[220. Pāpanivāriya1]
The Blessed One, Piyadassi’s
walkway was purified by me,
with a covering made of reeds2
to block the wind and heat [for him]. (1) [2369]
For the sake of punishing sin,3
there is achievement of goodness.4
To destroy defilements5 I
worked hard in the dispensation.6 (2) [2370]
In the eleventh aeon hence
[lived one] known as Aggideva,7
a wheel-turning king with great strength,
possessor of the seven gems. (3) [2371]
The four analytical modes,
and these eight deliverances,
six special knowledges mastered,
[I have] done what the Buddha taught! (4) [2372]
Thus indeed Venerable Pāpanivāriya Thera spoke these verses.
The legend of Pāpanivāriya Thera is finished.
The Summary:
Hatthi, Pānadhi, Saccchcha,
Ekasaññi and Raŋsiya,
Saṇṭhita and Tālavaṇṭī,
likewise Akkantasaññaka;
Sappi and Pāpanivārī,
[make] four plus fifty verses [here].
The Hatthi Chapter, the Twenty-Second