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Evaṁ Laṅkāya nātho hitam-amitamatī āyatiṁ pekkhamāno
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tasmiṁ kālamhi Laṅkāsurabhujagagaṇādīnam-atthaṁ ca passaṁ
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āgā tikkhattum-etaṁ ativipuladayo lokadīpo sudīpaṁ
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dīpo tenāyam-āsī sujanabahumato dhammadīpāvabhāsī ti.
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Tathāgato sakalaguṇaggataṁ gato
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aniccatāvasam-avaso upāgato:
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itīdha yo bhayajananiṁ aniccataṁ,
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avekkhate, sa bhavati dukkhapārago ti.
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Therā pi te matipadīpahatandhakārā
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lokandhakārahananamhi mahāpadīpā
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nibbāpitā maraṇaghoramahānilena:
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tenāpi jīvitamadaṁ matimā jaheyyā ti.
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Iti paramamatīnaṁ pattipattabbakānaṁ
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tibhavahitakarānaṁ lokanāthorasānaṁ
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sumariya maraṇaṁ taṁ saṁkhatāsārakattaṁ
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parigaṇiyamasesaṁ appamatto bhaveyyā ti.
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Hitvā seṭṭhaṁ brahmavimānaṁ pi manuññaṁ
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jegucchaṁ so sāsanahetu naralokaṁ
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āgammākā sāsanakiccaṁ katakicco,
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ko nāmañño sāsanakiccamhi pamajje? ti
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Laṅkāyaṁ Vijayasanāmako kumāro
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otiṇṇo thiramati Tambapaṇṇidese
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sālānaṁ yamakaguṇānam-antarasmiṁ
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nibbātuṁ sayitadine tathāgatassā ti.
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Hitvāna pubbacaritaṁ visamaṁ samena
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dhammena Laṅkam-akhilaṁ anusāsamāno
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so Tambapaṇṇinagare Vijayo narindo
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rajjaṁ akārayi samā khalu aṭṭhatiṁsā ti.
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Subhaddakaccānam-anomarūpiniṁ
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mahesibhāve abhiseciyattano
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sahāgatā tāya padāya attanā
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sahāgatānaṁ vasi bhūmipo sukhaṁ ti.
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Tasmiṁ matasmiṁ manujādhipasmiṁ
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sabbe samāgamma narindaputtā
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tassābhayassābhayadassa bhātu
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rājābhisekaṁ akaruṁ uḷāraṁ ti.
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So Paṇḍukābhayamahīpati sattatiṁsa-
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vassodhigamma dhitimā dharaṇīpatittaṁ
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ramme anūnam-Anurādhapure samiddhe
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vassāni sattati akārayi rajjam-etthā ti.
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Vesākhe narapati puṇṇamāyam-evaṁ
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devānaṁpiyavacanopagūḷhanāmo
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Laṅkāyaṁ pavitatapīti-ussavāyaṁ
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attānaṁ janasukhadobhisecayī so ti.
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Mahādayassāpi jinassa kaḍḍhanaṁ
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vihāya pattaṁ amataṁ sukhaṁ pi te
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kariṁsu lokassa hitaṁ tahiṁ tahiṁ:
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bhaveyya ko lokahite pamādavā? ti
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Laṅkāpasādanaguṇena viyākato so
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Laṅkāhitāya muninā sayitena ante
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Laṅkāya satthusadiso hitahetu tassā
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Laṅkāmarūhi mahitobhinisīdi tatthā ti.
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Laṅkādīpe so satthukappo akappo
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Laṅkādhiṭṭhāne dvīsu ṭhānesu thero
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dhammaṁ bhāsitvā dīpabhāsāya evaṁ
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saddhammotāraṁ kārayī dīpadīpo ti.
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Devānaṁpiyavacanopagūḷhanāmo
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Laṅkāyaṁ paṭhamam-imaṁ Mahāvihāraṁ
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rājā so sumati Mahāmahindatheraṁ
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āgammāmalamatim-ettha kārayitthā ti.
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Devamanussagaṇā gaṇinaṁ taṁ
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taṁ ca gaṇaṁ guṇavitthatakittiṁ
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yānam-upecca ca mānayamānā
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puññacayaṁ vipulaṁ akariṁsū ti.
Mālabhāraṇī (mattā 16 + 18) Mhv 17.65
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Sakadhātusarīrakena cevaṁ
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parinibbāṇagato pi lokanātho
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janatāya hitaṁ sukhaṁ ca sammā
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bahudhākāsi ṭhite jine kathā kā? ti
Pupphitaggā (mattā 16 + 18) Mhv 18.68
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Iti Kusumapure sare saraṁsā
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bahuvidhacārudhajākulā visālā
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surucirapavarorubodhipūjā
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marunaracittavikāsinī ahosī ti.
