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At seven years from birth
I saw the Leader of the World;
with a confident mind (citta), glad at heart,
I approached the Supreme among Men.
For the Blessed One Tissa,
the Eldest of the World, the Stable One (tādī),
elated, with an elated mind,
I planted the supreme Bodhi tree.
Asana was it by name,
a tree sprung up from the earth;
for five years I tended
the asana, the supreme Bodhi tree.
Seeing the tree in flower —
a marvel, causing the hair to rise —
proclaiming my own deed,
I approached the Best of Buddhas.
Then Tissa, that¹ Fully Awakened One,
the Self-Arisen (sayambhū), the foremost of persons,
having sat down amid the Saṅgha of bhikkhus,
spoke these verses:
¹ Yu.: "yo."
"He by whom this Bodhi tree was planted
and worship of the Buddha reverently performed —
him shall I proclaim:
listen to me as I speak.
For thirty aeons among the devas
he will exercise divine rulership,
and sixty-four times
he will be a wheel-turning monarch (cakkavatti).
Passed away from Tusita,
impelled by the bright root [of merit] (sukkamūla),
having enjoyed the two attainments (sampatti),
he will delight in the human state.
Resolute in exertion (padhāna), he,
at peace, without acquisitions (nirūpadhi),
having fully understood all the taints (āsava),
will attain Nibbāna, free from taints."
Devoted to seclusion (viveka),
at peace, without acquisitions,
like an elephant that has burst its bond,
I dwell free from taints.
In the ninety-second aeon from now
I planted the Bodhi tree then;
I know of no bad destination:
this is the fruit of planting the Bodhi tree.
In the seventy-fourth aeon from now
there was then one renowned as Daṇḍasena,
a wheel-turning monarch
endowed with the seven treasures.
In the seventy-third aeon from now
there were seven lords of the earth,
kings, wheel-turning monarchs,
Samantanemi by name.
In the full twentieth aeon from now
there was a khattiya named Puṇṇaka,
a wheel-turning monarch of great might,
endowed with the seven treasures.
The four analytic insights (paṭisambhidā),
and also these eight liberations (vimokkha),
and the six superknowledges (abhiññā) have been realized:
the Buddha's teaching has been done.
Thus indeed did the Venerable Asanabodhiya Thera speak these verses.
The Apadāna of Asanabodhiya Thera is concluded.
Summary (uddāna):
The fan, and Sataraṃsī,
the couch, the water, Vāhisa,¹
the retinue and the lamp,
the banner, the lotus-worshipper,
and the Bodhi told as tenth:
the verses, likewise, are ninety-two.
¹ M., Yu.: "Vāhiyo."
The Vījanī Chapter, the sixth.
Chapter Seven: The Sakacittaniya Chapter
First: The Apadāna of Sakacittaniya Thera (61)
English translation from the Pali (Siam Raṭṭha edition) — under review, not for citation.