232. Bhājanadāyaka

Tha-ap 234

A weathered wooden water bucket beside split firewood on damp stone.

Walt 2428 In the city, Bandumatī,
I was a potter at that time.
For a long time I protected
vessels for the monks’ Assembly. Verse 1

Walt 2429 In the ninety-one aeons since
I protected the monks’ vessels,
I’ve come to know no bad rebirth:
the fruit of protecting vessels. Verse 2

Walt 2430 In the fifty-third aeon hence
was one named Anantajāli,
a wheel-turning king with great strength,
possessor of the seven gems. Verse 3

Walt 2431 The four analytical modes,
and these eight deliverances,
six special knowledges mastered,
I have done what the Buddha taught! Verse 4

Thus indeed Venerable Bhājanadāyaka Thera spoke these verses.

The legend of Bhājanadāyaka Thera is finished.

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