[295]
My son had gone forth, clad then in the ochre robes (kāsāya);
and he, having attained Buddhahood, honored by the world, attained final Nibbāna.
#¹ Ma., Yu.: nibbattā. ² ___ abhipūjayiṃ. [variant-reading apparatus of the Siam edition]
Searching for my own son behind the monastery,¹
I went to the funeral pyre of that great one of mine who had attained final Nibbāna.
Raising my joined palms there, I venerated the pyre;
and holding up a white parasol (setacchatta), I then raised it aloft.
In the ninety-fourth aeon (kappa) from now, since I raised that parasol aloft,
I know of no bad destination (duggati): this is the fruit of the gift of a parasol.
In the twenty-fifth aeon from now there were seven lords of the people,
bearing the name Mahāraha — wheel-turning monarchs (cakkavattī) of great might.
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.
Thus indeed did the Venerable Elder Chattadāyaka speak these verses.
The Apadāna of the Elder Chattadāyaka is concluded.
Fourth: the Apadāna of the Elder Saddasaññaka (294)
English translation from the Pali (Siam Raṭṭha edition) — under review, not for citation.