8. Ambadāyakattheraapadānaṃ

53. ‘‘Anomadassī bhagavā, nisinno pabbatantare;

Mettāya aphari loke, appamāṇe nirūpadhi.

54. ‘‘Kapi ahaṃ tadā āsiṃ, himavante naguttame;

Disvā anomadassiṃ taṃ [anomaṃ amitaṃ (sī.), anomamadhitaṃ (syā.)], buddhe cittaṃ pasādayiṃ.

55. ‘‘Avidūre himavantassa, ambāsuṃ phalino tadā;

Tato pakkaṃ gahetvāna, ambaṃ samadhukaṃ adaṃ.

56. ‘‘Taṃ me buddho viyākāsi, anomadassī mahāmuni;

Iminā madhudānena, ambadānena cūbhayaṃ.

57. ‘‘Sattapaññāsakappamhi, devaloke ramissati;

Avasesesu kappesu, vokiṇṇaṃ saṃsarissati.

58. ‘‘Khepetvā pāpakaṃ kammaṃ, paripakkāya buddhiyā;

Vinipātamagantvāna, kilese jhāpayissati.

59. ‘‘Damena uttamenāhaṃ, damitomhi mahesinā;

Pattomhi acalaṃ ṭhānaṃ, hitvā jayaparājayaṃ.

60. ‘‘Sattasattatikappasate, ambaṭṭhajasanāmakā;

Catuddasa te rājāno, cakkavattī mahabbalā.

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

Itthaṃ sudaṃ āyasmā ambadāyako thero imā gāthāyo abhāsitthāti.

Ambadāyakattherassāpadānaṃ aṭṭhamaṃ.