16. Bandhujīvakavaggo

1. Bandhujīvakattheraapadānaṃ

1.

‘‘Candaṃva vimalaṃ suddhaṃ, vippasannamanāvilaṃ;

Nandībhavaparikkhīṇaṃ, tiṇṇaṃ loke visattikaṃ.

2.

‘‘Nibbāpayantaṃ janataṃ, tiṇṇaṃ ³ tārayataṃ varaṃ ⁴;

Muniṃ vanamhi jhāyantaṃ ⁶, ekaggaṃ susamāhitaṃ.

3.

‘‘Bandhujīvakapupphāni, lagetvā suttakenahaṃ;

Buddhassa abhiropayiṃ, sikhino lokabandhuno.

4.

‘‘Ekattiṃse ito kappe, yaṃ kammamakariṃ tadā;

Duggatiṃ nābhijānāmi, buddhapūjāyidaṃ phalaṃ.

5.

‘‘Ito sattamake kappe, manujindo mahāyaso;

Samantacakkhu nāmāsi, cakkavattī mahabbalo.

6.

‘‘Paṭisambhidā catasso, vimokkhāpi ca aṭṭhime;

Chaḷabhiññā sacchikatā, kataṃ buddhassa sāsanaṃ’’.

Itthaṃ sudaṃ āyasmā bandhujīvako thero imā gāthāyo abhāsitthāti.

Bandhujīvakattherassāpadānaṃ paṭhamaṃ.