[144] When the Protector of the World had attained final Nibbāna —
Dhammadassī, the bull among men —
I raised a flag-pillar (dhajatthambha)
at the shrine (cetiya) of the supreme Buddha.
Having had a stairway built,
ascending the supreme stūpa (thūpa),
I took jasmine flowers (jātipuppha)
and offered them upon the stūpa.
[Apparatus footnote on the Siam Raṭṭha page: ¹ Yu (European ed.): chattādhichattaṃ. ² Ma (Burmese ed.): atichattiyo.]
Oh, the Buddhas! Oh, the Dhammas!
Oh, the accomplishment of our Teacher!
I know of no bad destination (duggati):
this is the fruit of worship of the stūpa.
Ninety-four aeons (kappa) from the present
there were sixteen kings,
bearers of the name Thūpasikha,
universal 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 fulfilled.
Thus indeed the Venerable Elder Thambhāropaka spoke these verses.
The Apadāna of the Elder Thambhāropaka is concluded.
The third: the Apadāna of the Elder Vedikāraka (143)
English translation from the Pali (Siam Raṭṭha edition) — under review, not for citation.