Walt 1323 He was declaring the Four Truths
while turning the best Dhamma-wheel,
raining the rain of deathlessness,
liberating many people. Verse 1Walt 1324 Taking a lotus with a flag,
standing half a kosa away,
happy, I raised it in the air
for the Sage Padumuttara. Verse 2Walt 1325 There was a strange occurrence then:
the lotus approached the Buddha.
Discerning what I was thinking
the Best Debater then took it. Verse 3Walt 1326 Having taken with his fine hand
that superb water-born lotus,
standing in the monks’ Assembly
the Teacher spoke these verses then: Verse 4Walt 1327 “I shall relate details of him
who just tossed this lotus flower
to the Omniscient Arahant;
all of you listen to my words: Verse 5Walt 1328 Thirty aeons as king of gods
he will exercise divine rule.
With seven hundred earthly reigns
he will reside upon the earth. Verse 6Walt 1329 Taking a bowl of lotuses there,
he’ll be a king who turns the wheel.
A rain of flowers from the sky
will rain on him all of the time. Verse 7Walt 1330 In one hundred thousand aeons,
arising in Okkāka’s clan,
the one whose name is Gotama
will be the Teacher in the world. Verse 8Walt 1331Worthy heir to that one’s Dhamma,
Dhamma’s legitimate offspring,
knowing well all the defilements
he’ll reach nirvana, undefiled.” Verse 9Walt 1332 Coming forth from my mother’s womb,
both comprehending and mindful,
when I was only five years old
I attained my arahantship. Verse 10Walt 1333 The four analytical modes,
and these eight deliverances,
six special knowledges mastered,
I have done what the Buddha taught! Verse 11
Thus indeed Venerable Paduma Thera spoke these verses.
The legend of Paduma Thera is finished.