[215. Raŋsisaññaka[1]]

[I saw] the superb Tiger-Bull,
Well-Born-One, on a mountainside,
like the rising hundred-rayed [sun],
like the sun [when its] rays are cool.[2] (1) [2339]

The majesty of the Buddha
was shining on the mountainside.
[My] heart pleased in the rays; for an
aeon I sported in heaven. (2) [2340]

In [all] the subsequent[3] aeons,
goodness[4] was completed by me
because of that mental pleasure,
and remembering the Buddha. (3) [2341]

In the thirty thousand aeons
since I obtained that perception,[5]
I’ve come to know no bad rebirth:
the fruit of Buddha-perception. (4) [2342]

In the fifty-seventh aeon
there was one lord of the people,
known by the name of Sujāta,[6]
a wheel-turning king with great strength. (5) [2343]

The four analytical modes,
and these eight deliverances,
six special knowledges mastered,
[I have] done what the Buddha taught! (6) [2344]

Thus indeed Venerable Raŋsisaññaka Thera spoke these verses.

The legend of Raŋsisaññaka Thera is finished.

  1. “Ray-Perceiver” ↩︎

  2. vītaraṃsi/vītaraṃsa. RD says the metaphor is much attested, but unclear. I take it to refer to sunny days that are not oppressively hot, whether due to light cover, the time of day, or the time of year. ↩︎

  3. lit., remaining, additional ↩︎

  4. kusalaŋ ↩︎

  5. lit., “since I obtained that perception at that time.” I have omitted the tadā to keep the meter. ↩︎

  6. “Well-Born” ↩︎

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