367. {370.} Salaḷapupphiya

Walt 3214 On Candabhāgā River’s bank
I was a kinnara back then.
And then I saw the God of Gods,
Bull of Men, walking back and forth. Verse 1

Walt 3215 Plucking a salaḷa flower,
I gifted it to the Buddha.
The Great Hero, the Buddha sniffed
that divinely-scented flower. Verse 2

Walt 3216 Accepting them the Sambuddha
Vipassi, Leader of the World,
the Great Hero, the Buddha sniffed,
conscious of what I was wishing. Verse 3

Walt 3217 Happy, with pleasure in my heart,
I worshipped him, the Best Biped.
Pressing both my hands together
I climbed up the mountain again. Verse 4

Walt 3218 In the ninety-one aeons since
I did pūjā with that flower,
I’ve come to know no bad rebirth:
that’s the fruit of Buddha-pūjā. Verse 5

Walt 3219 The four analytical modes,
and these eight deliverances,
six special knowledges mastered,
I have done what the Buddha taught! Verse 6

Thus indeed Venerable Salaḷapupphiya Thera spoke these verses.

The legend of Salaḷapupphiya Thera is finished.

The Summary:

Mandārava and Kekkhāru,
Bhisa, Kesarapupphiya,
Aṅkolaka and Kadambi,
Uddāli, Ekacampaka,
Timira, Salaḷa as well:
and exactly forty verses.

The Mandārapupphiya Chapter, the Thirty-Seventh