When the World’s Lord reached nirvana,
Piyadassi, Ultimate Man,
with a pleased heart and happy mind,
I made the Buddha a railing.

Having surrounded it with gems
I made that ultimate rail then,
and having made that great railing
I passed away right on the spot.

In whichever womb I’m reborn,
whether it’s human or divine,
gemstones are carried in the sky:
that is the fruit of good karma.

In the sixteenth aeon ago
there were thirty-two different kings,
all wheel-turners with great power,
and they were named Maṇippabhā.

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

Thus indeed Venerable Vedikāraka Thera spoke these verses.

The legend of Vedikāraka Thera is finished.