418. {421.} Sakiṁsammajjaka

Walt 4462 Having seen the chief of all trees,
the trumpet-flower Bodhi tree
of Vipassi, the Blessed One,
I brought pleasure to my heart there. Verse 1

Walt 4463 Having taken a broom with me,
I always swept that Bodhi tree.
After sweeping that Bodhi tree,
I worshipped the trumpet-flower. Verse 2

Walt 4464 Bringing pleasure to my heart there,
hands pressed together on my head,
praising that Bodhi tree I then,
crouched over, departed from there. Verse 3

Walt 4465 Going along a walking path,
remembering the supreme tree,
at that time a python crushed me,
of frightful form, extremely strong. Verse 4

Walt 4466 Due to the fruit of my karma,
being near death I was happy.
The python swallowed my body;
I delighted in the gods’ world. Verse 5

Walt 4467 My mind is always undisturbed,
well-purified and very clear.
I do not know arrows of grief,
nor any torment in my heart. Verse 6

Walt 4468 I do not get the itch, ringworm,
rashes, abscesses, leprosy,
epilepsy and scabies too:
that is the fruit of sweeping up. Verse 7

Walt 4469 Grief as well as lamentation
are not known in this heart of mine.
My mind’s upright and unattached:
that is the fruit of sweeping up. Verse 8

Walt 4470 My mind is pure, I do not cling
when in the meditative states.
Whichever of those states I want,
it always comes to be for me. Verse 9

Walt 4471 I’m not attached to lustful ways
and also not to hateful ones;
not bewildered in ignorance:
that is the fruit of sweeping up. Verse 10

Walt 4472 In the ninety-one aeons since
I did that karma at that time,
I’ve come to know no bad rebirth:
that is the fruit of sweeping up. Verse 11

Walt 4473 My defilements are now burnt up;
all new existence is destroyed.
Like elephants with broken chains,
I am living without constraint. Verse 12

Walt 4474 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 13

Walt 4475 The four analytical modes,
and these eight deliverances,
six special knowledges mastered,
I have done what the Buddha taught! Verse 14

Thus indeed Venerable Sakiṁsammajjaka Thera spoke these verses.

The legend of Sakiṁsammajjaka Thera is finished.