3. Subhūtivaggo

‘‘Himavantassāvidūre, nisabho nāma pabbato;

Assamo sukato mayhaṃ, paṇṇasālā sumāpitā.

‘‘Kosiyo nāma nāmena, jaṭilo uggatāpano;

Ekākiyo adutiyo, vasāmi nisabhe tadā.

‘‘Phalaṃ mūlañca paṇṇañca, na bhuñjāmi ahaṃ tadā;

Pavattaṃva supātāhaṃ , upajīvāmi tāvade.

‘‘Nāhaṃ kopemi ājīvaṃ, cajamānopi jīvitaṃ;

Ārādhemi sakaṃ cittaṃ, vivajjemi anesanaṃ.

‘‘Rāgūpasaṃhitaṃ cittaṃ, yadā uppajjate mama;

Sayaṃva paccavekkhāmi, ekaggo taṃ damemahaṃ.

‘‘‘Rajjase rajjanīye ca, dussanīye ca dussase;

Muyhase mohanīye ca, nikkhamassu vanā tuvaṃ.

‘‘‘Visuddhānaṃ ayaṃ vāso, nimmalānaṃ tapassinaṃ;

Mā kho visuddhaṃ dūsesi, nikkhamassu vanā tuvaṃ.

‘‘‘Agāriko bhavitvāna, yadā puttaṃ , labhissasi;

Ubhopi mā virādhesi, nikkhamassu vanā tuvaṃ.

‘‘‘Chavālātaṃ yathā kaṭṭhaṃ, na kvaci kiccakārakaṃ;

Neva gāme araññe vā, na hi taṃ kaṭṭhasammataṃ.

‘‘‘Chavālātūpamo tvaṃsi, na gihī nāpi saññato;

Ubhato muttako ajja, nikkhamassu vanā tuvaṃ.

‘‘‘Siyā nu kho tava etaṃ, ko pajānāti te idaṃ;

Saddhādhuraṃ vahisi me, kosajjabahulāya ca.

‘‘‘Jigucchissanti taṃ viññū, asuciṃ nāgariko yathā;

Ākaḍḍhitvāna isayo, codayissanti taṃ sadā.

‘‘‘Taṃ viññū pavadissanti, samatikkantasāsanaṃ;

Saṃvāsaṃ alabhanto hi, kathaṃ jīvihisi tuvaṃ.

‘‘‘Tidhāpabhinnaṃ mātaṅgaṃ, kuñjaraṃ saṭṭhihāyanaṃ;

Balī nāgo upagantvā, yūthā nīharate gajaṃ.

‘‘‘Yūthā vinissaṭo santo, sukhaṃ sātaṃ na vindati;

Dukkhito vimano hoti, pajjhāyanto pavedhati.

‘‘‘Tatheva jaṭilā tampi, nīharissanti dummatiṃ;

Tehi tvaṃ nissaṭo santo, sukhaṃ sātaṃ na lacchasi.

‘‘‘Divā vā yadi vā rattiṃ, sokasallasamappito;

Ḍayhasi pariḷāhena, gajo yūthāva nissaṭo.

‘‘‘Jātarūpaṃ yathā kūṭaṃ, neva jhāyati katthaci;

Tathā sīlavihīno tvaṃ, na jhāyissasi katthaci.

‘‘‘Agāraṃ vasamānopi, kathaṃ jīvihisi tuvaṃ;

Mattikaṃ pettikañcāpi, natthi te nihitaṃ dhanaṃ.

‘‘‘Sayaṃ kammaṃ karitvāna, gatte sedaṃ pamocayaṃ;

Evaṃ jīvihisi gehe, sādhu te taṃ na ruccati.

‘‘‘Evāhaṃ tattha vāremi, saṃkilesagataṃ manaṃ;

Nānādhammakathaṃ katvā, pāpā cittaṃ nivārayiṃ’.

‘‘Evaṃ me viharantassa, appamādavihārino;

Tiṃsavassasahassāni, vipine me atikkamuṃ.

‘‘Appamādarataṃ disvā, uttamatthaṃ gavesakaṃ;

Padumuttarasambuddho, āgacchi mama santikaṃ.

‘‘Timbarūsakavaṇṇābho, appameyyo anūpamo;

Rūpenāsadiso buddho, ākāse caṅkamī tadā.

