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arose according to my wish. 167. With a thousand horses yoked, mounted on a divine vehicle; Ascending that vehicle, I go as I wish. 168. Then, as I was departing, being a divine being; For a hundred yojanas all around, my pavilion is sustained. 169. I recline on a couch, covered with a carpet of flowers; And lotuses from the sky, rain down constantly. 170. When mirages shimmer, and in the scorching heat; The heat does not burn me, this is the fruit of the pavilion. 171. Having overcome misfortune, the lower realms are closed to me; In a pavilion or at the foot of a tree, no distress is found in me. 172. Having resolved on the perception of earth, I cross the salty water; This is the fruit of my well-done kamma, the worship of the Buddha. 173. Making a path in the pathless, I go through the clear air; Oh, my well-done kamma, this is the fruit of the Buddha's worship. 174. I know my past lives, my divine eye is purified; My defilements are exhausted. Na, This is the fruit of Buddha-worship. 175. The former birth is abandoned, I am the Buddha's true son; And I am an heir in the True Dhamma, This is the fruit of Buddha-worship. 176. I have pleased the Fortunate One, Gotama, the Sakyan Bull; A banner of Dhamma, an heir of Dhamma, This is the fruit of Buddha-worship. 177. Having attended the Fully Awakened One, Gotama, the Sakyan Bull, I asked about the path to the far shore, I asked the world's leader. 178. Requested, the Buddha spoke A deep, subtle state; Having heard his Dhamma, I have attained the destruction of defilements. 179. Oh, my good deed! I am completely freed from birth. All defilements are exhausted, There is no more rebirth now. 180. My defilements are burnt... ...I dwell without defilements. 181. Indeed, it was a good welcome for me... ...the Buddha's teaching has been done. 182. The four analytical knowledges... ...the Buddha's teaching has been done. Thus indeed, the venerable Elder Nandaka spoke these verses. The Apadāna of Elder Nandaka, the sixth. 7. The Apadāna of Elder Hemaka 183. Relying on a mountain peak, A recluse named Anoma, Having made a well-built hermitage, Dwelt then in a leaf-hut. 184. His ascetic practice was perfected, He attained success by his own power; Valiant in his own asceticism, An ardent, skillful sage. 185. Confident in his own doctrine, And skilled in others' doctrines; Established on earth and in the sky, And skilled in portents. 186. Free from sorrow, without striving, Eating little, not greedy; Content with gain and loss, A meditating sage, delighting in meditation. 187. A Fully Awakened One named Piyadassī, A foremost, compassionate sage; Desiring to save beings, He then pervaded with compassion. 188. Seeing people to be awakened, The great sage Piyadassī, Even a thousand world-systems, Going, the sage admonished. 189. Desiring to uplift me, he Came to my hermitage; The Victor had not been seen by me before, Nor heard of by anyone. 190. My portents and dreams, The signs were well-revealed; Established on earth In the sky, skilled in the path of the stars. 191. Having heard the Buddha, there I gladdened my mind; Standing or sitting, I remember constantly. 192. As I thus remembered, the Blessed One also remembered; For me, remembering the Buddha, joy arose at once. 193. And when the time came again, the Great Sage approached me; Even when he arrived, I did not know, "This is the Buddha, the Great Sage." 194. Compassionate, merciful, pleasant to see, the Great Sage; He made himself known: "I am the Buddha, in the world of gods." 195. Having recognized the Fully Enlightened One, the pleasant-to-see Great Sage; Having gladdened my mind, I spoke these words: 196. "Let others sit on seats and couches, on armchairs; You, the all-seeing, sit on a jewelled seat." 197. Having created a seat made entirely of jewels, at once; To Piyadassī the Sage, I gave it, created by psychic power. 198. And to him seated on the jewelled seat, created by psychic power; A rose-apple fruit as large as a pot, I gave at once. 199. Having caused my joy, the Great Sage partook; Then, having gladdened my mind, I saluted the Teacher. 200. Piyadassī, the Blessed One, chief of the world, foremost of men; Seated on the jewelled seat, spoke these verses: 201. "He who gave me a jewelled seat, and nectar-like fruit; Him I will praise, listen to my words. 202. Seventy-seven aeons, he will delight in the world of gods; And seventy-five times, he will be a universal monarch. 203. Thirty-two times, king of gods, he will exercise divine sovereignty; Vast regional sovereignty, innumerable in number. 204. Many well-made couches, made of gold, made of silver; And made of coral, he will obtain, made of jewels. 205. Even when the man is walking, endowed with meritorious deeds; Many couches will surround him then. 206. Pinnacled houses and palaces, and beds Oh, greatly worthy! Knowing his mind, they will be born immediately. 