162. Ký Sự về Trưởng Lão Kaṇaverapupphiya

“Siddhattho nāma bhagavā,

lokajeṭṭho narāsabho;

Purakkhato sāvakehi,

nagaraṁ paṭipajjatha.

Rañño antepure āsiṁ,

gopako abhisammato;

Pāsāde upaviṭṭhohaṁ,

addasaṁ lokanāyakaṁ.

Kaṇaveraṁ gahetvāna,

bhikkhusaṅghe samokiriṁ;

Buddhassa visuṁ katvāna,

tato bhiyyo samokiriṁ.

Catunnavutito kappe,

Yaṁ pupphamabhipūjayiṁ;

Duggatiṁ nābhijānāmi,

Buddhapūjāyidaṁ phalaṁ.

Sattāsītimhito kappe,

caturāsuṁ mahiddhikā;

Sattaratanasampannā,

cakkavattī mahabbalā.

Paṭisambhidā catasso,

…pe…

kataṁ buddhassa sāsanaṁ”.

Itthaṁ sudaṁ āyasmā kaṇaverapupphiyo thero imā gāthāyo abhāsitthāti.

Kaṇaverapupphiyattherassāpadānaṁ dutiyaṁ.

Walt 2056 The Blessed One named Siddhattha,
the World’s Best One, the Bull of Men,
Honored by the monks’ Assembly,
entered into the city then. Verse 1

Walt 2057 In the king’s inner-chambers there
I lived as the trusted watchman.
When I was inside the palace,
I saw the Buddha, World-Leader. Verse 2

Walt 2058 Taking a kaṇavera flower,
I scattered it among the monks.
Then I scattered some more of them
for him, the Buddha, separately. Verse 3

Walt 2059 In the ninety-four aeons since
I did that flower-offering,
I’ve come to know no bad rebirth:
the fruit of flower-offering. Verse 4

Walt 2060 In the eighty-seventh aeon
there were four named Mahiddhika,
wheel-turning kings with great power,
possessors of the seven gems. Verse 5

Walt 2061 The four analytical modes,
and these eight deliverances,
six special knowledges mastered,
I have done what the Buddha taught! Verse 6

Thus indeed Venerable Kaṇaverapupphiya Thera spoke these verses.

The legend of Kaṇaverapupphiya Thera is finished.