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At seven years from birth I had become a master of the sacred hymns (mantapāragū);
I upheld the lineage of my family; a sacrifice was set up by me.
Eighty-four thousand animals were then being slaughtered by me;
brought up to the hardwood [post], they stood ready for the sake of the sacrifice.
Glowing like the mouth of a furnace, like embers of khadira wood,
like the rising sun, like the moon on the full-moon day,
Siddhattha — whose every aim was accomplished, revered by the three worlds, their benefactor —
the Fully Awakened One approached and spoke these words:
"Non-harming (ahiṃsā) toward all living beings, boy, is pleasing to me,
and abstinence from theft, from adultery, and from the drinking of intoxicants;
delight in righteous conduct, great learning, and gratitude —
these qualities are praiseworthy in this very life and in the hereafter.
Having developed these qualities, delighting in the welfare of all beings,
having made your mind (citta) confident in the Buddha, develop the supreme path (magga)."
Having said this, the All-Knowing One, the Eldest of the world, the Bull among men,
having thus instructed me, rose into the sky and departed.
Having first purified my mind, afterwards I made my mind confident;
by that confidence of mind I was reborn in Tusita.
Ninety-four eons from now, when I made my mind confident,
I know of no bad destination: this is the fruit of the perception of the Buddha (buddhasaññā).
The four analytic insights (paṭisambhidā), and also these eight liberations (vimokkha),
the six superknowledges (chaḷabhiññā) have been realized; the Buddha's teaching has been fulfilled.
Thus indeed the Venerable Yaññasāmika the Elder spoke these verses.
The Apadāna of the Elder Yaññasāmika is concluded.
The fifth: the Apadāna of the Elder Nimittasaññaka (325)
English translation from the Pali (Siam Raṭṭha edition) — under review, not for citation.