113. Ký Sự về Trưởng Lão Saraṇagamaniya

“Ubhinnaṁ devarājūnaṁ,

saṅgāmo samupaṭṭhito;

Ahosi samupabyūḷho,

mahāghoso avattatha.

Padumuttaro lokavidū,

āhutīnaṁ paṭiggaho;

Antalikkhe ṭhito satthā,

saṁvejesi mahājanaṁ.

Sabbe devā attamanā,

nikkhittakavacāvudhā;

Sambuddhaṁ abhivādetvā,

ekaggāsiṁsu tāvade.

Mayhaṁ saṅkappamaññāya,

vācāsabhimudīrayi;

Anukampako lokavidū,

nibbāpesi mahājanaṁ.

Paduṭṭhacitto manujo,

ekapāṇaṁ viheṭhayaṁ;

Tena cittappadosena,

apāyaṁ upapajjati.

Saṅgāmasīse nāgova,

bahū pāṇe viheṭhayaṁ;

Nibbāpetha sakaṁ cittaṁ,

mā haññittho punappunaṁ.

Dvinnampi yakkharājūnaṁ,

senā sā vimhitā ahu;

Saraṇañca upāgacchuṁ,

lokajeṭṭhaṁ sutādinaṁ.

Saññāpetvāna janataṁ,

padamuddhari cakkhumā;

Pekkhamānova devehi,

pakkāmi uttarāmukho.

Paṭhamaṁ saraṇaṁ gacchiṁ,

dvipadindassa tādino;

Kappānaṁ satasahassaṁ,

duggatiṁ nupapajjahaṁ.

Mahādundubhināmā ca,

soḷasāsuṁ rathesabhā;

Tiṁsakappasahassamhi,

rājāno cakkavattino.

Paṭisambhidā catasso,

…pe…

kataṁ buddhassa sāsanaṁ”.

Itthaṁ sudaṁ āyasmā saraṇagamaniyo thero imā gāthāyo abhāsitthāti.

Saraṇagamaniyattherassāpadānaṁ tatiyaṁ.

Walt 1696 The battle between both god-kings
had by then come into being.
A huge crowd was gathered for it,
making a very loud racket. Verse 1

Walt 1697 Padumuttara, World-Knower,
Sacrificial Recipient,
the Teacher, standing in the sky,
then made many people feel moved. Verse 2

Walt 1698 All of the gods were delighted;
their weapons and mail were thrown down.
Having worshipped the Sambuddha
they then stood off to one side there. Verse 3

Walt 1699 Discerning what we were thinking,
the Compassionate, World-Knower,
uttered majestic words just then,
bringing many to nirvana. Verse 4

Walt 1700 “One man with evil in his heart
might harm a single living being.
Because of that stain on his heart
he will be reborn in some hell. Verse 5

Walt 1701 An elephant on the battle front
might harm so many living beings,
but if he cools off his own heart
he won’t be killed repeatedly.” Verse 6

Walt 1702 Both of the armies of those two
spirit-kings were then astonished.
And they went to the World’s Best One,
the Neutral One, to take refuge. Verse 7

Walt 1703 After he’d convinced the people,
the Eyeful One then rose upwards,
and being seen by all the gods,
he departed, facing the north. Verse 8

Walt 1704 I was first to go for refuge
to the Biped-Lord, Neutral One.
For one hundred thousand aeons
I’ve come to know no bad rebirth. Verse 9

Walt 1705 In the thirty thousandth aeon
there were sixteen chariot-bulls,
kings who turned the wheel of the Law,
all were named Mahādundubhi. Verse 10

Walt 1706 The four analytical modes,
and these eight deliverances,
six special knowledges mastered,
I have done what the Buddha taught! Verse 11

Thus indeed Venerable Saraṇāgamaniya Thera spoke these verses.

The legend of Saraṇāgamaniya Thera is finished.