Sambuddha Padumuttara
the Loving-Hearted One, Great Sage,
the Chief Leader of Every World,
approaches all the people there.

In that unsurpassed merit-field
all were giving the Teacher gifts,
clothing or a place to reside,
or requisites like food and drink.

“I too shall give an almsgiving
to the God of Gods, Neutral One,
inviting him, the Best Buddha
and the unrivaled Assembly.

Incited by me, others too
did then invite the Thus-Gone-One
and the entire monks’ Assembly,
the unsurpassed field of merit.

I set out an expensive seat
appropriate for the Buddha;
a couch worth one hundred thousand,
made of gold, with a woolen rug,
a mattress, ornate woolen sheets,
and with khoma and cotton cloths.

Padumuttara, World-Knower,
the God of Gods, the Bull of Men,
encompassed by the Assembly,
did come up to my doorway then.

Going out to meet the Buddha,
the World’s Protector, Renowned One,
with a pleased heart and happy mind
I spent time with him in my house.

With a pleased heart and happy mind
I fed all of them with milk-rice:
the Buddha, Leader of the World,
and a hundred thousand monks there.

Padumuttara, World-Knower,
Sacrificial Recipient,
seated in the monks’ Assembly,
spoke these verses about me then:

“I shall relate details of him
by whom this seat has been given,
made of gold, with a woolen rug;
all of you listen to my words:

He will exercise divine rule
full seventy-four different times.
Anointed by celestial nymphs,
he will magically produce wealth.

He will reside upon the earth
for a thousand regional reigns,
and fifty-one times he will be
a king who turns the wheel of law.

In all the wombs in which he’s born
he’ll be in an exalted clan.
And he, after he has gone forth,
incited by his wholesome roots,
will be the Teacher’s follower;
his name will then be Bhaddiya.”

Binding myself to solitude,
I make a remote bed my home,
and all the fruits have been attained;
defilements are now rooted out.

Knowing everything about me,
the Omniscient One, World-Leader,
seated in the monks’ Assembly
did place me in that foremost place.

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

Thus indeed Venerable Bhaddiya Kaḷigodhāyaputta Thera spoke these verses.

The Legend of Bhaddiya Kaḷigodhāyaputta Thera is finished.