[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.