430. {433.} Pāṭihīrasaññaka (THA-AP435)

The Victor, Padumuttara,
Sacrificial Recipient,
entered the city at that time,
with a hundred thousand masters.

When the Very Peaceful One, the
Neutral One, entered the city,
many gems shone brilliantly, and
there was a loud noise all the time.

Through the Buddha’s great majesty,
drums were being played and beaten;
the lutes were played all by themselves,
when Buddha entered the city.

I’m honoring the Best Buddha,
Padumuttara, Great Sage;
after seeing the miracle,
I pleased my own heart over it.

“O! the Buddha! O! the Teaching!
O! our Teacher’s great achievement!
Through no one’s will, the instruments
are being played all by themselves!”

In the hundred thousand aeons
since I obtained that perception,
I’ve come to know no bad rebirth:
the fruit of perceiving Buddhas.

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 Venerable Pāṭihīrasaññaka Thera spoke these verses.

The legend of Pāṭihīrasaññaka Thera is finished.

Translated by Jonathan S. Walters.

Whitman College, 2017

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