‘‘Suphullo sālarājāva, vijjūvabbhaghanantare;

Ñāṇenāsadiso buddho, ākāse caṅkamī tadā.

‘‘Sīharājā vasambhīto ,

Gajarājāva dappito .

Lāsito byaggharājāva, ākāse caṅkamī tadā.

‘‘Siṅgīnikkhasavaṇṇābho, khadiraṅgārasannibho;

Maṇi yathā jotiraso, ākāse caṅkamī tadā.

‘‘Visuddhakelāsanibho, puṇṇamāyeva candimā;

Majjhanhikeva sūriyo, ākāse caṅkamī tadā.

‘‘Disvā nabhe caṅkamantaṃ, evaṃ cintesahaṃ tadā;

‘Devo nu kho ayaṃ satto, udāhu manujo ayaṃ.

‘‘‘Na me suto vā diṭṭho vā, mahiyā ediso naro;

Api mantapadaṃ atthi, ayaṃ satthā bhavissati’.

‘‘Evāhaṃ cintayitvāna, sakaṃ cittaṃ pasādayiṃ;

Nānāpupphañca gandhañca, sannipātesahaṃ tadā.

‘‘Pupphāsanaṃ paññapetvā, sādhucittaṃ manoramaṃ;

Narasārathinaṃ aggaṃ, idaṃ vacanamabraviṃ.

‘‘‘Idaṃ me āsanaṃ vīra, paññattaṃ tavanucchavaṃ;

Hāsayanto mamaṃ cittaṃ, nisīda kusumāsane’.

‘‘Nisīdi tattha bhagavā, asambhītova kesarī;

Sattarattindivaṃ buddho, pavare kusumāsane.

‘‘Namassamāno aṭṭhāsiṃ, sattarattindivaṃ ahaṃ;

Vuṭṭhahitvā samādhimhā, satthā loke anuttaro;

Mama kammaṃ pakittento, idaṃ vacanamabravi.

‘‘‘Bhāvehi buddhānussatiṃ, bhāvanānamanuttaraṃ;

Imaṃ satiṃ bhāvayitvā, pūrayissasi mānasaṃ.

‘‘‘Tiṃsakappasahassāni, devaloke ramissasi;

Asītikkhattuṃ devindo, devarajjaṃ karissasi;

Sahassakkhattuṃ cakkavattī, rājā raṭṭhe bhavissasi.

‘‘‘Padesarajjaṃ vipulaṃ, gaṇanāto asaṅkhiyaṃ;

Anubhossasi taṃ sabbaṃ, buddhānussatiyā phalaṃ.

‘‘‘Bhavābhave saṃsaranto, mahābhogaṃ labhissasi;

Bhoge te ūnatā natthi, buddhānussatiyā phalaṃ.

‘‘‘Kappasatasahassamhi, okkākakulasambhavo;

Gotamo nāma gottena, satthā loke bhavissati.

‘‘‘Asītikoṭiṃ chaḍḍetvā, dāse kammakare bahū;

Gotamassa bhagavato, sāsane pabbajissasi.

‘‘‘Ārādhayitvā sambuddhaṃ, gotamaṃ sakyapuṅgavaṃ;

Subhūti nāma nāmena, hessati satthu sāvako.

‘‘‘Bhikkhusaṅghe nisīditvā, dakkhiṇeyyaguṇamhi taṃ;

Tathāraṇavihāre ca, dvīsu agge ṭhapessati’.

‘‘Idaṃ vatvāna sambuddho, jalajuttamanāmako;

Nabhaṃ abbhuggamī vīro, haṃsarājāva ambare.

‘‘Sāsito lokanāthena, namassitvā tathāgataṃ;

Sadā bhāvemi mudito, buddhānussatimuttamaṃ.

‘‘Tena kammena sukatena, cetanāpaṇidhīhi ca;

Jahitvā mānusaṃ dehaṃ, tāvatiṃsaṃ agacchahaṃ.

‘‘Asītikkhattuṃ devindo, devarajjamakārayiṃ;

Sahassakkhattuṃ rājā ca, cakkavattī ahosahaṃ.

‘‘Padesarajjaṃ vipulaṃ, gaṇanāto asaṅkhiyaṃ;

Anubhomi susampattiṃ, buddhānussatiyā phalaṃ.

