[104. Padapūjaka1]
I gave a jasmine flower to
Siddhattha, [then] the Blessed One,
[and] with laughter I [then] scattered2
seven flowers upon his feet. (1) [1629]
Due to that karma, today I
have surpassed gods as well as men.
I am bearing my last body
in the Buddha’s3 dispensation. (2) [1630]
In the ninety-four aeons since
I offered that flower [to him],
I’ve come to know no bad rebirth:
that’s the fruit of flower-pūjā. (3) [1631]
There were thirteen wheel-turning kings;
[all were] named Samantagandha,4
lords over groups on all four sides,
[then] in the fifth aeon ago. (4) [1632]
The four analytical modes,
and these eight deliverances,
six special knowledges mastered,
[I have] done what the Buddha taught! (5) [1633]
Thus indeed Venerable Padapūjaka Thera spoke these verses.
The legend of Padapūjaka Thera is finished.