71. Nāgasamāla

Tha-ap 73

A small island of river foam drifting on quiet water.

Walt 1423 I paid reverence at the stupa
of Sikhi, Kinsman of the World,
with a trumpet flower that had been
thrown away on the great highway. Verse 1

Walt 1424 In the thirty-one aeons since
I did that good karma back then,
I’ve come to know no bad rebirth:
that’s the fruit of stupa-pūjā. Verse 2

Walt 1425 In the fifteenth aeon ago
the Kṣatriyan named Bhūmiya
was a wheel-turner with great strength,
possessor of the seven gems. Verse 3

Walt 1426 The four analytical modes,
and these eight deliverances,
six special knowledges mastered,
I have done what the Buddha taught! Verse 4

Thus indeed Venerable Nāgasamāla Thera spoke these verses.

The legend of Nāgasamāla Thera is finished.

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