- Therāpadāna
- The Legends of the Theras
509. {512.} Kapitthaphaladāyaka
I gave a fruit called wood-apple
to the Gold-Colored Sambuddha,
Sacrificial Recipient,
who had entered onto the road.
In the ninety-one aeons since
I gave him that fruit at that time,
I’ve come to know no bad rebirth:
that is the fruit of giving fruit.
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 Kapitthaphaladāyaka Thera spoke these verses.
