[21] |21.1| Imamhi bhaddake kappe brahmabandhu mahāyaso kassapo nāma gottena uppajji vadataṃ varo. |21.2| Nippapañco nirālambo ākāsasamamānaso suññatabahulo tādi animittarato vasi. |21.3| Āsaṃkacitto nillepo asaṃsaṭṭho kule gaṇe mahākaruṇiko dhīro vinayopāyakovido. |21.4| Uyyutto parakiccesu vinayanto sadevake nibbānagamanaṃ maggaṃ gatipaṅkavisosanaṃ. |21.5| Amataṃ paramassādaṃ jarāmaraṇanivāraṇaṃ mahāparisamajjhe so nisinno lokatāraṇo. |21.6| Karavikarudo nātho brahmaghoso tathāgato uddharanto mahādukkhā vippanaṭṭhe anāyake. |21.7| Desento virajaṃ dhammaṃ diṭṭho me lokanāyako tassa dhammaṃ suṇitvāna pabbajiṃ anagāriyaṃ. |21.8| Pabbajitvā tadāvāhaṃ cintento jinasāsanaṃ ekakova vane ramme vasiṃ saṃsaggapīḷito. Itthaṃ sudaṃ āyasmā ekavihāriyo thero imā gāthāyo abhāsitthāti. Ekavihāriyattherassa apadānaṃ samattaṃ.