8. Dhajadāyakattheraapadānaṃ

57.

‘‘Padumuttarabuddhassa, bodhiyā pādaputtame;

Haṭṭho haṭṭhena cittena, dhajamāropayiṃ ahaṃ.

58.

‘‘Patitapattāni gaṇhitvā, bahiddhā chaḍḍayiṃ ahaṃ;

Antosuddhaṃ bahisuddhaṃ, adhimuttamanāsavaṃ.

59.

‘‘Sammukhā viya sambuddhaṃ, avandiṃ bodhimuttamaṃ;

Padumuttaro lokavidū, āhutīnaṃ paṭiggaho.

60.

‘‘Bhikkhusaṅghe ṭhito satthā, imā gāthā abhāsatha;

‘‘‘Iminā dhajadānena, upaṭṭhānena cūbhayaṃ.

61.

‘‘‘Kappānaṃ satasahassaṃ, duggatiṃ so na gacchati;

Devesu devasobhagyaṃ, anubhossatinappakaṃ.

62.

‘‘‘Anekasatakkhattuñca , rājā raṭṭhe bhavissati;

Uggato nāma nāmena, cakkavattī bhavissati.

63.

‘‘‘Sampattiṃ anubhotvāna, sukkamūlena codito;

Gotamassa bhagavato, sāsanebhiramissati’.

64.

‘‘Padhānapahitattomhi, upasanto nirūpadhi;

Dhāremi antimaṃ dehaṃ, sammāsambuddhasāsane.

65.

‘‘Ekapaññāsasahasse, kappe uggatasavhayo ²;

Paññāsasatasahasse, khattiyo meghasavhayo ⁴.

66.

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

Itthaṃ sudaṃ āyasmā dhajadāyako thero imā gāthāyo abhāsitthāti.

Dhajadāyakattherassāpadānaṃ aṭṭhamaṃ.