Walt 4689 Myrobalan and gooseberry,
mango, rose-apple, bahera,
jujube, markingnut, bel—
I’m carrying that by myself. Verse 1Walt 4690-4691 Seeing a Meditator, Sage,
Trance-Lover, on a mountain slope,
a Great Sage dwelling there alone,
who was tormented by disease,
taking a myrobalan, I
gave it to the Self-Become One.
When the medicine was eaten,
it allayed the Buddha’s illness. Verse 2-3Walt 4692-4693 With his pain eliminated,
the Buddha then expressed his thanks:
“Due to this gift of medicine
and the allaying of illness,
being divine or human, or
born in another existence,
may you be happy everywhere,
and may illness not come to you.” Verse 4-5Walt 4694 Having said this, the Sambuddha,
the Self-Become One, the Great Sage,
the Hero, rose into the sky,
just like a swan-king in the air. Verse 6Walt 4695 From when I gave myrobalan
to the Great Sage, the Self-Become,
until this present birth of mine,
illness did not arise for me. Verse 7Walt 4696 This is the final time for me;
my last rebirth is proceeding.
The three knowledges are attained;
I have done what the Buddha taught! Verse 8Walt 4697 In the ninety-four aeons since
I gave him medicine back then,
I’ve come to know no bad rebirth:
that is the fruit of medicine. Verse 9Walt 4698 My defilements are now burnt up;
all new existence is destroyed.
Like elephants with broken chains,
I am living without constraint. Verse 10Walt 4699 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 11Walt 4700 The four analytical modes,
and these eight deliverances,
six special knowledges mastered,
I have done what the Buddha taught! Verse 12
Thus indeed Venerable Harīṭakadāyaka Thera spoke these verses.
The legend of Harīṭakadāyaka Thera is finished.