Walt 1050-1051Picking a flowering lotus,
and water lily and jasmine,
and taking some rice cooked in milk,
I gave it to the Teacher then,
to Buddha Padumuttara
the World’s Best One, the Neutral One,
who had gone out upon the road,
wandering on journeys back then. Verse 1-2Walt 1052 At that time the Great Hero ate
that milk-rice that’s so good to eat,
and taking up that lotus flower
he gave it to the people there. Verse 3Walt 1053 “This superb lotus is pretty,
pleasant and much loved in the world.
He who gave this flower to me
has done a most difficult deed. Verse 4Walt 1054 I shall relate details of him
who offered this flower to me
and gave me this rice cooked in milk;
all of you listen to my words: Verse 5Walt 1055-1056For ten and also eight more times
he will exercise divine rule.
As the result of his karma,
in the future there will be borne
a canopy built in the sky
of lily and of lotuses,
which in addition will contain
the white flowers known as jasmine. Verse 6-7Walt 1057 Five and twenty times he will be
a king who turns the wheel of law.
He will reside upon the earth
and have five hundred earthly reigns. Verse 8Walt 1058 In one hundred thousand aeons,
arising in Okkāka’s clan,
the one whose name is Gotama
will be the Teacher in the world. Verse 9Walt 1059 Delighted by his own karma,
incited by his wholesome roots,
he will be the Buddha’s kinsman,
conveying joy to the Śākyans. Verse 10Walt 1060 And he, having renounced the world,
incited by his wholesome roots,
knowing well all the defilements,
will reach nirvana, undefiled. Verse 11Walt 1061 Then Gotama, the World’s Kinsman,
will place him in a foremost place
of achieving analysis,
and of doing what should be done. Verse 12Walt 1062 Being one bent on exertion,
calmed, devoid of grounds for rebirth,
he’ll be the Teacher’s follower;
his name will be Udāyi then.” Verse 13Walt 1063 Now my heart is liberated;
ill-will has fallen from the mind.
Knowing well all the defilements,
without defilements I now live. Verse 14Walt 1064 An ardent striver, intelligent,
I satisfied the Sambuddha.
And the Sambuddha, with delight,
did place me in that foremost place. Verse 15Walt 1065 The four analytical modes,
and these eight deliverances,
six special knowledges mastered,
I have done what the Buddha taught! Verse 16
Thus indeed Venerable Kāḷudāyi Thera spoke these verses.
The legend of Kāḷudāyi Thera is finished.