๒. ลกุณฏกเถรคาถา
362. 2. Lakuṇṭakabhaddiyattheragāthāvaṇṇanā
pare ambāṭakārāmetiādikā āyasmato lakuṇṭakabhaddiyattherassa gāthā. Kā uppatti?
ayaṃ kira padumuttarassa bhagavato kāle haṃsavatīnagare mahābhoge kule nibbattitvā vayappatto satthu santike dhammaṃ suṇanto nisinno tasmiṃ khaṇe satthāraṃ ekaṃ bhikkhuṃ mañjussarānaṃ aggaṭṭhāne ṭhapentaṃ disvā sayampi taṃ ṭhānaṃ patthento buddhappamukhassa bhikkhusaṃghassa mahādānaṃ datvā "aho vatāhampi anāgate ayaṃ bhikkhu viya ekassa buddhassa sāsane mañjussarānaṃ aggo bhaveyyan"ti paṇidhānaṃ akāsi. Bhagavā ca tassa anantarāyataṃ disvā byākaritvā pakkāmi.
So tattha yāvajīvaṃ puññāni katvā devamanussesu saṃsaranto phussassa bhagavato kāle cittapattakokilo hutvā rājuyyānato madhuraṃ ambaphalaṃ tuṇḍenādāya gacchanto satthāraṃ disvā pasannamānaso "dassāmī"ti cittaṃ uppādesi. Satthā tassa cittaṃ ñatvā pattaṃ gahetvā nisīdi. Kokilo dasabalassa patte ambapakkaṃ patiṭṭhāpesi. Satthā taṃ paribhuñji. So kokilo pasannamānaso teneva pītisukhena sattāhaṃ vītināmesi, tena ca puññakammena mañjussaro ahosi. Kassapasammāsambuddhakāle pana cetiye āraddhe kiṃ pamāṇaṃ karoma. Sattayojanappamāṇaṃ. Atimahantametaṃ. Chayojanappamāṇaṃ. Etampi atimahantaṃ. Pañcayojanaṃ catuyojanaṃ tiyojanaṃ dviyojananti vutte ayaṃ tadā jeṭṭhavaḍḍhakī hutvā "etha bho anāgate sukhapaṭijaggiyaṃ kātuṃ vaṭṭatī"ti vatvā rajjuyā parikkhipanto gāvutamatthake ṭhatvā "ekekaṃ mukhaṃ gāvutaṃ gāvutaṃ hotu, cetiyaṃ ekayojanāvaṭṭaṃ yojanubbedhaṃ bhavissatī"ti āha. Te tassa vacane aṭṭhaṃsu. Iti appamāṇassa buddhassa pamāṇaṃ akāsīti. Tena pana kammena nibbattanibbattaṭ- ṭhāne aññehi nīcatarappamāṇo hoti.