Walt 1582 In the past, in a forest grove,
I was a man who hunted deer.
Seeing Buddha’s green pāṭali
I scattered three flowers on it. Verse 1Walt 1583-1584Then picking up the fallen leaves
I threw them all away outside.
Worshipping the pāṭali tree,
pure inside and pure outside too,
as though facing the Sambuddha,
Vipassi, Leader of the World,
well-liberated, undefiled,
I passed away right on the spot. Verse 2-3Walt 1585 In the ninety-one aeons since
I performed that Bodhi-pūjā,
I’ve come to know no bad rebirth:
that’s the fruit of Bodhi-pūjā. Verse 4Walt 1586 In the thirtieth aeons hence
there were thirteen kings who were all
named Samantapāsādika,
wheel-turning monarchs with great strength. Verse 5Walt 1587 The four analytical modes,
and these eight deliverances,
six special knowledges mastered,
I have done what the Buddha taught! Verse 6
Thus indeed Venerable Tipupphiya Thera spoke these verses.
The legend of Tipupphiya Thera is finished.