301. Padumakesariya

I lived in the Sage-assembly,
a fierce mātaṅga elephant.
Feeling pleasure for the Sages
I sprinkled some lotus pollen.

Having pleased my heart among those
Best of Self-Enlightened Victors,
Devoid of Passions, Neutral Ones,
I joyed an aeon in heaven.

In the ninety-one aeons since
I sprinkled that pollen back then,
I’ve come to know no bad rebirth:
that’s the fruit of flower-pūjā.

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

Thus indeed Venerable Padumakesariya Thera spoke these verses.