[345] There was a Teacher named Tissa, the Eldest in the world, the bull of men;
having seen the destruction of the three acquisitions (upadhi),¹ a banner was raised by me.
By that deed (kamma) well done, and by volition (cetanā) and aspirations (paṇidhi),
having abandoned the human body, I went to Tāvatiṃsa.
Three hundred times I exercised kingship among the devas,
and five hundred times I was a universal monarch (cakkavatti).
Extensive was my local kingship, incalculable by count;
I experience my own deed, well done by myself in the past.
In the ninety-second aeon (kappa) from now, when I did that deed,
I know of no bad destination (duggati) — this is the fruit of the gift of a banner.
And should I wish it, today I could cover [the earth] together with its forests and mountains
with cloth of linen — such is the fruit of what was done by me then.
The four analytic insights (paṭisambhidā), and these eight liberations (vimokkha) as well,
the six superknowledges (abhiññā) have been realized; the Buddha's teaching has been fulfilled.
Thus indeed did the Venerable Elder Dhajadāyaka speak these verses.
The Apadāna of the Elder Dhajadāyaka is concluded.
The Fourth: the Apadāna of the Elder Tīṇikiṅkaṇipūjaka (344)
¹ Yu (European edition) reads "parikkhayo."
English translation from the Pali (Siam Raṭṭha edition) — under review, not for citation.