69. Ký Sự về Trưởng Lão Sumana

“Sumano nāma nāmena,

mālākāro ahaṁ tadā;

Addasaṁ virajaṁ buddhaṁ,

lokāhutipaṭiggahaṁ.

Ubho hatthehi paggayha,

sumanaṁ pupphamuttamaṁ;

Buddhassa abhiropesiṁ,

sikhino lokabandhuno.

Imāya pupphapūjāya,

cetanāpaṇidhīhi ca;

Duggatiṁ nābhijānāmi,

buddhapūjāyidaṁ phalaṁ.

Ekattiṁse ito kappe,

yaṁ pupphamabhiropayiṁ;

Duggatiṁ nābhijānāmi,

buddhapūjāyidaṁ phalaṁ.

Chabbīsatimhi kappamhi,

cattārosuṁ mahāyasā;

Sattaratanasampannā,

rājāno cakkavattino.

Paṭisambhidā catasso,

…pe…

kataṁ buddhassa sāsanaṁ”.

Itthaṁ sudaṁ āyasmā sumano thero imā gāthāyo abhāsitthāti.

Sumanattherassāpadānaṁ navamaṁ.

Walt 1410 I was a garland-maker then,
known by the name of Sumana.
I saw the Buddha, Stainless One,
Sacrificial Recipient. Verse 1

Walt 1411 Having taken, with both my hands,
an exquisite jasmine flower,
I paid homage to the Buddha,
Sikhi, the Kinsman of the World. Verse 2

Walt 1412 By means of that flower-pūjā,
with intention and firm resolve,
I’ve come to know no bad rebirth:
that’s the fruit of Buddha-pūjā. Verse 3

Walt 1413 In the thirty-one aeons since
I presented him that flower,
I’ve come to know no bad rebirth:
that’s the fruit of Buddha-pūjā. Verse 4

Walt 1414 In the twenty-fifth aeon hence
there were four men of great glory;
all of them were wheel-turning kings,
possessors of the seven gems. Verse 5

Walt 1415 The four analytical modes,
and these eight deliverances,
six special knowledges mastered,
I have done what the Buddha taught! Verse 6

Thus indeed Venerable Sumana Thera spoke these verses.

The legend of Sumana Thera is finished.