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Not far from the Himavant there was a great natural lake,
covered with pink lotuses (paduma) and blue lotuses (uppala),
abounding in white lotuses (puṇḍarīka).
There at that time I was a bird, Kukkuṭa by name,
virtuous, accomplished in the observances (vatta),
skilled in merit and demerit (puñña–apuñña).
Padumuttara, knower of the world, receiver of oblations (āhuti),
the Great Sage, walked about not far from that natural lake.
Having broken off a white water lily (kumuda) growing in the water,
I presented it to the Great Seer;
knowing my intention, the Great Sage accepted it.
And having given that gift, urged on by the root of bright deeds (sukkamūla),
for a hundred thousand aeons (kappa)
I did not arise in any bad destination (duggati).
In the sixteen-hundredth aeon from now
there were those named Varuṇa:
these eight persons there were universal monarchs (cakkavatti) of great power.
The four analytic insights (paṭisambhidā), and also these eight liberations (vimokkha),
the six superknowledges (chaḷabhiññā) have been realized;
the Buddha's teaching has been fulfilled.
Thus indeed the Venerable Elder Kumudadāyaka spoke these verses.
The Apadāna of the Elder Kumudadāyaka is concluded.
Summary (uddāna):
Bandhujīva, Tambapupphi, Vīthi, Kakkārupupphiya,
Mandārava and Kadambi, Sūlaka, Nāgapupphiya,
Punnāga, Komudī — fifty-six verses are declared.
The Bandhujīvaka Chapter, the Sixteenth.
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The Seventeenth Chapter: the Supāricariya Vagga
First: the Apadāna of the Elder Supāricariya (161)
English translation from the Pali (Siam Raṭṭha edition) — under review, not for citation.