I lived in a lotus forest
eating lotus flowers back then.
I saw Phussa, the Sambuddha,
Bearing the Thirty-two Great Marks.Picking up a lotus flower
I tossed it up into the air.
Having done this pleasing karma
I went forth into homelessness.Having renounced, with self-control
over my body and my mind,
and refraining from bad speech-acts
I purified my livelihood.In the ninety-two aeons since
I offered that flower to him,
I’ve come to know no bad rebirth:
that’s the fruit of Buddha-pūjā.There were eighteen lords of the earth
all known as Padumābhāsa,
and in the eighteenth aeon hence
there were forty-eight such monarchs.The four analytical modes,
and these eight deliverances,
six special knowledges mastered,
I have done what the Buddha taught!
Thus indeed Venerable Padumapupphiya Thera spoke these verses.
The legend of Padumapupphiya Thera is finished.
The Summary:
Timira, Nangalipupphī,
Nipannañjalika, Adha,
two Raṁsisaññis, Phalada,
Saddasaññī and Sevaka,
Padumapupphī and verses
fifty-six have been detailed here.
The Timirapupphiya Chapter, the Ninth.