[13] When the Lord of the World, Siddhattha, supreme among two-footed beings, had attained Nibbāna,
when the fundamental teaching (pāvacana) had been spread abroad and the dispensation (sāsana) was known to the multitude,
with a mind (citta) full of confidence, glad at heart, I made a lion throne (sīhāsana);
and having made the lion throne, I made a footstool (pādapīṭha).
And while rain was falling upon the lion throne, I built a house for it there;
through that confidence of mind I arose in Tusita.
Straightaway there was for me a well-made mansion (vimāna),
twenty-four¹ yojanas² in length and fourteen in breadth.
Seven thousand maidens surround me at all times,
and in my palace there was a well-fashioned couch made of gold.
Elephant vehicles, horse vehicles, and celestial vehicles stood ready at my service;
palaces and palanquins too arise at my mere wish.
Couches made of jewels, and many others made of heartwood,
all arise for me: this is the fruit of the lion throne.
Sandals made of gold, made of silver, made of crystal, made of beryl —
I step up upon them: this is the fruit of the footstool.
It was ninety-four aeons ago that I did that deed then;
I know of no bad destination: this is the fruit of meritorious deed.
Seventy-three aeons ago there were three persons named Inda;
seventy-two aeons ago, three named Sumana.
A full seventy aeons ago, there were three named Varuṇa,
endowed with the seven treasures, sovereigns over the four continents.
The four analytic insights (paṭisambhidā), and these eight liberations (vimokkha) too,
and the six superknowledges (chaḷabhiññā) have been realized; the Buddha's teaching has been done.
It was thus, indeed, that the Venerable Elder Sīhāsanadāyaka spoke these verses.
The Apadāna of the Elder Sīhāsanadāyaka is concluded.
¹ Burmese edition (M): catubbīsa. ² Burmese edition (M): yojanaṃ āsi tāvade.
Second: the Apadāna of the Elder Ekatthambhika (12)
English translation from the Pali (Siam Raṭṭha edition) — under review, not for citation.