Sumana

I had just gone forth,
I was seven years old,
When I overcome the dragon king, so mighty,
With my psychic powers.
And I brought water for my mentor
From the great lake Anotatta.
When he saw me,
My teacher said this:
“Sāriputta, see this
Young boy coming,
Carrying a water pot,
Serene inside himself.
His conduct inspires confidence,
He is of lovely deportment:
He is Anuruddha’s novice,
Excelling in psychic powers.
Made a thoroughbred by a thoroughbred,
Made good by the good,
Educated and trained by Anuruddha,
Who has completed his work.
Having attained the highest peace
And witnessed the unshakable,
That novice Sumana
Wants no-one to know about him.”