Dipavamsa, the Chronicle of the Island

The Chonicle of the Island - 59
24. anaññavādo sārattho saddhammamanurakkhano
ṭhiti sāsanaaddhānaṁ theravādo sahetuko. 128 |
24. The doctrine of the Theras, which is founded on true reasons, which is free
from heresies, full of true meaning, and supports the true faith, will exist as long
as the Faith.
25. yāvatā ariyā atthi sāsane buddhasāvakā
sabbe pi samanuññanti paṭhamaṁ dhammasaṅgahaṁ. |
25. As long as holy disciples of Buddha’s faith exist, all of them will recognize
the first Council of the Dhamma.
26. mūlanidānaṁ paṭhamaṁ ādipubbaṅgamaṁ dhuraṁ
therā pañcasatā katā aggā ājāniyā kulan ti. 129 |
26. The five hundred pre-eminent Theras, noble by birth (?), laid the first firm,
original, fundamental base (of the Faith).
Mahakassapasaṅgahaṁ Niṭṭhitaṁ
Here ends the Council of Mahākassapa
27. Nibbute lokanāthasmiṁ vassāni soḷasaṁ tadā,
Ajātasattu catuvīsaṁ, Vijayassa soḷasaṁ ahū, |
[136] 27. Sixteen years had elapsed after the protector of the world had entered
Nibbāna; it was the twenty-fourth year of Ajātasattu’s (reign), and the sixteenth
of Vijaya’s; –
28. samasaṭṭhi tadā hoti vassaṁ Upālipaṇḍitaṁ,
Dāsako upasampanno Upālitherasantike. |
28. learned Upāli had just completed sixty years, (then) Dāsaka received the
Upasampadā ordination from Thera Upāli.
29. yāvatā buddhaseṭṭhassa dhammappatti pakāsitā
sabbaṁ Upāli vācesi navaṅgaṁ jinabhāsitaṁ. 130 |
29. The entire sacred Dhamma texts which the most excellent Buddha had set
forth, the whole of the nine-fold speeches of the Jina, Upāli recited.
128 °rakkhaṇo? – ṭhitiyā sāsanaddhānaṁ, d’Alwis. ṭhāti sāsanaaddhānaṁ (it will last as
long as the Doctrine)?
129 I do not know how to correct kulaṁ.
130 dhammapāli?