Walt 4219 In the Himalayan region,
there’s a mountain named Paduma.
My well-built hermitage is there,
with well-fashioned halls made of leaves. Verse 1Walt 4220 The rivers that are flowing there
have good banks and are beautiful,
with clear water, water that’s cool;
those rivers are always lovely. Verse 2Walt 4221There are sheatfish, pāvusa fish,
valaja, reed-fish and red-fish.
They are shining in the river;
the rivers always transport them.Verse 3Walt 4222They’re veiled in mango, rose-apple,
kareri and coral-bean tree,
golden shower, trumpet-flower,
beautifying my hermitage. Verse 4Walt 4223 Alangium, red bimbijāl,
and māyākārī trees in bloom
are diffusing perfumes there,
beautifying my hermitage. Verse 5Walt 4224 Hiptage vines and sattalika,
ironwood and sal in flower
are wafting divine fragrances,
beautifying my hermitage. Verse 6Walt 4225 Neem, salalā, yellow cheesewood
and aṭṭhaṅga trees in full bloom,
are wafting divine fragrances,
beautifying my hermitage. Verse 7Walt 4226 My hermitage has lots of fruit:
myrobalan and gooseberry,
mango, rose-apple, bahera,
jujube, markingnut, bel. Verse 8Walt 4227 There kadam and banana trees
are flowering in my hermitage.
Wafting divine fragrances, they’re
beautifying my hermitage. Verse 9Walt 4228 Asokapiṇḍī, cavarī,
and yellow cheesewood trees in bloom,
are wafting divine fragrances,
beautifying my hermitage. Verse 10Walt 4229 Laurel and mountain laurel trees
and timira trees in bloom there,
are wafting divine fragrances,
beautifying my hermitage. Verse 11Walt 4230 Nigguṇḍi, sirinigguṇḍi
and champak trees which are in bloom,
are wafting divine fragrances,
beautifying my hermitage. Verse 12Walt 4231 Near the hermitage there’s a pond,
full of the songs of ruddy geese,
covered with mandālaka blooms
and with pink and blue lotuses. Verse 13Walt 4232 It has clear water, cool water,
good bathing-fords which are lovely.
It is clear, the same as crystal,
beautifying my hermitage. Verse 14Walt 4233 Pink lotuses are blooming there,
and white and blue lotuses too.
It’s covered in mandālaka,
beautifying my hermitage. Verse 15Walt 4234Sheatfish also pāvusa fish,
valaja, reed-fish and red-fish
are swimming around in that pond,
beautifying my hermitage. Verse 16Walt 4235Crocodiles and alligators,
tortoises and other fierce beasts,
ogāhas, and pythons too are
beautifying my hermitage. Verse 17Walt 4236 Pigeons and ravi-swans as well,
ruddy geese and nadīcaras,
lapwings, also mynah birds are
beautifying my hermitage. Verse 18Walt 4237 Shrubs like nayita, ambagandhi,
and screw-pine are blossoming there,
wafting their divine fragrances,
beautifying my hermitage. Verse 19Walt 4238 Lions and tigers and leopards,
bears and wolves, kara bānā bears
are roaming about in the woods,
beautifying my hermitage. Verse 20Walt 4239 Those bearing weights of matted hair,
who wear deer-leather outer robes,
are roaming about in the woods,
beautifying my hermitage. Verse 21Walt 4240 Those hermits wearing deer-leather
are clever, living peacefully,
and they’re all eating little food,
beautifying my hermitage. Verse 22Walt 4241 Carrying their shoulder yokes,
plunging into the forest then,
eating only roots and wild fruits,
they live in the hermitage then. Verse 23Walt 4242 They do not carry wood for fires
nor water for washing their feet;
through their collective majesty,
that all gets carried by itself. Verse 24Walt 4243 Those eighty-four thousand sages
gathered together in that place;
all practice meditation and
are seeking ultimate meaning. Verse 25Walt 4244 All are ascetics, celibates,
reproving, with vows for fixed minds
and able to fly through the sky;
they live in the hermitage then. Verse 26Walt 4245 For five days they would congregate,
tranquil and living peacefully,
then worshipping one another,
they’re departing the way they face. Verse 27Walt 4246 The Victor, Padumuttara,
was the Master of Everything.
