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At that time, within the inner enclosure of the royal park, there was a small pond called Kakudha; above it, near the water, 53. was a high ground suitable for a stupa. When the Elder arrived there, eight baskets of Campaka flowers were brought to the king. 54. The king presented those Campaka flowers to the Elder; the Elder worshipped that ground with those Campaka flowers. 55. There too, the earth trembled. The king asked the reason for that tremor; the Elder, in due course, explained the reason for the tremor. 56. This place, O great king, was frequented by four Buddhas, suitable for a stupa, for the welfare and happiness of beings. 57. In this eon, first, Kakusandha was the Victor, the Teacher, knower of all phenomena, compassionate to all worlds. 58. This Mahāmeghavana was called Mahātittha; the city was named Abhaya, it was in the eastern direction. 59. On the other side of the Kadamba river, there was a king named Abhaya; this island was then called Ojadīpa. 60. A burning fever, a disease, afflicted the people here due to ogres; Kakusandha, the Ten-Powered One, seeing that affliction, 61. went there, impelled by compassion, to establish the seven-fold discipline and the Dispensation on this island. 62. Accompanied by forty thousand such ones, Arriving from the sky, he stood on Devakūṭa mountain. 63. By the power of the Fully Awakened One, the burning sickness here; Was quelled, great king, throughout the entire island then. 64. Where he stood, the lord of men, the chief of sages, resolved: "Let all humans on this island of vitality see me today." 65. "All humans who wish to come to me; Let them come without difficulty, and quickly, great sage." 66. That lord of sages illuminating, and the mountain illuminating; The king and the citizens, seeing, quickly approached. 67. Devas for offering sacrifices, and humans went there; They thought the leader of the world with his Saṅgha was devas. 68. That king, having greeted that king of sages with great joy; Having invited him for a meal, brought him near the city. 69. Thinking, "This delightful place, uncrowded, is excellent and suitable for the sitting of the lord of sages with his Saṅgha." 70. In the beautiful pavilion that was made, on excellent couches, it is heard; The king seated the Fully Awakened One with his Saṅgha here. 71. And seeing the leader of the world with his Saṅgha seated; People on the island brought gifts from all around. 72. With their own food and drinks, and with various things brought; That king satisfied the leader of the world with his Saṅgha. 73. Right here, after the meal, to that Victorious One who was seated; The king gave the excellent Mahātitthaka garden as a donation. 74. With unseasonal flowers adorning the Mahātittha forest then; When accepted by the Buddha, the great earth trembled. 75. Right here, having sat, the leader taught the Dhamma; Forty thousand people attained the path and its fruit. 76. Having spent the day in the Mahātittha forest, the Victorious One; In the evening, went to the ground suitable for the Bodhi-place. 77. Seated there, having entered concentration and risen from it; The Fully Awakened One thought thus, for the welfare of the island dwellers. 78. "Taking the southern branch from my glorious Bodhi tree; Let the bhikkhunī Rūpanandā come, with other bhikkhunīs." Knowing his thought, that elder nun, immediately, taking the king there, approached that tree. Having caused a mark to be made on the southern branch, the greatly powerful one, that which was cut with red arsenic, stood in a golden bowl. Taking the Bodhi by psychic power, with five hundred bhikkhunis, having brought it here, O great king, surrounded by deities. That golden bowl, when the Sambuddha extended (his hand), she placed it in his right hand, the Tathāgata taking it. He gave it to King Abhaya to establish that Bodhi. In the Mahātittha garden, the king established it. Then the Sambuddha, having gone, from here, to the north, in the delightful Sirīsamālaka, the Tathāgata sat down. He taught the Dhamma to the people; there was an understanding of Dhamma there, for twenty thousand beings, O lord of the earth. From there, having gone further north, to the Thūpārāma ground, the Conqueror, having sat there, having entered concentration, then arose from it. The Sambuddha taught the Dhamma to the assembly there; ten thousand beings attained the highest fruits. His own Dhamma-work, for humans to venerate, having given that with its retinue, having established a bhikkhuni here. With a thousand bhikkhus, and the disciple Mahādeva, having established them here, the Sambuddha, then to the east. Standing in the Ratanamāla, having admonished the people, with the Saṅgha, having risen into the sky, the Conqueror went to Jambudīpa. In this eon, the second, the leader Koṇāgamana, was the all-knowing Teacher, compassionate to all worlds. This Mahāmeghavana was called Mahānāma; Vaḍḍhamānapura by name, was in the southern direction. A king named Samiddha was there at that time; this island was then called Varadīpa by name. A calamity of drought was here in Varadīpa at that time; the Conqueror Koṇāgamana, seeing that calamity. Having become a tamer of beings, and to establish the Sasana's continuation in this island... in this, impelled by the power of compassion. 