Walt 4752 Vessabhū, the Sage, having plunged
into a sal-forest in bloom,
sat down on a bad mountain road
like a lion, the Well-Born-One. Verse 1
Walt 4753 Happy, with pleasure in my heart,
I presented hog-plum to him,
the Merit-Field, the Great Hero,
feeling well-pleased by my own hands. Verse 2
Walt 4754 In the thirty-one aeons since
I offered that flower to him,
I’ve come to know no bad rebirth:
that’s the fruit of Buddha-pūjā. Verse 3
Walt 4755 My defilements are now burnt up;
all new existence is destroyed.
All defilements are exhausted;
I am living without constraint. Verse 4
Walt 4756 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 5
Walt 4757 The four analytical modes,
and these eight deliverances,
six special knowledges mastered,
I have done what the Buddha taught! Verse 6
Thus indeed Venerable Ambāṭakiya Thera spoke these verses.
The legend of Ambāṭakiya Thera is finished.
“Supupphitaṁ sālavanaṁ, ogayha vessabhū muni; Nisīdi giriduggesu, abhijātova kesarī.
“Supupphitaṁ sālavanaṁ, ogayha vessabhū muni; Nisīdi giriduggesu, abhijātova kesarī.
Pasannacitto sumano, ambāṭakamapūjayiṁ; Puññakkhettaṁ anuttaraṁ, *anuttaraṁ → mahāvīraṁ (bj, sya1ed, sya2ed, pts-vp-pli1)pasanno sehi pāṇibhi.
Puññakkhettaṁ anuttaraṁ, *anuttaraṁ → mahāvīraṁ (bj, sya1ed, sya2ed, pts-vp-pli1)
Pasannacitto sumano, ambāṭakamapūjayiṁ; Puññakkhettaṁ anuttaraṁ, *anuttaraṁ → mahāvīraṁ (bj, sya1ed, sya2ed, pts-vp-pli1)pasanno sehi pāṇibhi.
Ekatiṁse ito kappe, yaṁ pupphamabhiropayiṁ; Duggatiṁ nābhijānāmi, buddhapūjāyidaṁ phalaṁ.
Ekatiṁse ito kappe, yaṁ pupphamabhiropayiṁ; Duggatiṁ nābhijānāmi, buddhapūjāyidaṁ phalaṁ.
Kilesā jhāpitā mayhaṁ, …pe… viharāmi anāsavo.
Kilesā jhāpitā mayhaṁ, …pe… viharāmi anāsavo.
Svāgataṁ vata me āsi, …pe… kataṁ buddhassa sāsanaṁ.
Svāgataṁ vata me āsi, …pe… kataṁ buddhassa sāsanaṁ.
Paṭisambhidā catasso, …pe… kataṁ buddhassa sāsanaṁ”.
kataṁ buddhassa sāsanaṁ”.
Paṭisambhidā catasso, …pe… kataṁ buddhassa sāsanaṁ”.
Itthaṁ sudaṁ āyasmā ambāṭakiyo thero imā gāthāyo abhāsitthāti.
Itthaṁ sudaṁ āyasmā ambāṭakiyo thero imā gāthāyo abhāsitthāti.
Itthaṁ sudaṁ āyasmā ambāṭakiyo thero imā gāthāyo abhāsitthāti.
Ambāṭakiyattherassāpadānaṁ chaṭṭhaṁ.
Ambāṭakiyattherassāpadānaṁ chaṭṭhaṁ.
Ambāṭakiyattherassāpadānaṁ chaṭṭhaṁ.