8. Mahiṃsakaraṭṭhassāsanavaṃsakathāmaggo

8. Idāni yathāvuttamātikāvasena mahiṃsakaraṭṭhasāsanavaṃsakathāmaggaṃ vattuṃ okāso anuppatto, tasmā taṃ vakkhāmi.

Tatiyasaṅgītāvasāne hi mahāmoggaliputtatissatthero mahārevattheraṃ mahiṃsakamaṇḍalaṃ pesesi,- tvaṃ etaṃ raṭṭhaṃ gantvā ettha sāsanaṃ patiṭṭhāpehīti.

Soca attapañcamo hutvā mahiṃsakamaṇḍalaṃ agamāsi paccantimesu janapadesu pañcavaggo gaṇo alaṃ upasampadakammāyāti maññamāno. Thero mahiṃsakamaṇḍalaṃ gantvā devadūtasuttaṃ kathesi. Suttapariyosāne cattālīsapāṇasahassāni dhammacakkhuṃ ppaṭilabhiṃsu. Cattālīsaṃyeva pāṇasahassāni pabbajiṃsu.

Gantvāna raṭṭhaṃ mahiṃsaṃ, mahārevo mahiddhiko;

Codetvā devadūtehi, mocesi bandhanā bahūti.

Adhunā pana tattha sāsanassa abbhehiviya paṭicchannassa sūriyassa okāso dubbalo hutvā paññāyati.

Iti sāsanavaṃse mahiṃsakaraṭṭhasāsanavaṃsakathāmaggo

Nāma aṭṭhamo paricchedo.