126. Ký Sự về Trưởng Lão Kusumāsaniya

“Nagare dhaññavatiyā,

ahosiṁ brāhmaṇo tadā;

Lakkhaṇe itihāse ca,

sanighaṇḍusakeṭubhe.

Padako veyyākaraṇo,

nimittakovido ahaṁ;

Mante ca sisse vācesiṁ,

tiṇṇaṁ vedāna pāragū.

Pañca uppalahatthāni,

piṭṭhiyaṁ ṭhapitāni me;

Āhutiṁ yiṭṭhukāmohaṁ,

pitumātusamāgame.

Tadā vipassī bhagavā,

bhikkhusaṅghapurakkhato;

Obhāsento disā sabbā,

āgacchati narāsabho.

Āsanaṁ paññapetvāna,

nimantetvā mahāmuniṁ;

Santharitvāna taṁ pupphaṁ,

abhinesiṁ sakaṁ gharaṁ.

Yaṁ me atthi sake gehe,

āmisaṁ paccupaṭṭhitaṁ;

Tāhaṁ buddhassa pādāsiṁ,

pasanno sehi pāṇibhi.

Bhuttāviṁ kālamaññāya,

pupphahatthamadāsahaṁ;

Anumoditvāna sabbaññū,

pakkāmi uttarāmukho.

Ekanavutito kappe,

yaṁ pupphamadadiṁ tadā;

Duggatiṁ nābhijānāmi,

pupphadānassidaṁ phalaṁ.

Anantaraṁ ito kappe,

rājāhuṁ varadassano;

Sattaratanasampanno,

cakkavattī mahabbalo.

Paṭisambhidā catasso,

…pe…

kataṁ buddhassa sāsanaṁ”.

Itthaṁ sudaṁ āyasmā kusumāsaniyo thero imā gāthāyo abhāsitthāti.

Kusumāsaniyattherassāpadānaṁ chaṭṭhaṁ.

Walt 1830-1831In the city, Dhaññavatī,
I was a brahmin at that time,
a master of the three Vedas,
well-versed in marks and history,
the dictionaries and poetry,
also skilled in reading omens,
an erudite grammarian;
I taught mantras to my students. Verse 1-2

Walt 1832 At that time I’d placed on the road
five handfuls of lotus flowers,
wishing to offer sacrifice
for my mother and my father. Verse 3

Walt 1833 The Blessed One then, Vipassi,
Honored by the monks’ Assembly,
the Bull of Men went near me then,
lighting up every direction. Verse 4

Walt 1834 Having invited the Great Sage,
I appointed a seat for him,
then spreading out those flowers there,
I led him up to my own house. Verse 5

Walt 1835 Whatever I had in my house,
alms-food which I had been given,
I gave all that to the Buddha,
feeling well- pleased by my own hands. Verse 6

Walt 1836 Discerning when his meal was done,
I gave one handful of flowers.
Giving thanks, the Omniscient One
then departed facing the north. Verse 7

Walt 1837 In the ninety-one aeons since
I gave him that flower back then,
I’ve come to know no bad rebirth:
that’s the fruit of giving flowers. Verse 8

Walt 1838 In an intervening aeon,
I was King Varadassana,
a wheel-turner with great power,
possessor of the seven gems. Verse 9

Walt 1839 The four analytical modes,
and these eight deliverances,
six special knowledges mastered,
I have done what the Buddha taught! Verse 10

Thus indeed Venerable Kusumāsaniya Thera spoke these verses.

The legend of Kusumāsaniya Thera is finished.