[153] In the city of Bandhumatī
I was a water-pot slave (kumbhadāsī);
having taken my own portion,
I was going to fetch water.¹
Seeing on the road an ascetic,
peaceful in mind (citta) and concentrated,
confident in mind and glad at heart,
I gave him three sweetmeats (modaka).
By that deed well done
and by my volitional resolves (cetanāpaṇidhi),
for twenty-nine² eons (kappa)
I did not go to a state of deprivation (vinipāta).
And having achieved prosperity (sampatti),³
I experienced it all;
having given three sweetmeats,
I attained the unshakable state (acalaṃ padaṃ).
My defilements (kilesa) have been burned up;
all existences (bhava) have been rooted out;
like a she-elephant (nāgī) that has severed her tether,
I dwell without taints (āsava).
Welcome indeed was it for me
in the presence of the Best of Buddhas!
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 Modakadāyikā spoke these verses.
The Apadāna of the Therī Modakadāyikā is concluded.
Fourth: the Apadāna of the Therī Ekāsanadāyikā (14)
[Edition notes printed in the Siamese Pali: ¹ Ma., Yu.: udakahārikā. ² Ma., Yu.: ekanavuti ("ninety-one"). ³ Ma.: sampattitaṃ; Yu.: sampattiṃ taṃ.]
English translation from the Pali (Siam Raṭṭha edition) — under review, not for citation.