355. Ký Sự về Trưởng Lão Daṇḍadāyaka

“Kānanaṁ vanamogayha,

veḷuṁ chetvānahaṁ tadā;

Ālambanaṁ karitvāna,

saṅghassa adadaṁ ahaṁ.

Tena cittappasādena,

subbate abhivādiya;

Ālambanampi datvāna,

pakkāmiṁ uttarāmukho.

Catunnavutito kappe,

yaṁ daṇḍamadadiṁ tadā;

Duggatiṁ nābhijānāmi,

daṇḍadānassidaṁ phalaṁ.

Paṭisambhidā catasso,

…pe…

kataṁ buddhassa sāsanaṁ”.

Itthaṁ sudaṁ āyasmā daṇḍadāyako thero imā gāthāyo abhāsitthāti.

Daṇḍadāyakattherassāpadānaṁ pañcamaṁ.

Walt 3157 Plunged into the forest, the woods,
I cut down some bamboo back then.
Having taken a walking stick,
I gave it to the Assembly. Verse 1

Walt 3158 Due to the pleasure in my heart,
honored with, “happiness to you!,”
having given that walking stick,
I departed, facing the north. Verse 2

Walt 3159 In the ninety-four aeons since
I gave the monks that stick back then,
I’ve come to know no bad rebirth:
that’s the fruit of giving a stick. Verse 3

Walt 3160 The four analytical modes,
and these eight deliverances,
six special knowledges mastered,
I have done what the Buddha taught! Verse 4

Thus indeed Venerable Daṇḍadāyaka Thera spoke these verses.

The legend of Daṇḍadāyaka Thera is finished.