1.1“Imamhi bhaddake kappe,1.2brahmabandhu mahāyaso;1.3Kassapo nāma gottena,1.4uppajji vadataṁ varo.

2.1Tadāhaṁ pabbajitvāna,2.2tassa buddhassa sāsane;2.3Yāvajīvaṁ caritvāna,2.4brahmacāraṁ tato cuto.

3.1Tena kammena sukatena,3.2cetanāpaṇidhīhi ca;3.3Jahitvā mānusaṁ dehaṁ,3.4tāvatiṁsamagacchahaṁ.

4.1Tato cuto araññamhi,4.2kapoto āsahaṁ tahiṁ;4.3Vasate guṇasampanno,4.4bhikkhu jhānarato sadā.

5.1Mettacitto kāruṇiko,5.2sadā pamuditānano;5.3Upekkhako mahāvīro,5.4appamaññāsu kovido.

6.1Vinīvaraṇasaṅkappe,6.2sabbasattahitāsaye;6.3Visaṭṭho nacirenāsiṁ,6.4tasmiṁ sugatasāvake.

7.1PTS 2.507Upecca pādamūlamhi,7.2nisinnassa tadāssame;7.3Kadāci sāmisaṁ deti,7.4dhammaṁ desesi cekadā.

8.1Tadā vipulapemena,8.2upāsitvā jinatrajaṁ;8.3Tato cuto gato saggaṁ,8.4pavāso sagharaṁ yathā.

9.1Saggā cuto manussesu,9.2nibbatto puññakammunā;9.3Agāraṁ chaḍḍayitvāna,9.4pabbajiṁ bahuso ahaṁ.

10.1Samaṇo tāpaso vippo,10.2paribbajo tathevahaṁ;10.3Hutvā vasiṁ araññamhi,10.4anekasataso ahaṁ.

11.1Pacchime ca bhave dāni,11.2ramme kapilavatthave;11.3Vacchagotto dijo tassa,11.4jāyāya ahamokkamiṁ.

12.1Mātu me dohaḷo āsi,12.2tirokucchigatassa me;12.3Jāyamānasamīpamhi,12.4vanavāsāya nicchayo.

13.1Tato me ajanī mātā,13.2ramaṇīye vanantare;13.3Gabbhato nikkhamantaṁ maṁ,13.4kāsāyena paṭiggahuṁ.

14.1Tato kumāro siddhattho,14.2jāto sakyakuladdhajo;14.3Tassa mitto piyo āsiṁ,14.4saṁvisaṭṭho sumāniyo.

15.1Sattasārebhinikkhante,15.2ohāya vipulaṁ yasaṁ;15.3Ahampi pabbajitvāna,15.4himavantamupāgamiṁ.

16.1Vanālayaṁ bhāvanīyaṁ,16.2kassapaṁ dhutavādikaṁ;16.3Disvā sutvā jinuppādaṁ,16.4upesiṁ narasārathiṁ.

17.1So me dhammamadesesi,17.2sabbatthaṁ sampakāsayaṁ;17.3Tatohaṁ pabbajitvāna,17.4vanameva punāgamaṁ.

18.1Tatthāppamatto viharaṁ,18.2chaḷabhiññā aphassayiṁ;18.3Aho suladdhalābhomhi,18.4sumittenānukampito.

19.1Kilesā jhāpitā mayhaṁ,19.2…pe…19.3viharāmi anāsavo.

20.1Svāgataṁ vata me āsi,20.2…pe…20.3kataṁ buddhassa sāsanaṁ.

21.1Paṭisambhidā catasso,21.2…pe…21.3kataṁ buddhassa sāsanaṁ”.

22.1Itthaṁ sudaṁ āyasmā vanavaccho thero imā gāthāyo abhāsitthāti.

23.1Vanavacchattherassāpadānaṁ navamaṁ.