[108] Formerly I was a hunter of deer, in the forest, in the wilderness;
I saw the stainless Buddha, honored by the host of devas.
Proclaiming the four truths, teaching the deathless state (amatapada),
I heard the sweet Dhamma of Sikhī, the Kinsman of the World (lokabandhu).
I made my mind (citta) confident in the voice of the one without equal or counterpart;¹
having made my mind confident there, I crossed over existence (bhava), so hard to cross.
In the thirty-first aeon (kappa) from now, since I gained that perception then,
I know of no bad destination: this is the fruit of the perception of the voice (ghosasaññā).
My defilements (kilesa) have been burned away; all existences have been extirpated;
like an elephant that has burst 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.
Thus indeed did the Venerable Elder Ghosasaññaka speak these verses.
The Apadāna of the Elder Ghosasaññaka is concluded.
¹ [Variant] The European edition reads: asamappaṭipuggalaṃ.
The Ninth: The Apadāna of the Elder Sabbaphaladāyaka (519)
English translation from the Pali (Siam Raṭṭha edition) — under review, not for citation.