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 ໒໗ ໜ້າ ໑: ສັງກາດ ໑໒໐໗ ຕົວ ປີຮັບເໝົ້າ ເດືອນ ໘ ແຮມ ໑໒ ຄໍ່າ ວັນ ໔ ມື້ກັດເປົ້າ ຣິດຈະນາແລ້ວຍາມແຖ່ໃກ້ຄໍ່າ ໝາຍມີ ພໍ່ເຖົ້າຊຽງສີດາ ສ້າງ ສະທໍາໂມ ໄວ້ກັບສາສະໜາ ພະພຸດທະເຈົ້ານິບພານະ ປັດຈະໂຍ ໂຫຕຸ.
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 27 on the recto side: Sangkat 1207, a hap mao year, the twelfth day of the waning moon of the eighth lunar month, the fourth day of the week (Wednesday), a kat pao day, the writing was accomplished at the time of thae kai kham (between 15.00–16.30 o’clock). Phò Thao Xiang Sida sponsored the making of this manuscript entitled Sathammo to support the Teachings of the Buddha. May this be a condition for us to reach Nibbāna.
Extent: 1 palm-leaf manuscript containing 29 leaves.
Size and dimensions of original material: Hight 4.3 cm, width 56 cm, depth 1 cm.
Condition of original material: Some folios are slightly damaged.
Alternative calendar and date: Lao, CS 1207, a hap sai year
Author(s)/Creator(s): Unidentified.
Scribe(s): Unidentified.
Original institution reference: Manuscript Chest No.2.
