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He blazed like a flame. 233. Having shown an incomparable form, He then disappeared; Being one, he became many, Then again he became one. 234. Having shown darkness and light In many ways; Having performed a miracle, The sage disciplined his relatives. 235. A great cloud covering the four continents Rained at that very moment; Then indeed the Buddha Taught the Vessantara Jātaka. 236. Then all those Khattiyas, Having destroyed their pride of birth, Took refuge in the Buddha; Suddhodana then said: 237. ‘This is the third time, O greatly wise one, I worship your feet, O all-seeing one; When you were born, the earth trembled, And the jambu shade did not leave you.’ 238. Then, seeing that power of the Buddha, My mind filled with wonder, Having gone forth right there, I lived, honoring my mother. 239. Candana, the deva-son, Came to me and asked; About the method of the Bhaddekaratta, In brief and in detail. I was then urged by him, approaching the leader of men; having heard the 'One Fortunate Night' discourse, I, a lover of the forest, was stirred. 241. Then I asked my mother, "I wish to dwell alone in the forest"; "You are delicate," my mother said, and then forbade that wish. 242. Kāsa grass, kusa grass, poṭakila grass, usīra grass, muñja grass, pabbaja grass; I pushed them aside with my chest, cultivating solitude. 243. Then I entered the forest, remembering the teaching of the Conqueror; the instruction on 'One Fortunate Night', I attained arahantship. 244. ‘One should not pursue the past, nor long for the future; what is past is abandoned, what is future is not yet reached. 245. And whoever sees the present dharma, in each and every instance, unshaken, unperturbed, that wise one should cultivate it. 246. Today is the day for effort, who knows if death comes tomorrow? For there is no bargaining for us, with that great army of Death. 247. One who dwells thus, ardent, tireless day and night; that one is truly called 'One Fortunate Night', so the peaceful sage declares’. 248. My defilements are burnt away... ...I dwell without taints. 249. Welcome indeed it was for me... ...the Buddha's teaching has been done. 250. The four analytical knowledges... ...the Buddha's teaching has been done. Thus indeed, the Venerable Lomasakaṅgiya Thera spoke these verses. The eighth Apadāna of Lomasakaṅgiya Thera. 9. The Apadāna of Vanavaccha Thera. 251. In this auspicious eon, a kinsman of Brahmā, greatly renowned; Kassapa by clan name, the foremost of speakers arose. 252. Then I, having gone forth, in the teaching of that Buddha; Having lived the holy life for as long as I lived, from there I passed away. 253. By that well-done kamma, and by my aspirations; Having abandoned my human body, I went to Tāvatiṃsa. 254. Having passed away from there, in the forest, I was a pigeon there; A bhikkhu, endowed with virtues, always delighting in jhāna, dwelt there. With a mind of loving-kindness, compassionate, always with a joyful face; Equanimous, a great hero, skilled in the immeasurables. With thoughts free from hindrances, with intentions for the welfare of all beings; I soon became devoted to that disciple of the Fortunate One. Having approached at the foot of him seated in that hermitage; Sometimes he gave material things, and sometimes he taught the Dhamma. Then with great love, having served the son of the Conqueror; Having fallen from there, I went to heaven, my stay was like being at home. Having fallen from heaven, I was reborn among humans by meritorious deeds; Having abandoned the household life, many times I went forth. As an ascetic, an anchorite, a brahmin, a wanderer, so too I; Having been such, I lived in the forest, hundreds of times I did. And now in my last existence, in delightful Kapilavatthu; Into the wife of a brahmin of the Vacchagotta clan, I descended. My mother had a longing, while I was in her womb; Near the time of birth, a resolve for living in the forest. Then my mother gave birth to me, in a delightful forest grove; As I emerged from the womb, they received me with a saffron robe. Then Prince Siddhattha, the banner of the Sakya clan, was born; I was his dear friend, intimate and much respected. When the best of beings went forth, abandoning great fame; I too, having gone forth, went to the Himalayas. Having seen and heard of the arising of the Conqueror, who dwells in the forest, worthy of veneration, a Kassapa, teaching ascetic practices; I approached the charioteer of men. He taught me the Dhamma, illuminating everything; Then I, having gone forth, returned again to the forest itself. Dwelling there heedfully, I attained the six supernormal powers; Oh, what a well-gained acquisition I have, having been compassionated by the good friend. My defilements are burnt... I dwell without defilements. Indeed, it was a good coming for me... the Buddha's teaching has been done. The four analytical knowledges... the Buddha's teaching has been done. The venerable elder Vanavaccha these verses spoke. The ninth Apadāna of Elder Vanavaccha. 