8. Raṭṭhapālattheraapadānaṃ

97. ‘‘Padumuttarassa bhagavato, lokajeṭṭhassa tādino;

Varanāgo mayā dinno, īsādanto urūḷhavā.

98. ‘‘Setacchatto pasobhito, sakappano sahatthipo;

Agghāpetvāna taṃ sabbaṃ, saṅghārāmaṃ akārayiṃ.

99. ‘‘Catupaññāsasahassāni, pāsāde kārayiṃ ahaṃ;

Mahoghadānaṃ [mahābhattaṃ (sī.), mahoghañca (ka.), mahādānaṃ (?)] karitvāna, niyyādesiṃ mahesino.

100. ‘‘Anumodi mahāvīro, sayambhū aggapuggalo;

Sabbe jane hāsayanto, desesi amataṃ padaṃ.

101. ‘‘Taṃ me buddho viyākāsi, jalajuttaranāmako;

Bhikkhusaṅghe nisīditvā, imā gāthā abhāsatha.

102. ‘‘‘Catupaññāsasahassāni, pāsāde kārayī ayaṃ;

Kathayissāmi vipākaṃ, suṇotha mama bhāsato.

103. ‘‘‘Aṭṭhārasasahassāni, kūṭāgārā bhavissare;

Byamhuttamamhi nibbattā, sabbasoṇṇamayā ca te.

104. ‘‘‘Paññāsakkhattuṃ devindo, devarajjaṃ karissati;

Aṭṭhapaññāsakkhattuñca, cakkavattī bhavissati.

105. ‘‘‘Kappasatasahassamhi, okkākakulasambhavo;

Gotamo nāma gottena, satthā loke bhavissati.

106. ‘‘‘Devalokā cavitvāna, sukkamūlena codito;

Aḍḍhe kule mahābhoge, nibbattissati tāvade.

107. ‘‘‘So pacchā pabbajitvāna, sukkamūlena codito;

Raṭṭhapāloti nāmena, hessati satthu sāvako.

108. ‘‘‘Padhānapahitatto so, upasanto nirūpadhi;

Sabbāsave pariññāya, nibbāyissatināsavo’.

109. ‘‘Uṭṭhāya abhinikkhamma, jahitā bhogasampadā;

Kheḷapiṇḍeva bhogamhi, pemaṃ mayhaṃ na vijjati.

110. ‘‘Vīriyaṃ me dhuradhorayhaṃ, yogakkhemādhivāhanaṃ;

Dhāremi antimaṃ dehaṃ, sammāsambuddhasāsane.

111. ‘‘Paṭisambhidā catasso, vimokkhāpi ca aṭṭhime;

Chaḷabhiññā sacchikatā, kataṃ buddhassa sāsanaṃ’’.

Itthaṃ sudaṃ āyasmā raṭṭhapālo thero imā gāthāyo abhāsitthāti.

Raṭṭhapālattherassāpadānaṃ aṭṭhamaṃ.