Walt 91 In the city, Haṁsavatī,
I was a wanderer back then.
From hermitage to hermitage,
I wandered desiring the good. Verse 1Walt 92 One day when the moon was waning,
I saw the supreme Bodhi Tree.
Bringing pleasure to my heart there,
I sat down at that Bodhi’s roots. Verse 2Walt 93 Standing with a heart of reverence,
hands pressed together on my head,
knowing mental happiness there,
I then reflected in this way: Verse 3Walt 94 “If he has limitless virtue,
is unique, without a rival,
let Buddha show me a marvel;
let him make this Bodhi Tree shine.” Verse 4Walt 95 When I made that aspiration,
the Bodhi Tree did then blaze up.
It shined forth in all directions,
displaying every good color. Verse 5Walt 96 Seven nights and days I sat there,
at the roots of that Bodhi Tree,
and when the seventh day arrived,
I made an offering of lamps. Verse 6Walt 97 Setting them around my seat there,
I proceeded to light five lamps.
And then my lamps all remained lit,
until the sun did rise again. Verse 7Walt 98 Due to that karma done very well,
with intention and firm resolve,
discarding my human body,
I went to Tāvatiṁsa then. Verse 8Walt 99 There my well-made divine mansion
was known as “Pañcadīpī” then.
It was a hundred leagues in height,
and sixty leagues in width back then. Verse 9Walt 100 Uncountable numbers of lamps
are burning in my surroundings.
The divine world is then lit up
with lamp-light, up to its edges. Verse 10Walt 101 If when standing looking eastward,
I should desire to see something,
above, below, also across,
I see everything with my eyes. Verse 11Walt 102 As far as I should wish to see,
things well done and things not well done,
there’s no obstruction to my sight
in the trees and the mountains there. Verse 12Walt 103 I was fixed in the chief queen’s place
of eighty kings among the gods.
I was fixed in the chief queen’s place
of one hundred wheel-turning kings. Verse 13Walt 104 In whichever womb I’m reborn,
whether it’s human or divine,
in my surroundings, a whole lakh
of lamps are burning there for me. Verse 14Walt 105 Fallen from the world of the gods,
being born in a mother’s womb,
while I was in that mother’s womb,
my eyes were open all the time. Verse 15Walt 106 Due to my having good karma,
an entire hundred thousand lamps
are lit in the lying-in room:
that’s the fruit of giving five lamps. Verse 16Walt 107 When my final rebirth occurred,
I turned my mind away from lust.
I attained the unaging and
undying cool state, nirvana. Verse 17Walt 108 When I was but seven years old,
I attained my arahantship.
Discerning my virtue, Buddha
Gotama ordained me right then. Verse 18Walt 109 Meditating on a platform,
beneath a tree, in palaces,
in caves or empty buildings then
five lamps are burning there for me. Verse 19Walt 110 My divine eye is purified;
I am skilled in concentration.
I excel in special knowledges:
that’s the fruit of giving five lamps. Verse 20Walt 111 Every achievement is achieved;
my duty’s done, I’m undefiled.
With five lamps I’m worshipping your
feet, Great Hero, o Eyeful One. Verse 21Walt 112 In the hundred thousand aeons
since I gave him those lamps back then,
I’ve come to know no bad rebirth:
that’s the fruit of giving five lamps. Verse 22Walt 113 My defilements are now burnt up;
all new existence is destroyed.
Like elephants with broken chains,
I am living without constraint. Verse 23Walt 114 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 24Walt 115 The four analytical modes,
and these eight deliverances,
six special knowledges mastered,
I have done what the Buddha taught! Verse 25
Thus indeed Bhikkhunī Pañcadīpikā spoke these verses.
The legend of Pañcadīpikā Therī is finished.