Walt 1470 The Victor Padumuttara,
the One Who Surpassed Everything,
the Tame One, with Tamed Retinue,
Victor, departed the city. Verse 1Walt 1471 I was a garland-maker then
in the city, Haṁsavatī.
I picked up three flower-blossoms
which were the foremost flowers there. Verse 2Walt 1472 I saw Buddha, Stainless One,
on the road inside the bazaar,
and having seen the Sambuddha
I thought in this way at that time: Verse 3Walt 1473 “What use are these flowers to me
even if gifted to a king?
I might receive a village or
maybe a thousand village fields. Verse 4Walt 1474 Doing pūjā to the World’s Lord
the Untamed-Tamer, the Wise One,
Who Conveys Bliss to All Beings,
I will receive boundless riches.” Verse 5Walt 1475 After reflecting in this way
I brought pleasure to my own heart.
Picking up three red-colored ones
I threw those flowers in the air. Verse 6Walt 1476 At the height to which I’d thrown them
they were well-spread-out in the sky
and held up over Buddha’s head,
stalks pointing up, with blossoms down. Verse 7Walt 1477 Whatever people saw them there
then kept them thrown up in the air
and the lesser gods, in the sky,
let loose their cries of “Excellent!” Verse 8Walt 1478 “A marvel’s produced in the world
because of him, the Best Buddha;
we all will hear the Teaching now
on account of these red flowers.” Verse 9Walt 1479 Padumuttara, World-Knower,
Sacrificial Recipient,
the Teacher, standing on the road,
spoke these verses about me then: Verse 10Walt 1480 “I shall relate details of him
who with red-colored lotuses
did this Buddha-pūjā just now;
all of you listen to my words: Verse 11Walt 1481 He’ll delight in the world of gods.
for thirty thousand aeons hence.
For thirty aeons king of gods
he will exercise divine rule. Verse 12Walt 1482 He will always have a mansion
that’s called Mahāvitthārikam,
three hundred leagues raised up in height;
one hundred and fifty leagues wide. Verse 13Walt 1483 And it will have well-fashioned doors
fully forty lakhs in number.
It will have many gabled cells
containing large and perfect beds. Verse 14Walt 1484 One trillion celestial nymphs
skilled in dancing and singing too
and well-trained in musical arts
will always encircle him there. Verse 15Walt 1485 In a mansion such as this one
full of companies of women
there will be a rain of flowers
always, divine red-colored ones. Verse 16Walt 1486 Red flowers of the size of wheels
are hanging there all of the time
on wall pegs and on clothes hooks too,
on door-bolts as well as arches. Verse 17Walt 1487 On the inside of the mansion
spreading out then wrapping up in
floral blankets made of petals
they will snuggle here all the time. Verse 18Walt 1488 Those pure flowers, red in color,
will perfume with their divine scents
a hundred leagues on every side
of that heavenly residence. Verse 19Walt 1489 Five hundred times he’s going to be
a king who turns the wheel of law,
and he will have much local rule
innumerable by counting. Verse 20Walt 1490 Having enjoyed the two-fold bliss,
unharmed by illegality,
at the conclusion of that bliss
nirvana will be seen by him” Verse 21Walt 1491 Seeing Buddha was good for me;
my business was put to good use.
Doing pūjā with three flowers
I then enjoyed a three-fold bliss. Verse 22Walt 1492 Today I’ve attained the Teaching
and I am now totally free;
blooming red flowers are carried
over the top of my own head. Verse 23Walt 1493 When Teacher Padumuttara
was speaking of my karma then,
Dhamma-penetration occurred
for seven thousand living beings. Verse 24Walt 1494 In the hundred thousand aeons
since I did that Buddha-pūjā,
I’ve come to know no bad rebirth:
that’s the fruit of three lotuses. Verse 25Walt 1495 I have burnt up my defilements;
all existence is destroyed.
All defilements are exhausted;
now there will be no more rebirth. Verse 26Walt 1496 The four analytical modes,
and these eight deliverances,
six special knowledges mastered,
I have done what the Buddha taught! Verse 27
Thus indeed Venerable Tīṇipadumiya Thera spoke these verses.
The legend of Tīṇipadumiya Thera is finished.
The Summary:
Samāla and Padasaññī
Susañña, Āluvadāyaka,
Ekasaññī, Tiṇidada,
Sūcī, Pāṭalipupphiya,
Ṭhitañjalī, Tipadumī:
five and seventy verses.
The Nāgasamāla Chapter, the Eighth.