[154] Engaged in doing work for another, I committed an offense;
beset by fear and enmity, I fled away¹ to the forest's edge.
Seeing a tree in flower, well-formed, its blossoms bound in clusters,²
I took the copper-red blossoms and strewed them upon the Bodhi tree (bodhi).
Having swept that Bodhi tree — the pāṭali, supreme among trees —
I folded my legs crosswise and sat down at the foot of the Bodhi.³
Those searching for the path I had taken came into my presence;
and seeing them there, I turned my mind to the supreme Bodhi.
And having venerated the Bodhi with a mind serene and confident,
I fell a depth of many palm trees, into a fearsome mountain chasm.
In the ninety-first aeon (kappa) from this one it was that I offered up that flower:
I know of no bad destination (duggati) — this is the fruit of worship of the Bodhi tree.
And in the third aeon from this one there was a king named Sammasita,⁴
a wheel-turning monarch (cakkavatti) of great might, endowed with the seven treasures.
The four analytic insights (paṭisambhidā), and these eight liberations (vimokkha) as well,
and the six superknowledges (chaḷabhiññā) have been realized; the Buddha's teaching (sāsana) has been fulfilled.
Thus indeed the Venerable Tambapupphiya Thera spoke these verses.
The Apadāna of Tambapupphiya Thera is concluded.
¹ M. (Burmese edition): abhidhāvissaṃ. ² Yu. (European edition): piṇḍibaddhaṃ. ³ M. and Yu.: bodhimūle.
⁴ M.: rājā sasaññato ahaṃ. Yu.: rājā samphusito ahu.
Third: The Apadāna of Vīthisammajjaka Thera (153)
English translation from the Pali (Siam Raṭṭha edition) — under review, not for citation.