[108] The Sambuddha, golden in hue, going along the pathway of the wind,
blazing like a fire of ghee (ghaṭāsana), like a burning oblation-fire (hutāsana) —
Taking water in my hand, I tossed it up into the sky;
the great hero, the Buddha, compassionate toward me,¹ received it.
The Teacher named Padumuttara, standing in mid-air,
understanding my intention, spoke these verses:
"By this gift of water² and by the arousing of rapture (pīti),
for a hundred thousand aeons (kappa) he will not be reborn in a bad destination (duggati)."
By that deed (kamma), O Lord of the two-footed, Eldest of the world, Bull among men,
having abandoned victory and defeat, I have attained the unshakable state.
¹ Burmese edition: isi ("the seer"). ² PTS edition: iminodakadānena.
In the sixty-five-hundredth aeon [from now] there were those three
universal monarchs (cakkavatti) named Sahassarāja, lords of the people, [ruling] to the four ends [of the earth].
The four analytic insights (paṭisambhidā), and also these eight liberations (vimokkha),
the six superknowledges (chaḷabhiññā) have been realized; the Buddha's teaching (sāsana) has been carried out.
Thus indeed the Venerable Elder Udakapūjaka spoke these verses.
The Apadāna of the Elder Udakapūjaka is concluded.
The seventh: the Apadāna of the Elder Naḷamāliya (107)
English translation from the Pali (Siam Raṭṭha edition) — under review, not for citation.