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Having plunged into a woodland grove, quiet and undisturbed,
I gave a lion throne (sīhāsana) to Atthadassī, the Steadfast One (tādī).
Taking a handful of garlands and circumambulating him,
having waited upon the Teacher, I departed facing north.
By that deed, O Lord of the two-footed, Eldest of the world, Bull among men,
I quench myself utterly; all existences have been uprooted.
Since I gave that gift eighteen hundred aeons (kappa) ago,
I know of no bad destination (duggati): this is the fruit of the lion throne.
Seven hundred aeons from the present there was a khattiya named Sannibbāpaka,
endowed with the seven treasures, a wheel-turning monarch (cakkavatti) of great might.
The four analytic insights (paṭisambhidā), and these eight liberations (vimokkha),
the six superknowledges (chaḷabhiññā) have been realized; the Buddha's teaching (sāsana) has been fulfilled.
Thus indeed the Venerable Āsanupaṭṭhāyaka the Elder spoke these verses.
The Apadāna of the Elder Āsanupaṭṭhāyaka is concluded.
Ninth: the Apadāna of the Elder Biḷālidāyaka (109).
English translation from the Pali (Siam Raṭṭha edition) — under review, not for citation.