138. Ekapasādaniya (THA-AP140)

Although my name was “Nārada,”
I was known then as “Kesava,”
seeking after both good and bad,
I came into Buddha’s presence.

Loving-Hearted, Compassionate,
Atthadassi, the Sage so Great,
consoling all the world’s beings,
the Eyeful One preached his Dhamma.

Having brought my own heart pleasure,
pressing both my hands on my head,
after I’d worshipped the Teacher,
I departed facing the east.

In the seventeen-hundredth aeon
I was king, ruler of the earth,
known as Amittavāsana,
a wheel-turner with great power.

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

Thus indeed Venerable Ekapasādaniya Thera spoke these verses.

The legend of Ekapasādaniya Thera is finished.

Translated by Jonathan S. Walters.

Whitman College, 2017

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