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To the Blessed One Padumuttara, seeker of the welfare of all beings,
with a mind (citta) full of confidence, glad at heart, I gave a lion throne (sīhāsana).
In the heavenly world (devaloka) or among humans — wherever I dwell —
I obtain a vast celestial mansion (byamha): this is the fruit of the lion throne.
Many couches made of gold and of silver, made of ruby (lohitaṅka),
and made of gems, are ever produced for me.
#1 M. (Maramma [Burmese] edition): anuttaraṃ.
Having made a seat for the Bodhi tree of the One named after the supreme water-born flower [Padumuttara],
I am reborn into a lofty family — oh, the excellent nature of the Dhamma!
In the hundred-thousandth aeon (kappa) from now I made the lion throne;
I know of no bad destination (duggati): this is the fruit of the lion throne.
My defilements (kilesa) have been burned away; all existences (bhava) have been rooted out;
like an elephant that has sundered its bonds, I dwell without taints (āsava).
Welcome indeed was it for me, in the presence of my Buddha:
the three true knowledges (vijjā) have been attained; the Buddha's teaching (sāsana) 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 Sīhāsanika the Elder spoke these verses.
The Apadāna of the Elder Sīhāsanika is concluded.
Eighth: the Apadāna of the Elder Pādapīṭhiya (448)
English translation from the Pali (Siam Raṭṭha edition) — under review, not for citation.