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Golden-hued, the Perfectly Enlightened One sat between the mountains,
illuminating all around with his radiance¹ — Sikhī, like a crested fire.
Taking an aggaja flower, I approached that supreme among men;
with a mind (citta) full of confidence, glad at heart, I offered it up to the Buddha.
In the thirty-first eon from now, since I made that offering of a flower,
I know of no bad destination (duggati): this is the fruit of worship of the Buddha.
In the twenty-fifth eon I was Mittaghātaka,²
a wheel-turning monarch (cakkavatti) of great might, endowed with the seven treasures.
The four analytic insights (paṭisambhidā) and these eight liberations (vimokkha),
the six superknowledges (abhiññā) have been realized; the Buddha's teaching has been fulfilled.
It was thus, indeed, that the Venerable Aggapupphiya Thera spoke these verses.
The Apadāna of Aggapupphiya Thera is concluded.
Summary (uddāna):
Thomaka, the alms-food, the pyre, Campaka, Sattapāṭali,
the sandals, Mañjari, and the leaf, the giver of the hut, Aggapupphiya —
and the verses counted here are exactly forty-one.
The Thomaka Chapter (vagga), the Twenty-Sixth.
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The Twenty-Seventh: the Padumukkhepa Chapter
First, the Apadāna of Ākāsukkhipiya Thera (261)
¹ Ma. and Yu. read "raṃsena" (for "raṃsiyā"); the sense, "with his radiance," is unchanged.
² Ma. reads "ahosi amito gato"; Yu. reads "ahosiṃ amitavhayo" ("I was the one named Amita").
English translation from the Pali (Siam Raṭṭha edition) — under review, not for citation.