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in your well-proclaimed teaching; By that sorrow I am distressed, be my refuge, O Leader.’ Then, gathering the bhikkhus, the foremost of sages asked; ‘Those who remember his past deed, let them declare it.’ Sāriputta then said, ‘I remember his deed; He gave a spoonful of alms, when I was on my alms round.’ ‘Good, good, you are grateful, Sāriputta, you, this one; Ordain this old brahmin, he will be a noble one.’ Then I obtained ordination, and the higher ordination by formal motion; Not long after, I attained the destruction of defilements. Because I listened respectfully and joyfully to the Sage's words; The Victor placed me as foremost among those with ready wit. My defilements are burnt... ... I dwell without defilements. Indeed, my coming was good... ... The Buddha's teaching has been done. The four analytical knowledges... ... The Buddha's teaching has been done. Thus indeed, the Venerable Rādha Thera spoke these verses. The ninth Apadāna of Thera Rādha. 10. The Apadāna of Thera Mogharāja The Victor named Padumuttara, the Sage who knew all worlds; A hundred thousand aeons from now, the Seer arose. An instructor, an explainer, a deliverer of all beings; The Buddha, skilled in teaching, delivered many people. Hum. 329. Compassionate, merciful, benefactor of all beings; When all heretics arrived, he established them in the five precepts. 330. Thus it became undisturbed, empty of heretics; Adorned with Arahants, masters of themselves, such ones. 331. Fifty-eight cubits high, that great sage arose; Like a golden pinnacle, adorned with thirty-two excellent marks. 332. A hundred thousand years, such was his lifespan; Remaining for that long, he saved many people. 333. At that time, in Hamsavatī, I was in a certain family; Engaged in others' work, I had no wealth at all. 334. Dwelling in a meditation hall, on prepared ground; I lit a fire there, it was strongly dark indeed. 335. Then the Lord, the proclaimer of the Four Noble Truths, Praised a disciple, who wore coarse robes. 336. Pleased with his virtue, having bowed to the Tathāgata; I aspired to that supreme state, of wearing coarse robes. 337. Then the Blessed One, Padumuttara, spoke to his disciples; ‘Behold this man, with worn-out robes and a slender body. 338. ‘With a face bright with joy, endowed with the wealth of faith; With an uplifted body, delighted, unwavering, like a sal tree. 339. ‘He aspires to that state, of the monk Saccasena; Who wears coarse robes, his mind inclined to that praise. 340. Hearing that, I was delighted, and bowed my head to the Conqueror; And throughout my life, I performed good deeds in the Buddha's dispensation. 341. By that well-done deed, and by my aspirations; Having abandoned my human body, I went to Tāvatiṃsa. 342. By the deed of burning the ground, in the meditation hall; For a thousand years, in hell, I was tormented by pain. 343. By the remainder of that karma, for five hundred births, I was born as a human, in a good family, marked with auspicious signs from birth. For five hundred births, I was afflicted with leprosy; I experienced great suffering, due to the result of that action. 345. In this auspicious eon, to the glorious one who stands above, I offered almsfood, with a mind full of faith. 346. By that special deed, and by those aspirations, leaving the human body, I went to Tāvatiṃsa. 347. When my last existence arrived, I was born into a royal family; upon my father's demise, I was endowed with a great kingdom. 348. Afflicted by leprosy, I found no delight, no happiness; since my kingship was vain happiness, therefore I was Mogharāja (Vain King). 349. Seeing the fault of the body, I went forth into homelessness; I became a disciple of the chief brahmin Bāvari. 350. With a large retinue, I approached the leader of men; I asked a subtle question, that hero, the subduer of disputants. 351. ‘This world, the other world, the Brahma-world with its deities; I do not know the view of the glorious Gotama. 352. ‘To one who sees so clearly, there is a question to be asked; how does one look upon the world, so that the King of Death does not see him?’ 353. ‘Look upon the world as empty, Mogharāja, ever mindful; having removed the view of self, thus one may cross over death. 354. ‘Looking upon the world in this way, the King of Death does not see him’; Thus spoke the Buddha to me, the healer of all diseases. 355. With the end of the verses, free from hair and beard; clothed in a saffron robe, I became a monk, worthy of that. 356. In communal monasteries, I did not dwell, afflicted by disease; 'Lest the monastery be defiled,' afflicted by wind diseases. 357. From heaps of rubbish, from charnel grounds and roads; then making a robe, I wore a coarse robe. 358. The great physician, the leader, was pleased with me for this quality; he placed me at the forefront of those who wear coarse robes. 359. Pu Whose evil is destroyed by knowledge, Free from all diseases; Like a flame without fuel, I shall be extinguished, without defilements. 360. My defilements are burnt... ...I dwell without defilements. 361. Indeed, it was a good welcome for me... ...the Buddha's teaching has been done. 362. The four analytical knowledges... ...the Buddha's teaching has been done. Thus indeed, the Venerable Elder Mogharāja spoke these verses. The Tenth Apadāna of Elder Mogharāja. The Fifty-fourth Kaccāyana Chapter. Its Summary – Kaccāna, Elder Vakkali, Named Mahākappina; Dabba, and named Kumāra, Bāhiya, Koṭṭhika, the master. Uruvelakassapa, Rādha, And Mogharāja, the wise one; Three hundred verses here, And sixty-two in total.