When the Blessed One passed away—
the one named “Ultimate Lotus”—
when the stupa had been raised up,
I offered it a sal flower.In the hundred thousand aeons
since I did that flower-pūjā,
I’ve come to know no bad rebirth:
that’s the fruit of stupa-pūjā.Being in Best Buddha’s presence
was a very good thing for me.
The three knowledges are attained;
I have done what the Buddha taught!My defilements are now burnt up;
all new existence is destroyed.
Like elephants with broken chains,
I am living without constraint.The four analytical modes,
and these eight deliverances,
six special knowledges mastered,
I have done what the Buddha taught!
Thus indeed Venerable Citapūjaka Thera spoke these verses.
The legend of Citapūjaka Thera is finished.