Sakacchittaniya Chapter, the Seventh

[61. Sakacchittaniya[1]]

Seeing a grove in the forest,
very quiet [and] undisturbed,
[a place for] sages’ practices
and receipt of sacrifices, (1) [1349]

making a stupa of bamboo[2]
which was strewn with varied flowers,
I [then] worshipped [my] creation
as though facing the Sambuddha. (2) [1350]

I was king, lord of a country,
possessor of the seven gems.
I delighted in my karma:
that’s the fruit of stupa-pūjā. (3) [1351]

In the ninety-one aeons since
I honored [him with] flowers [then],
I’ve come to know no bad rebirth:
that’s the fruit of stupa-pūjā. (4) [1352]

Eighty aeons ago I was
possessor of the seven gems,
wheel-turner Anantayasa,[3]
the lord of the four continents. (5) [1353]

The four analytical modes,
and these eight deliverances,
six special knowledges mastered,
[I have] done what the Buddha taught! (6) [1354]

Thus indeed Venerable Sakacchittaniya Thera spoke these verses.

The legend of Sakacchittaniya Thera is finished.

  1. “Thinking for Himself” ↩︎

  2. some PTS alternatives and BJTS read pūlinaṃ, “sand,” but PTS agrees with the cty in reading veḷunaṃ, “bamboo.” so I translate accordingly. ↩︎

  3. “Boundless Fame” ↩︎

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