207. Sixty thousand elephants, adorned with all ornaments; elephants with golden trappings, wearing golden coverings. 208. Mounted by chieftains, holding spears and goads in hand; they will attend upon him, this is the fruit of the gem-seat. 209. Sixty thousand horses, adorned with all ornaments; of noble breed, Sindhu horses, swift-gaited. 210. Mounted by chieftains, holding quivers and bows; they too will attend upon him, this is the fruit of the gem-seat. 211. Sixty thousand chariots, adorned with all ornaments; of leopards or tigers, armored, with raised banners. 212. Mounted by chieftains, holding bows in hand, armored; they will always surround him, this is the fruit of the gem-seat. 213. Sixty thousand cows, yielding milk, with bulls; they will bear calves, this is the fruit of the gem-seat. 214. Sixteen thousand women, adorned with all ornaments; with varied clothes and jewelry, wearing jeweled earrings. 215. With charming eyelashes, smiling, well-mannered, slender-waisted; they will always surround him, this is the fruit of the gem-seat. 216. After eighteen hundred aeons, a seer named Gotama; having dispelled that darkness, will become a Buddha in the world. 217. Having come to see him, a certain person will go forth; having pleased the Teacher, he will delight in the Dispensation. 218. Having heard his Dhamma, he will destroy defilements; having fully understood all taints, he will attain Nibbana, taintless. 219. My energy is a burden-bearer, leading to security from bondage; desiring the highest goal, I dwell in the Dispensation. 220. This is my last, my final existence is ongoing; all taints are exhausted, now there is no rebirth. 221. My defilements are burnt... ...I dwell taintless. 222. Indeed, it was well-come for me... The Buddha's teaching has been done. 223. "The four analytical knowledges... ...the Buddha's teaching has been done." Thus indeed, the Elder Hemaka spoke these verses. The seventh Apadāna of Elder Hemaka. The seventeenth recitation section. 8. The Apadāna of Elder Todeyya 224. "A king named Ajitañjaya, in the excellent city of Ketumatī; Brave, endowed with valor, dwelt in the city then. 225. "While that king was negligent, forest dwellers arose; Robbers and thugs, destroyed the kingdom then. 226. "When the border was quickly disturbed, the lord of kings assembled; Warriors and soldiers, he suppressed the enemy then. 227. "Elephant riders, charioteers, brave shield-bearers; Archers and strong men, all assembled then. 228. "Cooks and barbers, bath attendants, garland makers; Brave, victorious in battle, all assembled then. 229. "Men with swords in hand, and those with bows, armored; Fierce, victorious in battle, all assembled then. 230. "Elephants with three secretions, sixty-year-old tuskers; Adorned with golden trappings, all assembled then. 231. "Patient of cold and heat, and of carrying burdens; Warriors, experienced in action, all assembled then. 232. "The sound of conches, the sound of drums, and also the sound of festivities; Delighting them with these, all assembled then. 233. "With tridents and lances, striking down and felling; All assembled then. 234. "Having listened intently, that king Ajitañjaya; Sixty thousand lives, he impaled then. 235. "The sound of human crows... Listen, oh, the king is unrighteous; Burning in hell, when will there be an end? 236. Turning on my bed, I see hell then; I do not sleep day and night, they threaten me with spears. 237. What is the use of heedlessness, of kingship, of vehicles, of power? They cannot protect me, they always torment me. 238. What are my sons and wives to me, and all the kingdom? Indeed, I should go forth, I should purify the path to liberation. 239. Sixty thousand elephants, adorned with all ornaments; With golden trappings, royal elephants, wearing golden coverings. 240. Ridden by chieftains, with spears and goads in hand; In the battlefield, I, unconcerned, abandoned them; Tormented by my own deeds, I went forth into homelessness. 241. Sixty thousand horses, adorned with all ornaments; Of noble breed, Sindhu horses, swift-footed. 242. Ridden by chieftains, with bows in hand, wearing armor; Having abandoned all of them, I went forth into homelessness. 243. Sixty thousand chariots, adorned with all ornaments; Of ivory or tiger-skin, armored, with raised banners; Having abandoned all of them, I went forth into homelessness. 244. Sixty thousand cows, all with bronze milking pails; Having discarded even them, I went forth into homelessness. 245. Sixty thousand women, adorned with all ornaments; With varied clothes and jewels, wearing gem earrings. 246. With long eyelashes, smiling, well-behaved, slender-waisted; Leaving them, as they wept, I went forth into homelessness. 247. Sixty thousand villages, completely full; Having discarded that kingdom, I went forth into homelessness. 248. Having left the city, I went to the Himalayas;