[106] At that time I was a kinnara
on the bank of the river Candabhāgā;
I saw the stainless Buddha,
the Self-Awakened One (sayambhū), the unvanquished.
With a mind full of confidence, glad at heart,
thrilled with joy, my joined palms raised in reverence,
I took an ajjuna flower
and made offering to the Self-Awakened One.
Through that deed well done
and through my intention and resolve,
on abandoning the kinnara body
I went to the Tāvatiṃsa heaven.
Thirty-six times, as lord of devas,
I exercised rulership over the devas;
ten times, as a wheel-turning monarch (cakkavatti),
I exercised great kingship;
and extensive regional kingship,
incalculable by reckoning.
Mine was a seed sown in an excellent field —
in the Self-Awakened One.
Wholesome merit is found in me;
I went forth into homelessness.
Today I am worthy of veneration
in the dispensation of the Sakyan Son (Sakyaputta).
My defilements (kilesa) have been burned away;
all existences (bhava) have been extirpated.
Like an elephant that has severed its bonds,
I dwell without 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 has been done.
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.
[Apparatus: ¹ Yu. reads "sukhetteva phītaṃ bījaṃ"; ² Ma., Yu. read "aho mamaṃ."]
Thus indeed did the Venerable Ajjunapupphiya Thera speak these verses.
The Apadāna of Ajjunapupphiya Thera is concluded.
Seventh: the Apadāna of Kuṭajapupphiya Thera (517)
English translation from the Pali (Siam Raṭṭha edition) — under review, not for citation.