242. Ký Sự về Trưởng Lão Nāgakesariya

“Dhanuṁ advejjhaṁ katvāna,

vanamajjhogahiṁ ahaṁ;

Kesaraṁ ogataṁ disvā,

patapattaṁ samuṭṭhitaṁ.

Ubho hatthehi paggayha,

sire katvāna añjaliṁ;

Buddhassa abhiropesiṁ,

tissassa lokabandhuno.

Dvenavute ito kappe,

yaṁ pupphamabhipūjayiṁ;

Duggatiṁ nābhijānāmi,

buddhapūjāyidaṁ phalaṁ.

Tesattatimhi kappamhi,

satta kesaranāmakā;

Sattaratanasampannā,

cakkavattī mahabbalā.

Paṭisambhidā catasso,

…pe…

kataṁ buddhassa sāsanaṁ”.

Itthaṁ sudaṁ āyasmā nāgakesariyo thero imā gāthāyo abhāsitthāti.

Nāgakesariyattherassāpadānaṁ dutiyaṁ.

Walt 2465 Gathering both ends of a bow,
I entered into the forest.
I saw a small lake gathered there,
very clean and full of flowers. Verse 1

Walt 2466 Plucking one with both of my hands
and saluting on my forehead,
I then offered it to Tissa,
the Buddha, Kinsman of the World. Verse 2

Walt 2467 In the ninety-two aeons since
I did pūjā with that flower,
I’ve come to know no bad rebirth:
that’s the fruit of Buddha-pūjā. Verse 3

Walt 2468 In the seventy-seventh aeon,
I was named Pamokkharaṇa,
a wheel-turning king with great strength,
possessor of the seven gems. Verse 4

Walt 2469 The four analytical modes,
and these eight deliverances,
six special knowledges mastered,
I have done what the Buddha taught! Verse 5

Thus indeed Venerable Nāgakesariya Thera spoke these verses.

The legend of Nāgakesariya Thera is finished.