[299] At that time I was a brahmin named Upasāḷhaka.
Having plunged into a forest grove and seen the Protector of the World, the bull among men,
I paid homage at the feet of the acceptor of the world's oblations.
Knowing that my mind (citta) was filled with confidence, the Buddha vanished.
Departing from the forest, I recollected the supreme Buddha;
having extolled that place, I rejoiced in heaven for an aeon (kappa).
In the ninety-second aeon from now, since I extolled that place,
I have not known any bad destination (duggati): this is the fruit of extolling.
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, indeed, that the Venerable Elder Desakittika spoke these verses.
The Apadāna of the Elder Desakittika is concluded.
The Eighth: The Apadāna of the Elder Saraṇagamaniya (298)
English translation from the Pali (Siam Raṭṭha edition) — under review, not for citation.