71. Ký Sự về Trưởng Lão Nāgasamāla

“Āpāṭaliṁ ahaṁ pupphaṁ,

ujjhitaṁ sumahāpathe;

Thūpamhi abhiropesiṁ,

sikhino lokabandhuno.

Ekattiṁse ito kappe,

yaṁ kammamakariṁ tadā;

Duggatiṁ nābhijānāmi,

thūpapūjāyidaṁ phalaṁ.

Ito pannarase kappe,

bhūmiyo nāma khattiyo;

Sattaratanasampanno,

cakkavattī mahabbalo.

Paṭisambhidā catasso,

vimokkhāpi ca aṭṭhime;

Chaḷabhiññā sacchikatā,

kataṁ buddhassa sāsanaṁ”.

Itthaṁ sudaṁ āyasmā nāgasamālo thero imā gāthāyo abhāsitthāti.

Nāgasamālattherassāpadānaṁ paṭhamaṁ.

Walt 1423 I paid reverence at the stupa
of Sikhi, Kinsman of the World,
with a trumpet flower that had been
thrown away on the great highway. Verse 1

Walt 1424 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 stupa-pūjā. Verse 2

Walt 1425 In the fifteenth aeon ago
the Kṣatriyan named Bhūmiya
was a wheel-turner with great strength,
possessor of the seven gems. Verse 3

Walt 1426 The four analytical modes,
and these eight deliverances,
six special knowledges mastered,
I have done what the Buddha taught! Verse 4

Thus indeed Venerable Nāgasamāla Thera spoke these verses.

The legend of Nāgasamāla Thera is finished.