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Formerly I was a forest worker, together with my father and grandfather;
I made my living by the slaughter of beasts, and no wholesome deed was found in me.
Near my dwelling, Tissa, the supreme leader of the world,
the One with Vision, out of compassion showed three footprints.
Having seen the trodden footprints of the Teacher named Tissa,
glad, with a gladdened mind (citta), I made my mind confident in the footprint.
Seeing a koraṇḍa in bloom — a tree, sprung from the soil —
I took a casket [of its blossoms] and worshipped that supreme footprint.
By that deed well done, and by volition and aspiration,
on abandoning the human body I went to Tāvatiṃsa.
Into whatever womb I am reborn — the state of a god, or of a human —
I have the complexion of the koraṇḍaka flower; I am one endowed with radiance.
Ninety-two aeons from the present was the deed I did then;
I know of no bad destination: this is the fruit of worshipping the footprint.
My defilements have been burned away; all existences have been utterly uprooted;
like an elephant that has burst its bonds, I dwell free of 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 fulfilled.
The four analytic insights (paṭisambhidā) and also these eight liberations (vimokkha),
and the six superknowledges (chaḷabhiññā), have been realized; the Buddha's teaching has been fulfilled.
Thus indeed the Venerable Koraṇḍapupphiya Thera spoke these verses.
The Apadāna of Koraṇḍapupphiya Thera is concluded.
The Apadāna of Kiṃsukapupphiya Thera, the Fourth (494)
English translation from the Pali (Siam Raṭṭha edition) — under review, not for citation.