A wealthy man and his wife living in Benares had two sons: Sirimekkha and Sirinanda. When the wife died, the man remarried with a woman who despised the two children and convinced her husband to abandon them in the forest. The two boys studied the magic sciences with a hermit. Sometime later, Sirinanda married khyv Gam, a yakṣa's daughter. One day, he freed ayn2 Gam, daughter of the king of Benares, who had been abducted by a vidyadhara, and brought her back home. Realizing that Surinanda had accumulated many merits, the king of Benares had him ascend the throne.
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[The writing of this manuscript] was completed at the time of the forenoon horn in CS 1248, a rawai set year, on the seventh waxing-moon day of the twelfth [lunar] month, the first day of the week.
Monk Teja wrote the religious manuscript titled Sirinanda to sustain the continuation of Buddhism [to last until the end of] 5,000 years. May the merit derived from writing this manuscript protect my family members. I wrote the manuscript during my stay of assistance to Sawathu Khruba Sommana at Wat Ban Hong Luang, near the main road.
Nibbāna paccayo hontu no niccaṃ dhuvaṃ dhuvaṃ nibbānanaṃ paramaṃ sukhaṃ.