[133] The Victor (jina) named Padumuttara, the Eldest of the world, the Bull among men,
taught the deathless state (amataṃ padaṃ) to a great multitude of people.
Having heard his word, the lordly utterance (āsabhī vācā) that he proclaimed,
I raised my joined palms and was then single-minded (ekagga).
As the ocean is the foremost of all waters,
as Meru, that mass of rock, is the most excellent of mountains,
even so, those who proceed by the power of the mind (citta)
do not attain to a fraction of the Buddha's knowledge (ñāṇa).
Setting aside the course of the Dhamma, the Buddha, the compassionate Seer,
sat down amid the Saṅgha of bhikkhus and spoke these verses:
"He who has extolled the knowledge of the Buddha, the Leader of the World,
shall not go to a bad destination (duggati) for a hundred thousand aeons (kappa).
Having burned up the defilements (kilesa), single-minded, well concentrated,
he shall become a disciple of the Teacher, Sobhita by name."
My defilements have been burned up; all existences (bhava) have been uprooted;
the three true knowledges (vijjā) have been attained; the Buddha's teaching (sāsana) has been fulfilled.
Fifty thousand aeons ago there were seven named Samuggata,
universal monarchs (cakkavattī) endowed with the seven treasures, of great might.
The four analytic insights (paṭisambhidā), and these eight liberations (vimokkha) as well,
the six superknowledges (abhiññā) have been realized; the Buddha's teaching has been fulfilled.
It was thus, indeed, that the Venerable Elder Sobhita spoke these verses.
The Apadāna of the Elder Sobhita is concluded.
The Apadāna of the Elder Sudassana, the Second (132)
English translation from the Pali (Siam Raṭṭha edition) — under review, not for citation.