[353] Formerly I was a deer-hunter in the wilderness, in the forest;
there I saw the Sambuddha, surrounded by the two Saṅghas —
proclaiming the four truths (catusacca), uplifting the great multitude;
I heard that sweet speech, like the cry of the karavika bird.
Having brought my mind (citta) to confidence in the voice of the sage Sikhī —
the Brahmā-voiced, the Kinsman of the World — I attained the destruction of the taints (āsava).
In the thirty-first aeon (kappa) from now, the deed that I did then —
I know of no bad destination (duggati): this is the fruit of confidence (pasāda).
The four analytic insights (paṭisambhidā), and these eight liberations (vimokkha) too,
the six superknowledges (chaḷabhiññā) have been realized; the Buddha's teaching (sāsana) has been fulfilled.
Thus indeed the Venerable Saddasaññika the Elder spoke these verses.
The Apadāna of the Elder Saddasaññika is concluded.
The second: the Apadāna of the Elder Yavakalāpiya (352)
English translation from the Pali (Siam Raṭṭha edition) — under review, not for citation.