My name back then was Nārada
and I was known as Kassapa.
I saw the Buddha Vipassi,
Chief of the Monks, Honored by Gods,
the Buddha, Bearing Lesser Marks,
Sacrificial Recipient.
Taking an alangium bloom,
I offered it to the Buddha.In the ninety-one aeons since
I did pūjā with that flower,
I’ve come to know no bad rebirth:
that’s the fruit of Buddha-pūjā.In the seventy-fourth aeon
the kṣatriyan named Romasa,
strong with servants and vehicles
was dressed with garland-ornaments.The four analytical modes,
and these eight deliverances,
six special knowledges mastered,
I have done what the Buddha taught!
Thus indeed Venerable Aṅkolapupphiya Thera spoke these verses.
The legend of Aṅkolapupphiya Thera is finished.