[283. Paccchchuggamaniya[1]]
With a mind that was very clear,
I went out and gave greetings to
Siddhattha [Buddha], World’s Torch,[2]
the Physician for Every World,[3]
the Bull of Men, who had arrived
like a lion in the forest,[4]
like a bull of the finest breed,
splendid like an arjuna tree.[5] (1-2) [2633-2634]
In the ninety-four aeons since
I went to meet the Bull of Men,
I’ve come to know no bad rebirth:
that’s the fruit of going to meet. (3) [2635]
In the twenty-seventh aeon
hence there was one ruler of men,
a wheel-turning king with great strength,
who was named Suparivāra.[6] (4) [2636]
The four analytical modes,
and these eight deliverances,
six special knowledges mastered,
[I have] done what the Buddha taught! (5) [2637]
Thus indeed Venerable Paccchchuggamaniya Thera spoke these verses.
The legend of Paccchchuggamaniya Thera is finished.
“Go and Meet-er” ↩︎
lokapajjotaŋ; I sometimes take this as a non-epithet, “lighting up the world” ↩︎
sabbalokatikicchchakaŋ ↩︎
lit., “like a lion which wanders about in the forest” ↩︎
kakudha (a.k.a. ajjuṇa, Sinhala kumbuk gasa, kubuk, Terminalia arjuna) is an impressively large, shade-giving tree that thrives on the edges of tanks and lakes. ↩︎
“Good Retinue” ↩︎