253. Citapūjaka

The Buddha known as Ānanda,
the Self-Become, Unconquered One,
passed away in his forest haunt,
in the woods, devoid of people.

Coming here from the world of gods
and having made a pyre I then
did burn his body in that place
and I attended upon it.

In the ninety-one aeons since
I did that good karma back then,
I’ve come to know no bad rebirth:
that’s the fruit of Buddha-pūjā.

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

Thus indeed Venerable Citapūjaka Thera spoke these verses.