[5. Puṇṇa-Mantāniputta]
I was a learned mantra-knower
who had mastered the three Vedas.
Heading up [my group of] students
I approached [him], the Best of Men. (1) [438]
Padumuttara, World-Knower,
Sacrificial Recipient,
the Great Sage then proclaimed to me1
karma, with the explanation. (2) [439]
After having heard the Teaching,
[and] having worshipped the Teacher
I held my hands up pressed together
[then] departed facing the south. (3) [440]
Having heard the explanation
I then preached with more expansion.
All the students were delighted
to have listened to my words [then]. (4) [441]
Quitting my own philosophy
[my] heart was pleased in the Buddha.
Then I preached with explanation
and with the further expansion. (5) [442]
A knower of Abhidhamma
clear about the Kathāvatthu,
providing instruction to all,
I’m living without defilements. (6) [443]
Five hundred aeons after that
I was lord of four continents,
the clever Suppakāsaka2
possessor of the seven gems. (7) [444]
The four analytical modes,
and these eight deliverances,
six special knowledges mastered,
[I have] done what the Buddha taught! (8) [445]
Thus indeed Venerable Puṇṇa Mantāṇiputta Thera spoke these verses.
The legend of Puṇṇa Mantāṇiputta Thera is finished.