167. Yūthikapupphiya (THA-AP169)

On Candabhāgā River’s bank,
while traveling along the stream,
I saw the Self-Become-One there,
like a regal sal tree in bloom.

Carrying a jasmine flower,
I then approached the Sage so Great.
Happy, with pleasure in my heart,
I gave the Buddha that flower.

In the ninety-four aeons since
I did that flower-pūjā then,
I’ve come to know no bad rebirth:
that’s the fruit of Buddha-pūjā.

In the sixty-seventh aeon
there was one named Samuddhara,
a wheel-turning king with great strength,
possessor of the seven gems.

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

Thus indeed Venerable Yūthikapupphiya Thera spoke these verses.

The legend of Yūthikapupphiya Thera is finished.

Translated by Jonathan S. Walters.

Whitman College, 2017

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