[16] The Victor (Jina) named Padumuttara, the recipient of oblations,
withdrawn from the community, dwelt at that time in the Himavant.
At that time I too was dwelling in a hermitage in the Himavant;
I approached the Great Hero, the Leader of the World, who had but recently arrived.
Taking a parasol of flowers, I went up to the Bull of Men;
as he was entering concentration (samādhi), I caused an interruption.
Holding it up with both hands, I gave the flower-parasol;
the Blessed One Padumuttara, the Great Sage, accepted it.
All the devas, delighted, came to the Himavant;
they raised cries of approval: "The One with Vision will express his appreciation."
Having spoken thus, those devas approached the Supreme among Men,
while I was holding aloft in the sky the lotus, that supreme parasol.
"Holding up a parasol of seven [lotus] leaves, the ascetic gave it to me;
I shall proclaim him — listen to my words.
"For twenty-five aeons (kappa) he will exercise rulership over the devas,
and thirty-four times he will become a wheel-turning monarch (cakkavatti).
"Through whatever womb he transmigrates — to the state of a deva or that of a human —
he will bear a lotus standing in the open air.
"A hundred thousand aeons hence, one arisen in the lineage of Okkāka,
Gotama by clan name, will be the Teacher in the world.
"When his word (pāvacana) has been proclaimed, he will obtain the human state;
in the mind-made body he will be supreme.
"There will be two brothers, both bearing the name Panthaka;
having partaken of the supreme goal, they will make the dispensation shine."
I, that very one, went forth at eighteen years of age into homelessness;
I gained no distinction in the dispensation of the son of the Sakyans.
Dull was my progress; formerly I was despised;
and my brother dismissed me: "Go now to your own house."
Thus dismissed, I stood at the gatehouse of the monastery (saṅghārāma),
dejected, yet still longing for the life of an ascetic.
Then the Teacher came there; he stroked my head,
and taking me by the arm, he led me into the monastery.
Out of compassion the Teacher gave me a foot-wiping cloth:
"Fix your mind upon a thing thus clean, set down at one side."
Taking it in my hands, I recollected the red lotus (kokanada);
there my mind (citta) was liberated: I attained arahantship.
In mind-made bodies I have attained perfection in every respect;
having fully understood all the taints (āsava), I dwell free from taints.
The four analytic insights (paṭisambhidā), and also these eight liberations (vimokkha),
the six superknowledges (abhiññā) have been realized: the Buddha's teaching has been fulfilled.
Thus indeed did the Venerable Elder Cullapanthaka speak these verses.
The Apadāna of the Elder Cullapanthaka is concluded.
Fifth: The Apadāna of the Elder Pilindavaccha (15)
English translation from the Pali (Siam Raṭṭha edition) — under review, not for citation.