Walt 1334 When I was but seven years old
I saw the Buddha, World-Chief.
Happy, and with a happy heart
I went up to the Best of Men. Verse 1Walt 1335 Happy, and with a happy heart,
I planted the best Bodhi tree
for him, Tissa, the Blessed One,
the World’s Best One, the Neutral One. Verse 2Walt 1336 Foot-drinker growing in the earth,
it was known as an “Asana”.
For five years I tended that tree,
the superb Asana Bodhi. Verse 3Walt 1337 Having seen that flowering tree,
marvel making hair stand on end,
relating my own karma then
I went up to the Best Buddha. Verse 4Walt 1338 Tissa, who was then Sambuddha,
Self-Become One, the Top Person,
seated in the monks’ Assembly
spoke these verses about me then: Verse 5Walt 1339 “I shall relate details of him
who has planted this Bodhi Tree
and honored me with Buddha-pūjā;
all of you listen to my words: Verse 6Walt 1340 For thirty aeons among gods
he will exercise divine rule,
and four and sixty times he’ll be
a king who turns the wheel of law. Verse 7Walt 1341 Falling from Tusitā heaven,
incited by his wholesome roots,
experiencing the two-fold bliss,
he’ll delight in the human state. Verse 8Walt 1342 Being one bent on exertion,
calmed, devoid of grounds for rebirth,
knowing well all the defilements
he’ll reach nirvana, undefiled.” Verse 9Walt 1343 Binding myself to solitude,
calm of mind, with desires blown out,
like a tusker with broken chains,
I’m living without defilements. Verse 10Walt 1344 In the ninety-two aeons since
I planted that Bodhi back then,
I’ve come to know no bad rebirth:
that’s the fruit of planting Bodhis. Verse 11Walt 1345 Seventy-four aeons ago
I was a wheel-turning monarch.
I was known as Daṇḍasena,
possessor of the seven gems. Verse 12Walt 1346 Seventy-three aeons ago
there were seven lords on the earth.
They were all wheel-turning monarchs
who were named Samantanemi. Verse 13Walt 1347 Five and twenty aeons ago
the Kṣatriyan named Puṇṇaka
was a wheel-turner with great strength,
possessor of the seven gems. Verse 14Walt 1348 The four analytical modes,
and these eight deliverances,
six special knowledges mastered,
I have done what the Buddha taught! Verse 15
Thus indeed Venerable Asanabodhiya Thera spoke these verses.
The legend of Asanabodhiya Thera is finished.
The Summary:
Vījanī and Sataraṁsī
Sayan, Odaki, Vāhiya,
Parivāra and Padīpa,
Dhaja, Paduma-Pūjaka
and Bodhi’s said to be the tenth;
thus two and ninety verses.
The Vījanī Chapter, the Sixth.