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There was a brahmin, Sunanda by name, a master of the mantras, a reciter, one open to those who ask: he offered the Vājapeyya sacrifice.
Padumuttara, the Knower of the World, the Foremost, the compassionate Seer, having compassion upon the people, was then walking [in meditation] in the sky.
Having walked, the Fully Awakened One, the All-Knowing Leader of the World, pervaded beings with loving-kindness (mettā), measureless, free from attachment (nirūpadhi).
Having cut flowers at the stalk, the brahmin, master of the mantras, assembled all his pupils and had them cast [the flowers] up into the sky.
As far as the city stretched, there was then a canopy of flowers; through the Buddha's power it did not vanish for seven days.
By that very root of wholesome deeds (sukkamūla), having enjoyed attainments (sampadā) and having fully understood all the taints (āsava), he crossed over the clinging (visattikā) in the world.
In the eleven-hundredth aeon [from now] there were thirty-five khattiyas, all bearing the same name, Ambaraṃsa — wheel-turning monarchs (cakkavatti) of great might.
The four analytic insights (paṭisambhidā), and also these eight liberations (vimokkha), and the six superknowledges (chaḷabhiññā) have been realized; the Buddha's teaching has been done.
Thus indeed the Venerable Pupphachadaniya the Elder spoke these verses.
The Apadāna of Pupphachadaniya the Elder is concluded.
The fifth: the Apadāna of Rahosaññika the Elder (135)
English translation from the Pali (Siam Raṭṭha edition) — under review, not for citation.