[140] By name⁶ I was Nārada; they knew me as Kesava.
Seeking the wholesome and the unwholesome (kusala–akusala), I went into the presence of the Buddha.
With a mind of loving-kindness (mettā), compassionate (kāruṇika), the Great Sage Atthadassī —
he, the One with Vision (cakkhumā), was teaching the Dhamma, giving comfort to beings.
Having made my own mind (citta) serene with confidence, having placed my joined palms (añjali) upon my head,
having paid homage to the Teacher, I departed,¹ facing east.
In the seventeen-hundredth aeon (kappa) [from now] there was a king, a lord of the earth,
a wheel-turning monarch (cakkavatti) of great might, Amittatapana² by name.
The four analytic insights (paṭisambhidā), and these eight liberations (vimokkha),
and the six superknowledges (chaḷabhiññā) have been realized; the Buddha's teaching (sāsana) has been fulfilled.
It was thus that the Venerable Ekaraṃsaniya³ the Elder spoke these verses.
The Apadāna of the Elder Ekaraṃsaniya is concluded.
The Ninth: the Apadāna of the Elder Sāladāyaka⁴ (139)
[Variant notes — the Siam Raṭṭha foot-of-page apparatus, printed mid-passage in the source and relocated here (sigla: ม. = M., Burmese edition; ยุ. = Yu., European/PTS edition):
¹ M.: dīpentaṃ. ² Yu.: saragacchi yo; M.: vhayavacchalo. ³ Yu.: nūpapajjatha. ⁴ Yu.: sukhitto. ⁵ Yu.: Ekadaṃsaniya…. ⁶ M., Yu.: me nāmaṃ ("Nārada was my name"), for nāmena ("by name"). Of this block only note 6 keys to text within this excerpt; see FLAGS.]
English translation from the Pali (Siam Raṭṭha edition) — under review, not for citation.