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how are we to know you? Declare your name and clan, remove my doubt.” 81. “I am not a deity, nor a gandhabba, nor Sakka, the giver of cities; The state of Brahma is not mine, I am superior to these. 82. “I have transcended their realm, I have broken the bonds of desire; Having burned away all defilements, I have attained the supreme enlightenment.” 83. Having heard his words, I spoke this utterance: “If you are the Buddha, the Omniscient One, sit down, Great Sage. 84. “I will honor you, you are the ender of suffering”; Having spread out a deer skin, I gave it to the Teacher. 85. There the Blessed One sat, like a lion in a mountain cave; Quickly climbing the mountain, I took a mango fruit. 86. A beautiful sala flower, and precious sandalwood; Quickly gathering all that, I approached the Leader of the world. 87. Having given the fruit to the Buddha, I honored him with sala flowers; Having anointed him with sandalwood, I bowed to the Teacher. 88. With a serene mind, joyful, and with abundant rapture; Having sat on the deer skin, the wise Leader of the world. 89. Declared my deed, making me happy then; “By this gift of fruit, and with fragrant garlands, and also This. 90. In twenty-five hundred aeons, he will delight in the deva world; With an unwavering resolve, he will be a sovereign ruler. 91. In twenty-six hundred aeons, he will attain human existence; He will be a Wheel-turning Monarch, a mighty ruler of the four continents. 92. A city named Vebhāra, built by Visakamma; It will be all golden, adorned with various jewels. 93. By this very means, he will wander through existences; Being honored everywhere, among devas and then among humans. 94. When his last existence arrives, he will be a kinsman of Brahmā; Leaving home, he will become homeless; Having mastered supernormal powers, he will attain Nibbāna, taintless. 95. Having said this, the Fully Awakened One, Sumedha, leader of the world; While I was contemplating, departed into the sky. 96. By that well-done deed, and by those aspirations; Having abandoned my human body, I went to Tāvatiṃsa. 97. Having fallen from Tusita, I was reborn in my mother's womb; There is no lack of enjoyments for me, in whichever womb I dwell. 98. While I was in my mother's womb, food, drink, and meals; According to my mother's wish, whatever she desired appeared. 99. At five years of age, I went forth into homelessness; As my hair was being shaven, I attained arahantship. 100. Searching for past deeds, I saw nothing before that; In thirty thousand aeons, I recalled my deed. 101. Homage to you, noble man, homage to you, supreme man; Having come to your teaching, I have attained the unshakeable state. 102. In thirty thousand aeons, since I honored the Buddha; I have known no suffering, this is the fruit of Buddha-worship. 103. My defilements are burnt away, I dwell taintless. 104. Indeed, it was a good coming for me, The Buddha's teaching has been done. 105. The four analytical knowledges, The Buddha's teaching has been done. the fifth. 6. The Account of Thera Dhātupūjaka 106. When the Lord of the World, Siddhattha, the Guide of the World, Had attained Nibbāna; Gathering my relatives, I performed a relic offering. 107. Ninety-four aeons ago, When I worshipped the relic; I have not known a bad destination, This is the fruit of the relic offering. 108. My defilements are burnt away… I dwell without taints. 109. My coming was indeed welcome… The Buddha's teaching has been done. 110. The four analytical knowledges… The Buddha's teaching has been done. Thus indeed, the Venerable Dhātupūjaka Thera Spoke these verses. The Account of Thera Dhātupūjaka, the sixth. 7. The Account of Thera Pulinuppādaka 111. In the Himavanta mountain, There was a hermit named Devala; There I had a walking path, Made by non-humans. 112. Loaded with a mass of matted hair, Always holding a water pot; Seeking the highest goal, I then left the forest. 113. Eighty-four thousand Disciples attended me; Engaged in their own duties, They then lived in the forest. 114. Leaving the hermitage, I made a sand stūpa; Gathering various flowers, I worshipped that stūpa. 115. Having gladdened my mind there, I entered the hermitage; All the disciples gathered, And asked me this matter. 116. "The stūpa made of sand, Which you, O divine one, worship; We also wish to know, When asked, tell us." 117. "Those who are declared In the mantra verses, The seers, the greatly famous; I indeed bow to them, The supreme Buddhas, the greatly famous." 118. "What kind are those great heroes, The omniscient guides of the world; What is their appearance, what is their virtue, What kind are those greatly famous ones?" 119. "The Buddhas have thirty-two marks, And forty teeth; Their eyelashes are like a cow's, Their tongues are like a jujube. like fruit. 120. “‘As they walk, those Buddhas, they look but a yoke’s length; Their knees do not creak, no joint-sound is heard. 