In the past I was a blacksmith
in Tivarā, best of cities.
One razor was the gift I made
to an unconquered Lonely One.In the ninety-four aeons since
I gave him that razor back then,
I’ve come to know no bad rebirth:
the fruit of a gifted razor.The four analytical modes,
and these eight deliverances,
six special knowledges mastered,
I have done what the Buddha taught!
Thus indeed Venerable Vāsidāyaka Thera spoke these verses.
The legend of Vāsidāyaka Thera is finished.
The Summary:
Udakāsanī, Bhājanada
Sālapupphī, Kilañjada,
Vedika and Vaṇṇakāra,
Piyālam, Ambayāgada,
Jagatī and Vāsidāyi:
there are thirty verses plus eight.
The Udakāsanadāyi Chapter, the Twenty-Fourth