[239] Formerly I was a deer-hunter in the forest, in the woodland;
having seen a piyāla tree in flower, I strewed [its blossoms] upon the path along which he traveled.
Taking up the Buddha's bowl, I gave a piyāla flower
to the Buddha as he went along the road, with a serene mind.
In the ninety-first aeon (kappa) from this one I made offering with that flower;
I know of no bad destination (duggati) — this is the fruit of the offering to the Buddha (buddhapūjā).
The four analytic insights (paṭisambhidā), and also these eight liberations (vimokkha),
and the six superknowledges (chaḷabhiññā) have been realized; the Buddha's teaching (sāsana) has been fulfilled.
It was thus that the Venerable Piyālapupphiya the Elder spoke these verses.
The Apadāna of the Elder Piyālapupphiya is concluded.
The eighth: the Apadāna of the Elder Ambayāgadāyaka (238)
English translation from the Pali (Siam Raṭṭha edition) — under review, not for citation.