[391] 7.
Those fine garments that I once wore upon the elephant's neck,
the boiled rice of sāli grain I ate, with its sauce of pure meat —
today, fortunate, persevering (sātatika),
delighting in whatever comes into his alms bowl by gleaning,
he meditates without clinging (anupādāna) —
Bhaddiya, Godhā's son.
A wearer of rag-robes, persevering,
delighting in whatever comes into his alms bowl by gleaning,
he meditates without clinging —
Bhaddiya, Godhā's son.
An eater of almsfood, persevering, …
A wearer of only the three robes, persevering, …
One who goes for alms from house to house without skipping, persevering, …
An eater at one sitting, persevering, …
One who eats only from the bowl, persevering, …
One who refuses food offered afterwards, persevering, …
A forest-dweller, persevering, …
A dweller at the root of a tree, persevering, …
A dweller in the open air, persevering, …
A dweller in the charnel ground (sosānika), persevering, …
One who takes whatever lodging is allotted, persevering, …
One who never lies down, persevering, …
One of few wishes, persevering, …
One who is content, persevering, …
One who dwells secluded, persevering, …
One who keeps aloof from company, persevering, …
With energy aroused (āraddhaviriya), persevering,
delighting in whatever comes into his alms bowl by gleaning,
he meditates without clinging —
Bhaddiya, Godhā's son.
Having given up the golden dish weighing a hundred palas,
embellished with a hundred lines,
I took up a bowl of clay:
this was the second consecration.
High upon the circular rampart,
with its firm watchtowers and gatehouses,
guarded by men with swords in hand,
I formerly dwelt in trembling fear.
Today, fortunate, unterrified,
fear and dread abandoned,
he meditates, having plunged into the forest —
Bhaddiya, Godhā's son.
Standing firm upon the aggregate of virtue (sīlakkhandha),
developing mindfulness (sati) and wisdom (paññā),
I attained in due course
the destruction of all fetters (saṃyojana).
The Elder Bhaddiya, son of Kāḷigodhā.
English translation from the Pali (Siam Raṭṭha edition) — under review, not for citation.