1. Ekavihārikattheraapadānaṃ

1. ‘‘Imamhi bhaddake kappe, brahmabandhu mahāyaso;

Kassapo nāma gottena, uppajji vadataṃ varo.

2. ‘‘Nippapañco nirālambo, ākāsasamamānaso;

Suññatābahulo tādī, animittarato vasī.

3. ‘‘Asaṅgacitto nikleso [nillepo (syā. ka.)], asaṃsaṭṭho kule gaṇe;

Mahākāruṇiko vīro, vinayopāyakovido.

4. ‘‘Uyyutto parakiccesu, vinayanto sadevake;

Nibbānagamanaṃ maggaṃ, gatiṃ paṅkavisosanaṃ.

5. ‘‘Amataṃ paramassādaṃ, jarāmaccunivāraṇaṃ;

Mahāparisamajjhe so, nisinno lokatārako.

6. ‘‘Karavīkaruto [karavīkarudo (syā. pī. ka.)] nātho, brahmaghoso tathāgato;

Uddharanto mahāduggā, vippanaṭṭhe anāyake.

7. ‘‘Desento virajaṃ dhammaṃ, diṭṭho me lokanāyako;

Tassa dhammaṃ suṇitvāna, pabbajiṃ anagāriyaṃ.

8. ‘‘Pabbajitvā tadāpāhaṃ, cintento jinasāsanaṃ;

Ekakova vane ramme, vasiṃ saṃsaggapīḷito.

9. ‘‘Sakkāyavūpakāso me, hetubhūto mamābhavī [mamāgamī (syā. pī.)];

Manaso vūpakāsassa, saṃsaggabhayadassino.

10. ‘‘Kilesā jhāpitā mayhaṃ, bhavā sabbe samūhatā;

Nāgova bandhanaṃ chetvā, viharāmi anāsavo.

11. ‘‘Svāgataṃ vata me āsi, mama buddhassa santike;

Tisso vijjā anuppattā, kataṃ buddhassa sāsanaṃ.

12. ‘‘Paṭisambhidā catasso, vimokkhāpi ca aṭṭhime;

Chaḷabhiññā sacchikatā, kataṃ buddhassa sāsanaṃ’’.

Itthaṃ sudaṃ āyasmā ekavihāriko thero imā gāthāyo

Abhāsitthāti.

Ekavihārikattherassāpadānaṃ paṭhamaṃ.