206. Udakadāyaka

Tha-ap 208

A tide advances and retreats across grey sand beside a smooth pebble.

Walt 2294 Seeing the Monk, who was eating,
Extremely Bright and Undisturbed,
bringing water in a small pot,
I gave it to him, Siddhattha. Verse 1

Walt 2295 Now today I am purified;
stainless, with all my doubt destroyed.
Being reborn in existence,
that fruit is reborn for me too. Verse 2

Walt 2296 In the ninety-four aeons since
I gave him water at that time,
I’ve come to know no bad rebirth:
that’s the fruit of giving water. Verse 3

Walt 2297 In the sixty-first aeon hence
there was one man named Vimala,
a wheel-turning king with great strength,
possessor of the seven gems. Verse 4

Walt 2298 The four analytical modes,
and these eight deliverances,
six special knowledges mastered,
I have done what the Buddha taught! Verse 5

Thus indeed Venerable Udakadāyaka Thera spoke these verses.

The legend of Udakadāyaka Thera is finished.

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