8. Āsanupaṭṭhāhakattheraapadānaṃ

47. ‘‘Kānanaṃ vanamogayha, appasaddaṃ nirākulaṃ;

Sīhāsanaṃ mayā dinnaṃ, atthadassissa tādino.

48. ‘‘Mālāhatthaṃ gahetvāna, katvā ca naṃ padakkhiṇaṃ;

Satthāraṃ payirupāsitvā, pakkāmiṃ uttarāmukho.

49. ‘‘Tena kammena dvipadinda, lokajeṭṭha narāsabha;

Sannibbāpemi [sandiṭṭhāpemi (ka.)] attānaṃ, bhavā sabbe samūhatā.

50. ‘‘Aṭṭhārasakappasate, yaṃ dānamadadiṃ tadā;

Duggatiṃ nābhijānāmi, sīhāsanassidaṃ phalaṃ.

51. ‘‘Ito sattakappasate, sannibbāpaka [sanniṭṭho nāma (ka.)] khattiyo;

Sattaratanasampanno, cakkavattī mahabbalo.

52. ‘‘Paṭisambhidā catasso…pe… kataṃ buddhassa sāsanaṃ’’.

Itthaṃ sudaṃ āyasmā āsanupaṭṭhāhako thero imā gāthāyo abhāsitthāti.

Āsanupaṭṭhāhakattherassāpadānaṃ aṭṭhamaṃ.