[163] Paduma by name, the lord of the two-footed, the bull of men —
the One with Vision, having come forth from the great forest, teaches the Dhamma.
There was a gathering of yakkhas (yakkha) not far from the Great Sage;
having arrived for the business that brought them, at that very moment they looked on.
Recognizing the voice of the Buddha — the very teaching of the Deathless (amata) —
with a mind (citta) full of confidence, glad at heart, I clapped my hands in applause and attended upon him.
Seeing the fruit of that well-performed service to the Teacher:
for thirty thousand eons (kappa) I did not arise in a bad destination (duggati).
In the twenty-nine hundredth eon there was one named Samalaṅkata,
a wheel-turning monarch (cakkavatti) of great might, endowed with the seven treasures.
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.
It was thus, indeed, that the Venerable Elder Supāricariya spoke these verses.
The Apadāna of the Elder Supāricariya is concluded.
Second: the Apadāna of the Elder Kaṇaverapupphiya (162).
English translation from the Pali (Siam Raṭṭha edition) — under review, not for citation.