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tha-ap.313 Thera Apadana

Ārakkhadāyaka

A fence was constructed by me
for the Great Sage, Dhammadassi,
and I provided protection
for the Best Biped, the Neutral One.

It was eighteen-hundred aeons
ago that I did that karma.
Through that good karma’s remaining
effect, I am now an arahant.

The four analytical modes,
and these eight deliverances,
six special knowledges mastered,
I have done what the Buddha taught!

Thus indeed Venerable Ārakkhadāyaka Thera spoke these verses.

The legend of Ārakkhadāyaka Thera is finished.

- Translator: Jonathan S. Walters

- Editor: Ayya Vimala