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tha-ap.302 Thera Apadana

Anusaṁsāvaka

I saw Vipassi, the Victor,
wandering about for alms food.
I gave an owl’s measure of food
to the Best Biped, Neutral One.

Happy, with pleasure in my heart,
I greeted Buddha at that time.
I sang the praises of Buddha,
wishing for the ultimate goal.

In the ninety-one aeons since
I sang the Buddha’s praises then,
I’ve come to know no bad rebirth:
that’s the fruit of singing praises.

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

Thus indeed Venerable Anusaṁsāvaka Thera spoke these verses.

The legend of Anusaṁsāvaka Thera is finished.

The Summary:

Citaka and Pārichatta,
Sadda, Gosīsasanthara,
Pada, Padesa, Saraṇa,
Amba and Saṁsāvaka too:
there are forty-seven verses
which are counted by those who know.

The Citakapūjaka Chapter, the Thirtieth

Then there is the Summary of Chapters:

Kaṇṇikāra, Hatthidada,
Ālamban’, Udakāsana,
Tuvara and Thomana too,
Ukkhepa, Sīsupadhāna,
Paṇṇada and Citapūji:
in total all the verses here
do number four times one hundred
plus one more than fifty as well.

Twenty-five hundred verses all
plus seventy-two more than that:
three hundred apadāna poems
are counted by those who see truth.

The Third Hundred is finished.

- Translator: Jonathan S. Walters

- Editor: Ayya Vimala