6. Rāhulattheraapadānaṃ

68.

‘‘Padumuttarassa bhagavato, lokajeṭṭhassa tādino;

Sattabhūmamhi pāsāde, ādāsaṃ santhariṃ ahaṃ.

69.

‘‘Khīṇāsavasahassehi, parikiṇṇo mahāmuni;

Upāgami gandhakuṭiṃ, dvipadindo ² narāsabho.

70.

‘‘Virocento ⁴ gandhakuṭiṃ, devadevo narāsabho;

Bhikkhusaṅghe ṭhito satthā, imā gāthā abhāsatha.

71.

‘‘‘Yenāyaṃ jotitā seyyā, ādāsova susanthato;

Tamahaṃ kittayissāmi, suṇātha mama bhāsato.

72.

‘‘‘Soṇṇamayā rūpimayā, atho veḷuriyāmayā;

Nibbattissanti pāsādā, ye keci manaso piyā.

73.

‘‘‘Catusaṭṭhikkhattuṃ devindo, devarajjaṃ karissati;

Sahassakkhattuṃ cakkavattī, bhavissati anantarā.

74.

‘‘‘Ekavīsatikappamhi, vimalo nāma khattiyo;

Cāturanto vijitāvī, cakkavattī bhavissati.

75.

‘‘‘Nagaraṃ reṇuvatī nāma, iṭṭhakāhi sumāpitaṃ;

Āyāmato tīṇi sataṃ, caturassasamāyutaṃ.

76.

‘‘‘Sudassano nāma pāsādo, vissakammena māpito ⁶;

Kūṭāgāravarūpeto, sattaratanabhūsito.

77.

‘‘‘Dasasaddāvivittaṃ taṃ ⁸, vijjādharasamākulaṃ;

Sudassanaṃva nagaraṃ, devatānaṃ bhavissati.

78.

‘‘‘Pabhā niggacchate tassa, uggacchanteva sūriye;

Virocessati taṃ niccaṃ, samantā aṭṭhayojanaṃ.

79.

‘‘‘Kappasatasahassamhi, okkākakulasambhavo;

Gotamo nāma gottena, satthā loke bhavissati.

80.

‘‘‘Tusitā so cavitvāna, sukkamūlena codito;

Gotamassa bhagavato, atrajo so bhavissati.

81.

‘‘‘Sace vaseyya ¹⁰ agāraṃ, cakkavattī bhaveyya so;

Aṭṭhānametaṃ yaṃ tādī, agāre ratimajjhagā.

82.

‘‘‘Nikkhamitvā agāramhā, pabbajissati subbato;

Rāhulo nāma nāmena, arahā so bhavissati’.

83.

‘‘Kikīva aṇḍaṃ rakkheyya, cāmarī viya vāladhiṃ;

Nipako sīlasampanno, mamaṃ rakkhi mahāmuni ¹².

84.

‘‘Tassāhaṃ dhammamaññāya, vihāsiṃ sāsane rato;

Sabbāsave pariññāya, viharāmi anāsavo.

85.

‘‘Paṭisambhidā catasso, vimokkhāpi ca aṭṭhime;

Chaḷabhiññā sacchikatā, kataṃ buddhassa sāsanaṃ’’.

Itthaṃ sudaṃ āyasmā rāhulo thero imā gāthāyo abhāsitthāti.

Rāhulattherassāpadānaṃ chaṭṭhaṃ.