[12] In the city of Haṃsavatī I was a carrier of grass;
I made my living by carrying grass, and by that I supported my children.
The Victor (jina) named Padumuttara, gone to the far shore of all dhammas,
the Leader of the World, arose, dispelling the murk of darkness.
Sitting then in my own house, I thought thus:
"A Buddha has arisen in the world, yet no offering to give (deyyadhamma) is found with me.
This one cloth (sāṭaka) is mine; there is no one who would give to me.
Painful is the touch of hell (niraya); I shall plant a donation (dakkhiṇā)."
Having reflected thus, I brought my own mind (citta) to serene confidence;
taking that one cloth, I gave it to the supreme Buddha.
Having given the one cloth, I raised a shout of acclaim:
"If you are the Buddha, O Hero, bring me across, O Great Sage!"
Padumuttara, Knower of the World, worthy recipient of oblations,
extolling my gift, expressed his appreciation (anumodana) to me:
"Through this single cloth and through his intention and aspirations,
for a hundred thousand aeons (kappa) he will not go to the downfall (vinipāta).
Thirty-six times, as lord of devas, he will exercise rulership over the devas;
and thirty-three times he will be a king, a wheel-turning monarch (cakkavatti).
Extensive local kingship too will be his, incalculable by counting;
wandering on through existence, whether in the deva world or among humans, you shall be.
Handsome, endowed with good qualities, possessed of a body of graceful bearing,
he will obtain cloth beyond reckoning (akkhobha), immeasurable, just as he wishes."
Having spoken thus, the Fully Awakened One bearing the name of the supreme water-born [lotus — Padumuttara],
the Wise One, rose up into the sky, like the king of swans in the air.
In whatever womb I am reborn, whether in a divine state or a human one,
I have no deficiency in wealth: this is the fruit of the one cloth.
At each step, at every lifting of a foot, cloth is produced for me;
below, I stand upon cloth, and above is my canopy.
Taking the whole world-sphere (cakkavāḷa), with its forests and with its mountains —
if I so wished, I could this very day cover it with cloth.
Through that single cloth, while wandering on from existence to existence,
I have become golden in complexion and wander on from existence to existence.
As the ripened result (vipāka) of the one cloth I attained therein the state of a bhikkhu;
though this is my final birth, it ripens for me even here.
It was a hundred thousand aeons ago that I gave that cloth;
I know of no bad destination (duggati): this is the fruit of the one cloth.
My defilements (kilesa) have been burned away; all existences have been uprooted;
like an elephant that has burst its bonds, I dwell free of 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),
the six superknowledges (chaḷabhiññā) have been realized; the Buddha's teaching has been done.
Thus indeed did the Venerable Elder Ekadussadāyaka speak these verses.
The Apadāna of the Elder Ekadussadāyaka is concluded.
The Third: the Apadāna of the Elder Ekāsanadāyaka (423)
English translation from the Pali (Siam Raṭṭha edition) — under review, not for citation.