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I was a ranger of the mountain fastnesses, like a well-born maned lion (kesarī);
having slain herds of deer, I lived in the midst of the mountains.
[Apparatus (notes keyed to the preceding page of the Siam edition): ¹ M. (Burmese) and Yu. (European) editions read: "hatthināgena santena kusalaṃ ropitaṃ mayā." ² M.: "cuddase."]
Then Atthadassī, the Blessed One, the All-Knowing One, best of speakers,
desiring to lift me out, came to that supreme mountain.
Having killed a spotted deer (pasada), I came up to eat it;
at that moment the Blessed One drew near, going about for alms.¹
Holding out the choicest cuts of meat, I gave them to that Teacher;
the Great Hero expressed his appreciation (anumodi), cooling me then.
With that serene confidence of mind (cittappasāda), as I entered the mountain fastness,²
having aroused rapture (pīti), I died right there.
Through that gift of meat and through the aspirations of my mind,
for fifteen hundred aeons (kappa) I delighted in the deva world (devaloka).
In the remaining aeons wholesome deeds were done³ by me,
through that same gift of meat and through recollection of the Buddha (buddhānussaraṇa).
In the thirty-eighth aeon there were eight named Dīghāyu;
in the six-thousandth aeon from now, two named Saraṇa.⁴
The four analytic insights (paṭisambhidā), and also these eight liberations (vimokkha),
and the six superknowledges (chaḷabhiññā) have been realized; the Buddha's teaching (sāsana) has been done.
Thus indeed the Venerable Sucintita the Elder spoke these verses.
The Apadāna of Sucintita the Elder is concluded.
[Apparatus: ¹ M.: "bhikkhamāno"; Yu.: "bhikkhayāno." ² M.: "giriduggaṃ pavisaṃ ahaṃ"; Yu.: "giriduggappavekkhahaṃ." ³ M.: "cintitaṃ." ⁴ M. and Yu.: "Varuṇanāmakā."]
The Seventh: the Apadāna of Vatthadāyaka the Elder (67)
English translation from the Pali (Siam Raṭṭha edition) — under review, not for citation.