[248] Vande te pitaraṃ bhadde timbaruṃ suriyavacchase yena jātāsi kalyāṇī ānandajananī mama. Vātova sedataṃ kanto pānīyaṃva pipāsato aṅgiraṃsī piyā mesi dhammo arahataṃ iva. Āturasseva bhesajjaṃ bhojanaṃva jighacchato parinibbāpayi bhadde jalantamiva vārinā. Sītodakaṃ pokkharaṇiṃ yuttaṃ kiñjakkhareṇunā nāgo ghammābhitattova ogāhe te thanūdaraṃ. Accaṅkusova nāgo ca jitaṃ me tuttatomaraṃ kāraṇaṃ nappajānāmi sammatto lakkhaṇūruyā. Tayi gadhitacittosmi cittaṃ vipariṇāmitaṃ paṭiggantuṃ na sakkomi vaṅkaghattova ambujo. Vāmūru saja maṃ bhadde saja maṃ mandalocane palissaja maṃ kalyāṇi etaṃ me abhipatthitaṃ. Appako vata me santo kāmo vellitakesiyā anekabhāvo samapādi arahanteva dakkhiṇā. Yaṃ me atthi kataṃ puññaṃ arahantesu tādisu taṃ me sabbaṅgakalyāṇi tayā saddhiṃ vipaccataṃ. Yaṃ me atthi kataṃ puññaṃ asmiṃ paṭhavimaṇḍale taṃ me sabbaṅgakalyāṇi tayā saddhiṃ vipaccataṃ. Sakyaputtova jhānena ekodi nipako sato amataṃ muni jigiṃsāno tamahaṃ suriyavacchase. Yathāpi muni nandeyya patvā sambodhimuttamaṃ evaṃ nandeyyaṃ kalyāṇi missabhāvaṃ gato tayā. Sakko ce me varaṃ dajjā tāvatiṃsānamissaro tāhaṃ bhadde vareyyāhe evaṃ kāmo daḷho mama. Sālaṃva na ciraṃ phullaṃ pitaraṃ te sumedhase vandamāno namassāmi yassāsetādisī pajāti.

[249] Evaṃ vutte bhagavā pañcasikhaṃ gandhabbaputtaṃ etadavoca Saṃsandati kho te pañcasikha tantissaro gītassarena gītassaro ca tantissarena neva pana te pañcasikha tantissaro gītassaraṃ ativattati na gītassaro ca tantissaraṃ kadā saṃyūḷhā pana te pañcasikha imā gāthā buddhūpasañhitā dhammūpasañhitā saṅghūpasañhitā arahantūpasañhitā kāmūpasañhitāti . ekamidāhaṃ bhante samayaṃ bhagavā uruvelāyaṃ viharati najjā nerañjarāya tīre ajapālanigrodhe paṭhamābhisambuddho . tena kho panāhaṃ bhante samayena bhaddā nāma suriyavacchasā timbaruno gandhabbarañño dhītā tamābhikaṅkhāmi. {249.1} Sā kho pana bhante bhaginī parakāminī hoti sikhaṇḍi nāma mātalissa saṅgāhakassa putto tamābhikaṅkhati . yato kho ahaṃ bhante taṃ bhaginiṃ nālatthaṃ kenaci pariyāyena athāhaṃ veḷuvapaṇḍuvīṇaṃ ādāya yena timbaruno gandhabbarañño nivesanaṃ tenupasaṅkamiṃ upasaṅkamitvā veḷuvapaṇḍuvīṇaṃ assāvesiṃ imā [4]- gāthā abhāsiṃ buddhūpasañhitā dhammūpasañhitā saṅghūpasañhitā arahantūpasañhitā kāmūpasañhitā vande te pitaraṃ bhadde timbaruṃ suriyavacchase yena jātāsi kalyāṇī ānandajananī mama. .pe. Sālaṃva na ciraṃ phullaṃ pitaraṃ te sumedhase vandamāno namassāmi yassāsetādisī pajāti.