Hatthi Chapter, the Twenty-Second
[211. Hatthidāyaka1]
I gifted a fine elephant,
with tusks like plough-poles, fully grown,
to Siddhattha, the Blessed One,
Lord of Bipeds, the Neutral One. (1) [2319]
I grasp the ultimate meaning,
the unsurpassed pathway to peace.
I gave a very costly gift
to the Well-Wisher of All Worlds.2 (2) [2320]
In the ninety-four aeons since
I gave [him] that gift at that time,
I’ve come to know no bad rebirth:
the fruit of giving elephants. (3) [2321]
In the seventy-eighth aeon
there were sixteen of royal caste,3
named Samantapāsādika,4
wheel-turning monarchs with great strength. (4) [2322]
The four analytical modes,
and these eight deliverances,
six special knowledges mastered,
[I have] done what the Buddha taught! (5) [2323]
Thus indeed Venerable Hatthidāyaka Thera spoke these verses.
The legend of Hatthidāyaka Thera is finished.