[85. Raṃsisaññika1]
On a Himalayan mountain
I was residing formerly.
Wearing deer-leather outer robes2
I dwelt upon that mountain [then]. (1) [1526]
I saw the golden Sambuddha
who had gone into the forest.
He was like the hundred-rayed sun,
like a regal sal tree in bloom. (2) [1527]
Having pleased [my] heart in the rays
of Vipassi, the Sage so Great,
pressing hands together, squatting,
I worshipped him [bowing my] head. (3) [1528]
In the ninety-one aeons since
I did that [good] karma back then,
I’ve come to know no bad rebirth:
that’s the fruit of perceiving rays. (4) [1529]
The four analytical modes,
and these eight deliverances,
six special knowledges mastered,
[I have] done what the Buddha taught! (5) [1530]
Thus indeed Venerable Raṃsisaññaka Thera spoke these verses.
The legend of Raṃsisaññaka Thera is finished.