‘‘Bhavābhave saṃsaranto, mahābhogaṃ labhāmahaṃ;

Bhoge me ūnatā natthi, buddhānussatiyā phalaṃ.

‘‘Satasahassito kappe, yaṃ kammamakariṃ tadā;

Duggatiṃ nābhijānāmi, buddhānussatiyā phalaṃ.

‘‘Paṭisambhidā catasso, vimokkhāpi ca aṭṭhime;

Chaḷabhiññā sacchikatā, kataṃ buddhassa sāsanaṃ’’.

Itthaṃ sudaṃ āyasmā subhūti thero imā gāthāyo abhāsitthāti.

‘‘Padumuttaro nāma jino, sabbadhammāna pāragū;

Jalitvā aggikkhandhova, sambuddho parinibbuto.

‘‘Mahājanā samāgamma, pūjayitvā tathāgataṃ;

Citaṃ katvāna sukataṃ, sarīraṃ abhiropayuṃ.

‘‘Sarīrakiccaṃ katvāna, dhātuṃ tattha samānayuṃ;

Sadevamānusā sabbe, buddhathūpaṃ akaṃsu te.

‘‘Paṭhamā kañcanamayā, dutiyāsi maṇīmayā;

Tatiyā rūpiyamayā, catutthī phalikāmayā.

‘‘Tathā pañcamiyā bhūmi , lohitaṅgamayā ahu;

Chaṭṭhā masāragallassa, sabbaratanamayūpari.

‘‘Jaṅghā maṇimayā āsi, vedikā ratanamayā;

Sabbasoṇṇamayo thūpo, uddhaṃ yojanamuggato.

‘‘Devā tattha samāgantvā, ekato mantayuṃ tadā;

Mayampi thūpaṃ kassāma, lokanāthassa tādino.

‘‘Dhātu āveṇikā natthi, sarīraṃ ekapiṇḍitaṃ;

Imamhi buddhathūpamhi, kassāma kañcukaṃ mayaṃ.

‘‘Devā sattahi ratnehi , aññaṃ vaḍḍhesu yojanaṃ;

Thūpo dviyojanubbedho, timiraṃ byapahanti so.

‘‘Nāgā tattha samāgantvā, ekato mantayuṃ tadā;

Manussā ceva devā ca, buddhathūpaṃ akaṃsu te.

‘‘Mā no pamattā assumha , appamattā sadevakā;

Mayampi thūpaṃ kassāma, lokanāthassa tādino.

‘‘Indanīlaṃ mahānīlaṃ, atho jotirasaṃ maṇiṃ;

Ekato sannipātetvā, buddhathūpaṃ achādayuṃ.

‘‘Sabbaṃ maṇimayaṃ āsi, tāvatā buddhacetiyaṃ;

Tiyojanasamubbiddhaṃ , ālokakaraṇaṃ tadā.

‘‘Garuḷā ca samāgantvā, ekato mantayuṃ tadā;

Manussā devā nāgā ca, buddhathūpaṃ akaṃsu te.

‘‘‘Mā no pamattā assumha, appamattā sadevakā;

Mayampi thūpaṃ kassāma, lokanāthassa tādino’.

‘‘Sabbaṃ maṇimayaṃ thūpaṃ, akaruṃ te ca kañcukaṃ ;

Yojanaṃ tepi vaḍḍhesuṃ, āyataṃ buddhacetiyaṃ.

‘‘Catuyojanamubbiddho, buddhathūpo virocati;

Obhāseti disā sabbā, sataraṃsīva uggato.

‘‘Kumbhaṇḍā ca samāgantvā, ekato mantayuṃ tadā;

Manussā ceva devā ca, nāgā ca garuḷā tathā.

Paccekaṃ buddhaseṭṭhassa, akaṃsu thūpamuttamaṃ.

‘‘‘Mā no pamattā assumha, appamattā sadevakā;

Mayampi thūpaṃ kassāma, lokanāthassa tādino;

Ratanehi chādessāma, āyataṃ buddhacetiyaṃ’.

‘‘Yojanaṃ tepi vaḍḍhesuṃ, āyataṃ buddhacetiyaṃ;

Pañcayojanamubbiddho, thūpo obhāsate tadā.

