520. {523.} Saraṇāgamaniya

Walt 5556 We boarded a boat at that time,
monk and I, an ajīvaka.
When the boat was broken to bits,
that Buddhist monk gave me refuge. Verse 1

Walt 5557 In the thirty-one aeons since
he gave refuge to me back then,
I’ve come to know no bad rebirth:
the fruit of going for refuge. Verse 2

Walt 5558 My defilements are now burnt up;
all new existence is destroyed.
Like elephants with broken chains,
I am living without constraint. Verse 3

Walt 5559 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 5560 The four analytical modes,
and these eight deliverances,
six special knowledges mastered,
I have done what the Buddha taught! Verse 5

Thus indeed Venerable Saraṇāgamaniya Thera spoke these verses.

The legend of Saraṇāgamaniya Thera is finished.