1. Mātuposakacariyā

1. ‘‘Yadā ahosiṃ pavane, kuñjaro mātuposako;

Na tadā atthi mahiyā, guṇena mama sādiso.

2. ‘‘Pavane disvā vanacaro, rañño maṃ paṭivedayi;

‘Tavānucchavo mahārāja, gajo vasati kānane.

3. ‘‘‘Na tassa parikkhāyattho, napi āḷakakāsuyā;

Saha gahite [samaṃ gahite (sī.)] soṇḍāya, sayameva idhehi’ti.

4. ‘‘Tassa taṃ vacanaṃ sutvā, rājāpi tuṭṭhamānaso;

Pesesi hatthidamakaṃ, chekācariyaṃ susikkhitaṃ.

5. ‘‘Gantvā so hatthidamako, addasa padumassare;

Bhisamuḷālaṃ [bhisamūlaṃ (ka.)] uddharantaṃ, yāpanatthāya mātuyā.

6. ‘‘Viññāya me sīlaguṇaṃ, lakkhaṇaṃ upadhārayi;

‘Ehi puttā’ti patvāna, mama soṇḍāya aggahi.

7. ‘‘Yaṃ me tadā pākatikaṃ, sarīrānugataṃ balaṃ;

Ajja nāgasahassānaṃ, balena samasādisaṃ.

8. ‘‘Yadihaṃ tesaṃ pakuppeyyaṃ, upetānaṃ gahaṇāya maṃ;

Paṭibalo bhave tesaṃ, yāva rajjampi mānusaṃ.

9. ‘‘Api cāhaṃ sīlarakkhāya, sīlapāramipūriyā;

Na karomi citte aññathattaṃ, pakkhipantaṃ mamāḷake.

10. ‘‘Yadi te maṃ tattha koṭṭeyyuṃ, pharasūhi tomarehi ca;

Neva tesaṃ pakuppeyyaṃ, sīlakhaṇḍabhayā mamā’’ti.

Mātuposakacariyaṃ paṭhamaṃ.