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I gave a thoroughbred (ājānīya) to the Buddha Padumuttara;
having made it over to the Fully Enlightened One, I went to my own house.
The Teacher's chief disciple, Devila by name,
heir to the sublime Dhamma, came into my presence:
"The Blessed One, the bearer of all benefit, the thoroughbred [among men], does not waver;
knowing your intention, the One with Vision has consented."
Having had the wind-swift Sindh steed, that swift carrier, appraised,
I gave to the Buddha Padumuttara what was acceptable [in its stead].
Into whatever womb I am reborn — the state of a deva or of a human —
wind-swift thoroughbreds are produced for me, a delight.
It is a gain for them, well gained indeed, who obtain the higher ordination (upasampadā);
if a Buddha should be in the world, I would attend upon him again.
Twenty-eight times I was a king of great strength,
a conqueror to the four ends [of the earth], sovereign of Jambudīpa.
This is my last; my final existence now proceeds;
having abandoned victory and defeat, I have attained the unshakable state.
In the thirty-four thousandth [aeon] there was a khattiya of great splendor,
endowed with the seven treasures, a wheel-turning monarch (cakkavatti) of great strength.
The four analytic insights (paṭisambhidā), and also these eight liberations (vimokkha),
the six superknowledges (chaḷabhiññā) have been realized; the Buddha's teaching has been done.
Thus indeed did the Venerable Elder Opavuyha speak these verses.
The Apadāna of the Elder Opavuyha is concluded.
Sixth: The Apadāna of the Elder Saparivārāsana (56)
English translation from the Pali (Siam Raṭṭha edition) — under review, not for citation.