3. Mahākappinattheraapadānaṃ

66.

‘‘Padumuttaro nāma jino, sabbadhammāna pāragū;

Udito ajaṭākāse ², ravīva saradambare.

67.

‘‘Vacanābhāya bodheti, veneyyapadumāni so;

Kilesapaṅkaṃ soseti, matiraṃsīhi nāyako.

68.

‘‘Titthiyānaṃ yase ⁴ hanti, khajjotābhā yathā ravi;

Saccatthābhaṃ pakāseti, ratanaṃva divākaro.

69.

‘‘Guṇānaṃ āyatibhūto, ratanānaṃva sāgaro;

Pajjunnoriva bhūtāni, dhammameghena vassati.

70.

‘‘Akkhadasso tadā āsiṃ, nagare haṃsasavhaye;

Upecca dhammamassosiṃ, jalajuttamanāmino.

71.

‘‘Ovādakassa bhikkhūnaṃ, sāvakassa katāvino;

Guṇaṃ pakāsayantassa, tappayantassa ⁶ me manaṃ.

72.

‘‘Sutvā patīto sumano, nimantetvā tathāgataṃ;

Sasissaṃ bhojayitvāna, taṃ ṭhānamabhipatthayiṃ.

73.

‘‘Tadā haṃsasamabhāgo, haṃsadundubhinissano ⁸;

Passathetaṃ mahāmattaṃ, vinicchayavisāradaṃ.

74.

‘‘Patitaṃ pādamūle me, samuggatatanūruhaṃ;

Jīmūtavaṇṇaṃ pīṇaṃsaṃ, pasannanayanānanaṃ.

75.

‘‘Parivārena mahatā, rājayuttaṃ mahāyasaṃ;

Eso katāvino ṭhānaṃ, pattheti muditāsayo.

76.

‘‘‘Iminā paṇipātena, cāgena paṇidhīhi ca ¹⁰;

Kappasatasahassāni, nupapajjati duggatiṃ.

77.

‘‘‘Devesu devasobhaggaṃ, manussesu mahantataṃ;

Anubhotvāna sesena ¹², nibbānaṃ pāpuṇissati.

78.

‘‘‘Satasahassito kappe, okkākakulasambhavo;

Gotamo nāma gottena, satthā loke bhavissati.

79.

‘‘‘Tassa dhammesu dāyādo, oraso dhammanimmito;

Kappino nāma nāmena, hessati satthu sāvako’.

80.

‘‘Tatohaṃ sukataṃ kāraṃ, katvāna jinasāsane;

Jahitvā mānusaṃ dehaṃ, tusitaṃ agamāsahaṃ.

81.

‘‘Devamānusarajjāni, sataso anusāsiya;

Bārāṇasiyamāsanne, jāto keniyajātiyaṃ.

82.

‘‘Sahassaparivārena ¹⁴, sapajāpatiko ahaṃ;

Pañca paccekabuddhānaṃ, satāni samupaṭṭhahiṃ.

83.

‘‘Temāsaṃ bhojayitvāna, pacchādamha ticīvaraṃ;

Tato cutā mayaṃ sabbe, ahumha tidasūpagā.

84.

‘‘Puno sabbe manussattaṃ, agamimha tato cutā;

Kukkuṭamhi pure jātā, himavantassa passato.

85.

‘‘Kappino nāmahaṃ āsiṃ, rājaputto mahāyaso;

Sesāmaccakule jātā, mameva parivārayuṃ.

86.

‘‘Mahārajjasukhaṃ patto, sabbakāmasamiddhimā;

Vāṇijehi samakkhātaṃ, buddhuppādamahaṃ suṇiṃ.

87.

‘‘‘Buddho loke samuppanno, asamo ekapuggalo;

So pakāseti saddhammaṃ, amataṃ sukhamuttamaṃ.

88.

‘‘‘Suyuttā tassa sissā ca, sumuttā ca anāsavā’;

‘‘Sutvā nesaṃ suvacanaṃ, sakkaritvāna vāṇije.

89.

‘‘Pahāya rajjaṃ sāmacco, nikkhamiṃ buddhamāmako;

Nadiṃ disvā mahācandaṃ, pūritaṃ samatittikaṃ.

90.

‘‘Appatiṭṭhaṃ anālambaṃ, duttaraṃ sīghavāhiniṃ;

Guṇaṃ saritvā buddhassa, sotthinā samatikkamiṃ.

91.

‘‘‘Bhavasotaṃ sace buddho, tiṇṇo lokantagū vidū ¹⁶;

Etena saccavajjena, gamanaṃ me samijjhatu.

92.

‘‘‘Yadi santigamo maggo, mokkho caccantikaṃ ¹⁸ sukhaṃ;

Etena saccavajjena, gamanaṃ me samijjhatu.

93.

‘‘‘Saṅgho ce tiṇṇakantāro, puññakkhetto anuttaro;

Etena saccavajjena, gamanaṃ me samijjhatu’.

94.

‘‘Saha kate saccavare, maggā apagataṃ jalaṃ;

Tato sukhena uttiṇṇo, nadītīre manorame.

95.

‘‘Nisinnaṃ addasaṃ buddhaṃ, udentaṃva pabhaṅkaraṃ;

Jalantaṃ hemaselaṃva, dīparukkhaṃva jotitaṃ.

96.

‘‘Sasiṃva tārāsahitaṃ, sāvakehi purakkhataṃ;

Vāsavaṃ viya vassantaṃ, desanājaladantaraṃ ²⁰.

97.

‘‘Vanditvāna sahāmacco, ekamantamupāvisiṃ;

Tato no āsayaṃ ²² ñatvā, buddho dhammamadesayi.

98.

‘‘Sutvāna dhammaṃ vimalaṃ, avocumha mayaṃ jinaṃ;

‘Pabbājehi mahāvīra, nibbindāmha ²⁴ mayaṃ bhave’.

99.

‘‘‘Svakkhāto bhikkhave dhammo, dukkhantakaraṇāya vo;

Caratha brahmacariyaṃ’, iccāha munisattamo.

100.

‘‘Saha vācāya sabbepi, bhikkhuvesadharā mayaṃ;

Ahumha upasampannā, sotāpannā ca sāsane.

101.

‘‘Tato jetavanaṃ gantvā, anusāsi vināyako;

Anusiṭṭho jinenāhaṃ, arahattamapāpuṇiṃ.

102.

‘‘Tato bhikkhusahassāni ²⁶, anusāsimahaṃ tadā;

Mamānusāsanakarā, tepi āsuṃ anāsavā.

103.

‘‘Jino tasmiṃ guṇe tuṭṭho, etadagge ṭhapesi maṃ;

Bhikkhuovādakānaggo, kappinoti mahājane.

104.

‘‘Satasahasse kataṃ kammaṃ, phalaṃ dassesi me idha;

Pamutto saravegova, kilese jhāpayiṃ ²⁸ mama.

105.

‘‘Kilesā jhāpitā mayhaṃ…pe… viharāmi anāsavo.

106.

‘‘Svāgataṃ vata me āsi…pe… kataṃ buddhassa sāsanaṃ.

107.

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

Itthaṃ sudaṃ āyasmā mahākappino thero imā gāthāyo

Abhāsitthāti.

Mahākappinattherassāpadānaṃ tatiyaṃ.