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tha-ap.282 Thera Apadana

Taraṇiya

On a rough spot on the highway,
I caused a bridge to be fashioned
for the sake of the world’s crossing,
feeling well-pleased by my own hands.

In the ninety-one aeons since
that bridge got constructed by me,
I’ve come to know no bad rebirth:
that’s the fruit of giving a bridge.

In the fifty-fifth aeon hence
there was one man, Samogadha,
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 Taraṇiya Thera spoke these verses.

The legend of Taraṇiya Thera is finished.

The Summary:

Sovaṇṇa and Tilamuṭṭhi,
Caṅkot’, Abbhañjam, Añjali,
Potthaka, Citaka, Māla,
Ekapuṇḍari, Setuna:
when the verses are counted by
wise people there are forty-two.

The Suvaṇṇabimbohana Chapter, the Twenty-Eighth

- Translator: Jonathan S. Walters

- Editor: Ayya Vimala