Atīte kira kassapadasabalassa kāle eko puriso saddho ratanattayesu pasanno ucchuyantakammena jīvikaṃ kappento paṭivasati. Atha so ekaṃ gilānabhikkhuṃ disvā tassa uḷuṅkamattaṃ sappiṃ adāsi, tathevekassa bhikkhussa ekaṃ guḷapiṇḍaṃ adāsi, athāparasmiṃdivase ekaṃ chātajjhattaṃ sunakhaṃ disvā tassa bhattapiṇḍena saṅgaha makāsi, athekassa iṇaṭṭhakassa ekaṃ kahāpaṇaṃ adāsi, athekadivasaṃ dhammaṃ suṇamāno dhammadesakassa bhikkhussa sāṭakaṃ pūjesi, so ettakaṃ puññakammaṃ katvā bhavesu caramānohaṃ samuddapabbatādīsupi yaṃ yaṃ icchāmi. Taṃ taṃ samijjhatūti patthanaṃ akāsi, so aparabhāge kālaṃ katvā teheva kusalamūlehi suttappabuddho viya devaloke nibbattitvā tattha mahantaṃ dibbasampattiṃ anubhavitvā tato cuto amhākaṃ bhagavato kāle sāvatthiyaṃ mahaddhane mahāsālakule nibbattitvā tato so viññutaṃ patto kālena kālaṃ dhammaṃ suṇanto gharāvāse ādīnavaṃ pabbajjāya ca ānisaṃsaṃ sutvā pabbajito na cireneva arahattaṃ pāpuṇi. So aparabhāge satthāraṃ vanditvā pañcasatabhikkhuparivāro ugganagaraṃ agamāsi, tattha seṭṭhino bhariyā saddhā ahosi pasannā. Sā theraṃ pañcahi bhikkhusatehi saddhiṃ bhikkhāya carantaṃ disvā turitaturitā gantvā therassa pattaṃ gahetvā saddhiṃ pañcasatehi bhikkhūhi bhojetvā theraṃ tattha nibaddhavāsatthaṃ yācitvā pañcasatakūṭāgārāni kārāpetvā alaṅkaritvā pañcasatabhikkhū tattha vāsentī nibaddhaṃ catupaccayehi upaṭṭhānamakāsi. Tato thero taṃ pañcasu sīlesu patiṭṭhāpetvā tattha yathābhirantaṃ viharitvā aññatta gantukāmo anupubbena paṭṭanagāmaṃ agamāsi, tattha vasitvā tato nāvaṃ abhiruyha pañcasatabhikkhūhi parivuto samuddapiṭṭhena gacchati, samuddaṃ tarantassa tassa sāgaramajjhe udaravāto samuṭṭhahitvā pīḷeti, taṃ disvā bhikkhū bhante idaṃ pubbe kena vūpasamessatīti pucchiṃsu, thero pubbe me āvuso uluṅkamatte sappipīte rogo vūpasammatīti āha, bhikkhū bhante samuddapiṭṭhe kathaṃ sappiṃ labhissāma, adhivāsethāti āhaṃsu, taṃ sutvā therena na no āyasmantā sappi dullabhā, mama pattaṃ gahetvā samuddodakaṃ uddharitvā ānethāti vutte bhikkhū tathā akaṃsu. Uddhaṭamattameva taṃudakaṃ parivattetvā sappi ahosi, atha bhikkhū taṃ disvā acchariyabbhutacittā jātā therassa sappiṃ upanāmesuṃ, therena sappino pītamatte so ābādho vūpasami, athassa bhikkhūhi ki metaṃ bhante acchariyaṃ, na no ito pubbe evarūpaṃ diṭṭhapubbaṃti vutte thero tenahi katapuññānaṃ puññavipākaṃ passissathāti vatvā samuddaṃ olokesi idaṃ sappi hotūti. Athassa cakkhupathe samudde sabbodakaṃ parivattetvā sappi ahosi. Athassa bhikkhū abbhutacittā aññampi īdisaṃ puññaṃ atthi bhanteti pucchiṃsu, tato thero tenahi passathāyasmantā mama puññanti vatvā samantā tattha tattha ghanaselapabbate olokesi, sabbāni tāni guḷapiṇḍāni ahesuṃ, tato cakkhupathe samantā bhattabhājanāni dassesi sabyañjanaṃ sopakaraṇaṃ. Tato himavantaṃ olokesi, sabbaṃ taṃ suvaṇṇamayaṃ ahosi. Athābhimukhaṭṭhāne mahantaṃ vanasaṇḍaṃ olokesi, sakalavanasaṇḍaṃnānāvirāgavatthehi sañchannaṃ ahosi, bhikkhū taṃ taṃ pāṭihāriyaṃ disvā atīva vimhitā bhante kena te puññakammena etādisāni pāṭihāriyāni bhavissantīti pucchiṃsu, thero kassapadasabalassa kāle attanā kataṃ sabbaṃ taṃ kusalaṃ pakāsesi. Tenettha.
