[21] 4.
"Caṇḍālī, venerate the feet
of Gotama the glorious!
Out of compassion for you alone
the seventh of the seers (isisattama) has stood still.
Make your mind abound in confidence
in the Arahant, the Such One (tādī);
quickly, with palms joined in reverence, venerate him —
short is your life!"
Urged by him of developed self,
the bearer of his final body,
the caṇḍālī venerated the feet
of Gotama the glorious.
Then a cow slew her —
the caṇḍālī as she stood with joined palms,
paying homage to the Fully Awakened One (sambuddha),
the maker of light in the darkness.
"You whose taints (āsava) are destroyed, free from dust, imperturbable —
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having attained divine power (deviddhi), I have approached;
I venerate you, O hero of great majesty!"
"Golden-hued, blazing, of great glory,
descended from your mansion (vimāna),
adorned in manifold splendor,
surrounded by a throng of nymphs (accharā) —
who are you, lovely deity (devatā), that you venerate me?"
"I, venerable sir, was a caṇḍālī;
sent by you, the hero,
I venerated the feet of the Arahant,
Gotama the glorious.
Having venerated his feet,
passed away from the caṇḍāla womb,
I have been reborn in a mansion
excellent in every way, in Nandana.
Thousands of nymphs
stand about me, placing me at their head;
of them I am the foremost, the best —
in beauty, in glory, and in length of life.
Having done abundant good,
clearly comprehending (sampajāna) and mindful (patissata),
I have come, venerable sir, to venerate
the sage compassionate in the world."
Having said this, the caṇḍālī,
grateful and thankful (kataññū-katavedinī),
venerated the feet of the Arahant
and vanished on that very spot.
The Caṇḍāli Mansion (Caṇḍālivimāna), the fourth.
English translation from the Pali (Siam Raṭṭha edition) — under review, not for citation.