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Formerly I was a deer-hunter¹; in the wilderness, in the forest,
seeking a wind-deer (vātamiga), I saw a walking path (caṅkama).
Taking sand (puḷina) in the fold of my garment, I strewed it upon the walking path
of the glorious Sugata, confident in mind (citta) and glad at heart.
In the thirty-first aeon (kappa) from now I strewed that sand;
I know of no bad destination (duggati) — this is the fruit of the sand.
My defilements (kilesa) have been burned up; all existences (bhava) have been extirpated;
like an elephant that has burst its bonds, I dwell free from 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 (sāsana) has been fulfilled.
The four analytic insights (paṭisambhidā) and also these eight liberations (vimokkha),
the six superknowledges (abhiññā) have been realized; the Buddha's teaching has been fulfilled.
Thus indeed the venerable Puḷinacaṅkamiya Thera spoke these verses.
The Apadāna of Puḷinacaṅkamiya Thera is concluded.
Summary (Uddāna)
Naḷamāli, Maṇidada, Ukkāsatika, Vījani,
Kummāsa and Kusaṭṭha, and Giripunnāgiya too,
Vallikāra, Pānadhida, and then Puḷinacaṅkama —
the verses, reckoned by the discerning, are ninety-five.
The Naḷamāli Chapter (vagga), the Forty-Eighth.
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The Paṃsukūla Chapter, the Forty-Ninth
First: the Apadāna of Paṃsukūlasaññaka Thera (481)
¹ The Burmese and European editions read "migaluddo" throughout.
English translation from the Pali (Siam Raṭṭha edition) — under review, not for citation.