Imasmiṃ bhaddake kappe, kassapo nāma nāyako;
Sabbalokahitatthāya, loke uppajji cakkhumā.
Tadāhaṃ ucchuyantamhi, niyutto guḷakārako;
Tena kammena jīvāmi, posento puttadārake.
Kilantindriyamaddakkhiṃ, bhikkhuṃ rogāturaṃ tadā;
Bhikkhācārakavattena, ghatatthaṃ samupāgataṃ.
Uluṅkamattaṃ sappissa, adadaṃ tassa bhikkhuno;
Saddahanto dānaphalaṃ, dayāyu daggamānaso.
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Tena kammena saṃsāre, saṃsaranto bhavābhave;
Yatthicchāmi ghataṃ tattha, uppajjati anappakaṃ.
Icchāmahaṃ samuddasmiṃ, phalampi ghatamattano;
Taṃ taṃ sabbaṃ ghataṃ hoti, ghatadānassidaṃ phalaṃ.
Suṇātha mayhaṃ aññampi, puññakammaṃ manoramaṃ;
Tadā disvānahaṃ bhikkhuṃ, rogena paripīḷitaṃ.
Guḷapiṇḍaṃ gahetvāna, patte tassa samākiriṃ;
Tena so sukhito āsi, rogaṃ byapagataṃ tadā.
Tena me guḷadānena, saṃsaraṃ devamānuse;
Yatthatthosmi guḷenāhaṃ, tattha taṃ sulabhaṃ mama.
Selāca vipulā mayhaṃ, honti cittānuvattakā;
Mahantaguḷapiṇḍāva, guḷadāne idaṃ phalaṃ.
Athāpi me kataṃ puññaṃ, suṇātha sādhu bhikkhavo;
Chātajjhattaṃ phandamānaṃ, disvāna sunakhaṃ tadā.
Bhattapīṇḍena saṅgaṇhiṃ, tampi dānaṃ phalāvahaṃ;
Tato paṭṭhāya nāhosi, annapānena ūnatā.
Sulabhannapāno sukhito, ahosiṃjātijātiyaṃ;
Ajjāpi yadi icchāmi, bhojanena payojanaṃ.
Cakkhupathe samantā me, jāyantukkhaliyo bahū;
Athāparampi kusalaṃ, akāsiṃtaṃ saṇātha me.
Iṇaṭṭhakassa posassa, adāsekaṃ kahāpaṇaṃ;
Tena me puññakammena, anomabhavasampadaṃ.
Pacuraṃ jātarūpañca, labhāmi jātijātiyaṃ;
Sacajja dhanakāmohaṃ, ghanaselopi pabbato;
Hoti hemamayaṃ sabbaṃ, iṇato mocane phalaṃ.
Aññampi mama puññaṃ bho, suṇātha sutisobhanaṃ;
Kassapassa bhagavato, sāsanekaṃ bahussutaṃ.
Desentaṃ munino dhammaṃ, sutvā pīṇitamānaso;
Pūjesiṃsāṭakaṃ mayhaṃ, dhammassa dhammasāmino.
Tenāhaṃ puññakammena, saṃsaraṃ devamānuse;
Labhāmi pacuraṃ vatthaṃ, yaṃ lokasmiṃ varaṃ paraṃ.
Icchamāno sace ajja , himavantampi pabbataṃ;
Nānāvirāgavatthehi, chādayissaṃ samantato.
Sace icchāmi ajjeva, vatthenacchādayā mite;
Jantavo catudīpasmiṃ, vatthadānassidaṃ phalaṃ.
Etesaṃ puññakammānaṃ, vāhasā kāmabhūmiyaṃ;
Sampatti manubhutvāna, sāvatthipura muttame.
Jāto kule mahābhoge,
Vuddhippatto sukhedhito;
Tassa dhammaṃ suṇitvāna,
Pabbajitvāna sāsane.
Lokuttaraṃ aggarasaṃ, bhuñcanto munivāhasā;
Kilese pajahitvāna, arahattamapāpuṇiṃ.
Kusalaṃ nā vamantabbaṃ, khuddakanti kadācipi;
Anantaphaladaṃ hoti, nibbāṇampi dadāti taṃ.
Athassa dhammadesanaṃ sutvā bhikkhū ca mahājano ca dānādikusalakammaṃ katvā yebhuyyena saggaparāyaṇā ahesuṃti.
Manopasādenapi appapuññaṃ,
Evaṃ mahantaṃ bhavatīti ñatvā;
Mā appapuññanti pamajjathambho;
Sarātha deviṃ idha lājadāyiṃ.
Saddhopāsakassa vatthuṃ sattamaṃ.