Ekuposathavagga

Suttapiṭaka · Khuddakanikāya · Therāpadāna · Buddhavaṁsa · Cariyāpiṭaka (2) · Vol. 33 · Section 152

[152] At that time I was a kinnarī on the bank of the river Candabhāgā; then I saw the God of Gods, the Bull of Men, walking in meditation. Having plucked a salaḷa flower, I gave it to the supreme Buddha; the Great Hero smelled the salaḷa, which bore a divine fragrance. Having accepted it, the Fully Awakened One Vipassī, Leader of the World, the Great Hero, smelled it while I looked on at that time. Having raised my joined palms and paid homage to the Supreme One among two-footed beings, having gladdened my own mind (citta) with confidence, I then climbed the mountain. Ninety-one aeons (kappa) ago from now, when I gave that flower, I know of no bad destination (duggati) — this is the fruit of worship of the Buddha (buddhapūjā). My defilements (kilesā) have been burned away; all existences (bhava) have been extirpated; like a she-elephant (nāgī) that has burst its tether, I dwell without taints (āsava). Welcome indeed was my coming into the presence of the supreme 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 the venerable bhikkhunī Salaḷapupphikā spoke these verses. The Apadāna of the Therī Salaḷapupphikā is concluded. The third: the Apadāna of the Therī Modakadāyikā (13)

English translation from the Pali (Siam Raṭṭha edition) — under review, not for citation.