[126] Seated in an excellent palace, I saw Vipassī, the Victor (jina),
resplendent like a kakudha tree — the Omniscient One, the dispeller of darkness.¹
And not far from the palace the Leader of the World was walking;
when the hundred-rayed sun had set, his radiance streamed forth.²
Taking up scented water, I sprinkled it over the supreme Buddha;
with that confidence of mind (citta), I died right there.
In the ninety-first aeon from now it was that I sprinkled the scented water;
I know of no bad destination (duggati) — this is the fruit of worship of the Buddha (buddhapūjā).
In the thirty-first aeon from now there was a khattiya named Sugandha,
a wheel-turning monarch (cakkavatti) of great might, endowed with the seven treasures.
The four analytic insights (paṭisambhidā), and also these eight liberations (vimokkha),
and the six superknowledges (chaḷabhiññā) have been realized; the Buddha's teaching (sāsana) has been done.
¹ Variant readings: M (Burmese ed.): *sabbaññuṃ tamanāsakaṃ*; Yu (European ed.): *sabbaññutam anāsavaṃ* ("the omniscient one, free of taints (āsava)").
² Variant reading: M: *yathā ca sataraṃsino* ("as [the radiance] of the hundred-rayed sun").
Thus indeed did the Venerable Elder Gandhodakiya speak these verses.
The Apadāna of the Elder Gandhodakiya is concluded.
The Apadāna of the Elder Sammukhāthavika, the Fifth (125)
English translation from the Pali (Siam Raṭṭha edition) — under review, not for citation.