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Thus indeed, the Venerable Elder Bodhisammajjaka recited these verses. The Apadāna of the Elder Bodhisammajjaka, the eighth. 9. The Apadāna of the Elder Āmaṇḍaphaladāyaka 74. The Conqueror named Padumuttara, who had gone beyond all phenomena; Having arisen from his meditation, the leader of the world walked. 75. Having taken a basket-load, bringing fruit at that time; I saw the Stainless Buddha, the Great Sage walking. 76. With a joyful, cheerful mind, placing my hands in reverence, I bowed to the Fully Awakened One, and offered an āmaṇḍa fruit. 77. A hundred thousand aeons ago, when I offered that fruit, I have not known a bad destination; this is the fruit of the āmaṇḍa. 78. My defilements are burnt away… …I dwell without taints. 79. My coming was indeed welcome… …the Buddha’s teaching has been done. 80. The four analytical knowledges… …the Buddha’s teaching has been done. Thus indeed, the Elder Āmaṇḍaphaladāyaka spoke these verses. The ninth Apadāna of the Elder Āmaṇḍaphaladāyaka. 10. The Apadāna of Elder Sugandha 81. In this auspicious aeon, a kinsman of Brahmā, greatly renowned, named Kassapa by clan, the best of speakers, arose. 82. Endowed with minor characteristics, with the thirty-two excellent marks, surrounded by a fathom-wide aura, covered by a net of rays. 83. A comforter like the moon, a dispeller of darkness like the sun, a quencher like a cloud, a mine of virtues like the ocean. 84. Like the earth in virtue, like the Himalayas in concentration, like the sky in wisdom, unattached like the wind. 85. That Great Hero, skilled in assemblies, sometimes proclaimed the Truths, lifting up the great multitude. 86. At that time in Bārāṇasī, a greatly renowned son of a rich merchant, I was then possessed of much wealth and grain. 87. Wandering on foot, I approached Migadāya, I saw the Stainless Buddha, teaching the deathless state. 88. With a clear and pleasant voice, like the sound of a cuckoo, with the resounding calls of a swan, making the great multitude understand. 89. Having seen that God of gods, and having heard his sweet speech, I abandoned my worldly possessions, and went forth into homelessness. 90. Having thus gone forth, I soon became very learned. I was a speaker of Dhamma, with varied ready wit. 91. In the midst of a great assembly, with a joyful mind again and again; I, skilled in description, praised the golden-hued one's beauty. 92. This one is an Arahant, a Buddha, free from affliction, with doubts cut off; having reached the destruction of all kamma, liberated by the ending of attachments. 93. This is the Blessed One, the Buddha, this is the supreme lion; the one who sets in motion the Brahma-wheel for the world with its devas. 94. Tamed, a tamer, peaceful, a pacifier, a calmed sage; a quencher of thirst, a comforter of the great multitude. 95. Heroic, brave, and valiant, wise, compassionate, self-controlled; victorious, indeed, is that conqueror, humble, without attachment. 96. Unshaken, unmoving, sagacious, undeluded, unequalled, a sage; a burden-bearer, a bull, a great elephant, a lion, Sakka, even among teachers. 97. Dispassionate, stainless, Brahma, a speaker, brave, abandoning the fray; complete and free from arrows, unequalled, restrained, pure. 98. A brahmin, an ascetic, a protector, a physician, a surgeon; a warrior, a Buddha, well-heard, well-heard, unmoving, joyful, calm. 99. A creator, a sustainer, and peace, a doer, a leader, an illuminator; a gladdener, a breaker, a cutter, a hearer, one praised. 100. Complete and free from arrows, unafflicted, without doubt; unshaken, dustless, a doer, fragrances, a speaker, one praised. 101. A deliverer, a benefactor, a doer, one who thoroughly splits; a bringer, a helper, a beloved, a destroyer, ardent, an ascetic. 102. Even-minded, perfectly equal, without a companion, an abode of compassion; a wondrous being, without deceit, a perfected doer, the best of sages. 103. Having crossed over doubt, without conceit, immeasurable, incomparable; beyond all paths of speech, a conqueror who has reached the end of all knowables. 104. In that best of beings, faith brings immortality; therefore, in the Buddha, Dhamma, and Sangha, great is faith. powerful. 105. With such virtues, the supreme refuge of the three worlds; Praising him in the midst of the assembly, I gave a Dhamma talk. 106. Thence deceased, in Tusita, having experienced great bliss; Thence deceased, among humans, I was born fragrant. 107. My breath, my mouth's fragrance, and my body's fragrance too; My sweat's fragrance always, all scents are mine. 108. My mouth's fragrance always, is like lotuses, water lilies, and champaka; It wafts constantly, and my body is likewise. 109. All this is the fruit of praising virtues, truly wondrous; With one-pointed mind, all of you, listen to my praise. 110. Having spoken the Buddha's virtues, for the welfare, incomparable; I am happy everywhere, the Sangha endowed with heroes. 111. Renowned, happy, beloved, radiant, pleasing to see; A speaker, unvanquished, faultless, and wise too. 112. When life is exhausted, Nibbāna, is easy for those devoted to the Buddha; I will explain the reason for them, listen to it as it truly is. 113. Revering the Bhagavat's tranquil fame, according to the method; Wherever I am reborn, I become renowned because of that. 114. Praising the Buddha, the terminator of suffering, the tranquil, unconditioned Dhamma; I brought happiness, thence I was happy for beings. 115. Speaking the Buddha's virtues, endowed with joy in the Buddha; I generated my own charm and others' charm, therefore I am charming. 116. The Victor, in crowds teeming with sectarians, overcoming false teachers; Speaking his virtues, I shone, the leader. I became radiant from that. 117. Beloved by people, speaking the qualities of the Fully Awakened One; Like the autumn moon, I, therefore became pleasing to behold. 118. As if with a host of beings, I, praised with all words; The Fortunate One, therefore I was eloquent, with varied ready wit. 119. Those fools who attained doubt, insulted the Great Sage; I suppressed them with the True Dhamma, I was not insulted by that. 120. By the praise of the Buddha, of beings, I removed defilements; I became one with an undefiled mind, by the power of that action. 121. For listeners, I generated wisdom, teaching mindfulness of the Buddha; Therefore I was wise, discerning subtle meanings. 122. All defilements exhausted, crossed the ocean of transmigration; Like a flame without fuel, I shall attain Nibbāna. 123. In this very eon, in which I praised the Conqueror; I do not know a bad destination, this is the fruit of praising the Buddha. 124. My defilements are burnt away, all existences are destroyed; All fetters are cut off, I dwell without defilements. 125. Welcome indeed it was for me, my coming was not in vain; The three knowledges are attained, the Buddha's teaching has been done. 126. The four analytical knowledges, and these eight liberations; The six supernormal powers are mine, the Buddha's teaching has been done. Thus indeed the Venerable Elder Sugandha spoke these verses. The Apadāna of Elder Sugandha, the tenth. The fifty-third chapter, the Grass-Giver. Its summary – The Grass-Giver and the Couch-Giver, the Refuge-Destroyer; Supaṭa and the Staff-Giver, and the Blue-Lotus Worshipper. The Bodhi-Sweeper, Maṇḍa, and Sugandha, the tenth; One hundred and twenty-seven verses, counted here in total.