1. Sereyyakattheraapadānaṃ

1. ‘‘Ajjhāyako mantadharo, tiṇṇaṃ vedāna pāragū;

Abbhokāse ṭhito santo, addasaṃ lokanāyakaṃ.

2. ‘‘Sīhaṃ yathā vanacaraṃ, byaggharājaṃva nittasaṃ;

Tidhāpabhinnamātaṅgaṃ, kuñjaraṃva mahesinaṃ.

3. ‘‘Sereyyakaṃ gahetvāna, ākāse ukkhipiṃ [nikkhipiṃ (ka.)] ahaṃ;

Buddhassa ānubhāvena, parivārenti sabbaso [sabbato (sī.)].

4. ‘‘Adhiṭṭhahi mahāvīro, sabbaññū lokanāyako;

Samantā pupphacchadanā, okiriṃsu narāsabhaṃ.

5. ‘‘Tato sā pupphakañcukā, antovaṇṭā bahimukhā;

Sattāhaṃ chadanaṃ katvā, tato antaradhāyatha.

6. ‘‘Tañca acchariyaṃ disvā, abbhutaṃ lomahaṃsanaṃ;

Buddhe cittaṃ pasādesiṃ, sugate lokanāyake.

7. ‘‘Tena cittappasādena, sukkamūlena codito;

Kappānaṃ satasahassaṃ, duggatiṃ nupapajjahaṃ.

8. ‘‘Pannarasasahassamhi, kappānaṃ pañcavīsati;

Vītamalā [cittamālā (sī.), vilāmālā (syā.)] samānā ca, cakkavattī mahabbalā.

9. ‘‘Paṭisambhidā catasso, vimokkhāpi ca aṭṭhime;

Chaḷabhiññā sacchikatā, kataṃ buddhassa sāsanaṃ’’.

Itthaṃ sudaṃ āyasmā sereyyako thero imā gāthāyo abhāsitthāti.

Sereyyakattherassāpadānaṃ paṭhamaṃ.