taught! Verse 5

Thus indeed Venerable Pallaṅkadāyaka Thera spoke these verses.

The legend of Pallaṅkadāyaka Thera is finished.

The Summary:

Chatta, Thamba and Vedī,
Parivār’, Ummapupphiya,
Anulepa, Maggadāyī,
Phaladāyī, Vaṭaṁsaka,
Pallaṅkadāyī, fifty six
verses are thus declared herein.

The Chatta Chapter, the Fifteenth.

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