Walt 1265 Ascending a rock outcropping,
the Ultimate Man sat down there.
I, a brahmin mantra-master
in the region of that mountain, Verse 1Walt 1266 having pressed my hands together
kindly praised him, the World-Leader,
the God of Gods, the Bull of Men,
the Great Hero who had arrived: Verse 2Walt 1267 “This is the Buddha, Great Hero,
the Preacher of the Best Teaching,
like a blazing column of fire,
Honored by the monks’ Assembly. Verse 3Walt 1268 Imperturbable as the sea,
hard to cross as is the ocean,
fearless as the king of the beasts,
the Eyeful One preaches Dhamma.” Verse 4Walt 1269 Discerning what I was thinking,
the Buddha named for the lotus,
standing in the monks’ Assembly,
the Teacher spoke these verses then: Verse 5Walt 1270 “This one who’s pressed hands together
and has praised me, the Best Buddha,
for thirty thousand aeons hence
he will exercise divine rule. Verse 6Walt 1271 In one hundred thousand aeons
the one named for Angirasa,
the Sambuddha, with Blinders Off,
will come into existence then. Verse 7Walt 1272Worthy heir to that one’s Dhamma,
Dhamma’s legitimate offspring,
the one known as Sataraṁsi
will become an arahant then.” Verse 8Walt 1273 Being only seven years old,
I went forth into homelessness.
I am known as Sataraṁsi;
my light purifies the whole world. Verse 9Walt 1274 On a stage or beneath a tree
meditator, trance-lover,
I am bearing my last body
in the Supreme Buddha’s teaching. Verse 10Walt 1275 Sixty thousand aeons ago
there were four men known as Roma.
They were wheel-turners with great strength
possessors of the seven gems. Verse 11Walt 1276 The four analytical modes,
and these eight deliverances,
six special knowledges mastered,
I have done what the Buddha taught! Verse 12
Thus indeed Venerable Sataraṁsiya Thera spoke these verses.
The legend of Sataraṁsika Thera is finished.