Sloughing off my godly color,
I came to this place with my wife,
desiring to do service to
the Best Buddha’s dispensation.

Padumuttara’s follower
was known by the name Devala.
With a mind that was very clear,
I provided alms-food to him.

In the hundred thousand aeons
since I did that good karma then,
I’ve come to know no bad rebirth:
that’s the fruit of giving begged alms.

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

Thus indeed Venerable Ekāsanadāyaka Thera spoke these verses.

The legend of Ekāsanadāyaka Thera is finished.