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"The bhikkhu named Abhibhū, the chief disciple of Sikhī,
of great might, possessed of the threefold knowledge (tevijja), came to the Himavant.
I too, a seer (isi), was dwelling in a delightful hermitage in the Himavant,
and at that time I was a master of the boundless states (appamaññā) and of the psychic powers (iddhi).
Like a bird in the sky, I yearned toward the mountain;
taking a downward-turned flower (adhopuppha), I came to the mountain.
Taking seven flowers, I scattered them upon [his] head;
and when the hero had looked upon me, I departed facing east.
Making back toward my dwelling, I reached the hermitage;
taking up my carrying-pole load (khārihāra), I set out in among the mountains.
Then a python (ajagara), dreadful of form and of great strength, crushed me;
recollecting my former deed, I met my death there.
It was in the thirty-first aeon from now that I offered that flower:
I know of no bad destination (duggati) — this is the fruit of the offering of flowers.
The four analytic insights (paṭisambhidā), and also these eight liberations (vimokkha),
the six superknowledges (chaḷabhiññā) have been realized; the Buddha's teaching has been fulfilled."
Thus indeed the Venerable Elder Adhopupphiya spoke these verses.
The Apadāna of the Elder Adhopupphiya is concluded.
The Apadāna of the Elder Raṃsisaññaka, the fifth (85)
English translation from the Pali (Siam Raṭṭha edition) — under review, not for citation.