2. Ekatthambhikatthera-apad±navaººan±

Siddhatthassa bhagavatoti-±dika½ ±yasmato ekatthambhad±yakatherassa apad±na½. Ayampi purimabuddhesu kat±dhik±ro tattha tattha bhave vivaµµ³panissay±ni puññ±ni upacinanto siddhatthassa bhagavato k±le vanakammiko hutv± ekasmi½ vibhavasampanne kule nibbatto. Tasmi½ samaye sabbe saddh± pasann± up±sak± ekacchand± “bhagavato upaµµh±nas±la½ karom±”ti dabbasambh±ratth±ya vana½ pavisitv± ta½ up±saka½ disv± “amh±ka½ eka½ thambha½ deth±”ti y±ci½su. So ta½ pavatti½ sutv± “tumhe m± cintayitth±”ti te sabbe uyyojetv± eka½ s±ramaya½ thambha½ gahetv± satthu dassetv± tesa½yeva ad±si. So teneva somanassaj±to tadeva m³la½ katv± aññ±ni d±n±d²ni puññ±ni katv± tato cuto devaloke nibbatto apar±para½ chasu k±m±vacaresu dibbasampattiyo anubhavitv± manussesu ca aggacakkavattisampatti½ anekav±ra½ anubhavitv± asaªkhyeyya½ padesarajjasampattiñca anubhavitv± imasmi½ buddhupp±de saddh±sampanne ekasmi½ kule nibbatto m±t±pit³hi saddhi½ bhagavato santike dhamma½ sutv± paµiladdhasaddho pabbajitv± laddh³pasampado kammaµµh±na½ gahetv± manasikaronto nacirasseva arah± ahosi.

13. So eva½ patta-arahatto attano pubbakamma½ saritv± somanassaj±to pubbacarit±pad±na½ pak±sento siddhatthass±ti-±dim±ha. Tattha siddhatthassa bhagavato bhagyasampannassa samm±sambuddhassa. Mah±p³gagaºoti mah±-up±sakasam³ho ahu ahos²ti attho. Saraºa½ gat± ca te buddhanti “buddha½ saraºan”ti gat± bhaji½su j±ni½su v± te up±sak±. Tath±gata½ saddahanti buddhaguºa½ attano cittasant±ne µhapent²ti attho.

14. Sabbe saªgamma mantetv±ti sabbe sam±gamma sannipatitv± mantetv± aññamañña½ saññ±petv± ekacchand± hutv± m±¼a½ upaµµh±nas±la½ satthuno atth±ya kubbanti karont²ti attho. Dabbasambh±resu ekatthambha½ alabhant± brah±vane mah±vane vicinant²ti sambandho.

15. Teha½ araññe disv±n±ti aha½ te up±sake araññe disv±na gaºa½ sam³ha½ upagamma sam²pa½ gantv± añjali½ paggahetv±na dasaªgulisamodh±na½ añjali½ sirasi katv± aha½ gaºa½ up±sakasam³ha½ “tumhe ima½ vana½ kimattha½ ±gatatth±”ti tad± tasmi½ k±le paripucchinti sambandho.

16. Te s²lavanto up±sak± me may± puµµh± “m±¼a½ maya½ kattuk±m± hutv± ekatthambho amhehi na labbhat²”ti viy±ka½su visesena kathayi½s³ti sambandho.

17. Mama½ mayha½ ekatthambha½ detha, aha½ ta½ dass±mi satthuno santika½ aha½ thambha½ ±hariss±mi, te bhavanto thambhaharaºe appossukk± uss±harahit± bhavant³ti sambandho.

24. Ya½ ya½ yonupapajj±m²ti ya½ ya½ yoni½ devatta½ atha m±nusa½ upagacch±m²ti attho. Bhummatthe v± upayogavacana½, yasmi½ yasmi½ devaloke v± manussaloke v±ti attho. Sesa½ utt±natthamev±ti.

Ekatthambhikatthera-apad±navaººan± samatt±.