[263] Golden-hued Siddhattha, walking along the market street —
taking two of the finest lotuses, I approached the Bull among Men (narāsabha).
One flower I laid down at the feet of the supreme Buddha,
and one flower, holding it up, I tossed into the sky.
In the ninety-fourth aeon (kappa) from the present, since I paid homage with that flower,
I know of no bad destination (duggati): this is the fruit of the gift of flowers.
In the thirty-second aeon¹ from the present, I was a lord of the earth,
a wheel-turning monarch (cakkavatti) of great power, Antalikkhakara by name.
The four analytic insights (paṭisambhidā), and also these eight liberations (vimokkha),
the six superknowledges (chaḷabhiññā) — these have been realized; the Buddha's teaching (sāsana) has been fulfilled.
Thus indeed the Venerable Elder Ākāsukkhipiya spoke these verses.
The Apadāna of the Elder Ākāsukkhipiya is concluded.
¹ Ma. (Burmese edition): chattiṃsakappamhi — "in the thirty-sixth aeon."
The Apadāna of the Elder Telamakkhiya, the Second (262)
English translation from the Pali (Siam Raṭṭha edition) — under review, not for citation.