239. Jagatikāraka

Tha-ap 241

Layered mountain rock above a misty valley.

Walt 2456 When Atthadassi, the World’s Lord,
the Best of Men, reached nirvana,
the landscaping was done by me
for the Buddha’s superb stupa. Verse 1

Walt 2457 In the eighteen hundred aeons
since I did that karma back then,
I’ve come to know no bad rebirth:
that’s the fruit of good landscaping. Verse 2

Walt 2458 The four analytical modes,
and these eight deliverances,
six special knowledges mastered,
I have done what the Buddha taught! Verse 3

Thus indeed Venerable Jagatikāraka Thera spoke these verses.

The legend of Jagatikāraka Thera is finished.

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