[347] Not far from the Himavanta is the mountain named Hārika;
at that time one named Sayambhū¹ dwelt at the root of a tree.
Having built a hut of reeds, I thatched it over with grass;
having cleared a walking path (caṅkama), I gave it to Sayambhū.
For fourteen aeons I delighted in the deva-world,
and seventy-four times I exercised rulership over the devas.
And seventy-seven times I was a wheel-turning monarch (cakkavatti);
[I wielded] extensive regional kingship, incalculable by count.
Lofty was my mansion, raised high like Inda's pole—
a thousand-pillared palace (vimāna), incomparable, gleaming with radiance.
Having enjoyed the two kinds of prosperity (sampatti), urged on by the bright root (sukka-mūla),
I went forth in the dispensation of the Blessed One Gotama.
¹ Burmese and European editions read: "sayambhū nārado nāma"—"a Self-Awakened One named Nārada."
Resolute in striving (padhāna), I am at peace, free from acquisitions (nirūpadhi);
like an elephant that has burst its bonds, I dwell without taints (āsava).
The four analytical knowledges (paṭisambhidā), and these eight liberations (vimokkha) as well,
and the six superknowledges (abhiññā) have been realized; the Buddha's dispensation has been fulfilled.
Thus indeed the Venerable Naḷāgārika, the Elder, spoke these verses.
The Apadāna of the Elder Naḷāgārika is concluded.
The sixth: the Apadāna of the Elder Campakapupphiya (346)
English translation from the Pali (Siam Raṭṭha edition) — under review, not for citation.