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The Blessed One, of well-conceived thought,
the Eldest of the world, the bull among men,
had entered the great forest,
afflicted by an ailment of wind.
Seeing him, I made my mind (citta) serene with confidence
and brought him the cream of ghee (ghatamaṇḍa);
and because [that deed] was done and accumulated,¹
this Ganges, the Bhāgīrasī,
and the four great oceans
turn into ghee for me;
and this dread earth,
measureless, beyond reckoning,
knowing my intention,
turns into honey and crystal sugar;²
and these trees of the four quarters,³
trees, growths sprung from the earth,
knowing my intention,
become wish-fulfilling trees (kapparukkha).
Fifty times, as lord of the devas,
I exercised rulership over the devas;
and fifty-one times
I was a wheel-turning monarch (cakkavatti),
with abundant regional kingship,
incalculable by count.
In the ninety-fourth aeon (kappa) from the present,
since I gave that gift then,
I know of no bad destination:
this is the fruit of the cream of ghee.
My defilements (kilesa) have been burned away;
all existences (bhava) have been extirpated;
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 analytical knowledges (paṭisambhidā),
and also these eight liberations (vimokkha),
and the six superknowledges (chaḷabhiññā) have been realized;
the Buddha's teaching has been done.
Thus indeed did the Venerable Elder Ghatamaṇḍadāyaka utter these verses.
The Apadāna of the Elder Ghatamaṇḍadāyaka is concluded.
The seventh: the Apadāna of the Elder Udakadāyaka (497)
[Siam edition variant notes: ¹ The Burmese (ม.) and European (ยุ.) editions read *ācitattā* (for *upacitattā*, "accumulated"). ² They read *bhavate madhusakkharā* (for *bhavanti te madhusakkharā*). ³ They read *cātuddīpā*, "of the four continents" (for *catuddisā*, "of the four quarters").]
English translation from the Pali (Siam Raṭṭha edition) — under review, not for citation.