[69. Sumana1]
I was a garland-maker then,
known by the name of Sumana.
I saw the Buddha, Stainless One,
Sacrificial Recipient. (1) [1410]
Having taken, with both [my] hands,
an exquisite jasmine flower,
I paid homage to the Buddha,
Sikhi, the Kinsman of the World. (2) [1411]
By means of that flower-pūjā,
with intention and [firm] resolve,
I’ve come to know no bad rebirth:
that’s the fruit of Buddha-pūjā. (3) [1412]
In the thirty-one aeons since
I presented [him] that flower,
I’ve come to know no bad rebirth:
that’s the fruit of Buddha-pūjā. (4) [1413]
In the twenty-fifth aeon hence
there were four men of great glory;
[all of them] were wheel-turning kings,
possessors of the seven gems. (5) [1414]
The four analytical modes,
and these eight deliverances,
six special knowledges mastered,
[I have] done what the Buddha taught! (6) [1415]
Thus indeed Venerable Sumana Thera spoke these verses.
The legend of Sumana Thera is finished.
“Happy”↩