3. Mahākappinatthera-apadānaṃ

66. “Padumuttaro nāma jino, sabbadhammāna pāragū;

udito ajaṭākāse [jagadākāse (sī.), jaladākāse (pī.)], ravīva saradambare.

67. “Vacanābhāya bodheti, veneyyapadumāni so;

kilesapaṅkaṃ soseti, matiraṃsīhi nāyako.

68. “Titthiyānaṃ yase [yaso (sī. pī.)] hanti, khajjotābhā yathā ravi;

saccatthābhaṃ pakāseti, ratanaṃva divākaro;

69. “guṇānaṃ āyatibhūto, ratanānaṃva sāgaro;

pajjunnoriva bhūtāni, dhammameghena vassati.

70. “Akkhadasso tadā āsiṃ, nagare haṃsasavhaye;

upecca dhammamassosiṃ, jalajuttamanāmino.

71. “Ovādakassa bhikkhūnaṃ, sāvakassa katāvino;

guṇaṃ pakāsayantassa, tappayantassa [tosayantassa (sī.), hāsayantassa (syā.), vāsayantassa (pī.)] me manaṃ.

72. “Sutvā patīto sumano, nimantetvā tathāgataṃ;

sasissaṃ bhojayitvāna, taṃ ṭhānamabhipatthayiṃ.

73. “Tadā haṃsasamabhāgo, haṃsadundubhinissano [haṃsadundubhisussaro (sī.)];

passathetaṃ mahāmattaṃ, vinicchayavisāradaṃ.

74. “Patitaṃ pādamūle me, samuggatatanūruhaṃ;

jīmūtavaṇṇaṃ pīṇaṃsaṃ, pasannanayanānanaṃ.

75. “Parivārena mahatā, rājayuttaṃ mahāyasaṃ;

eso katāvino ṭhānaṃ, pattheti muditāsayo.

76. “‘Iminā paṇipātena, cāgena paṇidhīhi ca [piṇḍapātena, cetanā paṇidhīhi ca (sī.)];

kappasatasahassāni, nupapajjati duggatiṃ.

77. “‘Devesu devasobhaggaṃ, manussesu mahantataṃ;

anubhotvāna sesena [abhutvāva sesena (sī.), anubhotvāva sesena (syā.)], nibbānaṃ pāpuṇissati.

78. “‘Satasahassito kappe, okkākakulasambhavo;

gotamo nāma gottena, satthā loke bhavissati.

79. “‘Tassa dhammesu dāyādo, oraso dhammanimmito;

kappino nāma nāmena, hessati satthu sāvako’.

80. “Tatohaṃ sukataṃ kāraṃ, katvāna jinasāsane;

jahitvā mānusaṃ dehaṃ, tusitaṃ agamāsahaṃ.

81. “Devamānusarajjāni, sataso anusāsiya;

bārāṇasiyamāsanne, jāto keniyajātiyaṃ.

82. “Sahassaparivārena [satasahassaparivāro (syā.)], sapajāpatiko ahaṃ;

pañca paccekabuddhānaṃ, satāni samupaṭṭhahiṃ.

83. “Temāsaṃ bhojayitvāna, pacchādamha ticīvaraṃ;

tato cutā mayaṃ sabbe, ahumha tidasūpagā.

84. “Puno sabbe manussattaṃ, agamimha tato cutā;

kukkuṭamhi pure jātā, himavantassa passato.

85. “Kappino nāmahaṃ āsiṃ, rājaputto mahāyaso;

sesāmaccakule jātā, mameva parivārayuṃ.

86. “Mahārajjasukhaṃ patto, sabbakāmasamiddhimā;

vāṇijehi samakkhātaṃ, buddhuppādamahaṃ suṇiṃ.

87. “‘Buddho loke samuppanno, asamo ekapuggalo;

so pakāseti saddhammaṃ, amataṃ sukhamuttamaṃ.

88. “‘Suyuttā tassa sissā ca, sumuttā ca anāsavā’;

“sutvā nesaṃ suvacanaṃ, sakkaritvāna vāṇije.

89. “Pahāya rajjaṃ sāmacco, nikkhamiṃ buddhamāmako;

nadiṃ disvā mahācandaṃ, pūritaṃ samatittikaṃ.

90. “Appatiṭṭhaṃ anālambaṃ, duttaraṃ sīghavāhiniṃ;

guṇaṃ saritvā buddhassa, sotthinā samatikkamiṃ.

91. “‘Bhavasotaṃ sace buddho, tiṇṇo lokantagū vidū [vibhū (ka.)];

etena saccavajjena, gamanaṃ me samijjhatu.

92. “‘Yadi santigamo maggo, mokkho caccantikaṃ [mokkhadaṃ santikaṃ (syā.)] sukhaṃ;

etena saccavajjena, gamanaṃ me samijjhatu.

93. “‘Saṅgho ce tiṇṇakantāro, puññakkhetto anuttaro;

etena saccavajjena, gamanaṃ me samijjhatu’.

94. “Saha kate saccavare, maggā apagataṃ jalaṃ;

tato sukhena uttiṇṇo, nadītīre manorame.

95. “Nisinnaṃ addasaṃ buddhaṃ, udentaṃva pabhaṅkaraṃ;

jalantaṃ hemaselaṃva, dīparukkhaṃva jotitaṃ.

96. “Sasiṃva tārāsahitaṃ, sāvakehi purakkhataṃ;

vāsavaṃ viya vassantaṃ, desanājaladantaraṃ [devena jalanandanaṃ (syā. pī.)].

97. “Vanditvāna sahāmacco, ekamantamupāvisiṃ;

tato no āsayaṃ [tato ajjhāsayaṃ (syā.)] ñatvā, buddho dhammamadesayi.

98. “Sutvāna dhammaṃ vimalaṃ, avocumha mayaṃ jinaṃ;

‘pabbājehi mahāvīra, nibbindāmha [nibbinnāmha (sī. pī.), otiṇṇamha (syā.)] mayaṃ bhave’.

99. “‘Svakkhāto bhikkhave dhammo, dukkhantakaraṇāya vo;

caratha brahmacariyaṃ’, iccāha munisattamo.

100. “Saha vācāya sabbepi, bhikkhuvesadharā mayaṃ;

ahumha upasampannā, sotāpannā ca sāsane.

101. “Tato jetavanaṃ gantvā, anusāsi vināyako;

anusiṭṭho jinenāhaṃ, arahattamapāpuṇiṃ.

102. “Tato bhikkhusahassāni [bhikkhusahassaṃ taṃ (sī. pī.)], anusāsimahaṃ tadā;

mamānusāsanakarā, tepi āsuṃ anāsavā.

103. “Jino tasmiṃ guṇe tuṭṭho, etadagge ṭhapesi maṃ;

bhikkhu-ovādakānaggo, kappinoti mahājane.

104. “Satasahasse kataṃ kammaṃ, phalaṃ dassesi me idha;

pamutto saravegova, kilese jhāpayiṃ [jhāpayī (sī.)] mama.

105. “Kilesā jhāpitā mayhaṃ…pe… viharāmi anāsavo;

106. “svāgataṃ vata me āsi…pe… kataṃ buddhassa sāsanaṃ;

107. “paṭisambhidā catasso…pe… kataṃ buddhassa sāsanaṃ”;

itthaṃ sudaṃ āyasmā mahākappino thero imā gāthāyo

abhāsitthāti;

mahākappinattherassāpadānaṃ tatiyaṃ;