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You crushed other sectarians; A bull, victorious in battle, You made the earth tremble. 311. In the great ocean, waves Break upon the shore; Just so, in your knowledge, All views are broken. 312. By a fine fishing net, Spread in a lake; Creatures caught within the net Are immediately distressed. 313. Just so, Beings in the world, Relying on various sects, Within your supreme knowledge, They revolve, O venerable one. 314. A support for those swept away by the flood, You are indeed a lord for the friendless; A refuge for those afflicted by fear, A final goal for those seeking liberation. 315. The sole hero, incomparable, Endowed with loving-kindness and compassion; Unequalled, perfectly calm, peaceful, Master, steadfast, conqueror. 316. Wise, free from delusion, Free from craving, free from doubt; Contented, you have vomited forth defilements, Stainless, restrained, pure. 317. Gone beyond attachment, destroyed conceit, Possessed of the three knowledges, gone to the end of the three existences; Gone beyond boundaries, revering the Dhamma, Attained the goal, wondrous for welfare. 318. You are a ferryman like a boat, A treasure-giver, a source of comfort; Fearless like a lion, Majestic like a king elephant. 319. Having praised with ten verses, Padumuttara, the greatly renowned; Having worshipped the Teacher's feet, I then stood silent. 320. Padumuttara, the knower of the world, Receiver of offerings; The Teacher, standing in the assembly of monks, Spoke these verses. 321. ‘He who my virtue and knowledge, And the True Dhamma has praised; Him I shall proclaim, Listen to my words. 322. ‘For sixty thousand aeons, He will rejoice in the deva world; Having surpassed other devas, He will exercise sovereignty. 323. ‘He, afterwards having gone forth, Urged by the root of merit; In the Dispensation of the Blessed One Gotama, He will go forth. 324. ‘Having gone forth with the body, Having avoided evil deeds; Having fully understood all defilements, He will attain Nibbāna, taintless.’ 325. Just as a thundering cloud, Satisfies this earth; Even so, you, great hero, Satisfied me with the Dhamma. 326. Virtue, wisdom, and Dhamma, Having praised the leader of the world; I have attained supreme peace, Nibbāna, the deathless state. Ah, may that Blessed One, the Seer, long remain! May they know what is unknown, may they touch the deathless state. This is my last birth, all existences are uprooted. Having fully understood all defilements, I dwell without defilements. A hundred thousand aeons ago, when I praised the Buddha, I have not known a bad destination; this is the fruit of that praise. My defilements are burnt away, all existences are uprooted. All defilements are exhausted, there is no more rebirth now. Welcome indeed it was for me… The Buddha's teaching has been done. The four analytical knowledges… The Buddha's teaching has been done. On the bank of the Sindhu River, my hermitage was well-made. There I taught my disciples history with its characteristics. They were fond of Dhamma, well-trained, eager to hear the good teaching. Having reached perfection in the six branches, they dwelt on the Sindhu bank. Skilled in omens and movements, and in characteristics, seeking the highest goal, they dwelt in the forest then. The Fully Awakened One named Sumedha arose in the world at that time. Showing compassion for us, the Leader approached. To the great hero who had approached, Sumedha, the world's leader, having made a grass mat, I gave it to the foremost of the world. Taking honey from the forest, I gave it to the best of Buddhas. The Fully Awakened One, having partaken, spoke these words. ‘He who gave me that honey, pleased with his own hands, I will praise him; listen to my words. ‘By this gift of honey, and by the grass mat, for thirty thousand aeons, he will rejoice in the world of devas. ‘In the thirtieth thousand aeon, born into the Okkāka clan, a Teacher named Gotama by clan will arise in the world. ‘A giver of his Dhamma A legitimate son, created by Dhamma; Having fully understood all defilements, the undefiled one will be extinguished. 343. ‘‘‘Having come here from the deva-worlds, having entered my mother's womb; A rain of honey fell, covering the earth with honey.’ 344. As soon as I emerged from the womb, which was very difficult; Even then, a rain of honey fell for me, constantly. 345. Having left home, I went forth into homelessness; I gained food and drink, this is the fruit of the honey-gift. 346. I was endowed with all desires, having been among devas and humans; By that very gift of honey, I have attained the destruction of defilements. 347. When the devas rained, on four-finger-high grass, on flowering earth-growths covered; In an empty house, at the foot of a pavilion-tree, I dwell always happy, undefiled. 348. Among the great and the lowly, all existences I have transcended; Today my defilements are destroyed, there is no more rebirth. 