Walt 116 In the city, Bandhumatī,
I was a water-fetcher then.
Living by carrying water,
I’m raising my children that way. Verse 1Walt 117 “I lack the things to be given
in the unsurpassed merit-field.”
Going to a water-tower,
I supplied the Buddha water. Verse 2Walt 118 Due to that karma done very well,
I went to Tāvatiṁsa then.
There I had a well-made mansion
fashioned by carrying water. Verse 3Walt 119 I am surrounded all the time
by a thousand celestial nymphs,
and I always am surpassing
all of them in all the ten ways. Verse 4Walt 120 I was fixed in the chief queen’s place
of fifty kings among the gods.
I was fixed in the chief queen’s place
of twenty kings who turned the wheel. Verse 5Walt 121 Transmigrating in two stations,
the human or else the divine,
I’ve come to know no bad rebirth:
that’s the fruit of giving water. Verse 6Walt 122 On a mountain top or bad road,
up in the air and on the ground,
whenever I desire water,
I receive it very quickly. Verse 7Walt 123 In times of drought my region’s not
scorched by the heat nor boiling hot;
discerning what I am thinking
a great rain-cloud always rains forth. Verse 8Walt 124 Whenever I am sent somewhere,
with my assembly of kinsfolk,
if I am wishing for some rain
a great rain-cloud is then produced. Verse 9Walt 125 Being burned or having fever
don’t ever affect my body;
on my body there is no dust:
that’s the fruit of giving water. Verse 10Walt 126 Today with my mind purified
the evil-minded one is gone.
All my defilements are destroyed;
now there will be no more rebirth. Verse 11Walt 127 In the ninety-one aeons since
I did that good karma back then,
I’ve come to know no bad rebirth:
that’s the fruit of giving water. Verse 12Walt 128 My defilements are now burnt up;
all new existence is destroyed.
Like elephants with broken chains,
I am living without constraint. Verse 13Walt 129 Being in Best Buddha's presence
was a very good thing for me.
The three knowledges are attained;
I have done what the Buddha taught! Verse 14Walt 130 The four analytical modes,
and these eight deliverances,
six special knowledges mastered,
I have done what the Buddha taught! Verse 15
Thus indeed Bhikhhunī Udakadāyikā spoke these verses.
The legend of Udakadāyikā Therī is finished.
The Summary:
Sumedhā, Mekhalādadā,
Maṇḍapa, Saṅkamaṇḍalā,
Nalamālī, Piṇḍadadā,
Kaṭacchu, Uppalappadā,
Dīpad-Odakadā also;
the verses here are counted thus:
one verse and one hundred also
and seventeen added to that.
The Sumedhā Chapter, the First