Walt 1361 I was a ruddy goose back then
along the Indus River’s bank,
subsisting only on white moss,
and well-restrained in terms of sins. Verse 1Walt 1362 I saw the Buddha, Stainless One,
traveling across the sky there.
Taking a sal blossom with my beak
I honored Buddha Vipassi. Verse 2Walt 1363 He with faith in the Thus-Gone-One,
unshaking and well-established,
through feeling pleasure in his heart
will not go on to bad rebirth. Verse 3Walt 1364 Being in Best Buddha’s presence
was a very good thing for me.
Good seeds have been planted by me
when I was a bird way back then. Verse 4Walt 1365 In the ninety-one aeons since
I presented him that flower,
I’ve come to know no bad rebirth:
that’s the fruit of Buddha-pūjā. Verse 5Walt 1366 There were eight men who had one name
which was Sucarudassana.
They were wheel-turners with great strength
full seventeen aeons ago. Verse 6Walt 1367 The four analytical modes,
and these eight deliverances,
six special knowledges mastered,
I have done what the Buddha taught! Verse 7
Thus indeed Venerable Paccāgamanīya Thera spoke these verses.
The legend of Paccāgamanīya Thera is finished.