322. Pulinapūjaka[1]]
Splendid like an arjuna [tree],
like a bull of the finest breed,
shining forth like the morning star,[2]
the Bull of Men lit up [the world]. (1) [2831]
Pressing both my hands together,
I worshipped [Buddha], the Teacher.
[Then] I eulogized the Teacher,
delighted by my own karma. (2) [2832]
Gathering[3] [some] very clean sand,
I spread [it] on the path he took,
having carried[4] [it] in[5] my lap
for Vipassi Buddha, Great Sage. (3) [2833]
With a mind that was very clear,
during the time for siesta,
I sprinkled one half of that sand
for the Biped Lord, Neutral One. (4) [2834]
In the ninety-one aeons since
I sprinkled that sand [at that time],
I’ve come to know no bad rebirth:
that is the fruit of [giving] sand. (5) [2835]
The four analytical modes,
and these eight deliverances,
six special knowledges mastered,
[I have] done what the Buddha taught! (6) [2836]
Thus indeed Venerable Pulinapūjaka Thera spoke these verses.
The legend of Pulinapūjaka Thera is finished.
“Sand-Giver,” cf. #27 (where the name is spelled Puḷina°) ↩︎
osadhī. RD (s.v.) points out that all we really know about this star is that it was particularly bright, leading Childers to translate it as “Venus” and others as the morning star. ↩︎
gayha ↩︎
gahetvāna ↩︎
lit., “with” “through” “by means of” ↩︎