‘‘Yakkhā tattha samāgantvā, ekato mantayuṃ tadā;

Manussā devā nāgā ca, garuḷā kumbhaaṇḍakā.

‘‘Paccekaṃ buddhaseṭṭhassa, akaṃsu thūpamuttamaṃ;

‘Mā no pamattā assumha, appamattā sadevakā.

‘‘‘Mayampi thūpaṃ kassāma, lokanāthassa tādino;

Phalikāhi chādessāma, āyataṃ buddhacetiyaṃ’.

‘‘Yojanaṃ tepi vaḍḍhesuṃ, āyataṃ buddhacetiyaṃ;

Cha yojanāni ubbiddho, thūpo obhāsate tadā.

‘‘Gandhabbā ca samāgantvā, ekato mantayuṃ tadā;

‘Manujā devatā nāgā, garuḷā kumbhayakkhakā.

‘‘‘Sabbekaṃsu buddhathūpaṃ, mayamettha akārakā;

Mayampi thūpaṃ kassāma, lokanāthassa tādino’.

‘‘Vediyo satta katvāna, chattamāropayiṃsu te;

Sabbasoṇṇamayaṃ thūpaṃ, gandhabbā kārayuṃ tadā.

‘‘Sattayojanamubbiddho, thūpo obhāsate tadā;

Rattindivā na ñāyanti, āloko hoti sabbadā.

‘‘Abhibhonti na tassābhā, candasūrā satārakā;

Samantā yojanasate, padīpopi na pajjali.

‘‘Tena kālena ye keci, thūpaṃ pūjenti mānusā;

Na te thūpamāruhanti, ambare ukkhipanti te.

‘‘Devehi ṭhapito yakkho, abhisammatanāmako;

Dhajaṃ vā pupphadāmaṃ vā, abhiropeti uttari.

‘‘Na te passanti taṃ yakkhaṃ, dāmaṃ passanti gacchato;

Evaṃ passitvā gacchantā, sabbe gacchanti suggatiṃ.

‘‘Viruddhā ye pāvacane, pasannā ye ca sāsane;

Pāṭiheraṃ daṭṭhukāmā, thūpaṃ pūjenti mānusā.

‘‘Nagare haṃsavatiyā, ahosiṃ bhatako tadā;

Āmoditaṃ janaṃ disvā, evaṃ cintesahaṃ tadā.

‘‘‘Uḷāro bhagavā heso, yassa dhātudharedisaṃ;

Imā ca janatā tuṭṭhā, kāraṃ kubbaṃ na tappare .

‘‘‘Ahampi kāraṃ kassāmi, lokanāthassa tādino;

Tassa dhammesu dāyādo, bhavissāmi anāgate’.

‘‘Sudhotaṃ rajakenāhaṃ, uttareyyapaṭaṃ mama;

Veḷagge ālagetvāna, dhajaṃ ukkhipimambare.

‘‘Abhisammatako gayha, ambarehāsi me dhajaṃ;

Vāteritaṃ dhajaṃ disvā, bhiyyo hāsaṃ janesahaṃ.

‘‘Tattha cittaṃ pasādetvā, samaṇaṃ upasaṅkamiṃ;

Taṃ bhikkhuṃ abhivādetvā, vipākaṃ pucchahaṃ dhaje.

‘‘So me kathesi ānanda, pītisañjananaṃ mama;

‘Tassa dhajassa vipākaṃ, anubhossasi sabbadā.

‘‘‘Hatthī assā rathā pattī, senā ca caturaṅginī;

Parivāressanti taṃ niccaṃ, dhajadānassidaṃ phalaṃ.

‘‘‘Saṭṭhitūriyasahassāni, bheriyo samalaṅkatā;

Parivāressanti taṃ niccaṃ, dhajadānassidaṃ phalaṃ.

‘‘‘Chaḷāsītisahassāni, nāriyo samalaṅkatā;

Vicittavatthābharaṇā, āmuttamaṇikuṇḍalā.

‘‘‘Aḷārapamhā hasulā, susaññā tanumajjhimā;

Parivāressanti taṃ niccaṃ, dhajadānassidaṃ phalaṃ.

‘‘‘Tiṃsakappasahassāni, devaloke ramissasi;

Asītikkhattuṃ devindo, devarajjaṃ karissasi.

