ສະທໍາໂມຫຼືສະທໍາໂມປາຍະນະ ແປວ່າ ການຖວາຍພະທໍາອັນແທ້ຈິງ. ເນື້ອຫາກ່າວເຖິງຄໍາສອນທາງພະພຸດທະສາສະນາ ເຕືອນສະຕິໃຫ້ຫຼີກເວັ້ນຈາກການກະທໍາຊົ່ວ ຕັ້ງຕົນຢູ່ໃນຄວາມດີ ແລະບໍາເພັນບຸນກຸສົນໃຫ້ຫຼາຍຂຶ້ນເລື້ອຍໆ. ນອກຈາກນັ້ນ ຍັງອະທິບາຍເຖິງ ການເກີດຂອງຄົນໃນວັດຕະສົງສານ ມະນຸດແຕ່ລະຄົນລ້ວນແຕ່ເຄີຍຜ່ານການເກີດໃນພົບພູມຕ່າງໆ ມາກ່ອນເຊັ່ນ ເກີດເປັນສັດນະຮົກ, ເປັນເຜດ, ສັດເດຍລະສານ, ມະນຸດ ຫຼື ບາງຄົນກໍ່ອາດໄດ້ເກີດເປັນເທວະດາໃນເທວະໂລກ. ການເກີດໃນມະນຸດສະໂລກຖືວ່າ ເປັນການເກີດໃນພົບພູມທີ່ປະເສີດທີ່ສຸດ. ການບໍາເພັນກຸສົນ ປະກອບດ້ວຍການໃຫ້ທານ, ຮັກສາສີນ, ຟັງທໍາ, ເມດຕາພາວະນາ ແລະບໍ່ປະມາດໃນທໍາ. ຄໍາລົງທ້າຍ: ລານທີ ໒໖ ໜ້າ ໑: ສັງກາດ ໑໒໑໒ ຕົວ ປີກົດເສັດ ເດືອນ ໘ ຂຶ້ນ ໘ ຄໍ່າ ວັນ ຈັນ ມື້ກັດໃຄ້ ຣິດຈະນາແລ້ວຍາມຕູດຊ້າຍ ພະຣາຊະສັດທາຫລວງສ້າງ ສະທໍາໂມປາຍະນະ ໄວ້ກັບສາສະໜາ ຕາບຕໍ່ເທົ້າ ໕໐໐໐ ພະວັດສາ ນິບພານະ ປັດຈະໂຍ ໂຫຕຸ ໂນ ທຸວັງ ທຸວັງ ນິດຈັງ ນິດຈັງ ກໍ່ຂ້າເທິີ້ນ.
Sadhammo or Saddhammopayana means the gift-offering of the true Dhamma. The text is the Buddhist teachings exhort on abstaining from doing all evils, but cultivating good and striving more meritorious. Moreover, the text also relates about the births of human beings in the round of rebriths. Everyone has ever been born in various planes such as hells, realm of hungry ghosts, animals, human world or even heavenly worlds. To be born as a human being is regarded to be born in the best world. Performance of the merit includes alms-giving, observing the precepts, listening to the Dhamma, practicing meditation, and not careless in the Dhamma. Colophon: Folio 26 on the recto side: Sangkat 1212, a kot set year, the eighth day of the waxing moon of the eighth lunar month, a Monday, a kat khai day, the writing was accomplished at the time of tut sai (between 12.00–13.30 o’clock). The royal king sponsored the making of this manuscript entitled Sathammopanyana to support the Teachings of the Buddha to last until the end of 5000 years. May this be a condition for us to reach Nibbāna certainly and constantly.
Extent: 1 palm-leaf manuscript containing 28 leaves.
Size and dimensions of original material: Hight 5.5 cm, width 57 cm, depth 1.2 cm.
Condition of original material: Folio 26 is damaged.
Alternative calendar and date: Lao, CS 1212, a kot set year
Author(s)/Creator(s): Unidentified.
Scribe(s): Unidentified.
Original institution reference: Manuscript Chest No.2.
