Jātakaṭṭhakathākaraṇaṃ

Jātakaṭṭhakathāpi ca ācariyabuddhaghosatthereneva katāti vadanti, kāraṇaṃ panettha na dissati. Sā pana atthadassittherena ca buddhamittattherena ca mahisāsakanikāyikena ca buddhadevattherenāti tīhi therehi abhiyācito mahāvihāravāsīnaṃ vācanāmaggaṃ nissāya katā. Imissāpi nāmaviseso natthi. Vuttaṃ himissā ārambhe –

‘‘Buddhavaṃsassa etassa, icchantena ciraṭṭhitiṃ;

Yācito abhigantvāna, therena atthadassinā.

Asaṃsaṭṭhavihārena, sadā suddhavihārinā;

Tatheva buddhamittena, santacittena viññunā.

Mahisāsakavaṃsamhi, sambhūtena nayaññunā;

Buddhadevena ca tathā, bhikkhunā suddhabuddhinā.

Mahāpurisacariyānaṃ, ānubhāvaṃ acintiyaṃ;

Tassa vijjotayantassa, jātakassatthavaṇṇanaṃ.

Mahāvihāravāsīnaṃ, vācanāmagganissitaṃ;

Bhāsissaṃ bhāsato taṃ me, sādhu gaṇhantu sādhavo’’ti.

Ettāvatā ca ācariyabuddhaghosattherassa ganthabhāvena pākaṭāhi sabbaṭṭhakathāhi saha visuddhimaggassa karaṇappakāro vitthārena vibhāvito hoti.