Walt 2241 In the city, Dvāravatī,
I had a small flowering tree.
There was a well there in that place,
whose water made the trees grow tall. Verse 1Walt 2242 Siddhattha, the Unconquered One,
made firm by his own mental strength,
showing his compassion for me,
traveled in the path of the wind. Verse 2Walt 2243 I am looking at nothing else,
fixed on worship of the Great Sage.
Seeing an ashoka tree sprout
I threw it up into the sky. Verse 3Walt 2244 Those shoots are going backwards
to the Buddha going in the sky.
That I, seeing that miracle,
thought, “O! The Buddha’s loftiness!” Verse 4Walt 2245 In the ninety-four aeons since
I offered the Buddha that sprout,
I’ve come to know no bad rebirth:
that’s the fruit of Buddha-pūjā. Verse 5Walt 2246 In the twenty-seventh aeon
ago lived one Ekassara,
a wheel-turning king with great strength,
possessor of the seven gems. Verse 6Walt 2247 The four analytical modes,
and these eight deliverances,
six special knowledges mastered,
I have done what the Buddha taught! Verse 7
Thus indeed Venerable Kisalayapūjaka Thera spoke these verses.
The legend of Kisalayapūjaka Thera is finished.