[149. Vaṭaṃsakiya1]
The Self-Become, Unconquered One,
[the Buddha] known as Sumedha,
strengthening [his] separation,
went off into a great forest. (1) [1983]
Having seen a sal tree blooming,
I bound up a hair-wreath [right then].
Face to face with the World-Leader,
I gave [that wreath] to the Buddha. (2) [1984]
In the thirty-thousand aeons
since I offered [him] that flower,
I’ve come to know no bad rebirth:
that’s the fruit of Buddha-pūjā. (3) [1985]
In the nineteen-hundredth aeon
there were sixteen [named] Nimmita,2
wheel-turning kings with great power,
possessors of the seven gems. (4) [1986]
The four analytical modes,
and these eight deliverances,
six special knowledges mastered,
[I have] done what the Buddha taught! (5) [1987]
Thus indeed Venerable Vaṭaṃsakiya Thera spoke these verses.
The legend of Vaṭaṃsakiya Thera is finished.