491. {494.} Kiṁsukapupphiya

Walt 5273 Seeing a pulas tree in bloom,
stretching out hands pressed together,
recalling Siddhattha Buddha,
I offered pūjā in the sky. Verse 1

Walt 5274 Due to that karma done very well,
with intention and firm resolve,
discarding my human body,
I went to Tāvatiṁsa then. Verse 2

Walt 5275 In the thirty-one aeons since
I did that good karma back then,
I’ve come to know no bad rebirth:
that’s the fruit of Buddha-pūjā. Verse 3

Walt 5276 My defilements are now burnt up;
all new existence is destroyed.
Like elephants with broken chains,
I am living without constraint. Verse 4

Walt 5277 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 5

Walt 5278 The four analytical modes,
and these eight deliverances,
six special knowledges mastered,
I have done what the Buddha taught! Verse 6

Thus indeed Venerable Kiṁsukapupphiya Thera spoke these verses.

The legend of Kiṁsukapupphiya Thera is finished.