121. “‘As the Well-gone walk, they walk as if lifting; First the right foot, this is the Buddhas’ nature. 122. “‘Undismayed are those Buddhas, like a lion, king of beasts; They do not exalt themselves, nor do they disparage beings. 123. “‘Freed from pride and disdain, equal to all beings; Buddhas do not exalt themselves, this is the Buddhas’ nature. 124. “‘When the Fully Awakened arise, they give forth light; They shake in six ways, this entire earth. 125. “‘They see hell, and hell is extinguished then; A great cloud rains, this is the Buddhas’ nature. 126. “‘Such are those great Nāgas, incomparable and greatly renowned; Unsurpassed in glory, the Tathāgatas are immeasurable.’ 127. “‘My words were approved, by all the respectful disciples; And they practiced accordingly, to the best of their ability and strength.’ 128. “They honored the sand-heap, desiring their own deeds; Believing my words, their minds devoted to the Buddha. 129. “Then, having passed away from Tusita, the greatly renowned deva-son; Entered his mother’s womb, the ten thousand worlds trembled. 130. “Not far from my hermitage, as I was walking; All the disciples gathered, and came to me. 131. “‘The earth roars like a bull, it cries out like a king of beasts; It rustles like a porpoise, what will be the result?’ 132. “The Fully Awakened One whom I praised, near the sand-stupa; That Blessed One, the Teacher, has now entered his mother’s womb. 133. “Having spoken a discourse to them, having praised the Great Sage; Having sent away my disciples, I sat down on my couch. 134. “My strength was indeed exhausted, by that supreme illness; I remembered the Best of Buddhas. having done, there I died. 135. All the disciples assembled, And made a pyre then; My body they took, And placed it on the pyre. 136. Surrounding the pyre, With hands clasped on their heads; Overwhelmed by sorrow's dart, They cried out, having gathered. 137. To them lamenting, I went to the pyre then; ‘I am your teacher, Do not grieve, O wise ones. 138. ‘Strive for your own welfare, Day and night, untiring; Do not be negligent, Your opportunity has been granted.’ 139. Having advised my disciples, To the deva-world I returned again; And for eighteen aeons, In the deva-world I rejoiced. 140. And five hundred times, A universal monarch I was; And many hundreds of times, The kingship of devas I exercised. 141. In the remaining aeons, Mixed, I wandered in samsara; A bad destination I do not know, This is the fruit of that offering. 142. Just as in the month of Komudi, Many trees bloom; So also I, at the right time, Have bloomed by the Great Seer. 143. My energy is like bearing a burden, Leading to security from bondage; Like an elephant, having cut its bonds, I dwell without defilements. 144. A hundred thousand aeons ago, When I extolled the Buddha; A bad destination I do not know, This is the fruit of that extolling. 145. My defilements are burnt... ...I dwell without defilements. 146. Indeed, it was a good welcome for me... ...the Buddha's teaching has been done. 147. The four analytical knowledges... ...the Buddha's teaching has been done. Thus indeed the Venerable Elder Pulinuppādaka spoke these verses. The seventh Apadāna of Elder Pulinuppādaka. 8. The Apadāna of Elder Taraṇiya 148. But the Blessed One Atthadassī, Self-existent, leader of the world; To the bank of the Vinatā river, The Tathāgata approached. 149. From the water having emerged, A tortoise, dwelling in water; Desiring to carry the Buddha across... I approached the Guide of the World. 150. “‘May the Buddha, the Seer of the Goal, the Great Sage, mount upon me; I will ferry you across, you who are the ender of suffering.’ 151. “Knowing my resolve, the Seer of the Goal, the greatly renowned, mounted upon my back, and the Guide of the World stood there. 152. “Since I remember myself, since I attained understanding, no such happiness have I had, as when his feet touched me. 153. “Having dismounted, the Fully Awakened One, the Seer of the Goal, the greatly renowned, stood on the riverbank, and spoke these verses. 154. “‘As far as the mind extends, I cross the Ganges stream; and this king turtle, the wise one, ferried me across. 155. “‘By this act of ferrying a Buddha, and by this mind of loving-kindness, for eighteen hundred aeons, he will rejoice in the deva-world. 156. “‘Having come here from the deva-world, impelled by his wholesome root, sitting on one seat, he will cross the stream of doubt. 157. “‘Just as in a good field, even a little seed planted, when the rain falls properly, pleases the farmer with its fruit. 158. “‘Just so this Buddha-field, taught by the Perfectly Enlightened One; when the rain falls properly, its fruit will please me.’ 159. “I am one who has put forth effort, peaceful, without defilements; having fully understood all taints, I dwell without taints. 160. “Eighteen hundred aeons ago, the deed I did then; I know no bad destination,