Supāricchariya Chapter, the Seventeenth
[161. Supāricchariya1]
The one whose name was Paduma,
the Bull of Men, the Biped-Lord,
Eyeful One, setting out from the
forest, was [then] preaching Dhamma. (1) [2050]
There was a spirit2-multitude
[staying] close to the Sage so Great.
Whatever work they’d arrived for
they looked after all of the time. (2) [2051]
Understanding the Buddha’s words
and preaching of the deathless [state],
with a pleased heart [and] happy mind,
snapping [my] fingers I served [him]. (3) [2052]
Look at the fruit of good practice,
of service for the [great] Teacher:
in thirty thousand aeons [thence,]
I’ve come to know no bad rebirth. (4) [2053]
In the twenty-nine-hundredth aeon,
one [man] named Samalaṅkata,3
was a wheel-turner with great strength,
possessor of the seven gems. (5) [2054]
The four analytical modes,
and these eight deliverances,
six special knowledges mastered,
[I have] done what the Buddha taught! (6) [2055]
Thus indeed Venerable Supāricchariya Thera spoke these verses.
The legend of Supāricchariya Thera is finished.