289. Ký Sự về Trưởng Lão Buddhupaṭṭhāka

“Veṭambhinīti me nāmaṁ,

pitusantaṁ mamaṁ tadā;

Mama hatthaṁ gahetvāna,

upānayi mahāmuniṁ.

Imemaṁ uddisissanti,

buddhā lokagganāyakā;

Tehaṁ upaṭṭhiṁ sakkaccaṁ,

pasanno sehi pāṇibhi.

Ekattiṁse ito kappe,

buddhe upaṭṭhahiṁ tadā;

Duggatiṁ nābhijānāmi,

upaṭṭhānassidaṁ phalaṁ.

Tevīsamhi ito kappe,

caturo āsu khattiyā;

Samaṇupaṭṭhākā nāma,

cakkavattī mahabbalā.

Paṭisambhidā catasso,

…pe…

kataṁ buddhassa sāsanaṁ”.

Itthaṁ sudaṁ āyasmā buddhupaṭṭhāyiko thero imā gāthāyo abhāsitthāti.

Buddhupaṭṭhāyikattherassāpadānaṁ navamaṁ.

Walt 2660 Veṭambari was the name of
the man who was my father then.
Having taken me by my hand,
he led me to the Greatest Sage. Verse 1

Walt 2661 “These Buddhas, Chief Lords of the World,
will all be pointed out to me;”
I served them all respectfully,
feeling well- pleased by my own hands. Verse 2

Walt 2662 In the thirty-one aeons since
I looked after the Buddha then,
I’ve come to know no bad rebirth:
the fruit of providing service. Verse 3

Walt 2663 In the twenty-third aeon hence
there were four of the ruling caste,
who were all called Samaṇūpaṭṭhāka,
wheel-turning monarchs with great strength. Verse 4

Walt 2664 The four analytical modes,
and these eight deliverances,
six special knowledges mastered,
I have done what the Buddha taught! Verse 5

Thus indeed Venerable Buddhūpaṭṭhāyaka Thera spoke these verses.

The legend of Buddhūpaṭṭhāyaka Thera is finished.