[191] Among the devas of Tāvatiṃsa there then arose a great cry:
"The Buddha is attaining Nibbāna in the world—and we are still possessed of lust!"
While they were filled with a sense of urgency (saṃvega), stricken with the dart of sorrow,
I, braced by [my] strength, went into the presence of the Buddha.
Taking a mandārava flower, gathered together¹ and magically created,
I offered it up to the Buddha at the time of the Parinibbāna.²
All the devas and the celestial nymphs (accharā) then rejoiced over me;
for a hundred thousand aeons (kappa) I did not arise in a bad destination (duggati).
In the sixty-thousandth aeon from now, those sixteen persons
named Mahāmallajana were universal monarchs (cakkavattī) of great might.
The four analytical knowledges (paṭisambhidā), and also these eight liberations (vimokkha),
and the six superknowledges (chaḷabhiññā) have been realized; the Buddha's teaching has been done.
¹ Variant: Yu. (European/PTS edition) reads saṃhitaṃ. ² Variant: Ma. (Burmese edition) reads parinibbutakālamhi.
Thus indeed the Venerable Elder Ekacāriya spoke these verses.
The Apadāna of the Elder Ekacāriya is concluded.
The tenth: the Apadāna of the Elder Tivaṇṭipupphiya (190)
English translation from the Pali (Siam Raṭṭha edition) — under review, not for citation.