‘‘‘Sahassakkhattuṃ rājā ca, cakkavattī bhavissasi;

Padesarajjaṃ vipulaṃ, gaṇanāto asaṅkhiyaṃ.

‘‘‘Kappasatasahassamhi, okkākakulasambhavo;

Gotamo nāma gottena, satthā loke bhavissati.

‘‘‘Devalokā cavitvāna, sukkamūlena codito;

Puññakammena saṃyutto, brahmabandhu bhavissasi.

‘‘‘Asītikoṭiṃ chaḍḍetvā, dāse kammakare bahū;

Gotamassa bhagavato, sāsane pabbajissasi.

‘‘‘Ārādhayitvā sambuddhaṃ, gotamaṃ sakyapuṅgavaṃ;

Upavānoti nāmena, hessasi satthu sāvako’.

‘‘Satasahasse kataṃ kammaṃ, phalaṃ dassesi me idha;

Sumutto saravegova kilese jhāpayī mama.

‘‘Cakkavattissa santassa, catudīpissarassa me;

Tiyojanāni samantā, ussīsanti dhajā sadā.

‘‘Satasahassito kappe, yaṃ kammamakariṃ tadā;

Duggatiṃ nābhijānāmi, dhajadānassidaṃ phalaṃ.

‘‘Paṭisambhidā catasso, vimokkhāpi ca aṭṭhime;

Chaḷabhiññā sacchikatā, kataṃ buddhassa sāsanaṃ’’.

Itthaṃ sudaṃ āyasmā upavāno thero imā gāthāyo abhāsitthāti.

‘‘Nagare candavatiyā , mātuupaṭṭhāko ahuṃ;

Andhā mātā pitā mayhaṃ, te posemi ahaṃ tadā.

‘‘Rahogato nisīditvā, evaṃ cintesahaṃ tadā;

Posento mātāpitaro, pabbajjaṃ na labhāmahaṃ.

‘‘Mahandhakārapihitā , tividhaggīhi ḍayhare;

Etādise bhave jāte, natthi koci vināyako.

‘‘Buddho loke samuppanno, dippati dāni sāsanaṃ;

Sakkā uddharituṃ attā, puññakāmena jantunā.

‘‘Uggayha tīṇi saraṇe, paripuṇṇāni gopayiṃ;

Tena kammena sukatena, paṭimokkhāmi duggatiṃ.

‘‘Nisabho nāma samaṇo, buddhassa aggasāvako;

Tamahaṃ upagantvāna, saraṇagamanaṃ gahiṃ.

‘‘Vassasatasahassāni, āyu vijjati tāvade;

Tāvatā saraṇagamanaṃ, paripuṇṇaṃ agopayiṃ.

‘‘Carime vattamānamhi, saraṇaṃ taṃ anussariṃ;

Tena kammena sukatena, tāvatiṃsaṃ agacchahaṃ.

‘‘Devalokagato santo, puññakammasamāhito;

Yaṃ desaṃ upapajjāmi , aṭṭha hetū labhāmahaṃ.

‘‘Disāsu pūjito homi, tikkhapañño bhavāmahaṃ;

Sabbe devānuvattanti, amitabhogaṃ labhāmahaṃ.

‘‘Suvaṇṇavaṇṇo sabbattha, paṭikanto bhavāmahaṃ;

Mittānaṃ acalo homi, yaso abbhuggato mamaṃ.

‘‘Asītikkhattu devindo, devarajjamakārayiṃ;

Dibbasukhaṃ anubhaviṃ, accharāhi purakkhato.

‘‘Pañcasattatikkhattuñca, cakkavattī ahosahaṃ;

Padesarajjaṃ vipulaṃ, gaṇanāto asaṅkhiyaṃ.

‘‘Pacchime bhave sampatte, puññakammasamāhito;

Pure sāvatthiyaṃ jāto, mahāsāle suaḍḍhake.

‘‘Nagarā nikkhamitvāna, dārakehi purakkhato;

Hasakhiḍḍasamaṅgīhaṃ , saṅghārāmaṃ upāgamiṃ.

‘‘Tatthaddasāsiṃ samaṇaṃ, vippamuttaṃ nirūpadhiṃ;

So me dhammamadesesi, saraṇañca adāsi me.

‘‘Sohaṃ sutvāna saraṇaṃ, saraṇaṃ me anussariṃ;

Ekāsane nisīditvā, arahattamapāpuṇiṃ.

