[15] Formerly I was a forest worker, I together with my father and grandfather;
I made my living by killing animals; no wholesome deed was found in me.
Near my dwelling, Tissa, the supreme leader of the world,
the One with Vision (cakkhumā), out of compassion displayed three footprints.
And seeing the footprints trodden by the Teacher named Tissa,
joyful, with a joyful mind, I made my mind serenely confident in those footprints.
Seeing a koraṇḍa in bloom — a tree sprung up from the earth —
I took it together with its crest and worshipped that supreme footprint.
Through that deed well done, and through my volitional resolves (cetanāpaṇidhi),
on abandoning the human body I went to Tāvatiṃsa.
Into whatever womb I am reborn — divine or human —
I am of the very hue of the koraṇḍa, endowed with radiance.
In the ninety-second aeon from now, the deed that I did then —
I know of no bad destination (duggati): this is the fruit of worshipping the footprint.
My defilements (kilesa) have been burned away; all existences have been extirpated;
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 Koraṇḍapupphiya Thera speak these verses.
The Apadāna of Koraṇḍapupphiya Thera is concluded.
The Sixth: the Apadāna of Ghaṭamaṇḍadāyaka Thera (426)
English translation from the Pali (Siam Raṭṭha edition) — under review, not for citation.