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153. Vīthisammajjaka

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Cloud and mist reflected in a still mountain lake.

Walt 2007 I saw the World-Chief setting out
like the rising hundred-rayed sun,
like the mid-day yellow-rayed sun,
like the moon on the fifteenth day.Verse 1

Walt 2008 There were sixty-eight thousand monks,
who’d all destroyed the defilements,
surrounding the Sambuddha then,
the Biped-Lord, the Bull of Men. Verse 2

Walt 2009 After I had swept that road for
the World-Leader, the Charioteer,
I then raised up a banner there,
with a mind that was very clear. Verse 3

Walt 2010 In the ninety-one aeons since
I offered that banner to him,
I’ve come to know no bad rebirth:
that’s the fruit of giving banners. Verse 4

Walt 2011 In the fourth aeon after that
I was a king with great power,
who was famous as Sudhaja
and was endowed with every sign. Verse 5

Walt 2012 The four analytical modes,
and these eight deliverances,
six special knowledges mastered,
I have done what the Buddha taught! Verse 6

Thus indeed Venerable Vīthisammajjaka Thera spoke these verses.

The legend of Vīthisammajjaka Thera is finished.

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Translation by Jonathan S. Walters · SuttaCentral · CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 US

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Translated by Jonathan S. Walters.

Whitman College, 2017

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