153. Ký Sự về Trưởng Lão Vīthisammajjaka

“Udentaṁ sataraṁsiṁva,

pītaraṁsiṁva bhāṇumaṁ;

Pannarase yathā candaṁ,

niyyantaṁ lokanāyakaṁ.

Aṭṭhasaṭṭhisahassāni,

sabbe khīṇāsavā ahuṁ;

Parivāriṁsu sambuddhaṁ,

dvipadindaṁ narāsabhaṁ.

Sammajjitvāna taṁ vīthiṁ,

niyyante lokanāyake;

Ussāpesiṁ dhajaṁ tattha,

vippasannena cetasā.

Ekanavutito kappe,

yaṁ dhajaṁ abhiropayiṁ;

Duggatiṁ nābhijānāmi,

dhajadānassidaṁ phalaṁ.

Ito catutthake kappe,

rājāhosiṁ mahabbalo;

Sabbākārena sampanno,

sudhajo iti vissuto.

Paṭisambhidā catasso,

…pe…

kataṁ buddhassa sāsanaṁ”.

Itthaṁ sudaṁ āyasmā vīthisammajjako thero imā gāthāyo abhāsitthāti.

Vīthisammajjakattherassāpadānaṁ tatiyaṁ.

Walt 2007 I saw the World-Chief setting out
like the rising hundred-rayed sun,
like the mid-day yellow-rayed sun,
like the moon on the fifteenth day.Verse 1

Walt 2008 There were sixty-eight thousand monks,
who’d all destroyed the defilements,
surrounding the Sambuddha then,
the Biped-Lord, the Bull of Men. Verse 2

Walt 2009 After I had swept that road for
the World-Leader, the Charioteer,
I then raised up a banner there,
with a mind that was very clear. Verse 3

Walt 2010 In the ninety-one aeons since
I offered that banner to him,
I’ve come to know no bad rebirth:
that’s the fruit of giving banners. Verse 4

Walt 2011 In the fourth aeon after that
I was a king with great power,
who was famous as Sudhaja
and was endowed with every sign. Verse 5

Walt 2012 The four analytical modes,
and these eight deliverances,
six special knowledges mastered,
I have done what the Buddha taught! Verse 6

Thus indeed Venerable Vīthisammajjaka Thera spoke these verses.

The legend of Vīthisammajjaka Thera is finished.