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The Fully Awakened One, golden of hue,
bearing the thirty-two excellent marks,
walking along the edge of the great forest
like a royal sāla tree in full bloom —
Having prepared a spread of grass,
I begged that supreme Buddha:
"May the Buddha have compassion upon me;
I wish to give alms-food."
Sympathetic, compassionate,
Atthadassī, of great fame,
knowing my intention,
came down¹ to my hermitage.
Having descended, the Fully Awakened One
sat upon the spread of leaves;
taking a bhallātaka fruit (marking-nut),
I gave it to the supreme Buddha.
While I looked on,
the Victor (Jina) then partook of it;
having gladdened my mind (citta) therein,
I then venerated the Victor.
Eighteen hundred aeons ago
I then gave that fruit:
I know of no bad destination —
this is the fruit of the gift of fruit.
My defilements have been burned away;
all existences have been uprooted;
like an elephant that has burst its bonds,
I dwell without 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.
¹ Ma. (Burmese) and Yu. (European) editions read *orūhi* ("he descended").
Thus indeed did the Venerable Bhallātakadāyaka the Elder speak these verses.
The Apadāna of the Elder Bhallātakadāyaka is concluded.
The fifth: the Apadāna of the Elder Ummāpupphiya (445)
English translation from the Pali (Siam Raṭṭha edition) — under review, not for citation.