75. Ekasaññaka

Tha-ap 77

Moonlight reaching through the branches of a mango grove.

Walt 1440 Vipassi’s chief follower was
the arahant who was named Khaṇḍa
who got the world’s sacrifices;
I gave one alms-meal to him then. Verse 1

Walt 1441 Due to that pleasure in my heart
for the Biped-Lord, Bull of Men,
I’ve come to know no bad rebirth:
that is the fruit of one alms-meal. Verse 2

Walt 1442 In the fortieth aeon ago
the Kṣatriyan named Varuṇa
was a wheel-turner with great strength,
possessor of the seven gems. Verse 3

Walt 1443 The four analytical modes,
and these eight deliverances,
six special knowledges mastered,
I have done what the Buddha taught! Verse 4

Thus indeed Venerable Ekasaññaka Thera spoke these verses.

The legend of Ekasaññaka Thera is finished.

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