[89] Not far from the Himavant there is a mountain named Hārika;
at that time a Self-Awakened One (Sayambhū) named Nārada dwelt at the foot of a tree.
Having built a dwelling of reeds, I thatched it with grass;
having cleared a walking path (caṅkama), I gave it to the Self-Awakened One.
Through that deed well done, and through my volitional aspirations (cetanā-paṇidhi),
on abandoning the human body I went to Tāvatiṃsa.
There a well-made mansion was created for me on account of the reed hut,
sixty yojanas in height, thirty yojanas in breadth.
For fourteen aeons (kappa) I delighted in the deva world,
and seventy-one times I exercised the kingship of the devas.
And thirty-four times I was a wheel-turning monarch (cakkavatti);
extensive regional kingship was mine, incalculable by count.
Having ascended the palace of the Dhamma, resorting to the excellent empty dwelling,
I dwell as I wish in the dispensation of the Son of the Sakyans.
In the thirty-first aeon from now, the deed that I did then—
I know of no bad destination (duggati): this is the fruit of the reed hut.
My defilements (kilesa) have been burned away; all existences (bhava) have been rooted out;
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 these eight liberations (vimokkha) too,
and the six superknowledges (chaḷabhiññā) have been realized; the Buddha's teaching has been fulfilled.
Thus indeed did the Venerable Elder Naḷakuṭikadāyaka speak these verses.
The Apadāna of the Elder Naḷakuṭikadāyaka is concluded.
The Tenth: The Apadāna of the Elder Piyālaphaladāyaka (500)
English translation from the Pali (Siam Raṭṭha edition) — under review, not for citation.