[336] In the city of Haṃsavatī I was a carrier of grass;
I made my living by carrying grass, and thereby I supported my children.
The Victor (jina) named Padumuttara, gone to the far shore of all dhammas,
the Leader of the World, arose, having destroyed the blinding darkness.
Sitting then in my own house, I thought thus:
"A Buddha has arisen in the world, yet I have nothing fit to give (deyyadhamma).
This single cloth (sāṭaka) is mine, and there is no one who gives to me;
painful is the touch of hell (niraya) — I shall plant an offering (dakkhiṇā)."
Having reflected thus, I made my own mind (citta) serene with confidence;
taking the single cloth, I gave it to the supreme Buddha.
Having given the single cloth, I raised a shout of acclamation:
"If you are the Buddha, O Hero, carry me across, O Great Sage!"
Padumuttara, the Knower of the World, the receiver of oblations,
extolling my gift (dāna), made an expression of appreciation (anumodanā) for me:
"Through this single cloth, and through his volition (cetanā) and aspirations,
for a hundred thousand aeons (kappa) he will not go to the downfall (vinipāta).
Thirty-six times he will be lord of the devas, exercising rulership over the devas;
and thirty-three times he will be a king, a universal monarch (cakkavatti);
extensive regional rule [will be his], incalculable by count.
Wandering on in the world of devas or among human beings,
you will be handsome, endowed with good qualities, possessed of a body free of blemish;
cloth inexhaustible and beyond measure will be¹ [yours], just as you wish."
¹ The Burmese edition reads labhissasi, "you will obtain."
Having said this, the Fully Awakened One named after the supreme water-born [lotus],
the Wise One, rose up into the sky, like the king of swans in the air.
In whatever womb I am reborn, whether in the state of a deva or of a human,
there is no deficiency of wealth for me: this is the fruit of the single cloth.
At every lifting of a foot, cloth is produced for me;
below, I stand upon cloth, and above is my canopy.
Today, were I to wish it, I could cover with cloths
the whole world-sphere, together with its forests and its mountains.
Through that very single cloth, wandering on in existence after existence,
I became golden-hued, and I wander on in existence after existence.
Nowhere have I found the result (vipāka) of the single cloth come to exhaustion;
this is my final birth; even here it ripens for me.
It was a hundred thousand aeons ago that I gave that cloth;
I know of no bad destination (duggati) — this is the fruit of the single cloth.
My defilements (kilesa) have been burned away; all existences (bhava) have been rooted out;
like an elephant that has burst its bonds, I dwell free of taints (āsava).
The four analytic insights (paṭisambhidā), and these eight liberations (vimokkha),
and the six superknowledges (abhiññā) have been realized: the Buddha's teaching has been fulfilled.
Thus indeed did the Venerable Elder Ekadussadāyaka speak these verses.
The Apadāna of the Elder Ekadussadāyaka is concluded.
The Apadāna of the Elder Phussitakammiya, the Fifth (335)
English translation from the Pali (Siam Raṭṭha edition) — under review, not for citation.