104. Padapūjaka

I gave a jasmine flower to
Siddhattha, then the Blessed One,
and with laughter I then scattered
seven flowers upon his feet.

Due to that karma, today I
have surpassed gods as well as men.
I am bearing my last body
in the Buddha’s dispensation.

In the ninety-four aeons since
I offered that flower to him,
I’ve come to know no bad rebirth:
that’s the fruit of flower-pūjā.

There were thirteen wheel-turning kings;
all were named Samantagandha,
lords over groups on all four sides,
then in the fifth aeon ago.

The four analytical modes,
and these eight deliverances,
six special knowledges mastered,
I have done what the Buddha taught!

Thus indeed Venerable Padapūjaka Thera spoke these verses.