510. {513.} Kosumbhaphaliya

Walt 5468 I gave a margosa fruit to
the Golden-Colored Sambuddha,
the God of Gods, the Bull of Men,
who had entered onto the road. Verse 1

Walt 5469 In the thirty-one aeons since
I gave him that fruit at that time,
I’ve come to know no bad rebirth:
that is the fruit of giving fruit. Verse 2

Walt 5470 My defilements are now burnt up;
all new existence is destroyed.
Like elephants with broken chains,
I am living without constraint. Verse 3

Walt 5471 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 4

Walt 5472 The four analytical modes,
and these eight deliverances,
six special knowledges mastered,
I have done what the Buddha taught! Verse 5

Thus indeed Venerable Kosumbhaphaliya Thera spoke these verses.

The legend of Kosumbhaphaliya Thera is finished.