8. Āsanupaṭṭhāhakattheraapadānaṃ

47.

‘‘Kānanaṃ vanamogayha, appasaddaṃ nirākulaṃ;

Sīhāsanaṃ mayā dinnaṃ, atthadassissa tādino.

48.

‘‘Mālāhatthaṃ gahetvāna, katvā ca naṃ padakkhiṇaṃ;

Satthāraṃ payirupāsitvā, pakkāmiṃ uttarāmukho.

49.

‘‘Tena kammena dvipadinda, lokajeṭṭha narāsabha;

Sannibbāpemi ² attānaṃ, bhavā sabbe samūhatā.

50.

‘‘Aṭṭhārasakappasate, yaṃ dānamadadiṃ tadā;

Duggatiṃ nābhijānāmi, sīhāsanassidaṃ phalaṃ.

51.

‘‘Ito sattakappasate, sannibbāpaka ⁴ khattiyo;

Sattaratanasampanno, cakkavattī mahabbalo.

52.

‘‘Paṭisambhidā catasso…pe… kataṃ buddhassa sāsanaṃ’’.

Itthaṃ sudaṃ āyasmā āsanupaṭṭhāhako thero imā gāthāyo abhāsitthāti.

Āsanupaṭṭhāhakattherassāpadānaṃ aṭṭhamaṃ.