‘‘Jātiyā sattame vasse, arahattamapāpuṇiṃ;

Upasampādayi buddho, guṇamaññāya cakkhumā.

‘‘Aparimeyye ito kappe, saraṇāni agacchahaṃ;

Tato me sukataṃ kammaṃ, phalaṃ dassesi me idha.

‘‘Sugopitaṃ me saraṇaṃ, mānasaṃ suppaṇīhitaṃ;

Anubhotvā yasaṃ sabbaṃ, pattomhi acalaṃ padaṃ.

‘‘Yesaṃ sotāvadhānatthi, suṇotha mama bhāsato;

Ahaṃ vo kathayissāmi, sāmaṃ diṭṭhaṃ padaṃ mama.

‘‘‘Buddho loke samuppanno, vattate jinasāsanaṃ;

Amatā vāditā bherī, sokasallavinodanā.

‘‘‘Yathāsakena thāmena, puññakkhette anuttare;

Adhikāraṃ kareyyātha, passayissatha nibbutiṃ.

‘‘‘Paggayha tīṇi saraṇe, pañcasīlāni gopiya;

Buddhe cittaṃ pasādetvā, dukkhassantaṃ karissatha.

‘‘‘Sammā dhammaṃ bhāvetvāna , sīlāni parigopiya;

Aciraṃ arahattaṃ vo, sabbepi pāpuṇissatha.

‘‘‘Tevijjo iddhipattomhi, cetopariyakovido;

Sāvako te mahāvīra, saraṇo vandati satthuno’.

‘‘Aparimeyye ito kappe, saraṇaṃ buddhassa gacchahaṃ;

Duggatiṃ nābhijānāmi, saraṇaṃ gamane phalaṃ.

‘‘Paṭisambhidā catasso, vimokkhāpi ca aṭṭhime;

Chaḷabhiññā sacchikatā, kataṃ buddhassa sāsanaṃ’’.

Itthaṃ sudaṃ āyasmā tisaraṇagamaniyo thero imā gāthāyo abhāsitthāti.

‘‘Nagare candavatiyā, bhatako āsahaṃ tadā;

Parakammāyane yutto, pabbajjaṃ na labhāmahaṃ.

‘‘Mahandhakārapihitā, tividhaggīhi ḍayhare;

Kena nu kho upāyena, visaṃyutto bhave ahaṃ.

‘‘Deyyadhammo ca me natthi, varāko bhatako ahaṃ;

Yaṃnūnāhaṃ pañcasīlaṃ, rakkheyyaṃ paripūrayaṃ.

‘‘Anomadassissa munino, nisabho nāma sāvako;

Tamahaṃ upasaṅkamma, pañcasikkhāpadaggahiṃ.

‘‘Vassasatasahassāni, āyu vijjati tāvade;

Tāvatā pañcasīlāni, paripuṇṇāni gopayiṃ.

‘‘Maccukāle ca sampatte, devā assāsayanti maṃ;

‘Ratho sahassayutto te, mārisāyaṃ upaṭṭhito’.

‘‘Vattante carime citte, mama sīlaṃ anussariṃ;

Tena kammena sukatena, tāvatiṃsaṃ agacchahaṃ.

‘‘Tiṃsakkhattuñca devindo, devarajjamakārayiṃ;

Dibbasukhaṃ anubhaviṃ, accharāhi purakkhato.

‘‘Pañcasattatikkhattuñca, cakkavattī ahosahaṃ;

Padesarajjaṃ vipulaṃ, gaṇanāto asaṅkhiyaṃ.

‘‘Devalokā cavitvāna, sukkamūlena codito;

Pure vesāliyaṃ jāto, mahāsāle suaḍḍhake.

‘‘Vassūpanāyike kāle, dippante jinasāsane;

Mātā ca me pitā ceva, pañcasikkhāpadaggahuṃ.

‘‘Saha sutvānahaṃ sīlaṃ, mama sīlaṃ anussariṃ;

Ekāsane nisīditvā, arahattamapāpuṇiṃ.

‘‘Jātiyā pañcavassena, arahattamapāpuṇiṃ;

Upasampādayi buddho, guṇamaññāya cakkhumā.

