6. Ekapiṇḍadāyikā

Walt 46 In the city, Bandhumatī,
there was a king named Bandhuma.
I was then the wife of that king,
behaving in a certain way. Verse 1

Walt 47 Gone off alone, having sat down,
I then reflected in this way:
“I’ve done no wholesome deeds that I
can take and go when I have died. Verse 2

Walt 48 I have no doubt about the fact
that I’ll certainly go to hell,
blazingly hot, laden with grief,
of frightful form, and very cruel.” Verse 3

Walt 49 After having approached the king,
I then spoke these words to him:
“O kṣatriyan, do give to me
one monk, whom I will thenceforth feed.” Verse 4

Walt 50 That great king gave a monk to me,
with cultivated faculties.
After having taken his bowl,
I satisfied him with milk-rice. Verse 5

Walt 51 Having filled it up with milk-rice,
I applied some scented ointment.
Covering it with some netting,
I closed it with a blue lotus. Verse 6

Walt 52 Making that my object of thought
for as long as my life lasted,
bringing pleasure to my heart there,
I went to Tāvatiṁsa then. Verse 7

Walt 53 I was fixed in the chief queen’s place
of thirty kings among the gods.
Whatever my mind wishes for
comes into being as desired. Verse 8

Walt 54 I was fixed in the chief queen’s place
of twenty kings who turned the wheel.
With accumulated merit,
I transmigrated through lifetimes. Verse 9

Walt 55 I am set free from every bond;
my substrata are gone away;
all defilements are extinguished;
now there will be no more rebirth. Verse 10

Walt 56 In the ninety-one aeons since
I gave that almsgiving back then,
I’ve come to know no bad rebirth:
that’s the fruit of food that’s begged for. Verse 11

Walt 57 My defilements are now burnt up;
all new existence is destroyed.
Like elephants with broken chains,
I am living without constraint. Verse 12

Walt 58 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 13

Walt 59 The four analytical modes,
and these eight deliverances,
six special knowledges mastered,
I have done what the Buddha taught! Verse 14

Thus indeed Bhikkhunī Ekapiṇḍadāyikā spoke these verses.

The legend of Ekapiṇḍadāyikā Therī is finished.