98. Ký Sự về Trưởng Lão Senāsanadāyaka

“Siddhatthassa bhagavato,

adāsiṁ paṇṇasantharaṁ;

Samantā upahārañca,

kusumaṁ okiriṁ ahaṁ.

Pāsādevaṁ guṇaṁ rammaṁ,

Anubhomi mahārahaṁ;

Mahagghāni ca pupphāni,

Sayanebhisavanti me.

Sayanehaṁ tuvaṭṭāmi,

vicitte pupphasanthate;

Pupphavuṭṭhi ca sayane,

abhivassati tāvade.

Catunnavutito kappe,

adāsiṁ paṇṇasantharaṁ;

Duggatiṁ nābhijānāmi,

santharassa idaṁ phalaṁ.

Tiṇasantharakā nāma,

sattete cakkavattino;

Ito te pañcame kappe,

uppajjiṁsu janādhipā.

Paṭisambhidā catasso,

…pe…

kataṁ buddhassa sāsanaṁ”.

Itthaṁ sudaṁ āyasmā senāsanadāyako thero imā gāthāyo abhāsitthāti.

Senāsanadāyakattherassāpadānaṁ aṭṭhamaṁ.

Walt 1595 I gave a mat made out of leaves
to Siddhattha, the Blessed One,
and served that Buddha thoroughly,
then scattered flowers around for him. Verse 1

Walt 1596 I enjoyed a very costly
pleasant cave, and palaces too;
flowers which were most expensive
dropped into my bed at that time. Verse 2

Walt 1597 On my bed I snuggled on an
ornamented mat of flowers,
and a rain of flowers always
rained down upon my bed back then. Verse 3

Walt 1598 In the ninety-four aeons since
I gave that mat made out of leaves,
I’ve come to know no bad rebirth:
that’s the fruit of a giving a mat. Verse 4

Walt 1599 There were seven wheel-turning kings
all named Ṭhitosanthāraka
who were born, those lords of people,
then in the fifth aeon ago. Verse 5

Walt 1600 The four analytical modes,
and these eight deliverances,
six special knowledges mastered,
I have done what the Buddha taught! Verse 6

Thus indeed Venerable Senāsanadāyaka Thera spoke these verses.

The legend of Senāsanadāyaka Thera is finished.