‘‘Paripuṇṇāni gopetvā, pañcasikkhāpadānahaṃ;

Aparimeyye ito kappe, vinipātaṃ na gacchahaṃ.

‘‘Svāhaṃ yasamanubhaviṃ, tesaṃ sīlāna vāhasā;

Kappakoṭimpi kittento, kittaye ekadesakaṃ.

‘‘Pañcasīlāni gopetvā, tayo hetū labhāmahaṃ;

Dīghāyuko mahābhogo, tikkhapañño bhavāmahaṃ.

‘‘Saṃkittento ca sabbesaṃ, abhimattañca porisaṃ;

Bhavābhave saṃsaritvā, ete ṭhāne labhāmahaṃ.

‘‘Aparimeyyasīlesu, vattantā jinasāvakā;

Bhavesu yadi rajjeyyuṃ, vipāko kīdiso bhave.

‘‘Suciṇṇaṃ me pañcasīlaṃ, bhatakena tapassinā ;

Tena sīlenahaṃ ajja, mocayiṃ sabbabandhanā.

‘‘Aparimeyye ito kappe, pañcasīlāni gopayiṃ;

Duggatiṃ nābhijānāmi, pañcasīlānidaṃ phalaṃ.

‘‘Paṭisambhidā catasso, vimokkhāpi ca aṭṭhime;

Chaḷabhiññā sacchikatā, kataṃ buddhassa sāsanaṃ’’.

Itthaṃ sudaṃ āyasmā pañcasīlasamādāniyo thero imā gāthāyo abhāsitthāti.

‘‘Suvaṇṇavaṇṇaṃ sambuddhaṃ, gacchantaṃ antarāpaṇe;

Kañcanagghiyasaṃkāsaṃ, bāttiṃsavaralakkhaṇaṃ.

‘‘Siddhatthaṃ lokapajjotaṃ, appameyyaṃ anopamaṃ;

Alatthaṃ paramaṃ pītiṃ, disvā dantaṃ jutindharaṃ.

‘‘Sambuddhaṃ abhināmetvā, bhojayiṃ taṃ mahāmuniṃ;

Mahākāruṇiko loke , anumodi mamaṃ tadā.

‘‘Tasmiṃ mahākāruṇike, paramassāsakārake;

Buddhe cittaṃ pasādetvā, kappaṃ saggamhi modahaṃ.

‘‘Catunnavutito kappe, yaṃ dānamadadiṃ tadā;

Duggatiṃ nābhijānāmi, bhikkhādānassidaṃ phalaṃ.

‘‘Paṭisambhidā catasso, vimokkhāpi ca aṭṭhime;

Chaḷabhiññā sacchikatā, kataṃ buddhassa sāsanaṃ’’.

Itthaṃ sudaṃ āyasmā annasaṃsāvako thero imā gāthāyo abhāsitthāti.

‘‘Siddhatthassa bhagavato, lokajeṭṭhassa tādino;

Kuṭidhūpaṃ mayā dinnaṃ, vippasannena cetasā.

Yaṃ yaṃ yonupapajjāmi, devattaṃ atha mānusaṃ;

Sabbesampi piyo homi, dhūpadānassidaṃ phalaṃ.

‘‘Catunnavutito kappe, yaṃ dhūpamadadiṃ tadā ;

Duggatiṃ nābhijānāmi, dhūpadānassidaṃ phalaṃ.

‘‘Paṭisambhidā catasso, vimokkhāpi ca aṭṭhime;

Chaḷabhiññā sacchikatā, kataṃ buddhassa sāsanaṃ’’.

Itthaṃ sudaṃ āyasmā dhūpadāyako thero imā gāthāyo abhāsitthāti.

‘‘Vipassissa bhagavato, bodhiyā pādaputtame;

Purāṇapulinaṃ hitvā , suddhapulinamākiriṃ.

‘‘Ekanavutito kappe, yaṃ pulinamadāsahaṃ;

Duggatiṃ nābhijānāmi, pulinadānassidaṃ phalaṃ.

‘‘Tiṃsatime ito kappe, rājā āsiṃ janādhibhū;

Mahāpulinanāmena, cakkavattī mahabbalo.

‘‘Paṭisambhidā catasso, vimokkhāpi ca aṭṭhime;

Chaḷabhiññā sacchikatā, kataṃ buddhassa sāsanaṃ’’.

