Ganthārambhakathā
Karuṇāsītalahadayaṃ
P1.1V1.1M1.1 , paññāpajjotavihatamohatamaṃ ;Sanarāmaralokagaruṃ , vande sugataṃ gativimuttaṃ .
Buddhopi buddhabhāvaṃ , bhāvetvā ceva sacchikatvā ca ;
Yaṃ upagato gatamalaṃ , vande tamanuttaraṃ dhammaṃ .
Sugatassa orasānaṃ , puttānaṃ mārasenamathanānaṃ ;
Aṭṭhannampi samūhaṃ , sirasā vande ariyasaṅghaṃ .
Iti
V1.2 me pasannamatino , ratanattayavandanāmayaṃ puññaṃ ;Yaṃ suvihatantarāyo , hutvā tassānubhāvena .
Dīghassa dīghasuttaṅkitassa , nipuṇassa āgamavarassa ;
Buddhānubuddhasaṃvaṇṇitassa , saddhāvahaguṇassa .
Atthappakāsanatthaṃ , aṭṭhakathā ādito vasisatehi ;
Pañcahi yā saṅgītā , anusaṅgītā ca pacchāpi .
Sīhaḷadīpaṃ pana ābhatātha , vasinā mahāmahindena ;
Ṭhapitā sīhaḷabhāsāya , dīpavāsīnamatthāya .
Apanetvāna
M1.2 tatohaṃ , sīhaḷabhāsaṃ manoramaṃ bhāsaṃ ;Tantinayānucchavikaṃ , āropento vigatadosaṃ .
Samayaṃ avilomento , therānaṃ theravaṃsapadīpānaṃ ;
Sunipuṇavinicchayānaṃ , mahāvihāre nivāsīnaṃ .
Hitvā punappunāgatamatthaṃ , atthaṃ pakāsayissāmi ;
Sujanassa ca tuṭṭhatthaṃ , ciraṭṭhitatthañca dhammassa .
Sīlakathā dhutadhammā , kammaṭṭhānāni ceva sabbāni ;
Cariyāvidhānasahito , jhānasamāpattivitthāro .
Sabbā ca abhiññāyo , paññāsaṅkalananicchayo ceva ;
Khandhadhātāyatanindriyāni , ariyāni ceva cattāri .
Saccāni
P1.2 paccayākāradesanā , suparisuddhanipuṇanayā ;Avimuttatantimaggā , vipassanā bhāvanā ceva .
Iti
V1.3 pana sabbaṃ yasmā , visuddhimagge mayā suparisuddhaṃ ;Vuttaṃ tasmā bhiyyo , na taṃ idha vicārayissāmi .
‘‘ Majjhe visuddhimaggo , esa catunnampi āgamānañhi ;
Ṭhatvā pakāsayissati , tattha yathā bhāsitaṃ atthaṃ ’’.
Icceva kato tasmā , tampi gahetvāna saddhimetāya ;
Aṭṭhakathāya vijānatha , dīghāgamanissitaṃ atthanti .