Walt 2907 Padumuttara, World-Knower,
Sacrificial Recipient,
was raining down the Dhamma-rain
like the rainwaters from the sky. Verse 1Walt 2908 I saw him then, the Sambuddha,
preaching the path to deathlessness.
Bringing pleasure to my own heart,
I then went back to my own house. Verse 2Walt 2909 Taking an adorned umbrella,
I approached the Ultimate Man.
Happy, and with a happy heart,
I lifted it up in the sky. Verse 3Walt 2910 One of the foremost followers,
controlled like a well-built vehicle,
going up to the Sambuddha
then held it up over his head. Verse 4Walt 2911 Full of Pity, Compassionate,
the Buddha, the World’s Chief Leader,
sitting in the monks’ Assembly,
then spoke these verses about me: Verse 5Walt 2912 “He who gave me this umbrella,
adorned, delightful to the mind,
because of that mental pleasure
will not go to a bad rebirth. Verse 6Walt 2913 And seven times among the gods
he will exercise divine rule,
and thirty-six times he will be
a powerful wheel-turning king. Verse 7Walt 2914 In one hundred thousand aeons,
arising in Okkāka’s clan,
the one whose name is Gotama
will be the Teacher in the world. Verse 8Walt 2915Worthy heir to that one’s Dhamma,
Dhamma’s legitimate offspring,
knowing well all the defilements
he’ll reach nirvana, undefiled.” Verse 9Walt 2916 Understanding the Buddha’s speech,
those majestic words he uttered,
happy, with pleasure in my heart,
I gave rise to even more speech. Verse 10Walt 2917 Abandoning the human womb,
I attained the womb of a god.
My superb heavenly mansion
rose up tall, delighting the mind. Verse 11Walt 2918 When I go out from that mansion,
a white umbrella is carried.
I am getting that perception:
the fruit of previous karma. Verse 12Walt 2919 Falling from the world of the gods
I came into the human state,
thirty-six times a wheel-turner,
seven hundred aeons ago. Verse 13Walt 2920 After falling from that body,
I went on to the Thirty-Three.
Transmigrating I by and by
came back again to human life. Verse 14Walt 2921 They carried a white umbrella
for me leaving my mother’s womb.
Then at the age of seven years,
I went forth into homelessness. Verse 15Walt 2922 There was a man named Sunanda,
a brahmin master of mantras.
Bringing a crystal umbrella
, gifted the chief follower. Verse 16Walt 2923 The great hero, the great speaker
Sāriputta expressed his thanks.
Hearing his expression of thanks,
I recalled my previous deed. Verse 17Walt 2924 Pressing both my hands together,
I brought pleasure to my own heart.
Remembering my past karma,
I attained the arahant-state. Verse 18Walt 2925 Then standing up from my seat, I—
hands pressed together on my head—
saluted him, the Sambuddha,
and uttered these words at that time: Verse 19Walt 2926-2927“One hundred thousand aeons hence
Padumuttara the Buddha,
World Knower, Unmatched in the World,
Sacrificial Recipient,
the Self-Become One, Chief Person,
did take up in both of his hands
the umbrella given by me,
all-adorned and decorated. Verse 20-21Walt 2928 O! the Buddha! O! the Teaching!
O! Our Teacher’s accomplishment!
Through the gift of one umbrella,
I was reborn in no bad state. Verse 22Walt 2929 My defilements are now burnt up;
all new existence is destroyed.
knowing well all the defilements,
without defilements I now live. Verse 23Walt 2930 The four analytical modes,
and these eight deliverances,
six special knowledges mastered,
I have done what the Buddha taught! Verse 24
Thus indeed Venerable Saparivārachattadāyaka Thera spoke these verses.
The legend of Saparivārachattadāyaka Thera is finished.
The Summary:
Ummāpupphi and Pulina,
Hāsa, Sañña, Nimittaka,
Saṁsāvaka and Nigguṇḍi,
Sumana, Pupphachattaka,
and Suparivāracchatta:
one hundred plus seven verses.
The Ummāpupphiya Chapter, the Thirty-Third