449. {452.} Morahatthiya

Walt 4805 Collecting some peacock feathers,
I then approached the World-Leader.
Happy, with pleasure in my heart,
I gave him those peacock feathers. Verse 1

Walt 4806 Through those peacock feathers, given
with intention and firm resolve,
the three fires are blown out in me;
I’m receiving huge happiness. Verse 2

Walt 4807 O! the Buddha! O! the Teaching!
O! our Teacher’s great achievement!
Having given peacock feathers,
I’m receiving huge happiness. Verse 3

Walt 4808 The three fires are blown out in me;
all new existence is destroyed;
all the defilements are exhausted,
I am now living, undefiled. Verse 4

Walt 4809 In the thirty-one aeons since
I gave him that donation then,
I’ve come to know no bad rebirth:
that’s the fruit of peacock feathers. Verse 5

Walt 4810 My defilements are now burnt up;
all new existence is destroyed.
Like elephants with broken chains,
I am living without constraint. Verse 6

Walt 4811 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 7

Walt 4812 The four analytical modes,
and these eight deliverances,
six special knowledges mastered,
I have done what the Buddha taught! Verse 8

Thus indeed Venerable Morahatthiya Thera spoke these verses.

The legend of Morahatthiya Thera is finished.