“Dhanuṃ advejjhaṃ katvāna,
vana­maj­jho­ga­hiṃ ahaṃ;
Kesaraṃ ogataṃ disvā,
patapattaṃ samuṭṭhitaṃ.

Ubho hatthehi paggayha,
sire katvāna añjaliṃ;
Buddhassa abhiropesiṃ,
tissassa lokabandhuno.

Dvenavute ito kappe,
yaṃ puppha­ma­bhipū­jayiṃ;
Duggatiṃ nābhijānāmi,
buddha­pū­jāyi­daṃ phalaṃ.

Tesattatimhi kappamhi,
satta kesaranāmakā;
Satta­ratana­sam­pannā,
cakkavattī mahabbalā.

Paṭisambhidā catasso,
… pe …
kataṃ buddhassa sāsanaṃ”.

Itthaṃ sudaṃ āyasmā nāgakesariyo thero imā gāthāyo abhāsitthāti.

Nāga­kesari­yat­theras­sāpadā­naṃ dutiyaṃ.