Walt 4416 Taking someone unknown to me,
I went to a village back then.
Seeing a very full river,
I approached a monastery. Verse 1Walt 4417 Forest-dwellers, punctilious,
meditators, clad in coarse robes,
wise, lovers of seclusion, were
living in that monastery. Verse 2Walt 4418 Their destinies had been cut off,
well-liberated, neutral ones;
they did not go begging for alms
if the river obstructed them. Verse 3Walt 4419 Happy, with pleasure in my heart,
awe-struck, with hands pressed together,
taking some rice-grain that I had,
I made a gruel-donation then. Verse 4Walt 4420 Giving gruel to those monks five times,
feeling well-pleased by my own hands,
satisfied with my own karma,
I went to Tāvatiṁsa then. Verse 5Walt 4421 A mansion made of gems was born
for me in the group of thirty.
I joyed with a group of women
in that superb mansion of mine. Verse 6Walt 4422 Thirty-three times the lord of gods,
I exercised divine rule there.
Thirty times a wheel-turning king,
I exercised overlordship. Verse 7Walt 4423 There was also much local rule,
innumerable by counting.
In the world of gods or humans,
I always enjoyed great fame. Verse 8Walt 4424 When my last rebirth was attained,
I went forth into homelessness.
As soon as my hair was cut off,
I realized complete success. Verse 9Walt 4425 Due to decay, due to old age,
contemplating this corpse of mine,
before the training rules were taught,
I attained my arahantship. Verse 10Walt 4426 Well-given was my superb gift;
my trade was very well-applied.
Because of that very gruel-gift,
I’ve attained the unshaking state. Verse 11Walt 4427 I have no experience of
sorrow and wailing and illness,
nor distress that torments the mind:
that is the fruit of giving gruel. Verse 12Walt 4428 O! that gruel was very well spent!
Giving the monks’ Assembly gruel,
in the unsurpassed merit-field,
I enjoy these five good results: Verse 13Walt 4429 I don’t get ill, I’m beautiful,
the Teaching quickly is observed,
I receive lots of food and drink,
and my long lifespan is the fifth. Verse 14Walt 4430 Whoever struck by awe would give
gruel to the Assembly of monks,
that wise person would also get
these five most welcome benefits. Verse 15What should be done has all been done;
I have put an end to rebirths.
All defilements are exhausted;
now there will be no more rebirth. Verse 16I am wandering from village
to village, city to city,
extolling him, the Sambuddha,
and Buddha’s virtuous Teaching. Verse 17Walt 4431 In the thirty thousand aeons
since I gave that gift at that time,
I’ve come to know no bad rebirth:
that is the fruit of giving gruel. Verse 18Walt 4432 My defilements are now burnt up;
all new existence is destroyed.
Like elephants with broken chains,
I am living without constraint. Verse 19Walt 4433 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 20Walt 4434 The four analytical modes,
and these eight deliverances,
six special knowledges mastered,
I have done what the Buddha taught! Verse 21
Thus indeed Venerable Yāgudāyaka Thera spoke these verses.
The legend of Yāgudāyaka Thera is finished.