[107] Not far from the Himavant is a mountain named Accala;
the Buddha named Sudassana was dwelling in the midst of the mountains.
Taking a flower of the Himavant, I went up into the sky;
there I saw the Fully Awakened One, who had crossed the flood (ogha), free of taints (āsava).
Taking a kuṭaja flower and raising it upon my head, I then
offered it to the Buddha, the Self-Awakened One (Sayambhū), the Great Seer (mahesi).
It was in the thirty-first aeon from the present that I offered that flower in worship;
I know of no bad destination (duggati): this is the fruit of worship of the Buddha (buddhapūjā).
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 of taints.
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 fulfilled.
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 did the Venerable Elder Kuṭajapupphiya speak these verses.
The Apadāna of the Elder Kuṭajapupphiya is concluded.
[Variant readings noted in the Siam edition: (1) for "Accala": Burmese ed. "Vasala," European (PTS) ed. "Cāvala"; (2) for "vasanto": Burmese and European eds. "vasate"; (3) for "sire katvāna 'han tadā": Burmese ed. "…katvāna añjaliṃ" ("having raised my joined palms").]
The Apadāna of the Elder Ghosasaññaka, the Eighth (518)
English translation from the Pali (Siam Raṭṭha edition) — under review, not for citation.