The Victor, Padumuttara,
was a Master of Everything.
That Leader arose in the world
one hundred thousand aeons hence.I was born in Haṁsavatī,
in a clan of ministers then,
rich, prosperous, very wealthy,
glistening with various gems.Going along with my father,
surrounded by a multitude,
having heard the Buddha’s Teaching,
I went forth into homelessness.After going forth I gave up
evil karma with the body.
I purified my way of life,
except for poor conduct through speech.Pleased in the Buddha, Teaching and
Assembly; eager, respectful,
used to hearing the great Teaching;
I’m greedy to see the Buddha.I then heard of a Buddhist nun,
foremost among those freed by faith.
Aspiring to attain that place,
I then fulfilled the three trainings.
The Rest for Those Seeking Pity,
the Well-Gone-One, thereupon said this:“He whose faith in the Thus-Gone-One
is well-established, not shaking,
and whose morals are beautiful,
dear to noble people, and praised;whose insight is upright and whose
pleasure is in the Assembly:
it is said, “he is not wretched;”
his life’s considered not useless.Therefore, wise ones, commit yourselves
to faith and to morality,
to Dhamma-insight and pleasure;
pith of Buddha’s dispensation.”Hearing that, being overjoyed,
I questioned him about my wish.
Then the Supreme, Measureless One,
the Guide, prophesied in this way:“Lovely one, pleased in the Buddha,
you will receive that well-wished place.
In one hundred thousand aeons,
arising in Okkāka’s clan,
the one whose name is Gotama
will be the Teacher in the world.Worthy heir to that one’s Dhamma,
Dhamma’s legitimate offspring,
she named Sigālaka’s Mother
will be the Teacher’s follower.”Gladdened after having heard that,
with a heart that was full of love,
as long as life I then served the
Victor, Guide, through my practices.Due to that karma done very well,
with intention and firm resolve,
discarding my human body,
I went to Tāvatiṁsa then.And now, in my final rebirth,
in Giribbaja, best city,
I was born to rich millionaires,
with a huge quantity of gems.My son was named Sigālaka,
taking delight on the wrong road,
slipped into the jungle of views,
keen to worship the directions.Standing on the road, the Buddha,
the Guide, advised him, seeing him
coming toward the city praising
the directions with balls of food.When he was preaching the Dhamma,
there were amazing shrieks of joy;
twenty million men and women
gained insight into the Teaching.Then having gone into the crowd,
having heard the Well-Gone-One’s speech,
gaining the fruit of stream-entry,
I went forth into homelessness.After not a very long time,
hankering to see the Buddha,
refining mindfulness through him,
I attained my arahantship.I’m going every single day
in order to see the Buddha.
I’m dissatisfied looking at
only his eye-pleasing body,produced by all the perfections,
excellent lair of good fortune,
his body, strewn with all goodness:
dissatisfied, I’m living there.The Victor, pleased at that virtue,
placed me in that foremost place:
“The Mother of Sigālaka’s
foremost among those freed by faith.”I’ve mastered the superpowers
like the “divine ear” element.
I’m also a master, Great Sage,
of the knowledge in others’ hearts.I remember my former lives;
my “divine eye” is purified.
All the defilements are destroyed;
I will not be reborn again.In meaning and in the Teaching,
etymology and preaching,
this knowledge of mine was produced
in your presence, O Great Hero.My defilements are now burnt up;
all new existence is destroyed.
Like elephants with broken chains,
I am living without constraint.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!The four analytical modes,
and these eight deliverances,
six special knowledges mastered,
I have done what the Buddha taught!
Thus indeed the bhikkhunī Sigālaka-mātā spoke these verses.
The legend of Sigālaka-mātā Therī is finished