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A reciter, a bearer of the mantras, a master of the three Vedas,
I dwelt in a hermitage not far from the Himavant.
I had my fire sacrifice (aggihutta), and fruits of the puṇḍarīka (white lotus);
having placed them in a basket, I hung it upon a treetop.
Padumuttara, the knower of the world, the receiver of oblations (āhuti),
desiring to lift me up, came to me as he was seeking alms.
With a mind (citta) full of confidence, joyful, I gave the fruit to the Buddha.
Engendering rapture (pīti) in me, bringing happiness in this very life,
the Fully Awakened One (Sambuddha) of golden complexion, the receiver of oblations,
the Teacher, standing in the sky, spoke this verse:
"By this gift of fruit and by his resolves of volition (cetanā-paṇidhi),
for a hundred thousand aeons (kappa) he will not be reborn in a bad destination (duggati)."
By that very bright root (sukkamūla), having enjoyed attainments (sampadā),
I have reached the unshakable state, having abandoned victory and defeat.
In the seven-hundredth aeon from the present I was a king named Sumaṅgala,
a wheel-turning monarch (cakkavatti) endowed with the seven treasures, of great might.
The four analytical insights (paṭisambhidā), and also these eight liberations (vimokkha),
the six superknowledges (chaḷabhiññā) have been realized; the Buddha's teaching has been carried out.
Thus indeed the Venerable Phaladāyaka the Elder spoke these verses.
The Apadāna of the Elder Phaladāyaka is concluded.
The Eighth: the Apadāna of the Elder Ñāṇasaññaka (128)
English translation from the Pali (Siam Raṭṭha edition) — under review, not for citation.