[114] In the city of Bandhumatī I dwelt in the royal park;
I was then one clad in a hide, a bearer of the water pot (kamaṇḍalu).
I saw the Buddha free from dust, the Self-Arisen One (sayambhū), the unvanquished—
ardent (ātāpī), resolute, a meditator delighting in jhāna, the seer (isi).
Having seen him—accomplished in every wish, crossed over the flood (ogha), free from taints (āsava)—
filled with confidence and glad at heart, I gave an unguent (abbhañjana).
Since I gave that gift, ninety-one aeons (kappa) ago,
I know of no bad destination: this is the fruit of the unguent.
My defilements (kilesa) have been burned away; all existences (bhava) have been extirpated;
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 done.
The four analytic insights (paṭisambhidā), and these eight liberations (vimokkha) as well,
the six superknowledges (chaḷabhiññā) have been realized; the Buddha's teaching has been done.
[Variant readings: 1 Yu: dhammavādī; 2 M: vimalaṃ; 3 M, Yu: padhānaṃ pahitattaṃ taṃ; 4 M, Yu: vasiṃ.]
Thus indeed did the Venerable Abbhañjanadāyaka, the Elder, speak these verses.
The Apadāna of the Elder Abbhañjanadāyaka is concluded.
The fifth: the Apadāna of the Elder Supaṭadāyaka (525).
English translation from the Pali (Siam Raṭṭha edition) — under review, not for citation.