8. Dhajadāyakattheraapadānaṃ

57. ‘‘Padumuttarabuddhassa, bodhiyā pādaputtame;

Haṭṭho haṭṭhena cittena, dhajamāropayiṃ ahaṃ.

58. ‘‘Patitapattāni gaṇhitvā, bahiddhā chaḍḍayiṃ ahaṃ;

Antosuddhaṃ bahisuddhaṃ, adhimuttamanāsavaṃ.

59. ‘‘Sammukhā viya sambuddhaṃ, avandiṃ bodhimuttamaṃ;

Padumuttaro lokavidū, āhutīnaṃ paṭiggaho.

60. ‘‘Bhikkhusaṅghe ṭhito satthā, imā gāthā abhāsatha;

‘‘‘Iminā dhajadānena, upaṭṭhānena cūbhayaṃ.

61. ‘‘‘Kappānaṃ satasahassaṃ, duggatiṃ so na gacchati;

Devesu devasobhagyaṃ, anubhossatinappakaṃ.

62. ‘‘‘Anekasatakkhattuñca, rājā raṭṭhe bhavissati;

Uggato nāma nāmena, cakkavattī bhavissati.

63. ‘‘‘Sampattiṃ anubhotvāna, sukkamūlena codito;

Gotamassa bhagavato, sāsanebhiramissati’.

64. ‘‘Padhānapahitattomhi, upasanto nirūpadhi;

Dhāremi antimaṃ dehaṃ, sammāsambuddhasāsane.

65. ‘‘Ekapaññāsasahasse, kappe uggatasavhayo [savhayā (syā.)];

Paññāsasatasahasse, khattiyo meghasavhayo [khattiyā khemasavhayā (syā.)].

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

Itthaṃ sudaṃ āyasmā dhajadāyako thero imā gāthāyo abhāsitthāti.

Dhajadāyakattherassāpadānaṃ aṭṭhamaṃ.