[332] Padumuttara, the knower of the world, the recipient of offerings,
rains down the rain of the Dhamma, like a shower of water in the sky.
I saw that Fully Awakened One teaching the deathless state (amataṃ padaṃ);
having brought confidence to my own mind, I went to my own home.
Taking a parasol that was adorned, I approached the supreme among men;
elated, with elated mind, I flung it up into the sky.
Like a well-harnessed vehicle, like the supreme disciple who is tamed,
it drew near the Fully Awakened One and came to rest above his head.
The Buddha, sympathetic and compassionate, the supreme leader of the world,
sitting amid the Saṅgha of bhikkhus, spoke these verses:
"He by whom this parasol was given, adorned and delightful —
through that confidence of mind he does not go to a bad destination (duggati).
Seven times he will exercise divine rule among the devas,
and thirty-two times he will be a king, a wheel-turning monarch (cakkavatti).
In a hundred thousand aeons, one arisen in the Okkāka clan,
Gotama by name, will be the Teacher in the world.
An heir in his teachings, a true son formed by the Dhamma,
having fully understood all taints (āsava), he will attain Nibbāna, free of taints."
Having understood the Buddha's utterance, the bull-like word he had spoken,
with confident mind and glad, I generated still greater joy.
Abandoning the human birth, I attained a divine birth;
mine was a supreme mansion, soaring aloft, delightful.
When I came forth from the mansion, a white parasol was borne over me;
then I regained the perception — this is the fruit of my former deed (pubbakamma).
Passing away from the deva world, I came to the human state;
thirty-six times a wheel-turning monarch, in the seven-hundredth aeon from now.
Passing away from that body, I went to the city of the Thirty (Tidasa);
wandering on in due course, I came again to the human state.
When I had descended into my mother's womb, they held a white parasol over me;
at seven years from birth, I went forth into homelessness.
A brahmin named Sunanda, perfected in the sacred hymns,
took a crystal parasol and gave it to the foremost disciple.
The great hero Sāriputta, the great preacher, expressed his appreciation (anumodanā);
hearing his appreciation, I recollected my former deed.
Raising my joined palms, I made my own mind confident;
remembering my previous deed, I attained arahatship (arahatta).
Rising up from that seat, placing my joined palms upon my head,
I paid homage to the Fully Awakened One and uttered this speech:
"In the hundred-thousandth aeon from now, the Buddha unsurpassed in the world,
Padumuttara, the knower of the world, the recipient of offerings —
to him a parasol was given by me, ornate and fully adorned;
the Self-Awakened One (Sayambhū), the supreme person, took it up with both hands.
Oh, the Buddha! Oh, the Dhamma! Oh, the accomplishment of our Teacher!
Through the gift of a single parasol, I have not been reborn in any bad destination.
My defilements (kilesa) have been burned up; all existences (bhava) have been uprooted;
having fully understood all taints, I dwell free of taints.
The four analytic insights (paṭisambhidā), and also these eight liberations (vimokkha),
the six superknowledges (chaḷabhiññā) have been realized: the Buddha's teaching (sāsana) has been done."
Thus indeed the Venerable Elder Saparivārachattadāyaka spoke these verses.
The Apadāna of the Elder Saparivārachattadāyaka is concluded.
Summary (uddāna):
The flax-flower (ummāpuppha) and the sand (puḷina), joy (hāsa), the sacrifice (yañña), the one of the sign (nimittaka),
the proclaimer (saṃsāvaka) and the nigguṇḍi, sumanā, the flower-parasol (pupphachattaka),
and the parasol with its accessories (saparivārachatta) — the verses are one hundred and seven.
The Ummāpupphiya Chapter, the Thirty-Third.
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The Thirty-Fourth Chapter: the Gandhodaka Chapter
First: the Apadāna of the Elder Gandhadhūpiya (331)
English translation from the Pali (Siam Raṭṭha edition) — under review, not for citation.