4. Cūḷapanthakattheraapadānaṃ

35.

‘‘Padumuttaro nāma jino, āhutīnaṃ paṭiggaho;

Gaṇamhā vūpakaṭṭho so, himavante vasī tadā.

36.

‘‘Ahampi himavantamhi, vasāmi assame tadā;

Acirāgataṃ mahāvīraṃ, upesiṃ lokanāyakaṃ.

37.

‘‘Pupphacchattaṃ gahetvāna, upagacchiṃ narāsabhaṃ;

Samādhiṃ samāpajjantaṃ, antarāyamakāsahaṃ.

38.

‘‘Ubho hatthehi paggayha, pupphacchattaṃ adāsahaṃ;

Paṭiggahesi bhagavā, padumuttaro mahāmuni.

39.

‘‘Sabbe devā attamanā, himavantaṃ upenti te;

Sādhukāraṃ pavattesuṃ, anumodissati cakkhumā.

40.

‘‘Idaṃ vatvāna te devā, upagacchuṃ naruttamaṃ;

Ākāse dhārayantassa ², padumacchattamuttamaṃ.

41.

‘‘Satapattachattaṃ paggayha, adāsi tāpaso mama;

‘Tamahaṃ kittayissāmi, suṇātha mama bhāsato.

42.

‘‘‘Pañcavīsatikappāni, devarajjaṃ karissati;

Catuttiṃsatikkhattuñca, cakkavattī bhavissati.

43.

‘‘‘Yaṃ yaṃ yoniṃ saṃsarati, devattaṃ atha mānusaṃ;

Abbhokāse patiṭṭhantaṃ, padumaṃ dhārayissati’.

44.

‘‘Kappasatasahassamhi, okkākakulasambhavo;

Gotamo nāma gottena ⁴, satthā loke bhavissati.

45.

‘‘‘Pakāsite pāvacane, manussattaṃ labhissati;

Manomayamhi kāyamhi, uttamo so bhavissati.

46.

‘‘‘Dve bhātaro bhavissanti, ubhopi panthakavhayā;

Anubhotvā uttamatthaṃ, jotayissanti sāsanaṃ’.

47.

‘‘Sohaṃ aṭṭhārasavasso ⁶, pabbajiṃ anagāriyaṃ;

Visesāhaṃ na vindāmi, sakyaputtassa sāsane.

48.

‘‘Dandhā mayhaṃ gatī āsi, paribhūto pure ahuṃ ⁸;

Bhātā ca maṃ paṇāmesi, gaccha dāni sakaṃ gharaṃ.

49.

‘‘Sohaṃ paṇāmito santo, saṅghārāmassa koṭṭhake;

Dummano tattha aṭṭhāsiṃ, sāmaññasmiṃ apekkhavā.

50.

‘‘Bhagavā tattha ¹⁰ āgacchi, sīsaṃ mayhaṃ parāmasi;

Bāhāya maṃ gahetvāna, saṅghārāmaṃ pavesayi.

51.

‘‘Anukampāya me satthā, adāsi pādapuñchaniṃ;

Evaṃ suddhaṃ adhiṭṭhehi, ekamantamadhiṭṭhahaṃ.

52.

‘‘Hatthehi tamahaṃ gayha, sariṃ kokanadaṃ ahaṃ;

Tattha cittaṃ vimucci me, arahattaṃ apāpuṇiṃ.

53.

‘‘Manomayesu kāyesu, sabbattha pāramiṃ gato;

Sabbāsave pariññāya, viharāmi anāsavo.

54.

‘‘Paṭisambhidā catasso, vimokkhāpi ca aṭṭhime;

Chaḷabhiññā sacchikatā, kataṃ buddhassa sāsanaṃ’’.

Itthaṃ sudaṃ āyasmā cūḷapanthako ¹² thero imā gāthāyo abhāsitthāti.

Cūḷapanthakattherassāpadānaṃ catutthaṃ.