232. Bhājanadāyaka

In the city, Bandumatī,
I was a potter at that time.
For a long time I protected
vessels for the monks’ Assembly.

In the ninety-one aeons since
I protected the monks’ vessels,
I’ve come to know no bad rebirth:
the fruit of protecting vessels.

In the fifty-third aeon hence
was one named Anantajāli,
a wheel-turning king with great strength,
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 Bhājanadāyaka Thera spoke these verses.