Tipiṭaka

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Jātaka

Chakkanipāta

Kharaputtavagga

5. Mayhakajātaka

1 “Sakuṇo mayhako nāma,

girisānudarīcaro;

Pakkaṁ pipphalimāruyha,

mayhaṁ mayhanti kandati.

2 Tassevaṁ vilapantassa,

dijasaṅghā samāgatā;

Bhutvāna pipphaliṁ yanti,

vilapatveva so dijo.

3 Evameva idhekacco,

saṅgharitvā bahuṁ dhanaṁ;

Nevattano na ñātīnaṁ,

yathodhiṁ paṭipajjati.

4 Na so acchādanaṁ bhattaṁ,

na mālaṁ na vilepanaṁ;

Anubhoti sakiṁ kiñci,

na saṅgaṇhāti ñātake.

5 Tassevaṁ vilapantassa,

mayhaṁ mayhanti rakkhato;

Rājāno atha vā corā,

dāyādā ye va appiyā;

Dhanamādāya gacchanti,

vilapatveva so naro.

6 Dhīro bhoge adhigamma,

saṅgaṇhāti ca ñātake;

Tena so kittiṁ pappoti,

pecca sagge pamodatī”ti.

7 Mayhakajātakaṁ pañcamaṁ.

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