ເນື້ອໃນກ່າວເຖິງ ເລື່ອງອະດິດຕະຊາດແຫ່ງພະຕະຖາຄົດແຫ່ງເຮົາ ປາງເມື່ອພະໂພທິສັດເຈົ້າໄດ້ເກີດມາເປັນພົມຕົນໜຶ່ງມີຊື່ວ່າ ນາຣັດທະພົມ ບໍາເພັນອຸເປກຂາປາຣະມີ ໄດ້ສັ່ງສອນພະຣາຊາໃຫ້ດໍາລົງຢູ່ໃນສໍາມາທິດຖິ. ຄັ້ງໜຶ່ງ ພະຍາອັງຄະຕິຣາດ ຜູ້ປົກຄອງເມືອງມິຖິລາ ຜູ້ຍຶດໝັ້ນໃນທົດສະພິດຣາຊະທໍາ ເມື່ອໄດ້ຟັງຊີເປືອຍຜູ້ໜຶ່ງ ຄຸນາຊີວົກວ່າ “ບຸນຫຼືບາບນັ້ນບໍ່ມີຈິງ ເມື່ອຕາຍໄປຮ່າງກາຍກໍ່ແຕກສະຫຼາຍໄປພ້ອມກັບທຸກແລະສຸກ” ພະຣາຊາຊົງເຊື່ອ ຈຶ່ງເລີກທໍາຄວາມດີ ບໍ່ສົນໃຈບ້ານເມືອງ. ນາຣັດທະພົມ ຈຶ່ງໄດ້ແປງຮ່າງເປັນລືສີລົງມາໃຫ້ໂອວາດແກ່ພະຍາອັງຄະຕິຣາດ ໂດຍພັນລະນາເຖິງນະຮົກໃຫ້ຟັງ ເມື່ອພະຣາຊາໄດ້ຟັງກໍ່ເກີດຄວາມຢ້ານ ຈຶ່ງຕັດຖາມນາຣັດທະລືສີວ່າ ຂ້າພະເຈົ້າບໍ່ຢາກໄປເກີດໃນນະຮົກຈະເຮັດແນວໃດ? ນາຣັດທະລືສີ ຈຶ່ງຖວາຍໂອວາດວ່າ ໃຫ້ຕັ້ງຢູ່ໃນສີນ ໕ ປະການ ແລະດໍາເນີນຕາມຫລັກທົດສະພິດຣາຊະທໍາ ໑໐ ປະການ. ເມື່ອພະຣາຊາໄດ້ຟັງແລ້ວ ກໍ່ຊົງປະຕິບັດຕາມ ນັບແຕ່ນັ້ນມາປະຊາຊົນພົນລະເມືອງທັງຫລາຍກໍ່ຢູ່ເຢັນເປັນສຸກ ເພາະພະເຈົ້າແຜ່ນດິນມີເມດຕາຕໍ່ພະສົກນິກອນ. ຄໍາລົງທ້າຍ: ລານທີ ໑໘ ໜ້າ ໑: ມະຫາສັງກາດຣາຊະໄດ້ ໑໒໙໓ ຕົວ ປີຮວາຍສະງ້າ ເດືອນ ຍີ່ ອອກໃໝ່ ໑໔ ຄໍ່າ ວັນ ໕ ມື້ຮ້ວງໃຄ້ ຣິດຈະນາແລ້ວຍາມແຖ່ໃກ້ທ່ຽງວັນ ໝາຍຊື່ ສົມເດັດພະເຈົ້າສີຊະວ່າງ(ສີສະຫວ່າງວົງ) ເມືອງຫລວງພະບາງ ລານຊ້າງຮົ່ມຂາວ ກັບທັງພັນລະຍາແລທຸໃຫຍ່ຄໍາຝັ້ນຜູ້ເປັນເຄົ້າມູນລະສັດທາໄດ້ມີໃຈໃສສັດທາສ້າງຍັງໜັງສື ນະຣັດທະພົມ ໕ ຜູກນີ້ ທານໄປຫາທຸໃຫຍ່ທັງທ້າຍເຖົ້າ (ໝາຍເຖິງ ເຈົ້າຍິງຄໍາອ້ວນ, ມະເຫສີອົງທໍາອິດຂອງພະເຈົ້າສີສະຫວ່າງວົງ)ຊ້ຽງຈຸດຕິບໍຣິກະສະຫວັນນະຄົດໄປພາຍໜ້ານັ້ນ ຂໍຈົ່ງໄປທັນຈຸຈອດຕະຫຼອດຮອດເຖິງແດ່ກໍ່ຂ້າເທີ້ນ ຂໍຈົ່ງໃຫ້ສົມດັ່ງຂ້າພະເຈົ້າທານໄວ້ກັບພະສາສະໜາ ເທົ້າ ໕໐໐໐ ພະວັດສາ ນິິບພານະ ປັດຈະໂຍ ໂຫຕຸ ໂນ ນິດຈັງ ທຸວັງ ອາຍຸ ວັນໂນ ສຸກຂັງ ພະລັງ.
The content tells the story of a previous life of our Buddha. When the Bodhisatta was born as a great Brahma named Narada who taught a king to the right view. Once, King Angatirat, the king of Mithila, who had faith in the ten royal virtues. When listening to a naked ascetis named Gunajavaka said, "There is no merit or sin. When you die, your body will be destroyed along with all the suffering and happiness" The king believed, he stopped doing good deeds and did not care about the kingdom. So the great Branhma Narada came down in the form of a hermit to give the teaching to the king by describing the hell to him. When the king heard that, he was afraid, so he asked Narada that I don't want to be born in hell, what should I do? Narada then said that you should observe the five precepts and follow the ten royal virtues. When the king heard it, he obeyed. From then on, all the people lived happily because the king was kind to them. Colophon: Folio 18 on the recto side: Mahasangkatrasa (CS) 1293, a hwai sanga year, on the fourteenth day of the waxing moon of the second lunar month, the fifth day of the week (Thursday), a huang khai day, the writing was accomplished at the time of thae kai thiang van (between 9.00–10.30 o’clock). The initiators, Somdet Phachao Sisavang Vong of Luang Prabang, the kingdom of Lan Xang hom khao and his wife, Thu Nyai Khamfan (Queen Khamfan) jointly had the religious faith to sponsor the making of these five manuscripts entitled Nāratthaphom (Narada Brahma) to dedicate to Thu Nyai Thangthai (mean Queen Kham Ouan, King Sisavang Vong’s 1st former wife) who already died to the other world. May this merit reach her, definitely, like we donated this manuscript to support the Teachings of the Buddha to last until the end of 5000 years. May this be a condition for us to reach Nirvana, constantly and certainly. Age, beauty, happiness and strength.
Extent: 1 palm-leaf manuscript containing 20 leaves.
Size and dimensions of original material: Hight 4.5 cm, width 58.4 cm, depth 0.9 cm.
Condition of original material: Fragile.
Alternative calendar and date: Lao, CS 1293, a hwai sanga year
Author(s)/Creator(s): Unidentified.
Scribe(s): Unidentified.
Original institution reference: Manuscript Cabinet No.1.
