138. Ký Sự về Trưởng Lão Ekapasādaniya

“Nārado iti me nāmaṁ,

kesavo iti maṁ vidū;

Kusalākusalaṁ esaṁ,

agamaṁ buddhasantikaṁ.

Mettacitto kāruṇiko,

atthadassī mahāmuni;

Assāsayanto satte so,

dhammaṁ deseti cakkhumā.

Sakaṁ cittaṁ pasādetvā,

sire katvāna añjaliṁ;

Satthāraṁ abhivādetvā,

pakkāmiṁ pācināmukho.

Sattarase kappasate,

rājā āsi mahīpati;

Amittatāpano nāma,

cakkavattī mahabbalo.

Paṭisambhidā catasso,

…pe…

kataṁ buddhassa sāsanaṁ”.

Itthaṁ sudaṁ āyasmā ekapasādaniyo thero imā gāthāyo abhāsitthāti.

Ekapasādaniyattherassāpadānaṁ aṭṭhamaṁ.

Walt 1923 Although my name was “Nārada,”
I was known then as “Kesava,”
seeking after both good and bad,
I came into Buddha’s presence. Verse 1

Walt 1924 Loving-Hearted, Compassionate,
Atthadassi, the Sage so Great,
consoling all the world’s beings,
the Eyeful One preached his Dhamma. Verse 2

Walt 1925 Having brought my own heart pleasure,
pressing both my hands on my head,
after I’d worshipped the Teacher,
I departed facing the east. Verse 3

Walt 1926 In the seventeen-hundredth aeon
I was king, ruler of the earth,
known as Amittavāsana,
a wheel-turner with great power. Verse 4

Walt 1927 The four analytical modes,
and these eight deliverances,
six special knowledges mastered,
I have done what the Buddha taught! Verse 5

Thus indeed Venerable Ekapasādaniya Thera spoke these verses.

The legend of Ekapasādaniya Thera is finished.