16. Bandhujīvakavaggo

1. Bandhujīvakatthera-apadānaṃ

1. “Candaṃva vimalaṃ suddhaṃ, vippasannamanāvilaṃ;

nandībhavaparikkhīṇaṃ, tiṇṇaṃ loke visattikaṃ.

2. “Nibbāpayantaṃ janataṃ, tiṇṇaṃ [disvā (?)] Tārayataṃ varaṃ [tārayataṃ muniṃ (syā.)];

muniṃ vanamhi jhāyantaṃ [vanasmiṃ jhāyamānaṃ taṃ (sī. syā.)], ekaggaṃ susamāhitaṃ.

3. “Bandhujīvakapupphāni, lagetvā suttakenahaṃ;

buddhassa abhiropayiṃ, sikhino lokabandhuno.

4. “Ekattiṃse ito kappe, yaṃ kammamakariṃ tadā;

duggatiṃ nābhijānāmi, buddhapūjāyidaṃ phalaṃ.

5. “Ito sattamake kappe, manujindo mahāyaso;

samantacakkhu nāmāsi, cakkavattī mahabbalo.

6. “Paṭisambhidā catasso, vimokkhāpi ca aṭṭhime;

chaḷabhiññā sacchikatā, kataṃ buddhassa sāsanaṃ”.

Itthaṃ sudaṃ āyasmā bandhujīvako thero imā gāthāyo abhāsitthāti.

Bandhujīvakattherassāpadānaṃ paṭhamaṃ.