176. Maggadattika

Tha-ap 178

Fresh saplings growing beneath the spreading canopy of an old fig tree.

Walt 2129 Anomadassi, Blessed One,
the Biped-Lord, the Bull of Men,
bringing happiness to the world,
walked back and forth across the sky. Verse 1

Walt 2130 Happy, with pleasure in \[my heart,
worshipping I scattered flowers.
The flowers stayed on his raised feet;
also on the top of his head. Verse 2

Walt 2131 In the twenty-thousandth aeon
there did live five different people
all named Pupphacchadaniya,
wheel-turning kings with great power. Verse 3

Walt 2132 The four analytical modes,
and these eight deliverances,
six special knowledges mastered,
I have done what the Buddha taught! Verse 4

Thus indeed Venerable Maggadattika Thera spoke these verses.

The legend of Maggadattika Thera is finished.

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