8. Āyāgadāyakattheraapadānaṃ

94.

‘‘Nibbute lokanāthamhi, sikhimhi vadataṃ vare;

Haṭṭho haṭṭhena cittena, avandiṃ thūpamuttamaṃ.

95.

‘‘Vaḍḍhakīhi kathāpetvā, mūlaṃ datvānahaṃ tadā;

Haṭṭho haṭṭhena cittena, āyāgaṃ kārapesahaṃ.

96.

‘‘Aṭṭha kappāni devesu, abbokiṇṇaṃ ² vasiṃ ahaṃ;

Avasesesu kappesu, vokiṇṇaṃ saṃsariṃ ahaṃ.

97.

‘‘Kāye visaṃ na kamati, satthāni na ca hanti me;

Udakehaṃ na miyyāmi, āyāgassa idaṃ phalaṃ.

98.

‘‘Yadicchāmi ahaṃ vassaṃ, mahāmegho pavassati;

Devāpi me vasaṃ enti, puññakammassidaṃ phalaṃ.

99.

‘‘Sattaratanasampanno, tisakkhattuṃ ahosahaṃ;

Na maṃ kecāvajānanti, puññakammassidaṃ phalaṃ.

100.

‘‘Ekattiṃse ito kappe, āyāgaṃ yamakārayiṃ;

Duggatiṃ nābhijānāmi, āyāgassa idaṃ phalaṃ.

101.

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

Itthaṃ sudaṃ āyasmā āyāgadāyako thero imā gāthāyo abhāsitthāti.

Āyāgadāyakattherassāpadānaṃ aṭṭhamaṃ.