462. {465.} Sumanatālavaṇṭiya

Tha-ap 467

Morning reflections on a pond bordered by reeds.

Walt 4884 I gave a fan of palmyra,
covered with jasmine flowers, to
Siddhattha, the Blessed One, and
bore it for the Greatly Famed One. Verse 1

Walt 4885 In the ninety-four aeons since
I gave that palmyra fan then,
I’ve come to know no bad rebirth:
that’s the fruit of palmyra fans. Verse 2

Walt 4886 My defilements are now burnt up;
all new existence is destroyed.
Like elephants with broken chains,
I am living without constraint. Verse 4

Walt 4887 My being in Buddha’s presence
was a very good thing for me.
The three knowledges are attained;
I have done what the Buddha taught! Verse 3

Walt 4888 The four analytical modes,
and these eight deliverances,
six special knowledges mastered,
I have done what the Buddha taught! Verse 5

Thus indeed Venerable Sumanatālavaṇṭiya Thera spoke these verses.

The legend of Sumanatālavaṇṭiya Thera is finished.

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