16 STEN KONOW 



ttyau pufiyau harbissa satva balysustu hastamo bvande 372 



by-those merits all beings Buddhahood the-best will realise. 



II. 



Saddham l 



Hail. 



namasamo balysa kye ttara rrasto hvatai thu 



I-worship the-Buddhas whom so-far justly saidest thou 



har-ju samtserai 2 o garni nasta 1 



because connected-with-existence and transient (?) not-is. 



hamayare harbissa hara ni dam stare 



Transmigrating- are all things not firmly stand 



ttu vare va hade uysnoranu padarhgya [2] 



that upon indeed the-states of-the-beings are-based (?). 



khoye pyusde crramu su vata krviyugga satva 



When-one hears how were of-the-Krta-age the-beings 



crramu vata kala kho ttara staura ha masta 3 



how there-was a-time when so-far strong indeed greatly. 



ne-ne ju ha-mailata kara khoye hara daiya 

 not now looks-like at-all when-one things sees 



kalayuggi harbissu tt[e]ra stauru ha masta 4 



belonging-to-the- Kali-age everything thus strong indeed greatly. 



ttera ne vata bada ko-va parriye kalpi' 2 



Thus not was time that was-saved-one who-belongs-to-the-kalpa 



ysama-ssandai * harbissa ttera aphada vata ya 5 



belonging-to-the-earth everyone thus afflicted was and. 

 na ssana drraumujsiya balysa puna kussalamula harhkhisto 2 



Not in-one Buddha's meritorious roots-of-goodness counted 



bissa sarva satva yanmda ttara gyasta balysa puhaunda 6 



every all beings make, so-far the-divine Buddhas (are-) full-of -merit. 



pharu budaru balysa ssahane hamye ksanu ylnda najsasto 



Much more the-Buddha faith in-one moment makes explained 



panye ksana handara tamu kho ttata para manava bissa 7 



in-each moment other than those highest manavas all. 



kye ra tta para manava bissa ttera Ssariputra hamaro 

 Who now those highest manavas all thus O-^ariputra may-be 



1 The beginning or a new chapter is indicated by a "circle attached to the left side of sa. 



2 With superfluous sign of interpunction. 



S The sign of ai here has the shape of a St Andrew's cross 



