Walt 4642 There was a large festival for
Vipassi Buddha’s Bodhi tree.
The populace came together,
worshipping that superb Bodhi. Verse 1Walt 4643 “Surely he’s no inferior,
the one whose Bodhi tree this is;
this will be a Best of Buddhas;”
the Teacher’s tree should be worshipped.” Verse 2Walt 4644 After that, taking a conch shell,
I attended that Bodhi tree.
Blowing that conch shell every day,
I worshipped the supreme Bodhi. Verse 3Walt 4645 Doing that karma when near death,
I attained the world of the gods.
When my human body fell down,
I delighted in the gods’ world. Verse 4Walt 4646 Thrilled, happy, overjoyed, playing
sixty thousand instruments they
give service to me all the time:
that’s the fruit of Buddha-pūjā, Verse 5Walt 4647 I was seventy one kings named
Sudassana in this aeon,
lords of the grove of rose-apples,
victorious on all four sides. Verse 6Walt 4648 The hundred types of instruments
are waiting on me all the time.
I’m enjoying my own karma:
that is the fruit of attendance. Verse 7Walt 4649 In whichever womb I’m reborn,
whether it’s human or divine,
drums are always sounding for me,
even while in my mother’s womb. Verse 8Walt 4650 After serving the Sambuddha,
after enjoying all that bliss,
now I’ve attained the deathless state,
auspicious, peaceful, unshaking. Verse 9Walt 4651 In the ninety-one aeons since
I did that karma at that time,
I’ve come to know no bad rebirth:
that’s the fruit of Buddha-pūjā. Verse 10Walt 4652 My defilements are now burnt up;
all new existence is destroyed.
Like elephants with broken chains,
I am living without constraint. Verse 11Walt 4653 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 12Walt 4654 The four analytical modes,
and these eight deliverances,
six special knowledges mastered,
I have done what the Buddha taught! Verse 13
Thus indeed Venerable Ekasaṅkhiya Thera spoke these verses.
The legend of Ekasaṅkhiya Thera is finished.