[47] The Fully Enlightened One (sambuddha) named Sumedha was walking along the bazaar street,
his eyes downcast, of measured speech, mindful (satimā), his sense faculties restrained.
Five handfuls of blue lotuses (uppala) had been made up for me as a chaplet (āveḷā);
with these, my heart full of confidence, I worshipped the Buddha with my own hands.
And those flowers, raised aloft, formed a canopy over the Teacher;
they held themselves above the Great Nāga (mahānāga), as a pupil [holds a sunshade] over his teacher.
In the thirty thousand aeons since I offered up that flower,
I have known no bad destination (duggati): this is the fruit of worshipping the Buddha (buddhapūjā).
Two thousand aeons from this [present aeon] there were five khattiyas,
Hatthiya by name — wheel-turning monarchs (cakkavattī) 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 (sāsana) has been fulfilled.
Thus indeed did the Venerable Pañcahatthiya, the Elder, speak these verses.
The Apadāna of the Elder Pañcahatthiya is concluded.
Sixth: The Apadāna of the Elder Padumacchadaniya (46)
English translation from the Pali (Siam Raṭṭha edition) — under review, not for citation.