2. Ekatthambhikatthera-apadānaṃ

13. “Siddhatthassa bhagavato, mahāpūgagaṇo ahu;

saraṇaṃ gatā ca te buddhaṃ, saddahanti tathāgataṃ.

14. “Sabbe saṅgamma mantetvā, māḷaṃ kubbanti satthuno;

ekatthambhaṃ alabhantā, vicinanti brahāvane.

15. “Tehaṃ araññe disvāna, upagamma gaṇaṃ tadā;

añjaliṃ paggahetvāna, paripucchiṃ gaṇaṃ ahaṃ.

16. “Te me puṭṭhā viyākaṃsu, sīlavanto upāsakā;

māḷaṃ mayaṃ kattukāmā, ekatthambho na labbhati.

17. “Ekatthambhaṃ mamaṃ detha, ahaṃ dassāmi satthuno;

āharissāmahaṃ thambhaṃ, appossukkā bhavantu te [bhavantu vo (sī.), bhavātha vo (?)].

18. “Te me thambhaṃ pavecchiṃsu, pasannā tuṭṭhamānasā;

tato paṭinivattitvā, agamaṃsu sakaṃ gharaṃ.

19. “Aciraṃ gate pūgagaṇe, thambhaṃ ahāsahaṃ tadā;

haṭṭho haṭṭhena cittena, paṭhamaṃ ussapesahaṃ.

20. “Tena cittappasādena, vimānaṃ upapajjahaṃ;

ubbiddhaṃ bhavanaṃ mayhaṃ, sattabhūmaṃ [satabhūmaṃ (sī. ka.)] samuggataṃ.

21. “Vajjamānāsu bherīsu, paricāremahaṃ sadā;

pañcapaññāsakappamhi, rājā āsiṃ yasodharo.

22. “Tatthāpi bhavanaṃ mayhaṃ, sattabhūmaṃ samuggataṃ;

kūṭāgāravarūpetaṃ, ekatthambhaṃ manoramaṃ.

23. “Ekavīsatikappamhi, udeno nāma khattiyo;

tatrāpi bhavanaṃ mayhaṃ, sattabhūmaṃ samuggataṃ.

24. “Yaṃ yaṃ yonupapajjāmi, devattaṃ atha mānusaṃ;

anubhomi sukhaṃ sabbaṃ [sabbametaṃ (syā.)], ekatthambhassidaṃ phalaṃ.

25. “Catunnavutito kappe, yaṃ thambhamadadaṃ tadā;

duggatiṃ nābhijānāmi, ekatthambhassidaṃ phalaṃ.

26. “Paṭisambhidā catasso, vimokkhāpi ca aṭṭhime;

chaḷabhiññā sacchikatā, kataṃ buddhassa sāsanaṃ”.

Itthaṃ sudaṃ āyasmā ekatthambhiko thero imā gāthāyo abhāsitthāti.

Ekatthambhikattherassāpadānaṃ dutiyaṃ.