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I was then a garland-maker, Sumana by name;
I saw the Buddha, free from dust, the receiver of the world's oblations.¹
Holding up with both hands a supreme jasmine (sumana) flower,
I offered it to the Buddha Sikhī, the Kinsman of the World.
Through this flower-offering and through my intentions and aspirations,
I know of no bad destination (duggati): this is the fruit of the worship of the Buddha (buddhapūjā).
The flower that I offered up in the thirty-first aeon (kappa) from now —
[because of it] I know of no bad destination: this is the fruit of the worship of the Buddha.
In the twenty-sixth aeon there were four [kings] of great fame,
wheel-turning monarchs (cakkavatti) endowed with the seven treasures.
The four analytic insights (paṭisambhidā), and these eight liberations (vimokkha) as well,
the six superknowledges (chaḷabhiññā) have been realized; the Buddha's teaching (sāsana) has been fulfilled.
Thus indeed the Venerable Sumana the Elder (thera) spoke these verses.
The Apadāna of Sumana the Elder is concluded.
¹ Yu (European edition): "āhutīnaṃ paṭiggahaṃ" — "receiver of oblations."
The Tenth: the Apadāna of Pupphacaṅkoṭiya the Elder (70)
English translation from the Pali (Siam Raṭṭha edition) — under review, not for citation.