[201] The Self-Awakened One (Sayambhū) named Sumaṅgala, the Unvanquished,
the Victor (Jina), having come forth from the great forest, entered the city.
Having walked his round for alms, the Sage (muni), having departed from the city —
the Fully Awakened One, his task done — dwelt within the forest.
Holding up a tikaṇḍi flower,² with confident mind, glad at heart,
I offered it to the Buddha, the Self-Awakened One, the Great Seer (mahesi).
In the ninety-fourth aeon from this one it was that I offered that flower;
I know of no bad destination (duggati) — this is the fruit of worship of the Buddha (buddhapūjā).
In the eighty-sixth aeon from this one there was one named Apaselāsa,³
a wheel-turning monarch (cakkavatti) endowed with the seven treasures, of great power.
The four analytic insights (paṭisambhidā), and also these eight liberations (vimokkha),
and the six superknowledges (chaḷabhiññā) have been realized; the Buddha's teaching has been done.
[Variant readings: ¹ Ma.: kiṅkaṇikapupphiyat-… ; ² Ma.: kiṅkaṇipupphaṃ; ³ Ma.: apilāsisanāmako; Yu.: apilāpiyanāmako.]
It was thus, indeed, that the Venerable Elder Tikaṇḍipupphiya spoke these verses.
The Apadāna of the Elder Tikaṇḍipupphiya is concluded.
The Tenth: The Apadāna of the Elder Yūthikapupphiya (200)
English translation from the Pali (Siam Raṭṭha edition) — under review, not for citation.