Walt 4922 Plunged into the Himalayas,
I’m reciting mantras back the,
and fifty-four thousand students
attended on me in that place. Verse 1Walt 4923 They all learned by heart, true knowers,
were masters of Vedic science;
having come of their own accord,
they dwelt in the Himalayas. Verse 2Walt 4924 The Son of a God, Greatly Famed,
falling from Tusitā heaven,
was reborn in a mother’s womb,
attentive and remembering. Verse 3Walt 4925 When the Buddha was being born,
the ten-thousand world-system quaked,
and those who were blind obtained eyes,
when the Leader was being born. Verse 4Walt 4926 This entire great bountiful earth
quaked in every manner.
Having heard the sound of shouting,
the populace was frightened then. Verse 5Walt 4927 All the people came together,
and they came into my presence.
“The great bountiful earth has quaked,
what will this be the result of?” Verse 6Walt 4928 I answered them, “Don’t be frightened;
there is nothing for you to fear.
Let all of you be confident;
this omen portends happiness. Verse 7Walt 4929 This great bountiful earth quakes through
contact with one of eight causes.
Likewise this sign is also seen:
there’s a huge effulgence of light. Verse 8Walt 4930 Without a doubt a Best Buddha,
an Eyeful One, will soon be born!”
Having thus informed the people,
I spoke about the five precepts. Verse 9Walt 4931 Hearing of the five precepts, and
a Buddha’s birth, hard to obtain,
happy and full of excitement,
their hair stood on end in delight. Verse 10Walt 4932 In the ninety-two aeons since
I explained the signs at that time,
I’ve come to know no bad rebirth:
that is the fruit of explaining. Verse 11Walt 4933 My defilements are now burnt up;
all new existence is destroyed.
Like elephants with broken chains,
I am living without constraint. Verse 12Walt 4934 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 13Walt 4935 The four analytical modes,
and these eight deliverances,
six special knowledges mastered,
I have done what the Buddha taught! Verse 14
Thus indeed Venerable Nimittavyākaraṇiya Thera spoke these verses.
The legend of Nimittavyākaraṇiya Thera is finished.
The Summary:
Sālakusumiya Thera,
Pūjā and Nibbāpaka too,
Setuda and Tālavaṇṭī,
Avaṇṭa, Labuja-ppada,
Pilakkha and Paṭibhāṇī,
brahmin Veyyakaraṇaka:
exactly two hundred verses
are counted here by those who know.
The Sālakusumiya Chapter, the Forty-Seventh