412. {415.} Nāgapallavaka

Walt 4385 In the city, Bandhumatī,
I lived in the royal garden.
At that time, near my hermitage,
the Leader of the World sat down. Verse 1

Walt 4386 Taking a sprout of ironwood,
I offered it to the Buddha.
Happy, with pleasure in my heart,
I saluted the Well-Gone-One. Verse 2

Walt 4387 In the ninety-one aeons since
I offered that sprout at that time,
I’ve come to know no bad rebirth:
that’s the fruit of Buddha-pūjā. Verse 3

Walt 4388 My defilements are now burnt up;
all new existence is destroyed.
Like elephants with broken chains,
I am living without constraint. Verse 4

Walt 4389 Being in Best Buddha’s presence
was a very good thing for me.
The three knowledges are attained;
I have done what the Buddha taught! Verse 5

Walt 4390 The four analytical modes,
and these eight deliverances,
six special knowledges mastered,
I have done what the Buddha taught! Verse 6

Thus indeed Venerable Nāgapallavaka Thera spoke these verses.

The legend of Nāgapallavaka Thera is finished.