161. Ký Sự về Trưởng Lão Supāricariya

“Padumo nāma nāmena,

dvipadindo narāsabho;

Pavanā abhinikkhamma,

dhammaṁ deseti cakkhumā.

Yakkhānaṁ samayo āsi,

avidūre mahesino;

Yena kiccena sampattā,

ajjhāpekkhiṁsu tāvade.

Buddhassa giramaññāya,

amatassa ca desanaṁ;

Pasannacitto sumano,

apphoṭetvā upaṭṭhahiṁ.

Suciṇṇassa phalaṁ passa,

upaṭṭhānassa satthuno;

Tiṁsakappasahassesu,

duggatiṁ nupapajjahaṁ.

Ūnatiṁse kappasate,

samalaṅkatanāmako;

Sattaratanasampanno,

cakkavattī mahabbalo.

Paṭisambhidā catasso,

vimokkhāpi ca aṭṭhime;

Chaḷabhiññā sacchikatā,

kataṁ buddhassa sāsanaṁ”.

Itthaṁ sudaṁ āyasmā supāricariyo thero imā gāthāyo abhāsitthāti.

Supāricariyattherassāpadānaṁ paṭhamaṁ.

Walt 2050 The one whose name was Paduma,
the Bull of Men, the Biped-Lord,
Eyeful One, setting out from the
forest, was then preaching Dhamma. Verse 1

Walt 2051 There was a spirit-multitude
staying close to the Sage so Great.
Whatever work they’d arrived for
they looked after all of the time. Verse 2

Walt 2052 Understanding the Buddha’s words
and preaching of the deathless state,
with a pleased heart and happy mind,
snapping my fingers I served him. Verse 3

Walt 2053 Look at the fruit of good practice,
of service for the great Teacher:
in thirty thousand aeons thence,
I’ve come to know no bad rebirth. Verse 4

Walt 2054 In the twenty-nine-hundredth aeon,
one man named Samalaṅkata,
was a wheel-turner with great strength,
possessor of the seven gems. Verse 5

Walt 2055 The four analytical modes,
and these eight deliverances,
six special knowledges mastered,
I have done what the Buddha taught! Verse 6

Thus indeed Venerable Supāricariya Thera spoke these verses.

The legend of Supāricariya Thera is finished.