2. Nāgakesariyattheraapadānaṃ

4. ‘‘Dhanuṃ advejjhaṃ katvāna, vanamajjhogahiṃ ahaṃ;

Kesaraṃ ogataṃ [osaraṃ (syā.), osaṭaṃ (sī.)] disvā, patapattaṃ samuṭṭhitaṃ.

5. ‘‘Ubho hatthehi paggayha, sire katvāna añjaliṃ;

Buddhassa abhiropesiṃ, tissassa lokabandhuno.

6. ‘‘Dvenavute ito kappe, yaṃ pupphamabhipūjayiṃ;

Duggatiṃ nābhijānāmi, buddhapūjāyidaṃ phalaṃ.

7. ‘‘Tesattatimhi kappamhi [sattasattatime kappe (syā.)], satta kesaranāmakā;

Sattaratanasampannā, cakkavattī mahabbalā.

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

Itthaṃ sudaṃ āyasmā nāgakesariyo thero imā gāthāyo abhāsitthāti.

Nāgakesariyattherassāpadānaṃ dutiyaṃ.