[316] I dwelt on the bank of a river, a brahmin named Nesāda;
having swept the hermitage with seven-petalled flowers,
and seeing the Fully Enlightened One (sambuddha) Siddhattha, golden-hued,
the Leader of the World, going through the forest,¹ joy arose in me.
Going out to meet the Fully Enlightened One, the Eldest of the World, the Bull of Men,
I conducted him to the hermitage and strewed him with the choicest lotuses.
In the ninety-fourth aeon from now, that I offered that flower in worship —
I know of no bad destination (duggati): this is the fruit of worship of the Buddha (buddhapūjā).
In the seventh aeon from now there were four [monarchs] named Pādapāvara,
wheel-turning monarchs (cakkavattī) of great might, endowed with the seven treasures.
The four analytical insights (paṭisambhidā), and these eight liberations (vimokkha) as well,
and the six superknowledges (chaḷabhiññā) have been realized; the Buddha's teaching (sāsana) has been done.
Thus indeed the Venerable Sattapadumiya Thera spoke these verses.
The Apadāna of Sattapadumiya Thera is concluded.
¹ Variant (Burmese edition): nabhena, "through the sky."
The Apadāna of Pupphāsanadāyaka Thera, the Fifth (315)
English translation from the Pali (Siam Raṭṭha edition) — under review, not for citation.