Walt 1444 In the Himalayan region
there was a great lake full of life.
It was covered with lotuses
and was the lair of varied birds. Verse 1Walt 1445 I was living in that region,
bathing and drinking in that lake.
I saw the Top Among the Monks
traveling across the sky then. Verse 2Walt 1446 Discerning what I was thinking,
the Teacher, Peerless in the World,
having descended from the sky,
stood on the ground there at that time. Verse 3Walt 1447 Taking some grass cut with a horn
I gave him a mat to sit on.
The Blessed One did sit down there,
Tissa the Guide of the Whole World. Verse 4Walt 1448 Bringing pleasure to my own heart,
I then worshipped the World-Leader.
Crouched over I went off from there
thinking about the Sage so Great. Verse 5Walt 1449 Due to that pleasure in my heart,
I was reborn in Nimmāna.
I’ve come to know no bad rebirth:
that is the fruit of a mat-gift. Verse 6Walt 1450 I was King Migasammata
in the second aeon ago,
a wheel-turner with great power,
possessor of the seven gems. Verse 7Walt 1451 The four analytical modes,
and these eight deliverances,
six special knowledges mastered,
I have done what the Buddha taught! Verse 8
Thus indeed Venerable Tiṇasanthāraka Thera spoke these verses.
The legend of Tiṇasanthāradāyaka Thera is finished.