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Not far from the Himavant there was a great natural lake,
covered over with sattapatta lotuses, an abode of many kinds of birds.
Having bathed and having drunk in it, I dwelt not far away;
I saw the foremost of ascetics (samaṇa) going along the pathway of the wind.
Knowing my intention, the Teacher, unsurpassed in the world,
came down from the clouds and stood upon the ground that very instant.
Gathering grass by mowing it, I gave [him] a seat;
the Blessed One, lord of the three worlds, the Leader, sat down thereon.
Having made my own mind (citta) serenely confident, I paid homage to the Leader of the World;
squatting on my heels, I drew back, contemplating the Great Sage.
Through that serene confidence of mind I was reborn in Nimmāna[rati];
I know of no bad destination — this is the fruit of the grass-spread.
In the second aeon from the present there was a khattiya [named] Mittasammata,
a universal monarch (cakkavatti) of great might, endowed with the seven treasures.
The four analytic insights (paṭisambhidā), and also these eight liberations (vimokkha),
and the six superknowledges (chaḷabhiññā) have been realized; the Buddha's teaching has been fulfilled.
Thus indeed the Venerable Tiṇasanthāradāyaka the Elder (Thera) spoke these verses.
The Apadāna of the Elder Tiṇasanthāradāyaka is concluded.
Seventh: the Apadāna of the Elder Sucidāyaka (77).
English translation from the Pali (Siam Raṭṭha edition) — under review, not for citation.