[320] [I beheld him] like a lion nobly born, like a mass of fire upon a mountain—
Siddhattha amid the mountains, seated, illuminating the directions.
Having seen the light of the sun, and likewise the light of the moon,
and having seen the light of the Buddha, rapture (pīti) arose in me.
Having seen the three lights, having seen the supreme of disciples,
I arranged my antelope hide (ajina) over one shoulder and praised the Leader of the World.
For three indeed are the makers of light in the world, dispellers of the world's darkness:
the moon, and the sun, and the Buddha, the Leader of the World.
Presenting this simile, I extolled the Great Sage;
and having proclaimed the Buddha's praise (vaṇṇa), I rejoiced in heaven (sagga) for an aeon (kappa).
In the ninety-fourth aeon from the present, since I extolled the Buddha,
I know of no bad destination (duggati): this is the fruit of extolling.
In the sixty-first aeon from the present there was one named Ñāṇavara,
endowed with the seven treasures, a universal monarch (cakkavatti) of great might.
The four analytic insights (paṭisambhidā), and these eight liberations (vimokkha) as well,
and the six superknowledges (abhiññā) have been realized; the Buddha's teaching (sāsana) has been fulfilled.
Thus indeed the Venerable Tiraṃsiya the Elder spoke these verses.
The Apadāna of the Elder Tiraṃsiya is concluded.
The Ninth: the Apadāna of the Elder Nālipupphiya (319)
English translation from the Pali (Siam Raṭṭha edition) — under review, not for citation.