[402] The Victor (Jina) named Padumuttara, gone to the far shore of all dhammas,
having plunged into the Himavant, the Leader of the World sat down.
I had not seen the Fully Awakened One, nor had I even heard the sound of him;
seeking my food, I was wandering in the forest.
There I saw the Fully Awakened One, bearing the thirty-two excellent marks,
and on seeing him this thought came to me: "What being, indeed, might this be?"
Examining the marks, I called to mind my lore (vijjā),
for I had heard this well-spoken word of the wise concerning Buddhas:
"Even as their word has it, this one must be a Buddha.
Suppose, then, I were to honor him — he will purify my destination (gati)."
Quickly returning to the hermitage, I took honey and oil;
and taking a pot, I approached the Guide.
Taking a tripod of staves, I set it up in the open air;
lighting the lamp, I paid homage eight times.
For seven nights and days the Buddha, the Supreme among Men, sat on;
then, at the waning of the night, the Leader of the World arose.
With a confident mind, glad at heart, all through those nights and days
I gave a lamp to the Buddha — devoted, with my own hands.
All the scents born of the forest upon Mount Gandhamādana
came, through the Buddha's power, into the Buddha's presence.
Whatever scents of flowers there were from earth-grown trees in bloom,
through the Buddha's power all gathered together then.
As many nāgas and garuḷas, both kinds, as there were in the Himavant —
desiring to hear the Dhamma, they came into the Buddha's presence.
The ascetic named Devala, the Buddha's chief disciple,
came into the Buddha's presence together with a hundred thousand possessed of mastery (vasī).
Padumuttara, Knower of the World, Receiver of Oblations,
seated amid the Saṅgha of bhikkhus, spoke these verses:
"He who, full of confidence, kindled a lamp for me with his own hands —
him I shall proclaim: listen to me as I speak.
For sixty thousand eons he will delight in the deva world,
and a thousand times he will be a wheel-turning monarch (cakkavatti).
The Sixteenth Recitation Section (bhāṇavāra).
Thirty-six times, as lord of the devas, he will exercise rulership over the devas,
and seven hundred times he will exercise vast kingship upon the earth,
and vast regional kingship, incalculable by count.
English translation from the Pali (Siam Raṭṭha edition) — under review, not for citation.