163. Khajjakadāyaka

In the past I gave some fruit then
to him, Tissa, the Blessed One.
I gave coconut and also
sweet-meats, such as were fit for him.

And giving that to the Buddha,
to Tissa, the Very Great Sage,
pleasure-seeking I delighted,
being reborn just as I wished.

In the ninety-two aeons since
I gifted him that gift back then,
I’ve come to know no bad rebirth:
that is the fruit of giving fruit.

In the thirteenth aeon ago
there was a king, Indasama,
a wheel-turner with great power,
possessor of the seven gems.

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

Thus indeed Venerable Khajjakadāyaka Thera spoke these verses.