[314. Sattapadumiya1]
I was a brahmin, Nesāda,2
dwelling on a riverbank [then].
I swept out the hermitage [there,]
with lotus flowers [as my broom]. (1) [2781]
Seeing the Golden Sambuddha,
Siddhattha, Leader of the World,
traveling through the forest [once]
I felt a feeling of delight.3 (2) [2782]
Going to meet the Sambuddha,
Siddhattha, Leader of the World,
I brought him to the hermitage
and spread lotuses and lilies.4 (3) [2783]
In the ninety-four aeons since
I did pūjā [with] that flower,
I’ve come to know no bad rebirth:
that’s the fruit of Buddha-pūjā. (4) [2784]
In the seventh aeon ago
there were four Pādapāvaras,5
wheel-turning monarchs with great strength,
possessors of the seven gems. (5) [2785]
The four analytical modes,
and these eight deliverances,
six special knowledges mastered,
[I have] done what the Buddha taught! (6) [2786]
Thus indeed Venerable Sattapadumiya Thera spoke these verses.
The legend of Sattapadumiya Thera is finished.