8. Ñāṇasaññikattheraapadānavaṇṇanā

Pabbate himavantamhītiādikaṃ āyasmato ñāṇasaññikattherassa apadānaṃ. Ayampi purimabuddhesu katādhikāro tasmiṃ tasmiṃ uppannuppanne bhave vivaṭṭūpanissayāni puññāni upacinanto vipassissa bhagavato kāle kulagehe nibbatto vuddhippatto gharāvāsaṃ pahāya tāpasapabbajjaṃ pabbajitvā himavantassa avidūre pabbatantare paṇṇasālaṃ kāretvā pañcābhiññāaṭṭhasamāpattiyo nibbattetvā vasanto ekadivasaṃ parisuddhaṃ paṇḍaraṃ pulinatalaṃ disvā ‘‘īdisā parisuddhā buddhā, īdisaṃva parisuddhaṃ buddhañāṇa’’nti buddhañca tassa ñāṇañca anussari thomesi ca.

84. So tena puññena devamanussesu saṃsaranto ubhayasampattiyo anubhavitvā imasmiṃ buddhuppāde ekasmiṃ kulagehe nibbatto viññutaṃ patvā sāsane pabbajitvā nacirasseva arahattaṃ patto pubbe katapuññaṃ anussaritvā somanassajāto pubbacaritāpadānaṃ pakāsento ‘‘pabbate himavantamhī’’tiādimāha. Pulinaṃ sobhanaṃ disvāti paripuṇṇakataṃ viya pulākārena parisodhitākārena pavattaṃ ṭhitanti pulinaṃ, sobhanaṃ vālukaṃ disvā seṭṭhaṃ buddhaṃ anussarinti attho. Sesaṃ suviññeyyamevāti.

Ñāṇasaññikattheraapadānavaṇṇanā samattā.