147. Ký Sự về Trưởng Lão Maggadāyaka

“Uttaritvāna nadikaṁ,

vanaṁ gacchati cakkhumā;

Tamaddasāsiṁ sambuddhaṁ,

siddhatthaṁ varalakkhaṇaṁ.

Kudāla piṭakamādāya,

samaṁ katvāna taṁ pathaṁ;

Satthāraṁ abhivādetvā,

sakaṁ cittaṁ pasādayiṁ.

Catunnavutito kappe,

yaṁ kammamakariṁ tadā;

Duggatiṁ nābhijānāmi,

maggadānassidaṁ phalaṁ.

Sattapaññāsakappamhi,

eko āsiṁ janādhipo;

Nāmena suppabuddhoti,

nāyako so narissaro.

Paṭisambhidā catasso,

…pe…

kataṁ buddhassa sāsanaṁ”.

Itthaṁ sudaṁ āyasmā maggadāyako thero imā gāthāyo abhāsitthāti.

Maggadāyakattherassāpadānaṁ sattamaṁ.

Walt 1972 The Eyeful One went in the forest
after he had crossed a river.
I saw Siddhattha, Sambuddha,
Bearing all the Excellent Marks. Verse 1

Walt 1973 Carrying a hoe and basket
I then made that pathway level,
and having worshipped the Teacher,
I brought my own heart great pleasure. Verse 2

Walt 1974 In the ninety-four aeons since
I did that good karma back then,
I’ve come to know no bad rebirth:
that’s the fruit of giving a road. Verse 3

Walt 1975 In the fifty-seventh aeon,
there was one person at the top;
he was a lord, ruler of men,
who was known as Suppabuddha. Verse 4

Walt 1976 The four analytical modes,
and these eight deliverances,
six special knowledges mastered,
I have done what the Buddha taught! Verse 5

Thus indeed Venerable Maggadāyaka Thera spoke these verses.

The legend of Maggadāyaka Thera is finished.