302. Sabbagandhiya

Tha-ap 304

Moonlight reaching through the branches of a mango grove.

Walt 2721 I gave a garland of flowers
to Vipassi Buddha, Great Sage,
and I gave to the Upright One
a piece of the finest silk cloth. Verse 1

Walt 2722 In the ninety-one aeons since
I formerly gave him that cloth,
I’ve come to know no bad rebirth:
that’s the fruit of giving perfumes. Verse 2

Walt 2723 In the fifteenth aeon ago
lived a ruler named Sucela,
a wheel-turning king with great strength,
possessor of the seven gems. Verse 3

Walt 2724 The four analytical modes,
and these eight deliverances,
six special knowledges mastered,
I have done what the Buddha taught! Verse 4

Thus indeed Venerable Sabbagandhiya Thera spoke these verses.

The legend of Sabbagandhiya Thera is finished.

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