Sikhivhayo āsi jino, asamo appaṭipuggalo.

‘‘Mārasenaṃ pamadditvā, patto sambodhimuttamaṃ;

Dhammacakkaṃ pavattesi, anukampāya pāṇinaṃ.

‘‘Dhammacakkaṃ pavattente, sikhimhi jinapuṅgave;

Koṭisatasahassānaṃ, paṭhamābhisamayo ahū’’ti.

Punapi aruṇavatiyā rājadhāniyā samīpeyeva abhibhūrājaputtassa ca sambhavarājaputtassa cāti dvinnaṃ saparivārānaṃ dhammaṃ desetvā navutikoṭisahassāni dhammāmataṃ pāyesi. So dutiyo abhisamayo ahosi. Tena vuttaṃ –

‘‘Aparampi dhammaṃ desente, gaṇaseṭṭhe naruttame;

Navuttikoṭisahassānaṃ, dutiyābhisamayo ahū’’ti.

Asītikoṭisahassānaṃ, tatiyābhisamayo ahū’’ti.

Abhibhunā ca sambhavena ca rājaputtena saddhiṃ pabbajitānaṃ arahantānaṃ satasahassānaṃ majjhe nisīditvā pātimokkhaṃ uddisi, so paṭhamo sannipāto ahosi, aruṇavatīnagare ñātisamāgame pabbajitānaṃ asītiyā bhikkhusahassānaṃ majjhe nisīditvā pātimokkhaṃ uddisi, so dutiyo sannipāto ahosi. Dhanañjayanagare dhanapālakanāgavinayanasamaye pabbajitānaṃ sattatiyā bhikkhusahassānaṃ majjhe bhagavā pātimokkhaṃ uddisi, so tatiyo sannipāto ahosi. Tena vuttaṃ –

‘‘Sannipātā tayo āsuṃ, sikhissāpi mahesino;

Khīṇāsavānaṃ vimalānaṃ, santacittāna tādinaṃ.

‘‘Bhikkhusatasahassānaṃ, paṭhamo āsi samāgamo;

Asītibhikkhusahassānaṃ, dutiyo āsi samāgamo.

Anupalitto padumaṃva, toyamhi sampavaḍḍhita’’nti.

Tattha anupalitto padumaṃvāti toye jātaṃ toyeva vaḍḍhitaṃ padumaṃ viya toyena anupalittaṃ, sopi bhikkhusannipāto loke jātopi lokadhammehi anupalitto ahosīti attho.

‘‘Ahaṃ tena samayena, arindamo nāma khattiyo;

Sambuddhappamukhaṃ saṅghaṃ, annapānena tappayiṃ.

‘‘Bahuṃ dussavaraṃ datvā, dussakoṭiṃ anappakaṃ;

Alaṅkataṃ hatthiyānaṃ, sambuddhassa adāsahaṃ.

‘‘Hatthiyānaṃ nimminitvā, kappiyaṃ upanāmayiṃ;

Pūrayiṃ mānasaṃ mayhaṃ, niccaṃ daḷhamupaṭṭhitaṃ.

‘‘Sopi maṃ buddho byākāsi, sikhī lokagganāyako;

Ekattiṃse ito kappe, ayaṃ buddho bhavissati.

‘‘Ahu kapilavhayā rammā…pe… hessāma sammukhā imaṃ.

‘‘Tassāhaṃ vacanaṃ sutvā, bhiyyo cittaṃ pasādayiṃ;

Uttariṃ vatamadhiṭṭhāsiṃ, dasapāramipūriyā’’ti.

Tattha nimminitvāti tassa hatthino pamāṇena tulayitvā. Kappiyanti kappiyabhaṇḍaṃ, bhikkhūnaṃ yaṃ bhaṇḍaṃ kappati gahetuṃ, taṃ kappiyabhaṇḍaṃ nāma. Pūrayiṃ mānasaṃ mayhanti mama cittaṃ dānapītiyā pūrayiṃ, mayhaṃ hāsuppādanasamatthaṃ akāsinti attho. Niccaṃ daḷhamupaṭṭhitanti niccakālaṃ dānaṃ dassāmī’’ti dānavasena daḷhaṃ upaṭṭhitaṃ cittanti attho.

Pabhāvatī nāma janikā, sikhissāpi mahesino.

‘‘Abhibhū sambhavo ceva, ahesuṃ aggasāvakā;

Khemaṅkaro nāmupaṭṭhāko, sikhissāpi mahesino.

‘‘Sakhilā ca padumā ca, ahesuṃ aggasāvikā;

Bodhi tassa bhagavato, puṇḍarīkoti vuccati.

‘‘Sirivaḍḍho ca nando ca, ahesuṃ aggupaṭṭhakā;

Cittā ceva suguttā ca, ahesuṃ aggupaṭṭhikā.

‘‘Uccattanena so buddho, sattatihatthamuggato;

Kañcanagghiyasaṅkāso, dvattiṃsavaralakkhaṇo.

‘‘Tassāpi byāmappabhā kāyā, divārattiṃ nirantaraṃ;

Disodisaṃ niccharanti, tīṇi yojanaso pabhā.

‘‘Sattativassasahassāni, āyu tassa mahesino;

Tāvatā tiṭṭhamāno so, tāresi janataṃ bahuṃ.

‘‘Dhammameghaṃ pavassetvā, temayitvā sadevake;

Khemantaṃ pāpayitvāna, nibbuto so sasāvako.

‘‘Anubyañjanasampannaṃ, dvattiṃsavaralakkhaṇaṃ;

Sabbaṃ tamantarahitaṃ, nanu rittā sabbasaṅkhārā’’ti.

‘‘Sikhīva loke tapasā jalitvā, sikhīva meghāgamane naditvā;

Sikhī mahesindhanavippahīno, sikhīva santiṃ sugato gato so’’.

Sikhissa kira bhagavato dhātuyo ekagghanāva hutvā aṭṭhaṃsu na vippakiriṃsu. Sakalajambudīpavāsino pana manussā tiyojanubbedhaṃ sattaratanamayaṃ himagirisadisasobhaṃ thūpamakaṃsu. Sesamettha gāthāsu pākaṭamevāti.

Sikhībuddhavaṃsavaṇṇanā niṭṭhitā.

Niṭṭhito vīsatimo buddhavaṃso.