[245] In the very middle of a natural lake
I dwelt as a water-fowl (jalakukkuṭa);
then I saw the Deva of devas (devadeva)
passing along the pathway of the wind.
Taking a [lotus] filament (kesara)[2] in my beak,
with a serene mind
I offered it up to the Buddha
Tissa, the Kinsman of the World (lokabandhu).
It was ninety-two aeons (kappa) from this one
that I paid homage with that flower;
I know of no bad destination (duggati):
this is the fruit of the offering to the Buddha (buddhapūjā).
In the seventy-third aeon
there was one bearing the name Sattapatta,[3]
endowed with the seven treasures,
a universal monarch (cakkavatti) of great might.
The four analytic insights (paṭisambhidā)
and also these eight liberations (vimokkha),
the six superknowledges (chaḷabhiññā) have been realized;
the Buddha's teaching (sāsana) has been fulfilled.
#1 M.: "tesattatimhi kappamhi sattakesaranāmakā"; Yu.: "pamokkharaṇanāmako".
#2 M., Yu.: "kesariṃ". 3 M.: "sattakesaranāmakā … mahabbalā".
Thus indeed the Venerable Naḷinakesariya the Elder spoke these verses.
The Apadāna of Naḷinakesariya the Elder is concluded.
The fourth: the Apadāna of Viravipupphiya the Elder (244)
English translation from the Pali (Siam Raṭṭha edition) — under review, not for citation.