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On the mountain Himavant I was dwelling, in the midst of the mountains;
having seen the beautiful sand, I recollected the supreme Buddha:
"In knowledge (ñāṇa) there is no comparison;¹ for the Teacher there is no battle;²
having directly known all dhammas, he is resolved through knowledge.
Homage to you, O thoroughbred of men! Homage to you, O supreme among men!
There is none equal to you in knowledge, however far the highest knowledge extends."
Having gladdened my mind (citta) with confidence in that knowledge, I rejoiced in heaven for an aeon (kappa);
in the remaining aeons wholesome deeds were done³ by me.
¹ Ma., Yu.: upanidhā. ² Ma.: saṅkhāraṃ. ³ Ma.: caritaṃ.
In the ninety-first aeon from now, since I then gained that perception (saññā),
I have not known any bad destination — this is the fruit of the perception of knowledge.
In the seventy-third aeon from now there was one [named] Puḷinapupphiya,
endowed with the seven treasures, a wheel-turning monarch (cakkavatti) of great strength.
The four analytic insights (paṭisambhidā), and also these eight liberations (vimokkha),
the six superknowledges (abhiññā) have been realized; the Buddha's teaching has been carried out.
Thus indeed did the Venerable Elder Ñāṇasaññaka speak these verses.
The Apadāna of the Elder Ñāṇasaññaka is concluded.
The Ninth: the Apadāna of the Elder Gandhapupphiya (129)
English translation from the Pali (Siam Raṭṭha edition) — under review, not for citation.