I resided on a mountain
in the Himalayan Mountains.
Having seen some pure white sand I
recollected the Best Buddha:“Knowledge has no analogy;
neither does meeting the Teacher.
After learning all the Teaching
one is set free by that knowledge.Praise to you, O Well-Bred Person!
Praise to you, Ultimate Person!
There’s no one who’s the same as you
in terms of knowledge, Best of Men.”Having pleased my heart in knowledge,
I thrilled an aeon in heaven.
During the aeons that remained,
I completed that good karma.In the ninety-one aeons since
I obtained that perception then,
I’ve come to know no bad rebirth:
the fruit of knowledge-perception.In the seventy-third aeon
one named Puḷinapupphiya
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 Ñāṇasaññaka Thera spoke these verses.
The legend of Ñāṇasaññaka Thera is finished.