455. {458.} Jātipupphiya

Walt 4845 When the Blessed One passed away,
Padumuttara, Greatly Famed,
putting flowers into a box,
I offered them to the relics. Verse 1

Walt 4846 Bringing pleasure to my heart there,
I went to Nimmāna heaven.
Residing in the world of gods,
I remembered my good karma. Verse 2

Walt 4847 From the sky a rain of flowers
is raining on me all the time.
Transmigrating among humans,
I was a king who had great fame. Verse 3

Walt 4848 In that place a rain of flowers
is raining on me every day,
due to that flower-offering
to the One Who Sees Everything. Verse 4

Walt 4849 This is the final time for me;
my last rebirth is proceeding.
Even today, a flower-rain
is raining on me every day. Verse 5

Walt 4850 In the hundred thousand aeons
since I presented that flower,
I’ve come to know no bad rebirth:
that’s the fruit of relic-worship. Verse 6

Walt 4851 My defilements are now burnt up;
all new existence is destroyed.
Like elephants with broken chains,
I am living without constraint. Verse 7

Walt 4852 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 8

Walt 4853 The four analytical modes,
and these eight deliverances,
six special knowledges mastered,
I have done what the Buddha taught! Verse 9

Thus indeed Venerable Jātipupphiya Thera spoke these verses.

The legend of Jātipupphiya Thera is finished.