1.1“Svāgataṁ na durāgataṁ,It was welcome, not unwelcome,1.2Nayidaṁ dumantitaṁ mama;the advice I got was good.1.3Saṁvibhattesu dhammesu,Of the well-explained teachings,1.4Yaṁ seṭṭhaṁ tadupāgamin”ti.I arrived at the best.

1.5Itthaṁ sudaṁ āyasmā pilindavaccho thero gāthaṁ abhāsitthāti.That is how this verse was recited by the senior venerable Pilindavaccha.