349. Thirty thousand aeons ago, the gift I gave then; I do not know a bad destination, this is the fruit of the honey-gift. 350. My defilements are burnt up, all existences are uprooted; All defilements are utterly destroyed, there is no more rebirth. 351. Indeed, it was a good coming for me... ...the Buddha's teaching has been done. 352. The four analytical knowledges... ...the Buddha's teaching has been done.’’ 353. The Blessed One named Piyadassī, self-existent, leader of the world; A fully enlightened one desiring solitude, a sage skilled in concentration. 354. Having entered a forest grove, the great sage Piyadassī; Having spread out a rag-robe, the supreme man sat down. 355. Formerly I was a deer hunter, in the forest, in the wilderness; Pasad I was then wandering, hunting for deer. 356. There I saw the Fully Awakened One, who had crossed the flood, taintless; Like a flowering king of sāla trees, like the risen sun with a hundred rays. 357. Having seen the God of gods, Piyadassī, the greatly renowned; I entered the lotus pond, and picked a lotus then. 358. Having picked the lotus, the beautiful hundred-petaled one; I made a peaked house, and covered it with the lotus. 359. Compassionate, full of pity, Piyadassī, the Great Sage; For seven days and nights, the Buddha, the Conqueror, dwelt in the peaked house. 360. Having discarded the old, I covered it with the new; Having raised my joined hands, I stood there at once. 361. Having risen from his meditation, Piyadassī, the Great Sage; Looking around in all directions, the Leader of the world sat down. 362. Then Sudassana by name, the mighty attendant; Understanding the thought of the Buddha, Piyadassī, the Teacher. 363. Surrounded by eighty thousand monks; Approached the Leader of the world, who was comfortably seated at the edge of the forest. 364. As many deities as dwelt in the forest grove; Understanding the Buddha's thought, all gathered then. 365. When the yakkhas had gathered, the kumbhaṇḍas with the rākṣasas; And the assembly of monks had arrived, the Conqueror uttered these verses. 366. "He who honored me for seven days, and made a dwelling for me; Him I shall praise, listen to my words. 367. "Very difficult to see, very subtle, profound, well-revealed; I shall praise with knowledge, listen to my words. 368. "For fourteen eons, he will rule as king of gods; A great peaked house, covered with lotus flowers. 369. "He will hold in the sky, this fruit of his former deed; For twenty-four hundred eons, he will wander scattered. 370. "There a flowery canopy, he will hold in the sky; Just as on a lotus leaf, water does not cling. 371. “Just so, in his knowledge, defilements do not cling; Having turned away mentally from the five hindrances, he. 372. “Having generated a mind for renunciation, he will go forth from home; Then, from a lotus-filled pavilion, he will depart. 373. “Dwelling at the root of a tree, mindful and discerning; There, a lotus-filled pavilion will be held over his head. 374. “Having given robes, almsfood, lodging, and seats to the community of monks, he will attain Nibbāna, taintless.” 375. I went forth from home, moving in a storied mansion; Even dwelling at the root of a tree, a storied mansion is held over me. 376. In robes and almsfood, I have no intention; Connected with meritorious deeds, I obtain the ultimate. 377. Innumerable, countless, many eons for me; Those empty ones have passed, the world-leaders are released. 378. Eighteen hundred eons ago, Piyadassī, the leader; Having attended upon him, I came to this existence. 379. Here I saw the Fully Awakened One, Anoma by name, the Eye-bearer; Having approached him, I went forth into homelessness. 380. The Buddha, the ender of suffering, the Victor, taught me the path; Having heard his Dhamma, I have attained the unmoving state. 381. Having pleased the Fully Awakened One, Gotama, the chief of the Sakyas; Having fully understood all taints, I dwell taintless. 382. Eighteen hundred eons ago, when I honored the Buddha; I do not know a bad destination, this is the fruit of Buddha-worship. 383. My defilements are burnt away, all existences are uprooted; All taints are exhausted, there is no more rebirth now. 384. “Welcome indeed it was for me…and so forth… The Buddha’s teaching has been done. 385. “The four analytical knowledges…and so forth… The Buddha’s teaching has been done.” Thus indeed spoke Venerable Paduma. The elder Akūṭāgāriya spoke these verses. The fifth Apadāna of the Elder Padumakūṭāgāriya. 6. The Apadāna of Elder Bākula 386. Not far from the Himalayas, is a mountain named Sobhita. My hermitage was well-made, built by my own disciples. 387. Many pavilions were there, with blooming Sinduvāraka trees. Many Kapittha trees were there, with blooming Jīvajīvaka trees. 388. Many Nigguṇḍī trees were there, and Badara and Āmalaka. Phārusaka and Alābū, and blooming Puṇḍarīka. 389. Āḷaka and Beluva were there,