Walt 3060 In the city, Haṁsavatī,
I was a florist at that time.
Plunging into a lotus lake,
I gathered some lotus blossoms. Verse 1Walt 3061-3062The Victor Padumuttara
was the Master of Everything.
Along with one hundred thousand
such-like ones whose minds were peaceful,
pure ones with defilements destroyed,
six special knowledge-possessors,
the Ultimate Person approached
desirous of my improvement. Verse 2-3Walt 3063 Having seen him, the God of Gods,
the Self-Become One, World-Leader,
breaking off the stems I tossed those
lotuses into the air then. Verse 4Walt 3064 “If you are a Buddha, Hero,
the World’s Best One, the Bull of Men,
let these lotuses by themselves
go and be carried on your head.” Verse 5Walt 3065 The World’s Best One, the Bull of Men,
the Great Hero then wishing so,
through the power of the Buddha,
those blooms were carried on his head. Verse 6Walt 3066 Due to that karma done very well,
with intention and firm resolve,
discarding my human body,
I went to Tāvatiṁsa then. Verse 7Walt 3067 There my well-constructed mansion
was known as “One Hundred Petals.”
It rose up sixty leagues in height;
and it was thirty leagues in width. Verse 8Walt 3068 A thousand times the lord of gods,
I exercised divine rule then.
And seventy-five times I was
a king who turned the wheel of law. Verse 9Walt 3069 There was also much local rule,
innumerable by counting.
I experienced own-karma,
formerly well done by myself. Verse 10Walt 3070 Due to just that single lotus,
experiencing good fortune,
I realized the Teaching of
the Blessed Buddha, Gotama. Verse 11Walt 3071 My defilements are now burnt up;
all new existence is destroyed.
Like elephants with broken chains,
I am living without constraint. Verse 12Walt 3072 In the hundred thousand aeons
since I offered him that flower,
I’ve come to know no bad rebirth:
the fruit of a single lotus. Verse 13Walt 3073 The four analytical modes,
and these eight deliverances,
six special knowledges mastered,
I have done what the Buddha taught! Verse 14
Thus indeed Venerable Ukkhittapadumiya Thera spoke these verses.
The legend of Ukkhittapadumiya Thera is finished.
The Summary:
Gandhodaka and Pūjani,
Punnāga, Ekadussika,
Phusita and Pabhaṇkara,
Kuṭida, Uttarīyaka,
Savani, Ekapadumi:
the clump of verses there numbers
one hundred verses and also
forty-four additional ones.
The Gandhathūpiya Chapter, the Thirty-Fourth