266. Macchadāyaka

On Candabhāgā River’s bank
I was an osprey at that time.
I brought a big fish and gave it
to the Buddha named Siddhattha.

In the ninety-four aeons since
I donated that fish back then,
I’ve come to know no bad rebirth:
that’s the fruit of fish donations.

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

Thus indeed Venerable Macchadāyaka Thera spoke these verses.