Doing away with the darkness,
the Victor arose at that time. Verse 28Walt 4247 There was a powerful spirit
then, living near my hermitage.
He praised the Sambuddha to me,
the one named “Ultimate Lotus.” Verse 29Walt 4248 “It is a Buddha who arose,
the Great Sage, Padumuttara;
having gone quickly, Sir, you now
should visit him, the Sambuddha.” Verse 30Walt 4249 After hearing the spirit’s words,
with a mind that was very clear,
having shored up the hermitage;
I then set out from the forest. Verse 31Walt 4250 As though my clothes were now in flames,
quickly leaving the hermitage,
staying over a single night,
I came up to Buddha, the Guide. Verse 32Walt 4251 Padumuttara, World-Knower,
Sacrificial Recipient,
explaining the Four Noble Truths,
was declaring the deathless path. Verse 33Walt 4252 Taking a pink lotus in bloom,
I went up to the Sage So Great.
Happy, with pleasure in my heart,
I offered it to the Buddha. Verse 34Walt 2453 Having worshipped the Sambuddha
whose name was “Ultimate Lotus,”
placing deer-hide on one shoulder,
I praised the Leader of the World: Verse 35Walt 2454 “That knowledge by which the Buddha
now dwells here without defilements,
I shall eulogize that knowledge;
all of you listen to my words. Verse 36Walt 2455 Blocking the stream of existence,
you ferry all creatures across.
Having listened to your Teaching,
they’re crossing the stream of craving. Verse 37Walt 2456 You’re the Teacher for those who breathe,
the Banner, the Flag and the Pole;
you are the Goal, the Solid Ground,
the Island, the Best of Bipeds. Verse 38Walt 4257 The heads of groups throughout the world
are said to be leading teachers.
You are the Chief, Omniscient One;
they have all come into your fold. Verse 39Walt 4258 Through your knowledge, Omniscient One,
you ferry many folks across.
Coming to take a look at you,
they make an end to suffering. Verse 40Walt 4259 Whatever perfumes are produced,
waft through this world, O Eyeful One.
None is equal to your sweet scent,
O Field of Merit, O Great Sage. Verse 41Walt 4260 O Eyeful One, you liberate
from woeful states, and wombs of beasts.
O Great Sage, you are explaining
the unconditioned path of peace.” Verse 42Walt 4261 Padumuttara, World-Knower,
Sacrificial Recipient,
seated in the monks’ Assembly,
spoke these verses about me then: Verse 43Walt 4262 “He who thus worshipped my knowledge,
feeling well- pleased by his own hands,
I shall relate details of him;
all of you listen to my words: Verse 44Walt 4263 For thirty thousand aeons he
will delight in the world of gods.
A thousand time’s he’ll be a king,
a king who turns the wheel of law.” Verse 45Walt 4264 The gain for me was well-received,
having pleased him, the Sambuddha.
Knowing well all the defilements,
I am now living, undefiled. Verse 46Walt 4265 My defilements are now burnt up;
all new existence is destroyed.
Like elephants with broken chains,
I am living without constraint. Verse 47Walt 4266 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! Verse 48Walt 4267 The four analytical modes,
and these eight deliverances,
six special knowledges mastered,
I have done what the Buddha taught! Verse 49
Thus indeed Venerable Udena Thera spoke these verses.
The legend of Udena Thera is finished.
The Summary:
Metteyya, Puṇṇaka Thera,
Mettagu, and Dhovaka too,
Upasīva, also Nanda,
and Hemaka seventh from there.
Todeyya and Jatukaṇṇi,
and Udena, greatly famed one.
There are three hundred verses here,
plus eighty-three beyond that count.
The Metteyya Chapter, the Forty-First