[158] Ahampi kāraṃ kassāmīti tādino lokanāthassa thūpasmiṃ ahampi kāraṃ puññakiriyaṃ kusalakammaṃ dhajapaṭākapūjaṃ karissāmīti attho.

Upavānattherāpadānavaṇṇanā niṭṭhitā.

563/151. 11. Raṭṭhapālattherāpadānavaṇṇanā

ekādasamāpadāne padumuttarassa bhagavatotiādikaṃ āyasmato raṭṭhapālat- therassa apadānaṃ. Ayampi purimabuddhesu katādhikāro tattha tattha bhave vivaṭṭūpanissayāni puññāni upacinanto padumuttarassa bhagavato kāle tassa uppattito puretarameva haṃsavatīnagare gahapatimahāsālakule nibbattitvā vayappatto pitu accayena gharāvāse patiṭṭhito ratanakoṭṭhāgārakammikena dassitaṃ aparimāṇaṃ Kulavaṃsānugataṃ dhanaṃ disvā "imaṃ ettakaṃ dhanarāsiṃ mayhaṃ ayyakapayyakādayo attanā saddhiṃ gahetvā gantuṃ nāsakkhiṃsu, mayā pana gahetvā gantuṃ vaṭṭatī"ti cintetvā kapaṇaddhikādīnaṃ mahādānaṃ deti. So abhiññālābhiṃ ekaṃ tāpasaṃ upaṭṭhahanto tena devalokādhipacce uyyojito yāvajīvaṃ puññāni katvā tato cuto devo hutvā nibbatti. So tattha devaloke devarajjaṃ karonto yāvatāyukaṃ ṭhatvā tato cuto manussaloke bhinnaṃ raṭṭhaṃ sandhāretuṃ samatthassa kulassa ekaputto hutvā nibbatti. Tena ca samayena padumuttaro nāma bhagavā loke uppajjitvā pavattitavaradhammacakko veneyyasattaṃ nibbānamahānagarasaṅkhāta- khemantabhūmiṃ sampāpesi. Atha so kulaputto anukkamena viññutaṃ patto ekadivasaṃ upāsakehi saddhiṃ vihāraṃ gato satthāraṃ dhammaṃ desentaṃ disvā pasannacitto parisapariyante nisīdi.