Walt 2888 All the people, come together,
were doing a great pūjā for
Vessabhu Buddha, Blessed One,
the World’s Best One, the Neutral One. Verse 1Walt 2889 Making a ball of pure alms food
and, happy, a floral garland,
I then offered them in front of
the lion-throne of the Buddha. Verse 2Walt 2890 All the people, come together,
are seeing that superb flower.
“By whom was this flower offered
to the Best Buddha, Neutral One?” Verse 3Walt 2891 Because of that mental pleasure,
I was reborn in Nimmāna.
I experience own-karma,
done well in the past by myself. Verse 4Walt 2892 In whichever womb I’m reborn,
whether it’s human or divine,
I am dear to all the people:
that’s the fruit of flower-pūjā. Verse 5Walt 2893 I’ve come to know no reviling
of self-controlled ascetics done
by me by means of my body,
nor with my speech nor through my mind. Verse 6Walt 2894 Because of that good behavior
and my mental resolution,
I am honored by all people:
that’s the fruit of not reviling. Verse 7Walt 2895 In the thirty-one aeons since
I did that flower-pūjā then,
I’ve come to know no bad rebirth:
that’s the fruit of Buddha-pūjā. Verse 8Walt 2896 In the eleventh aeon hence
there was a king, Sahassāra,
wheel-turning monarch with great strength,
possessor of the seven gems. Verse 9Walt 2897 The four analytical modes,
and these eight deliverances,
six special knowledges mastered,
I have done what the Buddha taught! Verse 10
Thus indeed Venerable Sumanāveliya Thera spoke these verses.
The legend of Sumanāveliya Thera is finished.