[46] Having built a hut in the forest, I dwelt in the midst of the mountains,
content with gain and with loss, with fame and with obscurity.
Padumuttara, the Knower of the World (lokavidū), the recipient of oblations (āhuti),
came into my presence together with a hundred thousand bhikkhus.¹
When the Great Nāga (mahānāga)² had drawn near — he who bears the name of the supreme water-born (lotus) —
I prepared a spread of grass and gave it to the Teacher.
With a mind (citta) full of faith, glad at heart, I gave an āmaṇḍa fruit and drinking water
to the upright one, with a heart clear and serene.
It was a hundred thousand aeons (kappa) ago that I then gave that gift;
I know of no bad destination (duggati) — this is the fruit of the āmaṇḍa.
In the forty-first aeon there was one, Arindama by name,
endowed with the seven treasures, a universal monarch (cakkavatti) of great might.
The four analytic insights (paṭisambhidā), and these eight liberations (vimokkha) as well,
and the six superknowledges (chaḷabhiññā) have been realized; the Buddha's teaching has been done.
Thus indeed did the Venerable Sanniṭṭhāpaka the Elder speak these verses.
The Apadāna of Sanniṭṭhāpaka the Elder is concluded.
#1 M. (Burmese) and Yu. (European) editions read "vīsasatasahassehi" ("with two million"). 2 Yu. (European) edition reads "mahāvīraṃ" ("the Great Hero").
The Fifth: The Apadāna of Pañcahatthiya the Elder (45)
English translation from the Pali (Siam Raṭṭha edition) — under review, not for citation.