[155] At that time I was a wanderer in the city of Haṃsavatī;
in quest of the wholesome (kusala), I went about from park to monastery.
On a day of the dark fortnight I saw the supreme Bodhi tree;
there, making my mind (citta) serene with confidence, I sat down at the foot of the Bodhi tree.
Establishing a mind of reverence, raising my joined palms upon my head,
giving expression to my joy (somanassa), at that very moment I thought thus:
"If the Buddha is of measureless virtue, a person without equal,
let him show me a miracle (pāṭihīra): let this Bodhi tree blaze with light!"
The instant I adverted to it, straightway the Bodhi tree blazed up;
it became all of gold, and it shone in every direction.
For seven nights and days I sat there at the foot of the Bodhi tree;
when the seventh day arrived, I performed an offering of lamps.
Encircling the seat, five lamps blazed up;
and my lamps kept burning then until the sun arose.
By that deed (kamma) well done, and by my intention (cetanā) and resolve,
on abandoning the human body I went to Tāvatiṃsa.
There my well-made mansion was known as "Pañcadīpā" —
sixty yojanas in height, thirty yojanas in breadth.
Lamps beyond reckoning blazed in my retinue;
as far as the deva-dwelling extended, it glowed with the light of lamps.
Seated facing east, if I wished to see,
I saw everything with my eye — above, below, and across.
As far as I desired to behold deeds well done and ill done,
no obstruction was there, whether among trees or mountains.
I was chief queen of eighty deva-kings;
I was chief queen of a hundred universal monarchs (cakkavatti).
Into whatever womb I am reborn, whether divine or human,
a hundred thousand lamps blaze in my retinue.
Passing away from the deva world, I arose in my mother's womb;
while I was in my mother's womb, my eye never closed.
A hundred thousand lamps blazed in the lying-in chamber
for me, endowed with meritorious deeds: this is the fruit of the five lamps.
When my final existence arrived, I turned my mind away;
I beheld Nibbāna, the cool state, free from aging and death.
At seven years from birth I attained arahantship;
the Buddha conferred on me the full ordination: this is the fruit of the five lamps.
Whether I dwelt in a pavilion, at the foot of a tree, or in an empty dwelling,
a lamp burned for me always: this is the fruit of the five lamps.
My divine eye (dibbacakkhu) is purified; I am skilled in concentration (samādhi);
I have reached perfection (pāramī) in the superknowledges (abhiññā): this is the fruit of the five lamps.
Having wholly reached consummation, my task done, free of taints (āsava),
I, Pañcadīpā, O great hero, worship your feet, O One with Vision.
A hundred thousand aeons (kappa) from now it was that I gave that gift (dāna);
I know of no bad destination (duggati): this is the fruit of the five lamps.
My defilements (kilesa) have been burned away; all existences (bhava) have been extirpated;
like a she-elephant that has burst her bonds, I dwell free of taints.
Welcome indeed was my coming into 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 these eight liberations (vimokkha) as well,
and the six superknowledges have been realized; the Buddha's teaching has been done.
Thus indeed did the venerable bhikkhunī Pañcadīpadāyikā utter these verses.
The Apadāna of the Therī Pañcadīpadāyikā is concluded.
Sixth: The Apadāna of the Therī Naḷamālikā (16)
English translation from the Pali (Siam Raṭṭha edition) — under review, not for citation.