65. Ký Sự về Trưởng Lão Bhisadāyaka

“Vessabhū nāma nāmena,

isīnaṁ tatiyo ahu;

Kānanaṁ vanamogayha,

vihāsi purisuttamo.

Bhisamuḷālaṁ gaṇhitvā,

agamaṁ buddhasantikaṁ;

Tañca buddhassa pādāsiṁ,

pasanno sehi pāṇibhi.

Karena ca parāmaṭṭho,

vessabhūvarabuddhinā;

Sukhāhaṁ nābhijānāmi,

samaṁ tena kutottariṁ.

Carimo vattate mayhaṁ,

bhavā sabbe samūhatā;

Hatthināgena santena,

kusalaṁ ropitaṁ mayā.

Ekattiṁse ito kappe,

yaṁ kammamakariṁ tadā;

Duggatiṁ nābhijānāmi,

bhisadānassidaṁ phalaṁ.

Samodhānā ca rājāno,

soḷasa manujādhipā;

Kappamhi cuddase āsuṁ,

cakkavattī mahabbalā.

Paṭisambhidā catasso,

…pe…

kataṁ buddhassa sāsanaṁ”.

Itthaṁ sudaṁ āyasmā bhisadāyako thero imā gāthāyo abhāsitthāti.

Bhisadāyakattherassāpadānaṁ pañcamaṁ.

Walt 1377 The Sambuddha named Vessabhu,
the third Sage born in that aeon,
plunging into a forest grove
lived there, the Ultimate Person. Verse 1

Walt 1378 Taking some lotus roots and stems,
I went into Buddha’s presence
and gave that food to the Buddha
feeling well- pleased by my own hands. Verse 2

Walt 1379 And feeling the touch of the hand
of Vessabhu the One Most Wise,
I was happy beyond compare;
could anything ever top that? Verse 3

Walt 1380 My final life is taking place;
all existence is now destroyed.
When I was an elephant king
I planted wholesome seeds back then. Verse 4

Walt 1381 In the thirty-one aeons since
I did that good karma back then,
I’ve come to know no bad rebirth:
that’s the fruit of a lotus root. Verse 5

Walt 1382 In the thirteenth aeon ago
there were sixteen lords of people,
kings all known as Samodhāna
wheel-turning monarchs with great strength. Verse 6

Walt 1383 The four analytical modes,
and these eight deliverances,
six special knowledges mastered,
I have done what the Buddha taught! Verse 7

Thus indeed Venerable Bhisadāyaka Thera spoke these verses.

The legend of Bhisadāyaka Thera is finished.