Itthaṃ sudaṃ āyasmā pulinapūjako thero imā gāthāyo abhāsitthāti.

‘‘Candabhāgānadītīre, susumāro ahaṃ tadā;

Sagocarappasutohaṃ , nadītitthaṃ agacchahaṃ.

‘‘Siddhattho tamhi samaye, sayambhū aggapuggalo;

Nadiṃ taritukāmo so, nadītitthaṃ upāgami.

‘‘Upāgate ca sambuddhe, ahampi tatthupāgamiṃ;

Upagantvāna sambuddhaṃ, imaṃ vācaṃ udīrayiṃ.

‘‘‘Abhirūha mahāvīra, tāressāmi ahaṃ tuvaṃ;

Pettikaṃ visayaṃ mayhaṃ, anukampa mahāmuni’.

‘‘Mama uggajjanaṃ sutvā, abhirūhi mahāmuni;

Haṭṭho haṭṭhena cittena, tāresiṃ lokanāyakaṃ.

‘‘Nadiyā pārime tīre, siddhattho lokanāyako;

Assāsesi mamaṃ tattha, amataṃ pāpuṇissasi.

‘‘Tamhā kāyā cavitvāna, devalokaṃ āgacchahaṃ;

Dibbasukhaṃ anubhaviṃ, accharāhi purakkhato.

‘‘Sattakkhattuñca devindo, devarajjamakāsahaṃ;

Tīṇikkhattuṃ cakkavattī, mahiyā issaro ahuṃ.

‘‘Vivekamanuyuttohaṃ, nipako ca susaṃvuto;

Dhāremi antimaṃ dehaṃ, sammāsambuddhasāsane.

‘‘Catunnavutito kappe, tāresiṃ yaṃ narāsabhaṃ;

Duggatiṃ nābhijānāmi, taraṇāya idaṃ phalaṃ.

‘‘Paṭisambhidā catasso, vimokkhāpi ca aṭṭhime;

Chaḷabhiññā sacchikatā, kataṃ buddhassa sāsanaṃ’’.

Itthaṃ sudaṃ āyasmā uttiyo thero imā gāthāyo abhāsitthāti.

‘‘Suvaṇṇavaṇṇaṃ sambuddhaṃ, gacchantaṃ antarāpaṇe;

Vipassiṃ satthavāhaggaṃ, naravaraṃ vināyakaṃ.

‘‘Adantadamanaṃ tādiṃ, mahāvādiṃ mahāmatiṃ;

Disvā pasanno sumano, ekañjalimakāsahaṃ.

‘‘Ekanavutito kappe, yamañjaliṃ kariṃ tadā;

Duggatiṃ nābhijānāmi, añjalissa idaṃ phalaṃ.

‘‘Paṭisambhidā catasso, vimokkhāpi ca aṭṭhime;

Chaḷabhiññā sacchikatā, kataṃ buddhassa sāsanaṃ’’.

Itthaṃ sudaṃ āyasmā ekañjaliko thero imā gāthāyo abhāsitthāti.

‘‘Nagare bandhumatiyā, ahosiṃ vāṇijo tadā;

Teneva dāraṃ posemi, ropemi bījasampadaṃ.

‘‘Rathiyaṃ paṭipannassa, vipassissa mahesino;

Ekaṃ khomaṃ mayā dinnaṃ, kusalatthāya satthuno.

‘‘Ekanavutito kappe, yaṃ khomamadadiṃ tadā;

Duggatiṃ nābhijānāmi, khomadānassidaṃ phalaṃ.

‘‘Sattarase ito kappe, eko sindhavasandhano;

Sattaratanasampanno, catudīpamhi issaro.

‘‘Paṭisambhidā catasso, vimokkhāpi ca aṭṭhime;

Chaḷabhiññā sacchikatā, kataṃ buddhassa sāsanaṃ’’.

Itthaṃ sudaṃ āyasmā khomadāyako thero imā gāthāyo abhāsitthāti.

Tassuddānaṃ –

Susūti upavāno ca, saraṇo sīlagāhako;

Annasaṃsāvako khomadāyī ca, daseva tatiye gaṇe;

Añjalī khomadāyī ca, daseva tatiye gaṇe;

Pañcālīsītisataṃ vuttā, gāthāyo sabbapiṇḍitā.