[103] The Sambuddha of golden hue, the receiver of oblations,
come forth from the woodland,[1] come from craving (vāna)[2] to Nibbāna —
to him I gave a spoonful of alms-food: to Siddhattha, the great seer (mahesi),
the wise one, the calmed one, the great hero, the steadfast one (tādī).
Following close upon his footsteps[3] as he brought the great multitude to quenching,[4]
so great was my joy[5] at having as guest the Buddha, the Kinsman of the Sun (ādiccabandhu).
In the ninety-fourth aeon (kappa) from now, because I then gave that gift,
I know of no bad destination (duggati): this is the fruit of the gift of alms-food.
In the eighty-seventh aeon from now, all bearing the same name, Mahāreṇu,
endowed with the seven treasures, there were these seven wheel-turning monarchs (cakkavatti).
The four analytic insights (paṭisambhidā), and these eight liberations (vimokkha),
the six superknowledges (chaḷabhiññā) have been realized; the Buddha's teaching has been fulfilled.
[Variant readings in the Siam Raṭṭha apparatus (M. = Burmese edition; Yu. = European edition): 1. M., Yu.: pavarā. 2. M.: vanā ("from the forest"). 3. M.: padenānupadāyantaṃ. 4. M.: nibbāpente. 5. M.: uḷārā vitti me jātā buddhe ādiccabandhane ("lofty joy arose in me toward the Buddha, the Kinsman of the Sun").]
Thus indeed did the Venerable Elder Bhikkhadāyaka speak these verses.
The Apadāna of the Elder Bhikkhadāyaka is concluded.
Second: the Apadāna of the Elder Ñāṇasaññika (102)
English translation from the Pali (Siam Raṭṭha edition) — under review, not for citation.