[67] The one named Vessabhū was the third among the seers (isi);
having plunged into the woodland forest, the supreme among men dwelt [there].
#1 Po. and M. read "senasavhayo"; Yu. reads "yenasavhayo". 2 M. reads "sugatiṃ sukhasampattiṃ". [page-foot variant apparatus of the Siam Raṭṭha edition]
Taking a lotus stalk and root, I went into the presence of the Buddha,
and that, full of confidence, I gave to the Buddha with my own hands.
Touched by the hand of Vessabhū, the one of excellent wisdom,
I know of no happiness equal to that — how could there be one higher?
My final [existence] now runs its course; all existences (bhava) have been extirpated;
like an elephant that has burst its bonds, I dwell without taints (āsava).¹
In the thirty-first aeon (kappa) from now, the deed (kamma) that I did then —
[because of it] I know of no bad destination (duggati): this is the fruit of the gift of the lotus stalk.
And there were kings, sixteen all told, lords of men,
wheel-turning monarchs (cakkavatti) of great power, in the thirteenth² aeon.
The four analytic insights (paṭisambhidā), and also these eight liberations (vimokkha),
the six superknowledges (chaḷabhiññā) have been realized; the Buddha's teaching (sāsana) has been fulfilled.
Thus indeed did the Venerable Bhisadāyaka the Elder speak these verses.
The Apadāna of the Elder Bhisadāyaka is concluded.
Sixth: the Apadāna of the Elder Sucintita (66)
English translation from the Pali (Siam Raṭṭha edition) — under review, not for citation.