Walt 2219 What grass a forest-dwelling sage
is reaping for the Great Teacher,
all those blades turning to the right
fell down upon the earth back then. Verse 1Walt 2220 That I, taking a load of grass
and bringing blades of grass and leaves
of palmyra did make a mat,
spread out on the excellent ground. Verse 2Walt 2221 Fashioning that grass and those leaves,
I gave that mat to Siddhattha;
for seven days I bore it there
for the Teacher of Gods and Men. Verse 3Walt 2222 In the ninety-four aeons since
I gave the Buddha grass back then
I’ve come to know no bad rebirth:
that’s the fruit of a gift of grass. Verse 4Walt 2223 In the sixty-fifth aeon hence
there were four named Mahādhana,
wheel-turning monarchs with great strength,
possessors of the seven gems. Verse 5Walt 2224 The four analytical modes,
and these eight deliverances,
six special knowledges mastered,
I have done what the Buddha taught! Verse 6
Thus indeed Venerable Tiṇasantharadāyaka Thera spoke these verses.
The legend of Tiṇasantharadāyaka Thera is finished.