206. Udakadāyaka (THA-AP208)

Seeing the Monk, who was eating,
Extremely Bright and Undisturbed,
bringing water in a small pot,
I gave it to him, Siddhattha.

Now today I am purified;
stainless, with all my doubt destroyed.
Being reborn in existence,
that fruit is reborn for me too.

In the ninety-four aeons since
I gave him water at that time,
I’ve come to know no bad rebirth:
that’s the fruit of giving water.

In the sixty-first aeon hence
there was one man named Vimala,
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 Udakadāyaka Thera spoke these verses.

The legend of Udakadāyaka Thera is finished.

Translated by Jonathan S. Walters.

Whitman College, 2017

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