Walt 728 When the World-Leader Sumedha,
the Best Person, reached nirvana,
with a pleased heart and happy mind
I did pūjā to his stupa. Verse 1Walt 729 Gathering together there those
whose defilements had been destroyed,
special knowledges, superpowers,
I gave the monks’ Assembly a meal. Verse 2Walt 730 At that time I also waited
on Sumedha the Blessed One.
He who was known as Sumedha
then provided his thanks to me. Verse 3Walt 731 Due to the pleasure in my heart
I‘m born in a divine mansion.
Eight-six thousand divine nymphs
delighted me in that mansion. Verse 4Walt 732 They submitted only to me,
with every pleasure constantly.
I surpassed all the other gods;
that is the fruit of good karma. Verse 5Walt 733 In the twenty-fifth aeon thence
I was the king named Varuṇa.
I was then a wheel-turning king
endowed with extra special food. Verse 6Walt 734 They did not have to plant the seed
nor did they need to yoke the plough;
all the folks were able to feed
on rice uncooked with firewood. Verse 7Walt 735 After reigning there in that way
I went back to the divine state.
Then too in that same way for me
success in food came into being. Verse 8Walt 736 No living being, friend or foe
is doing any harm to me.
I am beloved of them all;
that is the fruit of good karma. Verse 9Walt 737 In the thirty thousand aeons
since I provided that gift then,
I’ve come to know no bad rebirth;
that’s the fruit of scented ointment. Verse 10Walt 738 In this present lucky aeon
one time I was the lord of men.
I was a wheel-turning king then
of great majesty and power. Verse 11Walt 739 I established many people
in the five moral precepts then
and made them achieve good rebirths;
I was beloved of the gods. Verse 12Walt 740 The four analytical modes,
and these eight deliverances,
six special knowledges mastered,
I have done what the Buddha taught! Verse 13
Thus indeed Venerable Pilindavaccha Thera spoke these verses.
The legend of Pilindavaccha Thera is finished.