96. By thirty thousand monks, surrounded by such steadfast ones; Having come from the sky, he stood, in the sky, on Sumanakūṭa. 97. By the power of the Perfectly Enlightened One, that drought disappeared; Due to the disappearance of the Dispensation, and then there was good rain. 98. Standing there, he resolved, the Lord of men, the Chief of Sages; "May all today see, the humans on this excellent island. 99. All who wish to come, humans, to my presence; May they come without difficulty, and quickly!" so said the Great Sage. 100. That Great Being, the Lord of Sages, and the mountain illuminating; The king and the citizens, having seen, quickly approached. 101. For the purpose of offering to deities, humans had gone there; They thought it was a deity, the Lord of the world with his Sangha. 102. That king, the King of Sages, exceedingly delighted, having saluted; Having invited with food, having brought him near the city. 103. For the Lord of Sages with his Sangha, a most suitable place to sit; "This place is delightful, and unobstructed," so he thought. 104. In a delightful pavilion that was made, on excellent couches, him; The king made the Perfectly Enlightened One sit, with his Sangha, here. 105. Even while he was seated here, seeing, the Lord of the world with his Sangha; People on the island brought, offerings from all around. 106. With their own food and edibles, with various kinds of them; That king satisfied the Sangha, and the Lord of the world. 107. Right here, after the meal, to him, the seated Conqueror, that; Mahānāma pleasure grove, the king gave as an excellent offering. 108. Adorned with unseasonal flowers, in the Mahānāma grove then; When accepted by the Buddha, the great earth trembled. 109. Sitting right there, the Leader taught the Dhamma; Then thirty thousand, people attained the path and its fruit. 110. Having spent the day, the Conqueror in the Mahānāma grove; Having gone at evening time, to the place where he had previously resolved. 111. Seated there, having applied, concentration, he arose from it; Thus thought the Perfectly Enlightened One, for the welfare of the island dwellers. 112. Having taken The southern branch, from my Udumbara Bodhi; May Kanakadattā, the bhikkhunī, come with bhikkhunīs. 113. Knowing his thought, that elder nun immediately; Taking the king there, approached that tree. 114. Having caused a mark to be made on the southern branch, the greatly powerful one; Cut that with red arsenic, it stood in a golden bowl. 115. Taking the Bodhi by psychic power, with five thousand bhikkhunīs; Having come here, great king, surrounded by deities. 116. That with the golden bowl, when the Sambuddha extended; Placed it in his right hand, the Tathāgata taking it. 117. To establish it, he gave it to the king, to the prosperous one there; In the Mahānāma garden, the king established it. 118. Then going, the Sambuddha, to the north of the Sirīsamāla; Taught the Dhamma to the people, seated in the Nāgamāla. 119. Hearing that Dhamma discourse, the comprehension of Dhamma there; Was for twenty thousand beings, O king. 120. Going to that place where previous Buddhas sat, to the north of the city; Seated there, having attained concentration, he arose from it. 121. The Sambuddha taught the Dhamma, to the assembly there; Ten thousand beings attained the path and its fruit. 122. That body-band relic, for humans to venerate; Having given it with its retinue, having established the bhikkhunī here. 123. With a thousand bhikkhus, and the disciple Mahāsumma; Having established them here, the Sambuddha, below the Ratanamāla. 124. Having established them in the Sudassana grove, having instructed the people; With the Saṅgha, having risen into the sky, the Conqueror went to Jambudīpa. 125. In this eon, the third, Kassapa by clan, the Conqueror; Was the all-knowing Teacher, compassionate to all worlds. 126. Mahāmeghavana was, named Mahāsāgara; A city named Visāla, was in the western direction. 127. Jayanta by name, a king was there then; By the name Maṇḍadīpa, this island was then. 128. Then of King Jayanta, and of the king's younger brother; A battle had arisen, frightful, destructive of beings. 129. Kassapa, the Ten-Powered One, seeing the great suffering of beings from that battle, the greatly compassionate sage. 130. Driven by the power of compassion, to stop that destruction of beings and to establish the Dispensation in this island. 131. Surrounded by twenty thousand such noble ones, he came through the sky and stood on the beautiful Peak Mountain. 132.