434. {437.} Ambāṭaka

Walt 4684 Seeing the Buddha in the woods,
the Self-Become, Unconquered One,
having taken a hog-plum, I
gave it to the Self-Become One. Verse 1

Walt 4685 In the thirty-one aeons since
I gave that fruit to him back then,
I’ve come to know no bad rebirth:
that is the fruit of giving fruit. Verse 2

Walt 4686 My defilements are now burnt up;
all new existence is destroyed.
Like elephants with broken chains,
I am living without constraint. Verse 3

Walt 4687 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 4

Walt 4688 The four analytical modes,
and these eight deliverances,
six special knowledges mastered,
I have done what the Buddha taught! Verse 5

Thus indeed Venerable Ambāṭaka Thera spoke these verses.

The legend of Ambāṭaka Thera is finished.