234. Kilañjadāyaka

In Tivarā, lovely city,
I was a basket-maker then.
The multitude took pleasure there
in Siddhattha, Lamp of the World.

For the sake of worshipping the
World’s Lord, one is seeking a mat.
Being asked I gave a mat to
those conducting Buddha-pūjā.

In the ninety-four aeons since
I did that good karma back then,
I’ve come to know no bad rebirth:
that is the fruit of mat-giving.

In the seventy-seventh aeon
there was a king, Jutindhara,
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 Kilañjadāyaka Thera spoke these verses.