Walt 2691 I laid down golden sandalwood
for exiting the ashram door.
I now enjoy my own karma:
that is the fruit of past karma. Verse 1Walt 2692 Thoroughbreds, those fast like the wind,
horses from Sindh, fast vehicles:
I am enjoying all of that:
that is the fruit of sandalwood. Verse 2Walt 2693 O! my deed, an ultimate deed,
done well in a fine arena.
None but deeds done for the monks
has the slightest bit of value Verse 3Walt 2694 In the ninety-four aeons since
I laid down that sandalwood there,
I’ve come to know no bad rebirth:
that’s the fruit of laying down wood. Verse 4Walt 2695 In the seventy-fifth aeon
hence was a greatly powerful
wheel-turner who had mighty strength,
whose name was Suppatiṭṭhita. Verse 5Walt 2696 The four analytical modes,
and these eight deliverances,
six special knowledges mastered,
I have done what the Buddha taught! Verse 6
Thus indeed Venerable Gosīsanikkhepa Thera spoke these verses.
The legend of Gosīsanikkhepa Thera is finished.