[206] Now the Blessed One Atthadassī, lord of the two-footed (dipadinda), bull among men (narāsabha),
attended by his disciples (sāvaka), came to the bank of the Gaṅgā.
The Gaṅgā was full to the brim, such that a crow could drink from it (kākapeyyā), and hard to cross;
I ferried across the Saṅgha of bhikkhus, and the Buddha, supreme among the two-footed.
In the eighteen hundred aeons (kappa) [since] the deed that I did then,
I know of no bad destination: this is the fruit of the ferrying across (taraṇa).
Thirteen hundred aeons from this [aeon], there were five [named] Sabbobhava,
universal monarchs (cakkavattī) endowed with the seven treasures (sattaratana),[1] of great might.
The four analytic insights (paṭisambhidā), and these eight liberations (vimokkha) as well,
the six superknowledges (chaḷabhiññā) have been realized; the Buddha's teaching (sāsana) has been done.
Thus indeed the Venerable Taraṇiya the Elder spoke these verses.
The Apadāna of Taraṇiya the Elder is concluded.
[1] The Burmese edition adds here: "And in this, my final existence, I was born in a brahmin family; together with three companions I went forth in the Teacher's dispensation."
The Fifth: The Apadāna of Nigguṇḍipupphiya the Elder (205)
English translation from the Pali (Siam Raṭṭha edition) — under review, not for citation.