417. {420.} Mañcadāyaka

Walt 4449 When Siddhattha reached nirvana,
Compassionate One, World-Leader,
and spread throughout the entire world,
gods and men were honoring him, Verse 1

Walt 4450 I was a low-born person there,
a maker of long-chairs and stools.
I earn my living through that work,
and through it I feed my children. Verse 2

Walt 4451 Having made a well-made long-chair,
feeling well-pleased by my own hands,
approaching by myself, I then
gave it to the monks’ Assembly. Verse 3

Walt 4452 Due to that karma done very well,
with intention and firm resolve,
discarding my human body,
I went to Tāvatiṁsa then. Verse 4

Walt 4453 Being gone to the world of gods,
I joy in the group of thirty.
Very expensive beds come to
be, according to my wishes. Verse 5

Walt 4454 Fifty times the lord of the gods,
I exercised divine rule there.
And eighty times I was a king,
a king who turns the wheel of law. Verse 6

Walt 4455 There was also much local rule,
innumerable by counting.
I’m always happy and famous:
that’s the fruit of giving a bed. Verse 7

Walt 4456 If, falling from the world of gods,
I come into the human state,
very costly, excellent beds
come to be for me by themselves. Verse 8

Walt 4457 This is the final time for me;
my last rebirth is proceeding.
Even now, when it’s time to lie
down, a bed is waiting for me. Verse 9

Walt 4458 In the ninety-four aeons since
I gave him that gift at that time,
I’ve come to know no bad rebirth:
that’s the fruit of giving a bed. Verse 10

Walt 4459 My defilements are now burnt up;
all new existence is destroyed.
Like elephants with broken chains,
I am living without constraint. Verse 11

Walt 4460 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 12

Walt 4461 The four analytical modes,
and these eight deliverances,
six special knowledges mastered,
I have done what the Buddha taught! Verse 13

Thus indeed Venerable Mañcadāyaka Thera spoke these verses.

The legend of Mañcadāyaka Thera is finished.

The Summary:

Bhaddāli and Ekacchatta,
Tiṇasūla and Maṁsada.
Nāgapalllavika, Dīpi,
Ucchaṅgī, Yāgudāyaka,
Patthodanī, Mañcadada:
the verses that are counted here
number two hundred verses and
one verse more than those two hundred.

The Bhaddāli Chapter, the Forty-Second