[160] A brahmin, Suvaccha by name, a master of the mantras (manta),
dwelt among the mountains, surrounded by his own pupils.
The Victor (jina) named Padumuttara, the recipient of oblations (āhuti),
desiring to lift me up, came into my presence.
He paced up and down in the air, like a lamp ablaze;
and having known my gladness, he departed, facing east.
And when I had seen that marvel, astounding, causing the hair to rise,
I took a nāga flower (nāgapuppha) and strewed it upon the path by which he had gone.
The flower that I strewed a hundred thousand eons (kappa) ago —
by that confidence of mind (cittappasāda) I have not been reborn in any bad destination (duggati).
Thirty-one eons ago I was the king Mahāratha,
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 has been fulfilled.
It was thus, indeed, that the Venerable Elder (thera) Nāgapupphiya spoke these verses.
The Apadāna of the Elder Nāgapupphiya is concluded.
The Ninth: the Apadāna of the Elder Punnāgapupphiya (159)
English translation from the Pali (Siam Raṭṭha edition) — under review, not for citation.