220. Pāpanivāriya (THA-AP222)

The Blessed One, Piyadassi’s
walkway was purified by me,
with a covering made of reeds
to block the wind and heat for him.

For the sake of punishing sin,
there is achievement of goodness.
To destroy defilements I
worked hard in the dispensation.

In the eleventh aeon hence
lived one known as Aggideva,
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 Pāpanivāriya Thera spoke these verses.

The legend of Pāpanivāriya Thera is finished.

The Summary:

Hatthi, Pānadhi, Sacca,
Ekasaññi and Raṁsiya,
Saṇṭhita and Tālavaṇṭī,
likewise Akkantasaññaka;
Sappi and Pāpanivārī,
make four plus fifty verses here.

The Hatthi Chapter, the Twenty-Second

Translated by Jonathan S. Walters.

Whitman College, 2017

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