I lived in the Sage-assembly,
a fierce mātaṅga elephant.
Feeling pleasure for the Sages
I sprinkled some lotus pollen.Having pleased my heart among those
Best of Self-Enlightened Victors,
Devoid of Passions, Neutral Ones,
I joyed an aeon in heaven.In the ninety-one aeons since
I sprinkled that pollen back then,
I’ve come to know no bad rebirth:
that’s the fruit of flower-pūjā.The four analytical modes,
and these eight deliverances,
six special knowledges mastered,
I have done what the Buddha taught!
Thus indeed Venerable Padumakesariya Thera spoke these verses.
The legend of Padumakesariya Thera is finished.