[100] In the city of Bandhumatī I was then a park-keeper;
I saw the stainless Buddha going along the pathway of the wind.
Taking a coconut fruit, I gave it to the supreme Buddha;
standing in the sky, the one of great fame accepted it —
a begetter of rapture (pīti)¹ in me, a bringer of happiness in this very life.
Having given the fruit to the Buddha with a serene, confident mind,
I then attained abundant rapture and supreme happiness;
and for me, reborn here and there,² a jewel indeed arises.
It was in the ninety-first aeon (kappa) from now that I gave that fruit;
I know of no bad destination (duggati): this is the fruit of the gift of fruit.
My divine eye (dibbacakkhu) is purified; I am skilled in concentration (samādhi);
I have attained the perfection of the superknowledges (abhiññā): this is the fruit of the gift of fruit.
My defilements (kilesa) have been burned away; all existences (bhava) have been rooted out;
like an elephant that has burst its bonds, I dwell free from taints (āsava).
Welcome indeed was my coming into the presence of my Buddha;
the three true knowledges (vijjā) have been attained; the Buddha's teaching (sāsana) has been fulfilled.
The four analytic insights (paṭisambhidā), and these eight liberations (vimokkha) as well,
the six superknowledges have been realized; the Buddha's teaching has been fulfilled.
Thus indeed did the Venerable Elder Nālikeraphaladāyaka speak these verses.
The Apadāna of the Elder Nālikeraphaladāyaka is concluded.
Summary (uddāna):
Kaṇikāra and the Bowl, Kāsumāri, likewise Avaṭa,
Cāraphali, Mātuluṅga, and Ajjela and Amora too,
Tāla, likewise Nālikera — the verses, counted here as well,
come to a single hundred of verses, with none lacking and none in excess.
The Kaṇikāra Chapter, the Fifty-first.
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The Fifty-second: the Phaladāyaka Chapter (Chapter of Fruit-Givers)
First, the Apadāna of the Elder Kurañjiyaphaladāyaka (511)
Notes:
¹ The Burmese (M.) and European (Yu.) editions read vittasañjanano ("a begetter of gladness") in all occurrences.
² The European edition (Yu.) reads yahiṃ ("wherever").
English translation from the Pali (Siam Raṭṭha edition) — under review, not for citation.