263. Aḍḍhacandiya

Tha-ap 265

A broad elephant footprint holds rainwater in soft woodland earth.

Walt 2549 A half-moon was given by me
at the tree rising up from earth,
at the feet of Blessed Tissa’s
Bodhi, a crocodile-bark tree. Verse 1

Walt 2550 In the ninety-two aeons since
I offered that flower to it,
I’ve come to know no bad rebirth:
that’s the fruit of Bodhi-pūjā. Verse 2

Walt 2551 In the twenty-fifth aeon hence
a kṣatriyan named Devapa
was a wheel-turner with great strength,
possessor of the seven gems. Verse 3

Walt 2552 The four analytical modes,
and these eight deliverances,
six special knowledges mastered,
I have done what the Buddha taught! Verse 4

Thus indeed Venerable Aḍḍhacandiya Thera spoke these verses.

The legend of Aḍḍhacandiya Thera is finished.

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