229. Sukatāveḷiya

Back then I was named Asita,
and I was a garland-maker.
Picking up a flower-garland,
I went to give it to the king.

Not having yet met with the king,
I saw the Leader, Sikhi.
Happy, and with a happy heart,
I offered it to the Buddha.

In the thirty-one aeons since
I did pūjā with that flower,
I’ve come to know no bad rebirth:
that’s the fruit of Buddha-pūjā.

In the twenty-fifth aeon hence
I was a king who had great strength,
known by the name of Dvebhāra,
a wheel-turning king with great strength.

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

Thus indeed Venerable Sukatāveḷiya Thera spoke these verses.