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In the thirty-first aeon (kappa) from the present one,
I was one who spread out seats for the company (gaṇasanthāraka);
I saw the Buddha, free from dust,
the recipient of oblations.
[Edition footnote: 1 Po.: "sāgarambuddhaṃ"; Yu.: "sāgarambaraṃ". 2 Ma., Yu.: "ekāpassitanāmā".]
A piece of hide was given by me
to Sikhī, the Kinsman of the World;
by that deed, O Lord of the two-footed,
Eldest of the World, Bull among men,
having enjoyed prosperity,
I have burned up the defilements (kilesa);
I bear my final body
in the dispensation (sāsana) of the Fully Self-Enlightened One.
In the thirty-first aeon from the present one,
since I gave that antelope hide (ajina),
I know of no bad destination:
this is the fruit of the antelope hide.
In the fiftieth aeon from the present one,
I was the king Sudāyaka,
a wheel-turning monarch (cakkavatti) of great power,
endowed with the seven treasures.
The four analytic insights (paṭisambhidā),
and these eight liberations (vimokkha) too,
the six superknowledges (chaḷabhiññā) have been realized;
the Buddha's teaching has been done.
Thus indeed the Venerable Ajinadāyaka the Elder spoke these verses.
The Apadāna of the Elder Ajinadāyaka is concluded.
The Apadāna of the Elder Dverataniya, the Third (223)
English translation from the Pali (Siam Raṭṭha edition) — under review, not for citation.