The Golden-Colored Sambuddha
Vipassi, Worthy of Respect,
Honored by all his followers,
set out from the monastery.Having seen the Best of Buddhas
the Omniscient One, Undefiled,
I did scented-flower-pūjā,
happy, and with a happy heart.Due to that pleasure in my heart
for the Biped-Lord, Neutral One,
again I worshipped the Thus-Gone-One,
happy, and with a happy heart.In the ninety-one aeons since
I offered that flower to him,
I’ve come to know no bad rebirth:
that’s the fruit of Buddha-pūjā.In the forty-first aeon hence
the kṣatriyan named Varaṇa
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 Gandhapupphiya Thera spoke these verses.
The legend of Gandhapupphiya Thera is finished.