450. {453.} Sīhāsanavījanīya

I worshipped the Bodhi tree of
Tissa Buddha, the Blessed One.
Having taken up a fan there,
I fanned the Bodhi’s lion-throne.

In the ninety-two aeons since
I fanned that lion-throne back then,
I’ve come to know no bad rebirth:
that is the fruit of fanning it.

My defilements are now burnt up;
all new existence is destroyed.
Like elephants with broken chains,
I am living without constraint.

Being in Best Buddha’s presence
was a very good thing for me.
The three knowledges are attained;
I have done what the Buddha taught!

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

Thus indeed Venerable Sīhāsanavījanīya Thera spoke these verses.