9. Vanavacchatthera-apadānaṃ

251. “Imamhi bhaddake kappe, brahmabandhu mahāyaso;

kassapo nāma gottena, uppajji vadataṃ varo.

252. “Tadāhaṃ pabbajitvāna, tassa buddhassa sāsane;

yāvajīvaṃ caritvāna, brahmacāraṃ tato cuto.

253. “Tena kammena sukatena, cetanāpaṇidhīhi ca;

jahitvā mānusaṃ dehaṃ, tāvatiṃsamagacchahaṃ.

254. “Tato cuto araññamhi, kapoto āsahaṃ tahiṃ;

vasate guṇasampanno, bhikkhu jhānarato sadā.

255. “Mettacitto kāruṇiko, sadā pamuditānano;

upekkhako mahāvīro, appamaññāsu kovido.

256. “Vinīvaraṇasaṅkappe, sabbasattahitāsaye;

visaṭṭho nacirenāsiṃ, tasmiṃ sugatasāvake.

257. “Upecca pādamūlamhi, nisinnassa tadāssame;

kadāci sāmisaṃ deti, dhammaṃ desesi cekadā.

258. “Tadā vipulapemena, upāsitvā jinatrajaṃ;

tato cuto gato saggaṃ, pavāso sagharaṃ yathā.

259. “Saggā cuto manussesu, nibbatto puññakammunā;

agāraṃ chaḍḍayitvāna, pabbajiṃ bahuso ahaṃ.

260. “Samaṇo tāpaso vippo, paribbajo tathevahaṃ;

hutvā vasiṃ araññamhi, anekasataso ahaṃ.

261. “Pacchime ca bhave dāni, ramme kapilavatthave;

vacchagotto dijo tassa, jāyāya ahamokkamiṃ.

262. “Mātu me dohaḷo āsi, tirokucchigatassa me;

jāyamānasamīpamhi, vanavāsāya nicchayo.

263. “Tato me ajanī mātā, ramaṇīye vanantare;

gabbhato nikkhamantaṃ maṃ, kāsāyena paṭiggahuṃ.

264. “Tato kumāro siddhattho, jāto sakyakuladdhajo;

tassa mitto piyo āsiṃ, saṃvisaṭṭho sumāniyo.

265. “Sattasārebhinikkhante, ohāya vipulaṃ yasaṃ;

ahampi pabbajitvāna, himavantamupāgamiṃ.

266. “Vanālayaṃ bhāvanīyaṃ, kassapaṃ dhutavādikaṃ;

disvā sutvā jinuppādaṃ, upesiṃ narasārathiṃ.

267. “So me dhammamadesesi, sabbatthaṃ sampakāsayaṃ;

tatohaṃ pabbajitvāna, vanameva punāgamaṃ [punāgamiṃ (sī. pī.), punokkamaṃ (syā.)].

268. “Tatthāppamatto viharaṃ, chaḷabhiññā aphassayiṃ [apassayiṃ (syā. ka.)];

aho suladdhalābhomhi, sumittenānukampito.

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

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

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

itthaṃ sudaṃ āyasmā vanavaccho thero imā gāthāyo

abhāsitthāti;

vanavacchattherassāpadānaṃ navamaṃ;