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tha-ap.233 Thera Apadana

Udakāsanadāyaka

Coming out from the ashram gate
I spread out a plank for sitting,
and I served water in order
to obtain the ultimate goal.

In the thirty-one aeons since
I did that good karma back then,
I’ve come to know no bad rebirth:
that’s the fruit of seats and water.

In the fifteenth aeon ago
lived a man called Abhisāma,
a wheel-turning king 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 Udakāsanadāyaka Thera spoke these verses.

The legend of Udakāsanadāyaka Thera is finished.

- Translator: Jonathan S. Walters

- Editor: Ayya Vimala