16. 4. Cūḷapanthakattherāpadānavaṇṇanā

padumuttaro nāma jinotiādikaṃ āyasmato cūḷapanthakattherassa apadānaṃ. Ayampi purimabuddhesu katādhikāro tattha tattha bhave vivaṭṭupanissayāni puññāni upacinanto padumuttarassa bhagavato kāle yadettha aṭṭhuppattivasena vattabbaṃ, taṃ aṭṭhakanipāte mahāpanthakavatthusmiṃ vuttameva. Ayaṃ pana viseso:- mahāpanthakatthero arahattaṃ patvā phalasamāpattisukhena vītināmento cintesi "kathaṃ nu kho sakkā cūḷapanthakampi imasmiṃ sukhe patiṭṭhāpetun"ti. So attano ayyakaṃ dhanaseṭṭhiṃ upasaṅkamitvā āha "sace mahāseṭṭhi anujānātha, ahaṃ cūḷapanthakaṃ pabbājeyyan"ti. Pabbājetha bhanteti. Thero taṃ pabbājesi. So dasasu sīlesu patiṭṭhito bhātu santike:-

"padumaṃ yathā kokanadaṃ sugandhaṃ

pāto siyā phullamavītagandhaṃ