8. Raṭṭhapālatthera-apadānaṃ

97. “Padumuttarassa bhagavato, lokajeṭṭhassa tādino;

varanāgo mayā dinno, īsādanto urūḷhavā.

98. “Setacchatto pasobhito, sakappano sahatthipo;

agghāpetvāna taṃ sabbaṃ, saṅghārāmaṃ akārayiṃ.

99. “Catupaññāsasahassāni, pāsāde kārayiṃ ahaṃ;

mahoghadānaṃ [mahābhattaṃ (sī.), mahoghañca (ka.), mahādānaṃ (?)] Karitvāna, niyyādesiṃ mahesino.

100. “Anumodi mahāvīro, sayambhū aggapuggalo;

sabbe jane hāsayanto, desesi amataṃ padaṃ.

101. “Taṃ me buddho viyākāsi, jalajuttaranāmako;

bhikkhusaṅghe nisīditvā, imā gāthā abhāsatha.

102. “‘Catupaññāsasahassāni, pāsāde kārayī ayaṃ;

kathayissāmi vipākaṃ, suṇotha mama bhāsato.

103. “‘Aṭṭhārasasahassāni, kūṭāgārā bhavissare;

byamhuttamamhi nibbattā, sabbasoṇṇamayā ca te.

104. “‘Paññāsakkhattuṃ devindo, devarajjaṃ karissati;

aṭṭhapaññāsakkhattuñca, cakkavattī bhavissati.

105. “‘Kappasatasahassamhi, okkākakulasambhavo;

gotamo nāma gottena, satthā loke bhavissati.

106. “‘Devalokā cavitvāna, sukkamūlena codito;

aḍḍhe kule mahābhoge, nibbattissati tāvade.

107. “‘So pacchā pabbajitvāna, sukkamūlena codito;

raṭṭhapāloti nāmena, hessati satthu sāvako.

108. “‘Padhānapahitatto so, upasanto nirūpadhi;

sabbāsave pariññāya, nibbāyissatināsavo’.

109. “Uṭṭhāya abhinikkhamma, jahitā bhogasampadā;

kheḷapiṇḍeva bhogamhi, pemaṃ mayhaṃ na vijjati.

110. “Vīriyaṃ me dhuradhorayhaṃ, yogakkhemādhivāhanaṃ;

dhāremi antimaṃ dehaṃ, sammāsambuddhasāsane.

111. “Paṭisambhidā catasso, vimokkhāpi ca aṭṭhime;

chaḷabhiññā sacchikatā, kataṃ buddhassa sāsanaṃ”.

Itthaṃ sudaṃ āyasmā raṭṭhapālo thero imā gāthāyo abhāsitthāti.

Raṭṭhapālattherassāpadānaṃ aṭṭhamaṃ.