45. Ký Sự về Trưởng Lão Pañcahatthiya

“Sumedho nāma sambuddho,

gacchate antarāpaṇe;

Okkhittacakkhu mitabhāṇī,

satimā saṁvutindriyo.

Pañca uppalahatthāni,

āveḷatthaṁ ahaṁsu me;

Tena buddhaṁ apūjesiṁ,

pasanno sehi pāṇibhi.

Āropitā ca te pupphā,

chadanaṁ assu satthuno;

Samādhiṁsu mahānāgaṁ,

sissā ācariyaṁ yathā.

Tiṁsakappasahassamhi,

yaṁ pupphamabhiropayiṁ;

Duggatiṁ nābhijānāmi,

buddhapūjāyidaṁ phalaṁ.

Ito vīsakappasate,

ahesuṁ pañca khattiyā;

Hatthiyā nāma nāmena,

cakkavattī mahabbalā.

Paṭisambhidā catasso,

…pe…

kataṁ buddhassa sāsanaṁ”.

Itthaṁ sudaṁ āyasmā pañcahatthiyo thero imā gāthāyo abhāsitthāti.

Pañcahatthiyattherassāpadānaṁ pañcamaṁ.

Walt 1191 The Sambuddha named Sumedha
was traveling through the bazaar
with downcast eyes, speaking few words,
mindful, with his sense-doors guarded. Verse 1

Walt 1192 Then they brought me—for my top-crest—
five handfuls of water lilies.
I did Buddha-pūjā with them
feeling well- pleased by my own hands. Verse 2

Walt 1193 Then those flowers that I had placed
became the Teacher’s canopy.
They flocked to the Great Elephant
like students to a good teacher. Verse 3

Walt 1194 In the thirty thousand aeons
since I offered him that flower,
I’ve come to know no bad rebirth:
that’s the fruit of Buddha-pūjā. Verse 4

Walt 1195 One hundred twenty aeons hence
there were five different kṣatriyans.
All of them were named Hatthiya,
wheel-turning kings with great power. Verse 5

Walt 1196 The four analytical modes,
and these eight deliverances,
six special knowledges mastered,
I have done what the Buddha taught! Verse 6

Thus indeed Venerable Pañcahatthiya Thera spoke these verses.

The legend of Pañcahatthiya Thera is finished.