Therāpadāna

Chattavagga

9. Vaṭaṃ­sakiyat­thera­apadāna

“Sumedho nāma nāmena,
sayambhū aparājito;
Viveka­manub­rūhanto,
ajjhogāhi mahāvanaṃ.

Saḷalaṃ pupphitaṃ disvā,
ganthitvāna vaṭaṃsakaṃ;
Buddhassa abhiropesiṃ,
sammukhā lokanāyakaṃ.

Tiṃ­sakap­pa­sahas­samhi,
yaṃ puppha­ma­bhiro­payiṃ;
Duggatiṃ nābhijānāmi,
buddha­pū­jāyi­daṃ phalaṃ.

Ūnavīse kappasate,
soḷasāsuṃ sunimmitā;
Satta­ratana­sam­pannā,
cakkavattī mahabbalā.

Paṭisambhidā catasso,
… pe …
kataṃ buddhassa sāsanaṃ”.

Itthaṃ sudaṃ āyasmā vaṭaṃsakiyo thero imā gāthāyo abhāsitthāti.

Vaṭaṃ­sakiyat­theras­sāpadā­naṃ navamaṃ.