8. Ambadāyakatthera-apadānaṃ

53. “Anomadassī bhagavā, nisinno pabbatantare;

mettāya aphari loke, appamāṇe nirūpadhi.

54. “Kapi ahaṃ tadā āsiṃ, himavante naguttame;

disvā anomadassiṃ taṃ [anomaṃ amitaṃ (sī.), anomamadhitaṃ (syā.)], buddhe cittaṃ pasādayiṃ.

55. “Avidūre himavantassa, ambāsuṃ phalino tadā;

tato pakkaṃ gahetvāna, ambaṃ samadhukaṃ adaṃ.

56. “Taṃ me buddho viyākāsi, anomadassī mahāmuni;

iminā madhudānena, ambadānena cūbhayaṃ.

57. “Sattapaññāsakappamhi, devaloke ramissati;

avasesesu kappesu, vokiṇṇaṃ saṃsarissati.

58. “Khepetvā pāpakaṃ kammaṃ, paripakkāya buddhiyā;

vinipātamagantvāna, kilese jhāpayissati.

59. “Damena uttamenāhaṃ, damitomhi mahesinā;

pattomhi acalaṃ ṭhānaṃ, hitvā jayaparājayaṃ.

60. “Sattasattatikappasate, ambaṭṭhajasanāmakā;

catuddasa te rājāno, cakkavattī mahabbalā.

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

itthaṃ sudaṃ āyasmā ambadāyako thero imā gāthāyo abhāsitthāti;

ambadāyakattherassāpadānaṃ aṭṭhamaṃ;