8. Dhajadāyakatthera-apadānaṃ

57. “Padumuttarabuddhassa, bodhiyā pādaputtame;

haṭṭho haṭṭhena cittena, dhajamāropayiṃ ahaṃ.

58. “Patitapattāni gaṇhitvā, bahiddhā chaḍḍayiṃ ahaṃ;

antosuddhaṃ bahisuddhaṃ, adhimuttamanāsavaṃ.

59. “Sammukhā viya sambuddhaṃ, avandiṃ bodhimuttamaṃ;

padumuttaro lokavidū, āhutīnaṃ paṭiggaho.

60. “Bhikkhusaṅghe ṭhito satthā, imā gāthā abhāsatha;

“‘iminā dhajadānena, upaṭṭhānena cūbhayaṃ.

61. “‘Kappānaṃ satasahassaṃ, duggatiṃ so na gacchati;

devesu devasobhagyaṃ, anubhossatinappakaṃ.

62. “‘Anekasatakkhattuñca rājā raṭṭhe bhavissati;

uggato nāma nāmena, cakkavattī bhavissati.

63. “‘Sampattiṃ anubhotvāna, sukkamūlena codito;

gotamassa bhagavato, sāsanebhiramissati’.

64. “Padhānapahitattomhi, upasanto nirūpadhi;

dhāremi antimaṃ dehaṃ, sammāsambuddhasāsane.

65. “Ekapaññāsasahasse, kappe uggatasavhayo [savhayā (syā.)];

paññāsasatasahasse, khattiyo meghasavhayo [khattiyā khemasavhayā (syā.)].

66. “Paṭisambhidā catasso…pe… kataṃ buddhassa sāsanaṃ”;

itthaṃ sudaṃ āyasmā dhajadāyako thero imā gāthāyo abhāsitthāti;

dhajadāyakattherassāpadānaṃ aṭṭhamaṃ;