[348] Not far from Himavant stands the mountain named Chāpala;¹ the Buddha named Sudassana dwelt in the midst of the mountains.
Taking a flower of golden hue,² as I was going through the air,³ I saw the stainless Buddha, who had crossed the flood (ogha), free of taints (āsava).
Then, placing seven campaka flowers upon my head, I offered them up to the Buddha, the Self-Awakened One (sayambhū), the Great Seer (mahesi).
In the thirty-first aeon (kappa) from the present — since I offered that flower, I know of no bad destination (duggati): this is the fruit of worship of the Buddha (buddhapūjā).
The four analytic insights (paṭisambhidā), and also these eight liberations (vimokkha), and the six superknowledges (chaḷabhiññā) have been realized; the Buddha's teaching (sāsana) has been fulfilled.
#1 Ma. (Burmese ed.): "Jāpalo nāma"; Yu. (European ed.): "Cāvalo nāma."
#2 Ma.: "hemavantaṃ"; Yu.: "hemavataṃ."
#3 Yu.: "vehāsayenahaṃ."
Thus indeed the Venerable Elder Campakapupphiya spoke these verses.
The Apadāna of the Elder Campakapupphiya is concluded.
Seventh: The Apadāna of the Elder Padumapūjaka (347)
English translation from the Pali (Siam Raṭṭha edition) — under review, not for citation.