13. Sereyyavaggo

1. Sereyyakatthera-apadānaṃ

1. “Ajjhāyako mantadharo, tiṇṇaṃ vedāna pāragū;

abbhokāse ṭhito santo, addasaṃ lokanāyakaṃ.

2. “Sīhaṃ yathā vanacaraṃ, byaggharājaṃva nittasaṃ;

tidhāpabhinnamātaṅgaṃ, kuñjaraṃva mahesinaṃ.

3. “Sereyyakaṃ gahetvāna, ākāse ukkhipiṃ [nikkhipiṃ (ka.)] ahaṃ;

buddhassa ānubhāvena, parivārenti sabbaso [sabbato (sī.)].

4. “Adhiṭṭhahi mahāvīro, sabbaññū lokanāyako;

samantā pupphacchadanā, okiriṃsu narāsabhaṃ.

5. “Tato sā pupphakañcukā, antovaṇṭā bahimukhā;

sattāhaṃ chadanaṃ katvā, tato antaradhāyatha.

6. “Tañca acchariyaṃ disvā, abbhutaṃ lomahaṃsanaṃ;

buddhe cittaṃ pasādesiṃ, sugate lokanāyake.

7. “Tena cittappasādena, sukkamūlena codito;

kappānaṃ satasahassaṃ, duggatiṃ nupapajjahaṃ.

8. “Pannarasasahassamhi kappānaṃ pañcavīsati;

vītamalā [cittamālā (sī.), vilāmālā (syā.)] samānā ca, cakkavattī mahabbalā.

9. “Paṭisambhidā catasso, vimokkhāpi ca aṭṭhime;

chaḷabhiññā sacchikatā, kataṃ buddhassa sāsanaṃ”.

Itthaṃ sudaṃ āyasmā sereyyako thero imā gāthāyo abhāsitthāti.

Sereyyakattherassāpadānaṃ paṭhamaṃ.