[87] With a mind (citta) full of confidence in the unsurpassed Saṅgha of bhikkhus
of the Buddha Padumuttara, glad at heart, I filled the drinking-water pot.¹
Whether on a mountain peak or on a treetop, in the sky or on the ground,
whenever I wish for drinking water, it springs up for me at once.
Because of the gift (dāna) that I gave then, a hundred thousand aeons (kappa) from this one,
I know of no bad destination (duggati) — this is the fruit of the gift of water.
My defilements (kilesa) have been burned away; all existences (bhava) have been uprooted;
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 has been fulfilled.
The four analytic insights (paṭisambhidā), and these eight liberations (vimokkha) as well,
and the six superknowledges (abhiññā) have been realized; the Buddha's teaching has been fulfilled.
Thus indeed did the Venerable Elder Udakadāyaka utter these verses.
The Apadāna of the Elder Udakadāyaka is concluded.
The eighth: the Apadāna of the Elder Puḷinathūpiya (498)
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#1 Po., Yu.: pānīyaghaṭaṃ ("drinking-water pot").
English translation from the Pali (Siam Raṭṭha edition) — under review, not for citation.