[354] In the city of Aruṇavatī
I was then a barley-worker;
having seen the Fully Enlightened One upon the road,
I spread out a sheaf of barley.¹
#¹ Variant (ม., Maramma/Burmese edition): *asantharīṃ* ("I strewed [it] as a mat") for *apattharīṃ* ("I spread out").
The sympathetic one, the compassionate one,
Sikhī, supreme leader of the world,
knowing my intention,
sat down upon the spread of barley.
Having seen him seated — the stainless one,
the great meditator, the Guide —
I gave rise to gladness (pāmojja),
and there I passed away.
In the thirty-first eon (kappa) from now
I did that deed;
[because of it] I know of no bad destination (duggati) —
this is the fruit of the spread of barley.
The four analytic insights (paṭisambhidā),
and also these eight liberations (vimokkha),
the six superknowledges (chaḷabhiññā) have been realized;
the Buddha's teaching (sāsana) has been done.
Thus indeed the Venerable Yavakalāpiya Thera spoke these verses.
The Apadāna of Yavakalāpiya Thera is concluded.
Third: the Apadāna of Kiṃsukapūjaka Thera (353)
English translation from the Pali (Siam Raṭṭha edition) — under review, not for citation.