ນິທານທໍາມະບົດ ເລື່ອງ ທ້າວຈຸນທະ. ໃນຄັ້ງໜຶ່ງ ທີ່ໝູ່ບ້ານຊຶ່ງຢູ່ບໍ່ໄກຈາກວັດເວລຸວັນ ມີຄົນຂາຍຊີ້ນໝູທີ່ໂຫດຫ້ຽມແລະເລືອດເຍັນຜູ້ໜຶ່ງຊື່ວ່າ ຈຸນທະ. ຈຸນທະເປັນຄົນຂາຍຊີ້ນໝູມານານກວ່າ ໕໕ ປີ. ດ້ວຍເຫດນີ້ ເຂົາຈຶ່ງໄດ້ຊື່ວ່າ ຈຸນທະສຸກະລິກະ. ຕະຫຼອດເວລານີ້ ເຂົາບໍ່ໄດ້ເຮັດຄວາມດີ ແມ້ແຕ່ເທື່ອດຽວ. ກ່ອນທີ່ເຂົາຈະຕາຍ ເຂົາເຈັບປວດແລະທໍລະມານຫຼາຍຈົນຮ້ອງຄໍາລາມແລະຮ້ອງສຽງແຫຼມ ແລະໃຊ້ຕີນແລະມືເຄື່ອນໄຫວຄານເໝືອນໝູເປັນເວລາ ໗ ວັນເຕັມ. ອັນທີ່ຈິງແລ້ວ ກ່ອນທີ່ເຂົາຈະຕາຍ ເຂົາກໍ່ທຸກທໍລະມານເໝືອນຢູ່ໃນນະຮົກ. ໃນວັນຖ້ວນເຈັດເຂົາກໍ່ຕາຍແລະໄປເກີດໃນອະເວຈີມະຫານະຮົກ. ຄໍາລົງທ້າຍ: ລານທີ່ ໒໕ ໜ້າ ໑: ສັງກາດ ໑໗໓ (ກົງກັບ ຈສ. ໑໑໗໓) ຕົວ ປີຮ້ວງມົດ ເດືອນ ໑໑ ຂຶ້ນ ໘ ຄໍ່າ ບໍຣົມມະນາດບໍຣົມະບໍພິດ ສີສັດຕະນາຄາຣະຫຸຕຕະນຸສຸວັນນະພູມິນທາ ຊົງພະຣາຊະສັດທາສ້າງ ທໍາບົດ (ທໍາມະບົດ) ໄວ້ ຂໍໃຫ້ໄດ້ນິບພານະ ປັດຈະໂຍ ໂຫຕຸ.
The Dhammapada story of Cunda. Once, in a village not far away from the Veluvana monastery, there lived a very cruel and hard-hearted pork-butcher, by the name of Cunda. Cunda was a pork-butcher for over fifty-five years. Therefore, he was given a name as Cundasukalika (Cunda, the pock-butcher). All this time he had not done a single meritorious deed. Before he died, he was in such great pain and agony that he was grunting and squealing and kept on moving about on his hands and knees like a pig for seven whole days. In fact, even before he died, he was suffering as if he were in Niraya. On the seventh day, the pork-butcher died and was reborn in Avici Niraya. Colophon: Folio 25 on the recto side: Sangkat 173 (corresponding with CS 1173), a huang mot year, on the eighth day of the waxing moon of the eleventh lunar month. His majesty the king of Sisattanakharahutta Nusuvannaphumintha kingdom had the religious faith to sponsor the making of this manuscript entitles Thambot (Dhammapada). May this be a condition for us to reach Nibbāna.
Extent: 1 palm-leaf manuscript containing 26 leaves.
Size and dimensions of original material: Hight 5.4 cm, width 55.1 cm, depth 1.2 cm.
Condition of original material: Good.
Alternative calendar and date: Lao, CS 1173, a huang mot year
Author(s)/Creator(s): Unidentified.
Scribe(s): Unidentified.
Original institution reference: Manuscript Box no. 2.
