15. 3. Nandattherāpadānavaṇṇanā

padumuttarassa bhagavatotiādikaṃ āyasmato nandattherassa apadānaṃ. Ayampi purimabuddhesu katādhikāro tattha tattha bhave vivaṭṭūpanissayāni puññāni upacinanto padumuttarassa bhagavato kāle haṃsavatīnagare ekasmiṃ kule nibbattitvā viññutaṃ patto bhagavato santike dhammaṃ suṇanto satthāraṃ ekaṃ bhikkhuṃ indriyesu guttadvārānaṃ aggaṭṭhāne ṭhapentaṃ disvā sayaṃ taṃ ṭhānantaraṃ patthento

Bhagavato bhikkhusaṃghassa ca pūjāsakkārabahulaṃ mahādānaṃ pavattetvā "ahaṃ bhante anāgate tumhādisassa buddhassa evarūpo sāvako bhaveyyan"ti paṇidhānaṃ akāsi.

So tato paṭṭhāya devamanussesu saṃsaranto atthadassissa bhagavato kāle dhammatāya nāma nadiyā mahanto kacchapo hutvā nibbatto ekadivasaṃ satthāraṃ nadiṃ tarituṃ tīre ṭhitaṃ disvā sayaṃ bhagavantaṃ tāretukāmo satthu pādamūle nipajji. Satthā tassa ajjhāsayaṃ ñatvā piṭṭhiṃ abhiruhi. So haṭṭhatuṭṭho vegena sotaṃ chindanto sīghataraṃ paratīraṃ pāpesi. Bhagavā tassa anumodanaṃ vadanto bhāviniṃ sampattiṃ kathetvā pakkāmi.