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A park (ārāma) was planted by me² for the Blessed One Siddhattha,
amid cool-shaded³ trees, where birds came to roost close by⁴.
I saw the stainless Buddha, the recipient of oblations (āhuti),
and I made over the park to the Eldest of the World, the Bull of Men.
Delighted, with a delighted mind (citta), I gave fruit and flowers⁵;
and⁶ then, confidence (pasāda) having arisen in me, I dedicated that gift⁷.
Since with a clear and confident mind I gave this to the Buddha,
whenever I am reborn in existence, the fruit is produced for me.
In the ninety-fourth aeon (kappa) from now, since I then gave that park⁸,
I know of no bad destination (duggati): this is the fruit of the park.
In the thirty-seventh aeon from now there were seven named Mudusītala,
universal monarchs (cakkavatti) of great might, endowed with the seven treasures.
#¹ M.: sampasādako. ² M.: mayā. ³ M.: sandacchāyesu ___.
#⁴ Yu.: upavattesu. ⁵ M.: pupphamadāsahaṃ. ⁶ M.: va. ⁷ M.: ___ vanaṃ.
#⁸ Yu.: ___ dānamadadiṃ ___.
[M. = the Burmese (Marammaraṭṭha) edition; Yu. = the European edition.]
The four analytic insights (paṭisambhidā) and these eight liberations (vimokkha),
and the six superknowledges (chaḷabhiññā), have been realized;
the Buddha's teaching (sāsana) has been done.
It was thus, indeed, that the Venerable Elder Ārāmadāyaka spoke these verses.
The Apadāna of the Elder Ārāmadāyaka is concluded.
The Eighth: the Apadāna of the Elder Anulepadāyaka (308)
English translation from the Pali (Siam Raṭṭha edition) — under review, not for citation.