[327] I dwelt in a hermitage on the bank of the river Candabhāgā;
I saw a golden deer wandering in the wilderness.
Having made my mind (citta) serene with confidence in that deer, I recollected the Eldest of the World (lokajeṭṭha);
by that confidence of mind I recollected the other Buddhas.
And those Buddhas who are gone by, those present, and those yet to come —
just so do those three shine, like the king of deer.
It was in the ninety-fourth aeon (kappa) from the present that I then gained that perception (saññā);
I know of no bad destination (duggati) — this is the fruit of the perception of the Buddha.
In the twenty-seventh aeon from the present there was one lord of the earth,
Araññasatta by name, a universal monarch (cakkavatti) of great might.
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.
Thus indeed the Venerable Elder Nimittasaññaka spoke these verses.
The Apadāna of the Elder Nimittasaññaka is concluded.
Sixth: The Apadāna of the Elder Annasaṃsāvaka (326)
English translation from the Pali (Siam Raṭṭha edition) — under review, not for citation.