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tha-ap.110 Thera Apadana

Āsanūpaṭṭāyaka

Plunging into a forest grove,
very quiet and undisturbed,
I gifted a lion-throne to
the Neutral One, Atthadassi.

Taking a handful of flowers
and circumambulating him,
reverently serving the Teacher,
I departed facing the north.

Due to that deed for the Biped-Lord,
the World’s Best One, the Bull of Men,
I reached nirvana by myself;
all new existence is destroyed.

In the eighteen hundred aeons
since I gave him that gift back then,
I’ve come to know no bad rebirth:
that’s the fruit of a lion-throne.

In the seven hundredth aeon
Kṣatriyan Sannibbāpaka
was a wheel-turner with great strength,
possessor of the seven gems.

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

Thus indeed Venerable Āsanūpaṭṭāyaka Thera spoke these verses.

The legend of Āsanūpaṭṭāyaka Thera is finished.

- Translator: Jonathan S. Walters

- Editor: Ayya Vimala