3. Nandatthera-apadānaṃ

27. “Padumuttarassa bhagavato, lokajeṭṭhassa tādino;

vatthaṃ khomaṃ mayā dinnaṃ, sayambhussa mahesino.

28. “Taṃ me buddho viyākāsi, jalajuttaranāmako;

‘iminā vatthadānena, hemavaṇṇo bhavissasi.

29. “‘Dve sampattī anubhotvā, kusalamūlehi codito;

gotamassa bhagavato, kaniṭṭho tvaṃ bhavissasi.

30. “‘Rāgaratto sukhasīlo, kāmesu gedhamāyuto;

buddhena codito santo, tadā [tato (syā.)] tvaṃ pabbajissasi.

31. “‘Pabbajitvāna tvaṃ tattha, kusalamūlena codito;

sabbāsave pariññāya, nibbāyissasināsavo’.

32. “Satta [sata (syā.)] kappasahassamhi, caturo ceḷanāmakā;

saṭṭhi kappasahassamhi, upacelā catujjanā.

33. “Pañca kappasahassamhi, ceḷāva caturo janā;

sattaratanasampannā, catudīpamhi issarā.

34. “Paṭisambhidā catasso, vimokkhāpi ca aṭṭhime;

chaḷabhiññā sacchikatā, kataṃ buddhassa sāsanaṃ”.

Itthaṃ sudaṃ āyasmā nando thero imā gāthāyo abhāsitthāti.

Nandattherassāpadānaṃ tatiyaṃ.