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To the Blessed One Siddhattha, the Eldest of the world, the steadfast one (tādī),
as he was proclaiming the truth and bringing living beings to quenching,
I brought a water-born [lotus], seven-petalled and delightful,
and having made a parasol of the flower, I offered it up to the Buddha.
And Siddhattha, the Knower of the world, the receiver of oblations (āhuti),
the Teacher, standing amid the Saṅgha of bhikkhus, spoke this verse:
"He who, having gladdened his mind, held aloft a parasol of flowers for me —
by that confidence of mind he does not go to a bad destination (duggati)."
Having said this, the Fully Awakened One Siddhattha, the Leader of the world,
dismissed the assembly and rose into the air, up into the sky.
When the Deva of men had risen, the white parasol rose up as well;
that supreme parasol went along before the Best of Buddhas.
In the ninety-fourth aeon (kappa) from now, I offered up that parasol;
I know of no bad destination — this is the fruit of the flower-parasol.
In the seventy-fourth aeon there were eight [kings named] Jalasikha,
wheel-turning monarchs (cakkavattī) endowed with the seven treasures, of great might.
The four analytic insights (paṭisambhidā), and also these eight liberations (vimokkha),
the six superknowledges (abhiññā) have been realized; the Buddha's teaching has been fulfilled.
Thus indeed did the Venerable Elder Pupphachattiya speak these verses.
The Apadāna of the Elder Pupphachattiya is concluded.
The tenth, the Apadāna of the Elder Saparivārachattadāyaka (330)
English translation from the Pali (Siam Raṭṭha edition) — under review, not for citation.