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Evaṁ Laṅkālokahitaṁ sāsanavuddhiṁ
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saṁsādhento esa mahābodhidumindo
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Laṅkādīpe rammamahāmeghavanasmiṁ
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aṭṭhā dīghaṁ kālam-anekabbhutayutto ti.
Saddūlavikkīlita (19) Mhv 20.59
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Taṁ etaṁ atisāhasaṁ atibalaṁ nāvāriyaṁ yo naro
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jānanto pi aniccataṁ bhavagate nibbindate neva ca
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nibbiṇṇo viratiṁ ratiṁ na kurute pāpehi puññehi ca
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- tassesā atimohajālabalatā - jānaṁ pi sammuyhatī ti.
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Agatigamanadosā muttamattena eso
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anupahatakudiṭṭhī pīdisiṁ pāpuṇiddhiṁ,
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agatigamanadosaṁ suddhadiṭṭhī samāno
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katham-idha hi manusso buddhimā no jaheyyā ti.
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Calācalāyaṁ gatiyaṁ hi pāṇino
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upenti puññena yathāruciṁ gatiṁ,
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itīti mantvā satataṁ mahādaro
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bhaveyya puññūpacayamhi buddhimā ti.
Aparavatta (mattā 14 + 16) Mhv 23.102
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Iti sucaritajātam-abbhutaṁ
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suṇiya naro matimā sukhattiko
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akusalapathato paraṁmukho
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kusalapathebhirameyya sabbadā ti.
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Iti veram-anekavikappacitaṁ
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samayanti bahuṁ api sappurisā:
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iti cintiya ko hi naro matimā
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na bhaveyya paresu susantamano ti.
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Ete te nekakoṭī idha manujagaṇe ghātite cintayitvā
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kāmānaṁ hetu etaṁ manasi ca kayirā sādhu ādīnavaṁ taṁ
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sabbesaṁ ghātaniṁ taṁ manasi ca kayirāniccataṁ sādhu sādhu
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evaṁ dukkhā pamokkhaṁ subhagatim-athavā pāpuṇeyyācirenā ti.
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Bhogā dasaḍḍhavidhadosavidūsitā pi
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paññāvisesasahitehi janehi pattā
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honteva pañcaguṇayogagahītasārā:
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iccassa sāragahaṇe matimā yateyyā ti.
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Nissāre dhananicaye visesasāraṁ
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ye dānaṁ parigaṇayanti sādhupaññā,
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te dānaṁ vipulam-apetacittasaṅgā
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sattānaṁ hitaparamā dadanti evaṁ ti.
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Khedaṁ pi kāyajam-asayham-acintayitvā
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puññaṁ pasannamanasopacitaṁ hi evaṁ
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sādheti sādhanasatāni sukhākarāni:
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tasmā pasannamanaso va kareyya puññaṁ ti.
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Evaṁ pasannamatimā ratanattayamhi
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cāgādhimuttamanasā janatāhitena
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lokatthasiddhi paramā bhavatī ti ñatvā
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saddhādinekaguṇayogaratiṁ kareyyā ti.
Saddūlavikkīlita (19) Mhv 30.100
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Tiṭṭhantaṁ sugataṁ ca pūjiyatamaṁ lokuttamaṁ nittamaṁ
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dhātū cassa vicuṇṇitā janahitaṁ āsiṁsatā pūjiya
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puññaṁ taṁ samam-iccavecca matimā saddhāguṇālaṁkato
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tiṭṭhantaṁ sugataṁ viyassa munino dhātuṁ ca saṁpūjaye ti.
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Puññāni evam-amalāni sayaṁ ca santo
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kubbanti sabbavibhavuttamapattihetu
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kārenti cāpi hi pare parisuddhacittā
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nānāvisesajanatāparivārahetū ti.
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Evaṁ yo kusalaparo karoti puññaṁ
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chādento aniyatapāpakaṁ bahuṁ pi,
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so saggaṁ sagharam-ivopayāti, tasmā
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sappañño satatarato bhaveyya puññe ti.
Pupphitaggā (mattā 16 + 18) Mhv 33.105
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Iti parahitam-attano hitaṁ ca
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paṭilabhiyissariyaṁ karoti pañño
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vipulam-api kubuddhi laddhabhogaṁ
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ubhayahitaṁ na karoti bhogaluddho ti.
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Iti vibhavam-anappaṁ sādhupaññā labhitvā
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vigatamadapamādā cattakāmappasaṅgā
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akariya janakhedaṁ puññakammābhirāmā
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vipulavividhapuññaṁ suppasannā karontī ti.
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Evaṁ asārehi dhanehi sāraṁ
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puññāni katvāna bahūni paññā
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ādenti, bālā pana kāmahetu
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bahūni pāpāni karonti mohā ti.
Pupphitaggā (mattā 16 + 18) Mhv 36.133
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Iti ‘bahuvidhapuññahetubhūtā
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narapatitā bahupāpahetu cā’ ti
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madhuram-iva visena missam-annaṁ
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sujanamano bhajate na taṁ kadācī ti.
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