Walt 2248 Traveling a bad mountain road,
I was a monkey, strong and fast.
Seeing wild mangosteen in fruit,
I called to mind the Best Buddha. Verse 1Walt 2249 Going forth for several days,
cheerful, with pleasure in my heart
I sought the Leader of the World,
Siddhattha, the Three-Worlds-Ender. Verse 2Walt 2250 Realizing that thought of mine,
the Teacher, Supreme in the World,
came into my vicinity
with one thousand free of outflows. Verse 3Walt 2251 Generating great delight then,
I approached him with fruit in hand.
The Blessed One accepted it,
the Omniscient, Best Debater. Verse 4Walt 2252 In the ninety-four aeons since
I gave him that fruit at that time,
I’ve come to know no bad rebirth:
that’s the fruit of a gift of fruit. Verse 5Walt 2253 In the fifty-seventh aeon
there was one named Upananda,
a wheel-turning king with great strength,
possessor of the seven gems. Verse 6Walt 2254 The four analytical modes,
and these eight deliverances,
six special knowledges mastered,
I have done what the Buddha taught! Verse 7
Thus indeed Venerable Tindukadāyaka Thera spoke these verses.
The legend of Tindukadāyaka Thera is finished.