283. Paccuggamaniya

With a mind that was very clear,
I went out and gave greetings to
Siddhattha Buddha, World’s Torch,
the Physician for Every World,
the Bull of Men, who had arrived
like a lion in the forest,
like a bull of the finest breed,
splendid like an arjuna tree.

In the ninety-four aeons since
I went to meet the Bull of Men,
I’ve come to know no bad rebirth:
that’s the fruit of going to meet.

In the twenty-seventh aeon
hence there was one ruler of men,
a wheel-turning king with great strength,
who was named Suparivāra.

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

Thus indeed Venerable Paccuggamaniya Thera spoke these verses.