[7] I was a reciter, a bearer of the mantras,
a master gone to the far shore of the three Vedas;
surrounded by my pupils,
I approached the supreme among men.
Padumuttara, the knower of the world,
the recipient of oblations,
the Great Sage proclaimed
my deed in brief.
Having heard that Dhamma
and paid homage to the Teacher,
raising my joined palms (añjali),
I departed, facing south.
[Siam edition footnotes: 1. The Burmese and PTS editions read "tiṃsakappasahassito" ("thirty thousand aeons ago"). 2. The Burmese edition reads "pakkamiṃ" for "pakkāmiṃ".]
Having heard it in brief,
I taught it in detail;
all my pupils, delighted,
listened to me as I spoke.
Having dispelled their own view (diṭṭhi),
they made their minds (citta) confident in the Buddha.
I teach in brief,
and likewise in detail.
A knower of the method of the Abhidhamma,
having made all understand
through the purity of the topics of discussion (kathāvatthu),
I dwell free of taints (āsava).
In the five-hundredth aeon (kappa) from now
there were four illustrious [monarchs],
endowed with the seven jewels,
sovereigns over the four continents.
The four analytic insights (paṭisambhidā),
and these eight liberations (vimokkha),
and the six superknowledges (chaḷabhiññā) have been realized:
the Buddha's teaching (sāsana) has been fulfilled.
Thus, indeed, the Venerable Elder Puṇṇa Mantānīputta spoke these verses.
The Apadāna of the Elder Puṇṇa Mantānīputta is completed.
The Eighth: the Apadāna of the Elder Upāli (6)
English translation from the Pali (Siam Raṭṭha edition) — under review, not for citation.