In this present lucky aeon
Brahmā’s Kinsman, Greatly Famed One,
named Kassapa through his lineage,
Best Debater, Buddha arose.

Non-Delayed One, Unsupported,
Whose Mind is as Level as Space,
Very Empty, Neutral, Not Fond
of Appearances, the Master,

Heart Unattached, Defilement-Free,
Not Mixing in the clan and group,
Greatly Compassionate, Hero,
Skilled in means of disciplining,

Active in duties to others,
Training the whole world with its gods,
Drying Up the muddiness on
road that leads to nirvana—
undying, supreme enjoyment,
obstacle to old age and death—
the One Who Helps the World Across
was seated amidst a huge crowd.

Lord, with the Voice of a Cuckoo,
the Sound of Brahmā, Thus-Gone-One,
Lifting those on very bad roads
who are lost without a Leader,

preaching the stainless Teaching then,
the World-Leader was seen by me.
Having listened to his Teaching,
I went forth into homelessness.

Going forth, I was then thinking
of the Victor’s dispensation;
weighed down by associations,
I lived alone in lovely woods.

Physical solitude became
the great condition then for me,
possessed of mental solitude,
looking at meetings fearfully.

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 Ekavihāriya Thera spoke these verses.

The legend of Ekavihāriya Thera is finished.