10. The Apadāna of Elder Cūḷasugandha. 272. In this auspicious eon, a kinsman of Brahmā, greatly renowned; named Kassapa by clan, the best of speakers arose. 273. Endowed with minor characteristics, with thirty-two excellent marks; surrounded by a fathom-wide aura, covered with a network of rays. 274. A comforter like the moon, a light-maker like the sun; an extinguisher like a cloud, an ocean of virtues. 275. Like the earth in virtue, like Himavā in concentration; like space in wisdom, unattached like the wind. 276. At that time I, in Bārāṇasī, was reborn in a great family; with abundant wealth and grain, and a collection of various jewels. 277. With a great retinue, the world-leader was seated; approaching, I heard the Dhamma, charming like ambrosia. 278. Bearing the thirty-two marks, like the moon with its constellation; endowed with minor characteristics, like a blooming sāla tree. 279. Encircled by a network of rays, shining like a golden mountain; surrounded by a fathom-wide aura, the sun with a hundred rays. 280. The Victorious One with a golden face, like a delightful mountain peak; with a heart full of compassion, like an ocean in virtue. 281. And his fame renowned in the world, like Sineru, the chief of mountains; the hero spread by glory, the sage like the sky. 282. With an unattached mind everywhere, the leader like the wind; a support for all beings, the foremost of sages like the earth. 283. Untainted by the world, like a lotus by water; burning the thickets of wrong views, you shine like a mass of fire. 284. Like an antidote everywhere, destroying the poison of defilements; like Mount Gandhamādana, adorned with the fragrance of virtues. 285. The hero, a mine of virtues, like an ocean of jewels; like the ocean for forest ranges, removing the stains of defilements. 286. Like a victorious great warrior, crushing Māra's army; that king like a Cakkavattī, master of the jewels of enlightenment factors. 287. A great physician. Remover of defilements, Healer of the disease of hatred; Like a surgeon, a doctor, He cuts open the boil of wrong views. 288. He then, the light of the world, Honored by humans and devas, The sun among assemblies, The Conqueror taught the Dhamma. 289. ‘‘Give alms, great wealth, By virtue, go to a good destination, By development, attain Nibbāna, Thus he instructed. 290. That teaching, greatly delightful, Beautiful in the beginning, middle, and end, All the assemblies listened, Like ambrosia, of great taste. 291. Having heard the very sweet Dhamma, Delighted in the Conqueror's teaching, Having gone for refuge to the Fortunate One, I paid homage throughout my life. 292. In the Sage's Perfumed Chamber, I then swept the ground, With four kinds of perfume, For eight months, day after day. 293. Having aspired for a fragrant body, (I, whose body was) of unpleasant smell, Then the Conqueror declared, The attainment of a fragrant body. 294. ‘‘‘Whoever sweeps the ground of the Perfumed Chamber, Even once with perfume, By the result of that action, Wherever he is reborn, 295. ‘‘‘This person will have a fragrant body everywhere, This person will be, Endowed with the fragrance of virtue, He will attain Nibbāna, free from defilements.’ 296. By that well-performed action, And by my aspirations and intentions, Having abandoned the human body, I went to Tāvatiṃsa. 297. And now, in this last existence, I was born into a Brahmin family; While I was dwelling in the womb, my mother, Became fragrant in body. 298. And when from my mother's womb, I emerged, then the city, Sāvatthī, with all its perfumes, Seemed to be scented. 299. And a fragrant rain of flowers, A delightful divine fragrance, And costly incense, Blew forth at that very moment. 300. And devas, with all perfumes, Incense and flowers, that house, Scented with fragrance, In which house I was born. 301. And when the fortunate youth, Stood in the prime of youth, Then the Sage, with his retinue, The charioteer of men, having trained. 302. Surrounded by all of them, came to Sāvatthī city. Then, seeing that power of the Buddha, I went forth. 303. Virtue, concentration, and wisdom, And unsurpassed liberation; Having developed these four qualities, I attained the destruction of defilements. 304. When I went forth, And when I became an Arahant; And when I shall attain Nibbāna, Then there was a shower of scents. 305. My body's fragrance always surpasses Precious sandalwood, champak, and lotus; And likewise all other fragrances, I pervade by force, from there to there. 306. My defilements are burnt away, All existences are uprooted; The cycle of rebirth is destroyed, There is no more renewed existence. All defilements are exhausted, I have attained the unshakeable state; I dwell without defilements. 307. Indeed, my coming was welcome, In the presence of the best of Buddhas; The three knowledges are attained,