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For Atthadassī, the sage, the Eldest of the world, the steadfast one (tādī),
I had a walking-meditation path (caṅkama) made, piling it up with bricks.
Five cubits in height, the walking path was well constructed;
a hundred cubits in length, a fit place for meditative development, delighting the mind.
The Blessed One Atthadassī, supreme among men, accepted it;
taking up sand in his hand, he spoke these verses:
"Through this gift of sand, together with the well-made walking path,
he shall enjoy sand endowed with the seven kinds of jewels.
For three aeons (kappa) he shall exercise divine kingship among the devas;
attended by celestial nymphs (accharā), he shall enjoy prosperity.
[1: Burmese edition reads "varako".]
Having come to the human world, he shall be a king over the realm,
and three times he shall be a wheel-turning monarch (cakkavattī) upon the earth."
It was eighteen hundred aeons ago that I did that deed:
I know of no bad destination (duggati) — this is the fruit of the walking path.
The four analytic insights (paṭisambhidā), and these eight liberations (vimokkha),
and the six superknowledges (abhiññā) have been realized; the Buddha's teaching has been fulfilled.
Thus indeed the Venerable Caṅkamadāyaka the Elder spoke these verses.
The Apadāna of the Elder Caṅkamadāyaka is concluded.
The Ninth: the Apadāna of the Elder Subhadda (49)
English translation from the Pali (Siam Raṭṭha edition) — under review, not for citation.