[193. Khaṇḍaphulliya1]
In the great woods was a stupa
of Phussa, the Blessed [Buddha].
At that time there was a tree there,
broken [in half] by elephants. (1) [2225]
Full of delight at the virtues2
of him Honored in the Three Worlds,
smoothing out the uneven [ground,]3
I offered [some very] pure alms. (2) [2226]
In the ninety-two aeons since
I did that [good] karma then,
I’ve come to know no bad rebirth:
that’s the fruit of [giving] pure alms. (3) [2227]
Seventy-seven aeons hence4
there were sixteen Jitasenas5
wheel-turning monarchs with great strength,
possessors of the seven gems. (4) [2228]
The four analytical modes,
and these eight deliverances,
six special knowledges mastered,
[I have] done what the Buddha taught! (5) [2229]
Thus indeed Venerable Khaṇḍaphulliya Thera spoke these verses.
The legend of Khaṇḍaphulliya Thera is finished.