Commentary on Biography of the thera Bhisāluvadāyaka

Stanzas starting with Kānanam vanamoggayha constitute the biography of the venerable thera Bhisāluvadāyaka. This one also, having done devoted service toward former Buddhas, accumulating meritorious deeds, conducive towards escape from the rounds of repeated rebirths (vaṭṭa) in this or that existence, he was living in a forest abode near the Himavanta, nourishing himself with forest fruits and roots, when he met the Glorious One Vipassī who had come by way of solitude; thereupon, he became pious-minded, and offered Him five lotus stalks (bhisāluva). In order to make his mind pleasingly pious, the Glorious One ate them while he was still looking one. With that pleasingly pious mind he died and after having enjoyed prosperity in such divine worlds as Tusita and so on, and later having experienced human prosperity also, was reborn in a family-house, when this Buddha arose. Having attained to prosperous wealth, he forsook his wealth, became a monk in the dispensation and attained arahatship not long afterwards even.

13. Thereafter, having recollected his own former deed, he became pleasure-minded, and uttered a stanza, starting with Kānanam vana'moggayha in order to make manifest the deed done by him before (or formerly). The meaning of that has but been aforesaid. Vasāmi vipine aham (I live in solitude), I live the life of seclusion; thus, is the connection. The rest is but easy in meaning.

The Commentary on the biography of the thera Bhisāluvadāyaka has ended.

The Commentary on the sixth round of recitation chaṭṭha bhāṇavāra has come to an end.