Thirty-one aeons in the past,
I made mats for the multitude.
I saw the Buddha, Stainless One,
Sacrificial Recipient.I gave a leather garment to
Sikhi, the Kinsman of the World.
Through that karma, O Biped Lord,
O World’s Best, O Bull of Men,
experiencing happiness,
I destroyed my defilements.
I now possess my last body
in the Buddha’s dispensation.In the thirty-one aeons since
I gave that deer-leather to him,
I’ve come to know no bad rebirth:
that is the fruit of deer-leather.In the fifth aeon after that
there was a king, Sudāyaka,
a wheel-turning king of 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 Ajinadāyaka Thera spoke these verses.
The legend of Ajinadāyaka Thera is finished.