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Previous Chapter 16. The Chronicle of the Buddha Atthadassī

17.

The Chronicle of the Buddha Dhammadassī

1.

In that very Maṇḍa cosmic cycle, Dhammadassī of great fame;

Having dispelled the darkness of ignorance, outshines the world with its gods.

2.

For him too, of incomparable power, in setting in motion the wheel of the Teaching;

There was the first full realization for a hundred thousand koṭis.

3.

When the Buddha Dhammadassī trained the sage Sañjaya;

Then for ninety koṭis, there was the second full realization.

4.

When Sakka together with his retinue approached the guide;

Then for eighty koṭis, there was the third full realization.

5.

Of that god of gods too, there were three assemblies;

Of those who had eliminated the mental corruptions, spotless ones, of peaceful minds, such ones.

6.

When the Buddha Dhammadassī entered the rains retreat at the refuge;

The first meeting was of a hundred thousand koṭis.

7.

Furthermore, when the Buddha came from the gods to the human realm;

Then too, the second meeting was of a hundred koṭis.

8.

Furthermore, when the Buddha made known the virtues of ascetic practice;

Then there was the third meeting of eighty koṭis.

9.

I at that time, was Sakka, the first of givers;

With divine scents and garlands, and with music I honoured him.

10.

That Buddha too declared of me, having sat down in the midst of the gods;

"In eighteen hundred cosmic cycles, this one will be a Buddha.

11.

"Having striven in striving, etc. we shall be face to face with him."

12.

Having heard his word too, I gladdened my mind even more;

I determined upon further ascetic practice, for the fulfilment of the ten perfections.

13.

The city was named Saraṇa, the warrior was named Saraṇa;

The mother was named Sunandā, of the Teacher Dhammadassī.

14.

For eight thousand years, he dwelt in the house;

Araja, Viraja, and Sudassana, three excellent mansions.

15.

Forty-three thousand women, fully adorned;

Vicikoḷi was the name of that woman, Puññavaḍḍhana was her son.

16.

Having seen the four signs, he departed from the palace;

For seven days the striving conduct, the highest of men practised.

17.

Asked by Brahmā, the peaceful one, Dhammadassī, the lord of men;

The great hero turned the wheel, at the deer-park, the highest of men.

18.

Paduma and Phussadeva were the chief disciples;

Sunetta by name was the attendant of the Teacher Dhammadassī.

19.

Khemā and Saccā by name were the chief female disciples;

The enlightenment tree of that Blessed One is called the bimbijāla.

20.

Subhadda and Kaṭissaha were the chief male attendants;

Sāḷiyā and Kaḷiyā were the chief female attendants.

21.

That Buddha too, equal to the matchless, risen to eighty cubits in height;

Outshines with his radiance, in the ten-thousand-fold world system.

22.

Like a king of sal trees in full bloom, like lightning in the sky;

Like the midday sun, thus he appeared beautiful.

23.

For him too, of incomparable power, his life was equal;

For a hundred thousand years, the one with vision stood in the world.

24.

Having shown light, having made the Dispensation spotless;

He passed away like the moon from the sky, he, together with his disciples, attained final Nibbāna.

25.

Dhammadassī, the great hero, attained final Nibbāna in the Sāla park;

Right there is his excellent stūpa, raised up three yojanas.

The lineage of the Blessed One Dhammadassī is fifteenth.

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