[180. Saṅghupaṭṭhāka1]
When Vessabhu was the Buddha,2
I was a forest-dweller [then].
With a pleased heart [and] happy mind,
I did serve the best Assembly. (1) [2148]
In the thirty-one aeons since
I did that [good] karma back then,
I’ve come to know no bad rebirth:
that’s the fruit of doing service. (2) [2149]
In the seventh aeon ago,
there were seven Samotthatas,3
wheel-turning kings with great power,
possessors of the seven gems. (3) [2150]
The four analytical modes,
and these eight deliverances,
six special knowledges mastered,
[I have] done what the Buddha taught! (4) [2151]
Thus indeed Venerable Saṅghupaṭṭhāka Thera spoke these verses.
The legend of Saṅghupaṭṭhāka Thera is finished.
The Summary:
Kumuda, then Nisseṇī,
Rattika, Udapānada,
Sīhāsanī, Maggavada,
Ekadīpī, Maṇippada,
Tikicchchaka, Upaṭṭhāka,
one less than fifty verses [here].
The Kumuda Chapter, the Eighteenth.