Covering it over with gold,
I had a lion-throne fashioned
at the shrine known as “Paduma”
of the Lord Padumuttara.Taking an umbrella of gems
and a fan made out of ox-tail,
I placed them there for that Buddha,
the World’s Kinsman, the Neutral One.Throughout the earth the lesser gods
all gathered together there then.
“He’ll relate the karmic results
of umbrellas and seats of gems.We will listen to all that’s said
when the Teacher is speaking thus.
We will produce great happiness
in the Buddha’s dispensation.”Sitting down on the throne of gold,
the Self-Become One, Top Person,
encompassed by the Assembly
then spoke these verses about me:“I shall relate details of him
who has given this throne to me,
made of gold and also of gems;
all of you listen to my words:For thirty aeons, king of gods,
he will exercise divine rule.
A hundred leagues surrounding him
he will conquer with his bright light.Having come to the human world
he will be a wheel-turning king.
His name will be Pabhassara
and he will possess great power.Like the risen hundred-rayed sun,
whether it is day or it’s night,
that Kṣatriyan will shine forth there
eight cubits all around himself.In one hundred thousand aeons,
arising in Okkāka’s clan,
the one whose name is Gotama
will be the Teacher in the world.Falling from Tusitā heaven,
incited by his wholesome roots,
he’ll be born as Brahma’s kinsman;
his name will then be Kaccāna.After he renounces the world,
he’ll be an arahant, undefiled.
Gotama, the Lamp of the World
will place him in a foremost place.He’ll explicate in great detail
the problems that are posed in brief.
Explicating thus that problem
he will fulfill all their desires.”Being born in a wealthy clan,
a brahmin master of mantras,
giving up my wealth and grain I
then went forth into homelessness.I explicate in great detail
the problems posed only in brief.
Fulfilling all of their desires
I satisfy the Best Biped.Satisfied by me, the Hero,
the Self-Become One, Top Person,
seated in the monks’ Assembly
did place me in that foremost place.The four analytical modes,
and these eight deliverances,
six special knowledges mastered,
I have done what the Buddha taught!
Thus indeed Venerable Mahākaccāna Thera spoke these verses.
The legend of Mahākaccāna Thera is finshed.