[314] Well-grown like a sāla sapling, risen up like a sobhañjana tree,
like Indra's pole (indalaṭṭhi) in the sky, the Victor (jina) shines at all times.
To him, the deva beyond devas (devātideva), Vessabhū the great seer (mahesi),
I gave food with a clear and confident mind.
The Buddha, the Self-Arisen One (sayambhū), the Unvanquished (aparājita), expressed appreciation for that [gift] of mine:
"As you are reborn in existence, may the fruit arise for you."
[Apparatus note 1: the Burmese edition reads "… kammavisesena"; the point of attachment is not visible in this excerpt.]
In the thirty-first aeon (kappa) from now I gave that gift;
I know of no bad destination (duggati) — this is the fruit of the food.
In the twenty-fifth aeon from now I was one [named] Amittaka,
endowed with the seven treasures, a wheel-turning monarch (cakkavatti) of great power.
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 Bhojanadāyaka spoke these verses.
The Apadāna of the Elder Bhojanadāyaka is concluded.
The third: the Apadāna of the Elder Gatasaññaka (313)
English translation from the Pali (Siam Raṭṭha edition) — under review, not for citation.