135. Ký Sự về Trưởng Lão Rahosaññaka

“Himavantassāvidūre,

vasabho nāma pabbato;

Tasmiṁ pabbatapādamhi,

assamo āsi māpito.

Tīṇi sissasahassāni,

vācesiṁ brāhmaṇo tadā;

Saṁharitvāna te sisse,

ekamantaṁ upāvisiṁ.

Ekamantaṁ nisīditvā,

brāhmaṇo mantapāragū;

Buddhavedaṁ gavesanto,

ñāṇe cittaṁ pasādayiṁ.

Tattha cittaṁ pasādetvā,

nisīdiṁ paṇṇasanthare;

Pallaṅkaṁ ābhujitvāna,

tattha kālaṅkato ahaṁ.

Ekattiṁse ito kappe,

yaṁ saññamalabhiṁ tadā;

Duggatiṁ nābhijānāmi,

ñāṇasaññāyidaṁ phalaṁ.

Sattavīsatikappamhi,

rājā siridharo ahu;

Sattaratanasampanno,

cakkavattī mahabbalo.

Paṭisambhidā catasso,

…pe…

kataṁ buddhassa sāsanaṁ”.

Itthaṁ sudaṁ āyasmā rahosaññako thero imā gāthāyo abhāsitthāti.

Rahosaññakattherassāpadānaṁ pañcamaṁ.

Walt 1902 Close to the Himalayan range,
there is a mountain called Vasabha.
My ashram is made very well
there at the foot of that mountain. Verse 1

Walt 1903 For three thousand years that brahmin
uttered his teachings at that time.
Drawing the students together,
he dwelt there, sitting to one side. Verse 2

Walt 1904 The brahmin master of mantras,
while sitting there off to one side,
searching the Buddha’s knowledge,
pleased his heart over knowledge then. Verse 3

Walt 1905 After after pleasing my heart there,
I sat on a mat made of leaves;
getting into lotus posture,
I passed away right on the spot. Verse 4

Walt 1906 In the thirty-one aeons since
I obtained that perception then,
I’ve come to know no bad rebirth:
the fruit of perceiving knowledge. Verse 5

Walt 1907 In the twenty-seventh aeon
there was a king, Siridhara,
a wheel-turner with great power,
possessor of the seven gems. Verse 6

Walt 1908 The four analytical modes,
and these eight deliverances,
six special knowledges mastered,
I have done what the Buddha taught! Verse 7

Thus indeed Venerable Rahosaññaka Thera spoke these verses.

The legend of Rahosaññaka Thera is finished.