Therāpadāna

Bījanivagga

8. Dhaja­dāyakat­thera­apadāna

“Padu­muttara­buddhassa,
bodhiyā pādaputtame;
Haṭṭho haṭṭhena cittena,
dhajamāropayiṃ ahaṃ.

Patitapattāni gaṇhitvā,
bahiddhā chaḍḍayiṃ ahaṃ;
Antosuddhaṃ bahisuddhaṃ,
adhi­mutta­ma­nāsa­vaṃ.

Sammukhā viya sambuddhaṃ,
avandiṃ bodhimuttamaṃ;
Padumuttaro lokavidū,
āhutīnaṃ paṭiggaho.

Bhikkhusaṃghe ṭhito satthā,
imā gāthā abhāsatha;
‘Iminā dhajadānena,
upaṭṭhānena cūbhayaṃ.

Kappānaṃ satasahassaṃ,
duggatiṃ so na gacchati;
Devesu devasobhagyaṃ,
anubhos­sati­nappakaṃ.

Ane­kasatak­khat­tuñca,
rājā raṭṭhe bhavissati;
Uggato nāma nāmena,
cakkavattī bhavissati.

Sampattiṃ anubhotvāna,
sukkamūlena codito;
Gotamassa bhagavato,
sāsa­nebhi­ramissati’.

Padhā­na­pahitat­tomhi,
upasanto nirūpadhi;
Dhāremi antimaṃ dehaṃ,
sammā­sambud­dha­sāsane.

Ekapañ­ñā­sasa­hasse,
kappe uggatasavhayo;
Paññā­sa­sata­sahasse,
khattiyo meghasavhayo.

Paṭisambhidā catasso,
… pe …
kataṃ buddhassa sāsanaṃ”.

Itthaṃ sudaṃ āyasmā dhajadāyako thero imā gāthāyo abhāsitthāti.

Dhaja­dāyakat­theras­sāpadā­naṃ aṭṭhamaṃ.