349. {352.} Yavakalāpiya

Tha-ap 354

A broad lotus leaf shedding small beads of water.

Walt 3145 In Aruṇavatī City,
I was a barley grower then.
Seeing the Buddha on the road,
I spread out a sheaf of barley. Verse 1

Walt 3146 Sikhi, Chief Leader of the World,
Merciful, Compassionate One,
discerning what I was thinking,
sat down on that sheaf of barley. Verse 2

Walt 3147 Seeing the seated Spotless One,
the Great Meditator, Leader,
and generating great delight,
I passed away right on the spot. Verse 3

Walt 3148 In the thirty-one aeons since
I did that good karma back then,
I’ve come to know no bad rebirth:
the fruit in spreading out barley. Verse 4

Walt 3149 The four analytical modes,
and these eight deliverances,
six special knowledges mastered,
I have done what the Buddha taught! Verse 5

Thus indeed Venerable Yavakalāpiya Thera spoke these verses.

The legend of Yavakalāpiya Thera is finished.

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