[157] Being a young deva (devaputta), I honored Sikhī the Leader (nāyaka);
with a mandārava flower I made my offering to the Buddha.
For seven days the divine garland [1] remained as a canopy over the Tathāgata;
all the people, having gathered together, paid homage to the Tathāgata.
Since in the thirty-first aeon (kappa) from now I offered up that flower, [2]
I know of no bad destination (duggati): this is the fruit of worshipping the Buddha.
And in the tenth aeon from now I was the king Jutindhara,
endowed with the seven treasures, a wheel-turning monarch (cakkavatti) of great power.
#1 M. (Burmese ed.): dibbaṃ mālaṃ. 2 M. (Burmese ed.): pupphamabhipūjayiṃ.
The four analytic insights (paṭisambhidā), and also these eight liberations (vimokkha),
the six superknowledges (abhiññā) have been realized: the Buddha's teaching (sāsana) has been fulfilled.
Thus indeed the Venerable Elder Mandāravapupphapūjaka spoke these verses.
The Apadāna of the Elder Mandāravapupphapūjaka is concluded.
The Apadāna of the Elder Kadambapupphiya, the Sixth (156)
English translation from the Pali (Siam Raṭṭha edition) — under review, not for citation.