Walt 6359 When Padumuttara Buddha,
the World’s Best One, the Neutral One,
was wandering about for alms,
maintaining superlative fame,
taking the best fruit of some sort,
I gave it to him, the Teacher,Walt 6360 The Biped-Lord, the World’s Best One,
Bull of Men. Due to that karma,
I’ve attained the unshaking state
beyond all conquest and defeat.Walt 6361 In the hundred thousand aeons
since I gave that donation then,
I’ve come to know no bad rebirth:
that’s the fruit of giving the best.Walt 6362 My defilements are now burnt up;
all new existence is destroyed.
Like elephants with broken chains,
I am living without constraint.Walt 6363 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!Walt 6364 The four analytical modes,
and these eight deliverances,
six special knowledges mastered,
I have done what the Buddha taught!
Thus indeed Venerable Nadīkassapa Thera spoke these verses.
The legend of Nadīkassapa Thera, the second.