[98] Formerly I was a deer-hunter in the forest, in a vast woodland.
Seeing a green pāṭali tree (trumpet-flower), I strewed three flowers upon it.
Having gathered up the dry leaves, I then threw them away outside;
then — as though face to face with him who is pure within and pure without,
liberated and free of taints (āsava), the Fully Awakened One Vipassī,
the Leader of the World — I venerated the pāṭali tree, and right there I passed away.
In the ninety-first aeon from the present, because I worshipped that Bodhi tree,
I know of no bad destination: this is the fruit of worship of the Bodhi tree.
In the thirtieth aeon from the present there were thirteen kings
named Samantapāsādika, wheel-turning monarchs (cakkavattī) of great might.
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 done.
Thus indeed the Venerable Elder Tipupphiya spoke these verses.
The Apadāna of the Elder Tipupphiya is concluded.
The seventh: the Apadāna of the Elder Madhupiṇḍika (97)
English translation from the Pali (Siam Raṭṭha edition) — under review, not for citation.