[35] At the shrine (cetiya) named Paduma of Padumuttara the Protector
I had a stone slab¹ made and overlaid it with gold.
And holding aloft a parasol made of jewels together with a yak-tail whisk,
I presented them to the Buddha, the Kinsman of the World, the Steadfast One (tādī).
As many earth-dwelling deities as there were, all of them assembled then, [thinking:]
"He will tell the result (vipāka) of the jewelled seat and the parasol,
and we shall hear all of that as the Teacher tells it;
we shall arouse gladness still more in the Perfectly Enlightened One's dispensation."
Seated upon a seat of gold, the Self-Existent One (sayambhū), the Foremost of Persons,
surrounded by the Saṅgha of bhikkhus, spoke these verses:
"He by whom this seat was given, golden, made of jewels —
him I shall proclaim; listen to me as I speak.
For thirty aeons (kappa), as lord of the devas, he will exercise divine kingship;
with his radiance he will overpower all around for a hundred yojanas.
Having come to the world of men, he will become a wheel-turning monarch (cakkavatti);
Pabhassara by name, he will be of blazing power.
Whether by day or by night, like the hundred-rayed [sun] arisen,
the khattiya will shine forth for eight ratanas [cubits] all around.
A hundred thousand aeons hence, one sprung from the Okkāka clan,
Gotama by name, will be the Teacher in the world.
Having passed away from Tusita, urged on by his bright root [of merit],
he will be a kinsman of Brahmā [a brahmin], Kaccāna by name.
Afterwards he will go forth, and he will become awakened,² free from taints (āsava);
Gotama, the Light of the World, will establish him in the foremost place.
A question asked in brief he will expound in detail,
and in answering that question he will fulfil [the questioners'] intent."
Nobly born into a wealthy family, a brahmin, a master of the mantras,
he abandoned wealth and grain and went forth³ into the homeless life.
Even when they ask in brief, I expound in detail;
I fulfil their intent; I gladden the Supreme among Bipeds.
Gladdened by me, the Great Hero, the Self-Existent One, the Foremost of Persons,
seated amid the Saṅgha of bhikkhus, established me in the foremost position (etadagga).
The four analytic insights (paṭisambhidā) and these eight liberations (vimokkha),
the six superknowledges (abhiññā) have been realized; the Buddha's teaching has been fulfilled.
Thus indeed the Venerable Elder Mahākaccāyana spoke these verses.
The Apadāna of the Elder Mahākaccāyana is concluded.
Fourth: The Apadāna of the Elder Kāḷudāyī (34)
¹ Ma. (Burmese) and Yu. (PTS) editions read silāsanaṃ, "a stone seat."
² Ma. and Yu. read arahā, "an arahant."
³ Ma. and Yu. read pabbajiṃ, "I went forth."
English translation from the Pali (Siam Raṭṭha edition) — under review, not for citation.