Walt 2157 The Sambuddha named Siddhattha,
Self-Become, praised by good people,
having entered concentration,
sat down upon a mountain then. Verse 1Walt 2158 Searching in a natural lake
for a superb lotus flower,
I saw bandhujīvaka blooms
in the nearby vicinity. Verse 2Walt 2159 Picking them up with both my hands,
I then approached the Sage So Great.
Happy, with pleasure in my heart,
I offered them to Siddhattha. Verse 3Walt 2160 In the ninety-four aeons since
I offered those flowers to him,
I’ve come to know no bad rebirth:
that’s the fruit of flower-pūjā. Verse 4Walt 2161 In the fourteenth aeon ago,
there was one ruler of people
whose name was Samuddakappa,
a wheel-turning king with great power. Verse 5Walt 2162 The four analytical modes,
and these eight deliverances,
six special knowledges mastered,
I have done what the Buddha taught! Verse 6
Thus indeed Venerable Bandhujīvaka Thera spoke these verses.
The legend of Bandhujīvaka Thera is finished.