3. Aḍḍhaceḷakattheraapadānavaṇṇanā

Tissassāhaṃbhagavatotiādikaṃ āyasmato aḍḍhaceḷakattherassa apadānaṃ. Ayampi thero purimabuddhesu katādhikāro tattha tattha bhave vivaṭṭūpanissayāni puññāni upacinanto tissassa bhagavato kāle ekenākusalena kammena duggatakulagehe nibbatto vuddhimanvāya saddhammadesanaṃ ñatvā pasannamānaso cīvaratthāya aḍḍhabhāgaṃ ekaṃ dussamadāsi. So teneva pītisomanassena kālaṃ katvā sagge nibbatto cha kāmāvacarasampattimanubhavitvā tato cuto manussesu manussasampattīnaṃ aggabhūtaṃ cakkavattisampattiṃ anubhavitvā imasmiṃ buddhuppāde ekasmiṃ addhakule nibbatto vuddhippatto satthu dhammadesanaṃ sutvā pasannamānaso pabbajitvā nacirasseva arahā ahosi.

14. So aparabhāge attano pubbakammaṃ saritvā somanassajāto pubbacaritāpadānaṃ pakāsento tissassāhaṃ bhagavatotiādimāha. Taṃ sabbaṃ uttānatthamevāti.

Aḍḍhaceḷakattheraapadānavaṇṇanā samattā.